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Wisconsin Rubber Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Rubber Company of Madison, Wisconsin, which operated the Florida plantation in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Includes an oval i...
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Yawkey-Crowley Lumber Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Yawkey-Crowley Lumber Company of Madison, Wisconsin, manufacturers of "Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Mouldings, etc.," with two text...
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Otis Bersing

Date: 12 20 1956
Description: Otis Bersing, state game manager, compiles information on the trees and shrubs in the state of Wisconsin with mounted leaf specimens in his botanical colle...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Trip to University Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with boys and girls resting, exploring the flowers, and posing before a hike, during a fi...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: June and George Barry

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with June and George Barry posing by their wood-sided house (725 W. Washington?) amidst ...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Matthews Family

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Rosalie, Ollie Mae, and Adrena Matthews posing by their garden, near the front step...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Cordio Children

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with Edith, John, and Caroline Cordio posing in the garden at the front of their house a...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Best Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with individual pictures of winners of the Best Gardens competition: George Caravello in ...
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Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Mrs. Ora Smith

Date: 1939
Description: Image from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with the winner in the Senior category garden competition, Mrs. Ora Smith, sitting on th...
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West Side Garden Club Flower Show

Date: 10 21 1959
Description: Oak leaves, berries, milkweed pods, and other natural materials are grouped together to make a decorative wall hanging to be used as decoration ideas at th...
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Wedding Portrait

Date: 06 19 1928
Description: Wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. E. Randall Sears posed on front porch steps. On June 19, 1928 Catherine McCaffrey married E. Randall Sears at the Christ ...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Farmers' Market Dinner Menu

Date: 10 24 1992
Description: Front and back of a menu for a farmers' market dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant, featuring apples and pears and other products from local growers, with a bord...
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Turvill House and Garden

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Turvill house and garden. A man and woman are working in the garden near the Turvill home. The woman, wearing a bonnet, is bent over w...
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West Shore of Turville Bay

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of the west shore of Turville Bay. Two men sit in a rowboat near the shore surrounded by water lilies. There is a fence in the foreg...
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Turvill Marsh

Date: 1899
Description: View over section of Turvill Marsh towards trees. On the far right in the background are what may be railroad tracks.
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Path Through the Woods

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Description: Original caption reads, "The path through the Woods-U.W." A sunken dirt path is lined with tree and brush.
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James Rockwell Mears Home

Date: 1870
Description: Exterior view from street of the 420 N. Carroll Street home of J.R. Mears, built in 1870. The Italianate-style house is on the corner of W. Gilman and N. C...
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Ivy Leaves

Date: 1982
Description: Ivy leaves on the side of a building in the sunshine.
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Lakeside Street

Date: 11 2013
Description: View from sidewalk down Lakeside Street towards a railroad crossing. Across the street beyond the railroad tracks are four buildings with cars parked in fr...
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That Time of Year

Date: 11 2013
Description: Several plots in a community garden on a slope sitting dormant in the late autumn. There are plants near several wire and wood fences, and in the foregroun...

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