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Ice Skater Trying Out New Skates

Date: 12 30 1953
Description: Dave Halls is trying out new ice skates he received for Christmas at Tenney Park pond, which is used as a Madison outdoor rink in winter. With ankles wobbl...
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Early Settlers' Picnic

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: At the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic at Angell Park, the oldest settler present was Julia McElroy, 89, pictured with her son, George McElroy.
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Winter Snow Scene

Date: 12 05 1954
Description: Man hiking in fresh snow at Tenney Park.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Bob Lake and Dick Wills, holding their sticks up, stopping abruptly in pursuit of a hockey puck at Vilas park rink.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger is teaching his daughter, Susan Jane, to ice skate at the Vilas Park ice skating rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, after she fell face forward on the ice at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, learn how to skate at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Park attendant John Doyle observing children and parents enjoying their time at the swimming pool in Badger Park. He is wearing a park badge and scratching...
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Jerry Ball Waxing His Car at Tenney Park

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: Jerry Ball of Portage waxes his car at Tenney Park during his break from work. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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Springtime Cleanup at Brittingham Park

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: A city parks department worker helps with the spring clean-up by raking the lawn at Brittingham Park beside Monona Bay.
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Man Relaxing at Brittingham Park

Date: 06 01 1957
Description: A man relaxes with an umbrella on the shore of Monona Bay in Brittingham Park on the first sunny day in Madison for a long time.
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Mendota Lotus Beds in Full Bloom

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: Unidentified man taking a picture of the Lotus Bed on Lake Mendota. The bed of large, floating white blossoms are at the peak of their bloom.
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4th Annual Dog Obedience Trials

Date: 09 14 1957
Description: Participants and their dogs standing together as judges look over the canines at the 4th Annual Dog Obedience Trials held at the Double A Arena near Cambri...
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Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 12 31 1957
Description: A young girl trying out a new pair of skates with the help of her parents at the Tenney Park lagoon. It is snowing.
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Play Space: Vilas Park Merry-Go-Round Horses

Date: 02 27 1958
Description: Horses from the Vilas Park merry-go-round are being checked before returning to summer use by Angelo Traino (left), a city parks department employee, and J...
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Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Patricia Ann Palmer (2) waiting for rescue workers to free her right leg caught in an unused drainage pipe at Truax Park. Her father Michael B. Palmer, at ...
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Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Patricia Ann Palmer (2) is rescued from an abandoned drainage pipe at Truax Park. A rescue crew member carries her bundled in a blanket to a police car for...
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Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Young children inspect the hole where Patricia Ann Palmer's (2) leg was caught in an unused drainage pipe at Truax Park. Rescue workers cut the hole in the...
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Man Drinking From a Bubbler in a City of Madison Park

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: A man drinking from a bubbler in a Madison park on a spring day.
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Man Playing Tennis in a Madison City Park

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: A man playing tennis in a Madison city park.

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