Date: | 07 05 1945 |
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Description: | Lewis Flisram, age 79, started working for the Madison Parks Commission in 1897. He worked there until 1911. He left to work for his mother for a period of... |
Date: | 1943 |
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Description: | A man uses a taut rope to plant straight garden rows. |
Date: | 05 13 1950 |
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Description: | Three teenage girls are carrying shovels on their shoulders while crossing a wooden foot bridge. More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited throug... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Group of men gathered to test soil for acidity. Original caption reads: "This picture was taken in Dupage County during the Alfalfa Campaign in 1913, showi... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Class of children gathered outdoors around a table for a corn germination lesson. Original caption reads: "after the rag dolls are prepared they are immers... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Class of girls and teacher running a seed germination test ("rag-doll" test) in the classroom. The class is standing around a table, and are using a pail t... |
Date: | 1939 |
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Description: | Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with children raking, spading, and posing alongside a yard with newly planted seeds (Neig... |
Date: | 05 1911 |
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Description: | View across field towards a number of men working to clear a field. There is a team of horses pulling a plow to create a furrow, with a pine forest in the ... |
Date: | 06 01 2015 |
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Description: | Elevated view of a woman, Solveig Quinney, pushing a wheelbarrow in her yard. Stepping stones in the lawn ring a garden plot. Other flowering bushes and pl... |
Date: | 1935 |
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Description: | A large crew of men are bending to their work of planting seedling trees into furrows. Each man is carrying a spade-like tool with a long handle, and a box... |
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Description: | Vietnam veterans ceremoniously planting a tree together. |
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