Copy negatives, 1947-1999.

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Copy negatives, 1947-1999.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173694411

Copy negatives made from a scrapbook documenting the development of the Glenwood Children's Park in Madison (Wis.). The park was planned and designed by landscape architect Jens Jensen in 1942 and became a part of the Madison Parks and Playground system in 1943. Images include before and after pictures of the park, dedication services (1949), planting and restoration projects (1974-1977 and 1999), and a 1989 site review. Also included are copies of news clippings (1947-1949), sketches of the storm sewer project, and neighborhood correspondence (1957 and 1974-1975).

40 negatives, and1 audio recording.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924112

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Glenwood Children's Park.

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Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951

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Mormon from Cottonwood Ward, Utah. From the description of History of Alexander H. Hill Richards, 1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 503404173 From the guide to the History of Alexander H. Hill Richards, 1930, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Jens Jensen was one of America's most visionary prairie school landscape architects. Born in 1860 in Denmark, Jensen emigrated to the United States in 1884, settling in Chicago, where he was hired a...