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O'Malley House

Date: 07 25 1929
Description: Robert C. and Ursula O'Malley residence, 3433 Crestwood Drive, Shorewood Hills, taken for McKay Nursery.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Viroqua

Date: 1879
Description: Bird's-eye view of Viroqua, county seat of Vernon County.
Drawing

B.B. Davis Residence

Date: 1873
Description: View of an estate covered with various plants and trees. Two people stand on a sidewalk in front of the distant estate, looking towards it. Two horses dra...
Photograph

Rentschler Floral Company Store Interior

Date: 09 27 1948
Description: Interior of Rentschler Floral Company store at the greenhouses, 2 North Highland Avenue, showing cooler, potted plants, and counter.
Photograph

State Tree Nursery

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Tree Nursery. A man is standing on the left side.
Photograph

Planting Seedlings

Date: 
Description: Planting seedings at the state nursery at Trout Lake.
Photograph

Seedling Nursery

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view of a single worker trimming neat rows of seedlings at a Wisconsin State Nursery.
Photograph

Josiah Hoopes, Botanist

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Josiah Hoopes (b. 1832, death date unknown), American botanist. In 1853, he established a tree nursery in West Chester, which i...
Photograph

R-120 Truck at Nursery

Date: 1953
Description: Color photograph of a man unloading a burlap bag onto the back of an International R-120 pickup truck in front of "Toll Gate Nursery."
Postcard

Horticultural, Dairy, and Agricultural Buildings

Date: 
Description: View from across fields of Horticultural buildings on left, Hiram Smith Hall in the middle, and Agricultural Hall on the right on the University of Wiscons...
Photograph

Horticulture Building

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture. The building stands on the right, with attached greenhouses on the left. A smokestack is behind the...
Photograph

Horticulture Building

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of Horticulture Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Greenhouses are to the right behind the building. A windmill is on top of ...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk and European-American Group in a Field

Date: 
Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhardt's nursery. A lar...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk and European American Group Harvesting Cranberries

Date: 
Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field with wooden boxes. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhard...
Photograph

Ho-Chunk and European American Group Picking Cranberries

Date: 
Description: Several Ho-Chunk and European American men, women, and children standing and kneeling in a field with wooden boxes. Probably picking cranberries at Gebhard...
Photograph

Accent Greenhouse

Date: 05 1981
Description: 7595 Mineral Point Road, between Madison and Pine Bluff.
Manuscript

Dousman Receipt from Commercial Nurseries

Date: 08 28 1897
Description: Receipt for trees and shrubs purchased from Commercial Nurseries of Council Bluffs, Iowa, by Nina Dousman for gardens at Villa Louis.
Manuscript

Dousman Receipt from John M. Dunlop

Date: 04 23 1860
Description: Receipt for trees and shrubs purchased from John M. Dunlop by Hercules Dousman for gardens at Villa Louis.
Photograph

Tree Nursery Truck

Date: 1925
Description: An International Model S truck owned by T.W. Rice is parked alongside an opened railroad boxcar as a man unloads a plant from the truck bed.
Photograph

Nepco Nursery Cranberry Plants

Date: 1934
Description: Elevated view of cranberry plants in various stages and varieties at the Nepco Nursery. A group of four men are working among the plants on the right.

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