Recreational area photographs, ca. 1904-1911.

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Recreational area photographs, ca. 1904-1911.

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Photographs of parks, golf courses, and potential recreational areas in and near La Crosse, Wis., assembled by Joseph M. Hixon, president of the Board of Park Commissioners, and including a portrait and letter from landscape architect John Nolen.

98 photographs (2 folders)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924419

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Nolen, John, 1869-1937

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John Nolen (June 14, 1869 – February 18, 1937) was an American landscape architect, planning consultant, founding member of the American City Planning Institute and a writer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Nolen was orphaned as a child and placed in Girard College. After he graduated first in his class in 1884, he worked as a grocery clerk and secretary to the Girard Estate Trust Fund before enrolling in the Wharton School of Finance and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania in 1891. ...

Hixon, Joseph S. (Joseph Sayer), 1793-1810

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