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Masonic Temple Club Rooms

Date: 08 29 1954
Description: Club room, with billiard tables, at the Masonic Temple, 301 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 03 09 1954
Description: Group portrait of officers of the employee club sitting around game tables in the Pioneer Room at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, 122 West Main Street.
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Pitching Horseshoes on July 4th

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Fourth of July celebration in Westmorland neighborhood with three men pitching horseshoes. Shown here are Elmer Nielson, 4022 Winnemac Avenue, Ray Heibel, ...
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LOFT's New Year's Eve Party

Date: 12 31 1946
Description: Playing checkers at the LOFT's New Year's party in the Community Center are, (left to right) David Rendall, Joan Scheiwe, watching are Tom Roth, and Gordon...
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Junior Red Cross Variety Show

Date: 02 23 1949
Description: Junior Red Cross variety show. James Stiene and Dick Grahn with sticks, work hard in the variety show's Chinese play under the supervision of Bob Pickarts....
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LOFT Executive Council

Date: 06 14 1949
Description: Some members of the LOFT executive council making plans for their summer program. From left are: Charlene Schaefer, Dick Brilliott, Dave Matson, and Ruth L...
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Recreation Student Teaches Brownies

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin recreation student Barbara Burrell teaches Brownies to play "Duck, Duck, Goose." Shown are Dudgeon School Brownies Troop 102: Maril...
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The Loft Community Center Anniversary Dance

Date: 01 29 1950
Description: Eugene Fraser (left) and Vernie Lapan play chess at the anniversary dance at the Loft Community Center, 16 East Doty Street.
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 29 1950
Description: Girl assemble for Brownie Girl Scout day camp at Hoyt Park.
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Wisconsin Hoofers Winter Carnival

Date: 01 31 1951
Description: Members of the Kappa Gamma sorority team on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are pictured practicing for the broom hockey matches to be held as p...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 08 04 1953
Description: A scene at YWCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. Five boys play a Skee ball game on "Carnival Night." Left to right: Michael...
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East High School Future Nurse's Club

Date: 05 21 1956
Description: East High School Future Nurse's Club members perform volunteer activities at the Wisconsin Nuerological Hospital. Students Marily Detter (left) and Adeline...
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Griggs Album: Girls Playing "London Bridge"

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Description: Four groups of girls in threes playing the game "London Bridge Is Falling Down," on the boulevard in front of a house. This image is part of an album kept ...
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Neighborhood House Album: Children Playing Circle Game

Date: 1929
Description: Hand-colored image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a group of children and two women playing a circle game outdoors.
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Checkers Game at Neighborhood House

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Description: Young men playing a game of checkers at Neighborhood House. Three men are seated at a small table with the game board, while six others crowd around them, ...
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Children Playing Games at Neighborhood House

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Description: Children seated at tables playing board games and working on a jigsaw puzzle, with three women assisting.
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Neighborhood Circus For Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 06 30 1959
Description: A neighborhood circus at 567 Park Lane, the Robert Munger residence, benefited "Roundy's Fun Fund." Left to right in first row: Cheryl Eickner, Douglas Bo...
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We Saw You Entertaining VA Patients

Date: 12 19 1960
Description: B'nai B'rith women help entertain patients at the VA Hospital on Christmas Day. Ruth Glucksman is shown supervising a game with patients "Dutch" Parkman (...
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Zonta Club Winter Carnival at Mendota State Hospital

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Zonta Club members Jane Mittelstaedt and Cecetia Mullins watch as a patient at the Mendota State Hospital tries to "hit the clown" with a rubber sponge dur...
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East Side Businessmen's Association Festival at Voit Field

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: It is Children's Day at the East Side Businessman's Festival at Voit Field. About 10,500 people attended the festival on its first day. A youngster stands...

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