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Brookside

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Description: Exterior view of Brookside, the luxurious estate of Mr. W.H. Walker. A grand double staircase leads to a fountain in the garden. Published by J.J. Cunningh...
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Italian Garden at Brookside

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Description: View of the Italian gardens at Brookside, the luxurious estate of Mr. W.H. Walker. The gardens were designed by landscape architect, Ferruccia Vitale.
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Italian Garden at Brookside

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Description: View of the Italian garden at Brookside, the luxurious estate of Mr. W.H. Walker, through the porch columns. A fountain and sculpture can be seen amidst t...
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Italian Garden at Brookside

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Description: View of the Italian garden at Brookside, the luxurious estate of Mr. W.H. Walker. A fountain and sculpture can be seen amidst the flowers and other plants ...
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Indoor Container Garden

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of a room with many potted plants. A large grouping is in the center of the room. Other potted plants are along the walls. There are two larg...
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Hunnewell Gardens

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Description: View of the Horatio Hollis Hunnewell Gardens, begun in 1843. A sculpture stands before a stairway leading to a temple-like building.
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Hunnewell Gardens

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Description: View of the Horatio Hollis Hunnewell Gardens, begun in 1843. A body of water is separated from an unpaved pathway by a stone fence, and trees are trimmed t...
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Estate Garden

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Description: View of the gardens at the estate of Ernest L. Conant, featuring sculptures and a fountain.
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Nemours

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Description: View of Nemours, one of the palatial estates of the Alfred I. du Pont (1864-1935) family built between 1909-1910 by Smyth and Son. A staircase leads throug...
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Huntley Gordon and Irene Castle in "The Invisible Bond"

Date: 1919
Description: Huntly Gordon (in character as Harleth Crossey) and Irene Castle (as Marcia Crossey) pose outdoors in a full-length publicity photograph for "The Invisible...
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Three Men Drinking

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Description: In a "gag" photograph, three men are drinking from bottles. The two men in the foreground are holding each others bottles. They appear to be standing next ...
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Trimpey Studio Article

Date: 08 1925
Description: A brief article describing the new studio of photographer E.B. Trimpey, including photographs of the front and rear of the building. There is a landscaped ...
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Aerial View of Woods Manor on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: Aerial view looking down over the lawn and wood shingle lakeshore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the distance is Lake Sup...
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Woods Manor on Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: View of the two-story, wood shingle, lake shore home, Woods Manor, a part of Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a swimming pool surround...
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House on Nebraska Row, Madeline Island

Date: 1938
Description: View of a house on Nebraska Row on Madeline Island. In the foreground is a flag pole, bench, path, lawn and trees. On the left are docks from the lake shor...
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Film Still from "The Beckoning Flame"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still of exterior garden with two actors in Indian costume with turbans in conversation.
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Film Still from "The Beckoning Flame"

Date: 1916
Description: Film still of exterior garden with three actors, two in Indian costume with turbans. One actress in Indian costume. One actor in "colonial" costume.
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President Mary Robinson

Date: 1991
Description: Mary Robinson, President of Ireland, escorting Speaker of the House of Representative Thomas Foley, who was heading a house leadership trip to Ireland. To ...
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Fenced Garden

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of man posing in a fenced garden outside a house and storage buildings.
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Group of People in Yard in Front of Frame House

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Description: Seven people are posing in the yard of a frame house with a porch. There are plants in a garden in the foreground. An older man and woman are sitting in ch...

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