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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Pat Stevens is lying on her stomach, and Donna Arnold is checking her for the first signs of angry red indicating the first stages of a sunburn.
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Group Portrait on Playground Slide

Date: 1920
Description: A group of friends pose on a playground slide. Included in the group are Cresence Esser Bowar, Matt Bowar (husband of Cresence), Herbert Esser (brother of ...
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Friends of Lewis Arms at Brittingham Park

Date: 1950
Description: Friends of Lewis Arms enjoy beer at a party at Brittingham Park. Seated on the ground from left to right are: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.), Hattie, ...
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Shelter at Bernard's Park

Date: 1930
Description: View across lawn towards a large shelter at Bernard's Park filled with people. Other people relax at picnic tables in under trees in the foreground.
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A Day in the Park

Date: 1903
Description: Family group enjoying themselves on the lawn in Tenney Park.
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Sunbathers

Date: 06 2014
Description: Women and men wearing swim suits lying or sitting on the grass in James Madison Park. A man is resting against a tree in the foreground looking out over th...
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Two cub scouts, pleasantly exhausted, relaxing on the grass during a Cub Scout pack picnic at Hoyt park.

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