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Greenspace with a Bust and Sundial

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Description: A view of a lawn at the State Normal School accented with a bust and sundial. Trees and various plantings dot the landscape.
Drawing

Evergreen Shelter Belts and Ornamental Hedges

Date: 1878
Description: Engraved view of a house surrounded by gardens, an evergreen shelter belt and ornamental hedges.
Photograph

Tree Planting at Columbian Exposition Grounds

Date: 05 03 1892
Description: Tree planting ceremony on the Wooded Island during construction of the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park. Standing to the left of the tree wrapped with ...
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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.
Photograph

Recital at Balboa Park

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Description: Elevated view toward spectators sitting in seats during an organ recital using one of the world's largest outdoor pipe organs at Balboa Park, established i...
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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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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 ...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Shelling Peas

Date: 1910
Description: The photographer's wife, Clothilde, far right, and children, from left, Margaret, Alice, Helen, and Ferdinand Leonard, in a rustic gazebo on the grounds of...
Drawing

Landscape Plan of Riven Rock

Date: 1897
Description: Topographical map of Stanley McCormick's Riven Rock estate in El Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California. The map is identified as a map of a survey co...
Drawing

Blueprint of Formal Garden at Riven Rock

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Description: Blueprint of the formal garden for Stanley McCormick's Riven Rock estate at El Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California. The blueprint shows different v...
Photograph

Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters Building

Date: 1971
Description: View of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin headquarters building from across Library Mall. A woman and child are sitting on the edge of the William ...
Photograph

Stone Fireplace and Landscaped Area

Date: 1935
Description: The Works Progress Administration (WPA) used Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to build a stone fireplace and landscape an area in Wyalusing State Park (fo...
Photograph

Spaulding Lawn

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Description: Exterior portrait of a well-manicured yard with sculpted shrubs. A young girl is peeking around the large shrub on the left. Identified as the yard of the ...
Photograph

Spaulding Residence

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Description: Slightly elevated view across lawn with a well-manicured yard with sculpted shrubs towards a three-story wooden house. Identified as the Spaulding residenc...
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Spaulding Residence at 1206 Harrison Street

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a two-story brick house with a well-manicured yard with sculpted shrubs. A small balcony is in the front, and another is on the s...
Photograph

Manicured Grounds

Date: 1900
Description: View across manicured grounds and intertwining paths. Buildings are in the far background. On the right are buildings along a road.
Photograph

Elsa Seipp Madlener

Date: 1955
Description: A handwritten note describes this portrait as: "Aunt Elsa in her summer house "The Lindens" when she was eighty years old." She is wearing a print dress an...
Photograph

New York State Building on Grounds

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view across manicured lawns. A flag is on a flagpole on the left. On the far right is a building with a sign on the roof that reads: "New York Sta...
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Fargo House

Date: 1910
Description: An album page decorated with a watercolor painting of blue flowers and green stems featuring four views of the Frank B. Fargo house on Mulberry Street. A c...

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