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Children Playing at the Neighborhood House

Date: 07 11 1955
Description: Three children, Jackie LeTourneau, Debra Ranes, and Ester Thayer, playing in the tot lot at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue.
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600 Block South Brearly Street and Walker Mansion

Date: 1918
Description: Children in the backyard of the Walker mansion. Buildings along the west side of the 600 block of South Brearly Street including Monona Apartments can be ...
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Kid's Car

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Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, in his motorized two-seat toy car.
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Boys Playing With Guns

Date: 1920
Description: Two young boys sitting in a car wearing hats and sunglasses, play cops and robbers. One of the boys is thought to be Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison. App...
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A Boy and Dog with Toy Tractor

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Description: A young boy and his little dog sit together on a toy tractor in a driveway behind a parked car.
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Children Playing a Game of Washers at Olbrich Park Playground

Date: 07 10 1950
Description: Three boys playing a game of "washers" at the Olbrich park playground, one of the thirty parks included in the summer playground program sponsored by the B...
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Nguyen Children at Playground

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Description: The children of Trong and Hong Nguyen pose on a playground structure shaped to look like the McDonald's character The Grimace. From left to right in...
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Easter Egg Hunt

Date: 1941
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with children crossing the street in front of the settlement house, gathering Easter eggs in the park, po...
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Girl on Seesaw

Date: 10 29 1959
Description: Susan Thomsen smiling from high atop a seesaw on a warm October day while playing at Yahara Place Park near her home at 502 Dunning Street. Houses in the b...
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On the Ice

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Description: View across frozen lake towards cars parked on the ice near fishing huts. A shoreline lined with trees is in the far background.
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Seven Boys Seated on a Tree Limb

Date: 06 02 1959
Description: Seated on a large lower tree limb in Vilas Park are, left to right, Danny Tortorice, John Fasel, Frank Lawrence, Raymond Falci, Tom Fields, Mike Williams a...

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