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| Date: | 06 1916 |
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| Description: | Six girls in a running race at the School Festival in Palos Park. |
| Date: | 06 1925 |
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| Description: | Children dressed in bathing suits at a small park with a swimming place. A garden is in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Young children playing at the park. Original caption reads: "Beacon playground — about 800 daily attendance. Splendid arrangement of playground and athleti... |
| Date: | 06 1925 |
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| Description: | Group of young girls sitting on the grass in a park. Tennis courts are in the background. |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
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| Description: | School building and its grounds, including trees and swing sets. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Park's landscaped park, including pond and footbridge. Two people sit on a bench in the shade on the right. The original caption describes the pa... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of school children running and playing on open school grounds. There is a schoolhouse in the background. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Park in Hartford, Connecticut. View of a small portion of the park's property bordered by plants. The original caption describes it as "well-plan... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Three young men playing basketball on an outdoor court. In the background behind a fence and tree are a group of girls, and in the center background younge... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A group of children playing volleyball during recess outside of a school building. Additional children are playing on a see-saw behind them. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Large group of students and teachers gathered in a circle to watch young girls winding the maypole at an annual school festival in Belwood Park. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Students of Palos Park School folk dancing at an annual school festival in Belwood Park. |
| Date: | 03 13 1915 |
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| Description: | Several children clearing land for a new school playground. Three boys are using axes to chop a log, and other children are gathered near the fire. Three b... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View across lawn of automobiles parked beneath trees at a tourist campground. A group of people are standing near a picnic table. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Children are sitting on benches looking at books, and other children are playing in a sandbox at Happy Hearts Park. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Children playing games behind a fence. In the foreground other children are playing in a sandbox on a school playground next to several buildings. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down road of horses with horse-drawn carriages parked on the left near what appears to be a park. On the right automobiles are parked along near comme... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A group of children posing on and beneath a wooden playground slide. There is a barn in the background. |
| Date: | 04 13 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over the Illinois River towards Allen Park, a free tourist camp. Tents are set up along the bank of the river, and a bridge spans the water i... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of adults supervising children using swings, a see-saw, a slide, and other playground equipment at Parker Street playground. |
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