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| Date: | 02 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Children play on an ice slide created by two residents of the barracks apartments at Truax Field. A swing set is in the background. |
| Date: | 06 04 1961 |
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| Description: | View of the Honey Creek Rod and Gun Club playground beside Mielke's grist mill. |
| Date: | 08 16 1950 |
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| Description: | A group of kids play a paper game "Air Defense" with two playground directors at a table in Vilas Park. Sitting around the table, from left, are: Nancy Bri... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View from across road of the Devil's Barbecue roadside restaurant on South Boulevard, then Highway 12, near Baraboo. The restaurant is a stone building; th... |
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| Description: | Elevated view across road towards Grove-Putnam Park. A short, stone wall separates automobiles parked on the road near the park. People are sitting at picn... |
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| Description: | A view of children playing on the swingset, slide, and other playground equipment at a park. A wooden building is located behind the playground, and the pa... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman stands with two white dogs among the trees at Effinger Park. The park features benches, a pump, a lawn swing, a gazebo and three cabins. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple ... |
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| Description: | Children play in Forest Park at the Chautauqua Grounds, an institution founded in 1874. Residences can be seen beyond the playground at right. Caption read... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. On the surrounding lawn, there is a ... |
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| Description: | View across dirt road of the exterior of the Brodhead High School. |
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| Description: | A pathway through a park. There is a playground on the right, and a boy is nearby on what appears to be a shoreline. A pavilion is beyond trees on the left... |
| Date: | 08 03 1954 |
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| Description: | Ronda Pyne holding the reins of a pony at the Franklin School playground while wearing a cowboy hat. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View from the road facing the front and side of the public school built in 1905. A swing set is to the left of the school building. The building has an arc... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | A swing set at a public park. There is a windmill in the background. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Children play on slides, see-saws, and swings in the playground of the public school. |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The Stage Coach and truck used for the Madison Youth Summer Theater driving past a playground. Students who watched the performance are waving to the actor... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Public school and grounds. There is a slide on the lawn on the right. A dirt path leads up to the stairs to the entrance. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Pupils and their teacher (rear) pose in front of their school house. Two cars are parked in the school yard. A man and other pupils stand near a water pump... |
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