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| Description: | Children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo), donated by the citizens of the Madison area. A stone bridge is in the ba... |
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| Description: | View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large group of ice skaters at River Park. Some of the skaters are formed into a large circle. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A woman sits on the grass reading next to a baby carriage in Fort Tyron Park. A brush-covered hill surmounted by a square tower rises in the background. |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View from below of two boys on a jungle gym. Some of the brick buildings of the Jacob Riis Houses rise in the background. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from center field of baseball game being played in Fletcher's Park. A group of spectators are sitting under a covered grandstand on the right. Caption... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | View from above and behind the stage as the band, Spooner, performs at the MadCity Music Festival held at Olin Park, Madison, Wisconsin. Band members inclu... |
| Date: | 08 1979 |
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| Description: | The pie eating contest gets a lot of attention at the Fireman's Picnic. |
| Date: | 01 2014 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline on a sunny day of snow-covered, frozen Monona Bay. People in the distance are standing or sitting near ice fishing holes and ice fishin... |
| Date: | 02 2014 |
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| Description: | Two young men are playing hockey on the lagoon at Tenney Park. Snow is on the ground and the small foot bridge is in the background. |
| Date: | 06 2014 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 2014 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a woman standing behind a fence at the base of the Ferris wheel waiting for customers at the La Fete de Marquette Festival. |
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| Description: | Stereograph of three men having a picnic in a clearing in the woods at Devil's Lake or nearby. One man is sitting against a tree, another is kneeling and t... |
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