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| Date: | 05 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Augusta Giddings signs documents, with Mayor Halsey Kreage as a witness, selling her property at the eastern end of the 900 block of East Gorham Stree... |
| Date: | 05 27 1944 |
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| Description: | Boy Scouts at the Dane District Boy Scout Camporee at Olin Park shown grouped about their tents. |
| Date: | 06 07 1944 |
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| Description: | The four Wyngaard children, from left to right: Tim, John, Michael, and Judy, sitting on a picnic table in Vilas Park. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Wingra Park Advancement Association Hall, with a man and a woman posing in front of the building. |
| Date: | 06 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the four Cantwell children of 2801 Monroe Street, on a slide at Edgewood School. From top: Michael, Jeffrey, Connie, and Roger. |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Lois Cook, Noreen Killiher, and Geraldine Clark having a snack on the beach and waiting one hour before they swim. |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 06 16 1944 |
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| Description: | Annie the Elephant at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), walking out of her winter indoor quarters. Annie died Feb. 24, 1948 and was replaced by a "new Ann... |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of the East Wing of the 2nd Wisconsin State Capitol built in Madison, also showing the pathway to the door then considered to be the front... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | View from Capitol Park towards the corner of Monona Avenue and Main Street. |
| Date: | 07 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Boys and girls roller skating on the Olbrich playground tennis courts on a summer evening. Music is furnished by a jukebox. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The tourist park in Black Earth. Typically such facilities were free for motorists. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The Olin Park tourist campground on the shore of Lake Monona in Madison. |
| Date: | 08 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Arrival of two truckloads of Truax cadets at Warner Beach. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Thirty-two winners of individual championships at the annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach, with swimmers in the water, and observers along the shore, with cars, and houses in the neighborh... |
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| Description: | Drawing of proposed park on State Street at the corner of Broom and Gorham Streets. |
| Date: | 12 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Duchess, the lioness at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), with two newborn cubs, born November 5th. |
| Date: | 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Playground equipment with a ladder, swing and teeter totter. |
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