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Description
This circa-1930 photo shows the greenhouse and hothouses of the Bell Conservatory, located on Y Street, between Ninth and 10th streets. Originally called the Bell Agricultural Experiment Station, the structure was built in 1878 through a donation from Margaret Crocker. Its primary charge was to encourage growth and experimentation with exotic plants and flowers, but also to provide a spot where the poor of the city could obtain free flowers to set on the graves of their loved ones at the City Cemetery.
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