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Mitchell Park

Date: 1910
Description: Lagoon in the sunken gardens with the conservatory in the background. Caption reads: "Milwaukee, Wis. Mitchell Park, the lagoon, sunken gardens."
Photograph

Cypress Gardens

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Description: View from shoreline toward two men and a woman seated in a boat, traveling through the water at Cypress Gardens.
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Fredric March

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Description: Fredric March (seated) with Florence Eldridge (Mrs. March) and the noted news analyst Cecil Brown.
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Coney Island Amusement Park

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Description: View of the Coney Island Amusement Park featuring a large garden and lawn, a roller coaster, a windmill, several buildings and amusements, and crowds of pe...
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Playland, Westchester Co. Park Hotel Garden?

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Description: View of a garden at Playland, a Westchester Co. Park. The nighttime photograph features an illuminated building and roller coaster in the background.
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Japanese Tea House and Sunken Gardens

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Description: Elevated view of a Japanese Tea House and sunken gardens, located in an abandoned limestone quarry.
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Glenwood Park

Date: 1925
Description: Gardens and flower patches at the Glenwood Park. There is a large building in the background.
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Fountain Spring House Supper Menu

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Description: One-page menu from the Fountain Spring House, with a view of lush foliage and visitors strolling in the park adjacent to the hotel framed against a scene o...
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Alfred L. Boerner Botanical Garden

Date: 1958
Description: Irises along a path in Whitnall Park. Text on reverse reads: "Over 400 varieties of iris grow in the perennial borders. Thousands of blooms can be seen ...
Postcard

Mitchell Park Conservatory Domes

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of the three glass domes at the Mitchell Park Conservatory. Cars are parked in the parking lot and along the driveway, and groups of people a...
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First Flowers

Date: 1955
Description: Olbrich Gardens viewed through the tulip garden towards Lake Monona. Two women and a man are walking on the sidewalk towards an open structure.
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City Park

Date: 05 14 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "City Park, Rice Lake, Wis." View of a circular flower bed and tiered fountain in City Park, overlooking the lake. Trees surround the ...

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