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Garden at Walden

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Description: The garage and garden at "Walden", the estate of Cyrus McCormick, Jr., showing a fountain and pond in the foreground.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Chilton, Wisconsin

Date: 1878
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chilton with insets of points of interest, including P.H. Becker's Brewery, Chilton House, and Gutheil's Block.
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Rock Garden

Date: 07 23 1931
Description: Girl sitting in Arthur G. Clemens rock garden made with stones from every county in southern Wisconsin. Also includes pond, at 706 W. Lakeside Street.
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Rock Garden

Date: 07 23 1931
Description: Girl sitting in Arthur G. Clemens rock garden made with stones from every county in southern Wisconsin. Also includes pond, 706 W. Lakeside Street.
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Distant View of Mazomanie

Date: 1874
Description: Distant view of the town from a hill with houses, garden plots, businesses and churches.
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Ceylon Building

Date: 1893
Description: The rear view of the Ceylon Building, which was from the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The building was later purchased by J.J. Mitchell, moved ...
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League of Women Voters Garden Party

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: League of Women Voters garden party at the gubernatorial mansion. The following guests are standing the garden, left to right: Mrs. John E. Martin (Mary Ma...
Postcard

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."
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Mrs. William T. (Mary Jane) Swenson and Her Daughters

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Pictured in the garden at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Foster K. Thomas, 1515 Morrison Street, are Mrs. William T. (Mary Jane) Swenson and her two...
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Exterior of Wright's Bedroom at Taliesin

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Description: Exterior of Frank Lloyd Wright's bedroom, looking southeast, at Taliesin, the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright. In the courtyard is a sculpture near a poo...
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Frank Lloyd Wright's Bedroom and Terrace

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Description: Exterior of Frank Lloyd Wright's bedroom and terrace, looking southeast, at Taliesin, the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is located in the vic...
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Exterior of Taliesin

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Description: Northwest elevation of Taliesin showing the a portion of the garden room, Wrights' bedroom, and the gardens. Taliesin was the summer home of architect Fran...
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Exterior of Taliesin

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Description: Northwest elevation of Taliesin showing the a portion of the garden room, Wrights' bedroom, and the gardens. Taliesin was the summer home of architect Fran...
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Taliesin Looking Towards Wright's Bedroom and Balcony

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Description: Elevated exterior view of Taliesin looking towards Frank Lloyd Wright's bedroom and the terrace off his bedroom as seen from the garden. Taliesin was the ...
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Japanese Scene

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Description: Stereograph of a view in Japan including a garden, traditional buildings and mountains in the background.
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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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Attic Angel Association Spring Luncheon

Date: 05 23 1951
Description: Mrs. Harley Graf and her hard-of-hearing son, Bobby, have lunch with Mrs. George C. (Dorothy) Guild on the lawn of Mrs. S.L. Odegard's residence on Lake Me...
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Hunnewell Arboretum

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Description: Elevated view of Hunnewell arboretum featuring a a hill with rows of topiary, Lake Wauban and surrounding woods.
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Garden And Fountain

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Description: Elevated view of a formal garden, a fountain and a pond bordered by woods.
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Formal Garden

Date: 09 1925
Description: Formal garden with small pond, and in the background a vine-covered gazebo with a bench inside. Original caption reads: "Landscape — formal garden. 'Rydalm...

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