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Young Arthur Altmeyer and Friends

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as a young man posing in Wingra Park with five other young people identified as Selma, Russell, Lloyd, May Wescot...
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Toboggan Ride

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: Winter scene with Lawrence College students tobogganing at Rib Mountain near Wausau.
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Broomball Game

Date: 03 10 1980
Description: An outdoor broomball game in action in the snow.
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Bradford Beach

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: View along shoreline of crowded Bradford beach.
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Frankfurters on the Grill

Date: 08 22 1963
Description: "Picnicking in Mitchell Park provided a pleasant afternoon recently for these senior citizens who participated in the Milwaukee County Park Commission's pr...
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Man Carrying Boston Herald Newspapers from International Truck

Date: 1965
Description: Man delivering a stack of Boston Herald newspapers from an International C-series truck parked along the curb in the downtown Boston area at Boston Common....
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Mowing the Lawn

Date: 05 28 1987
Description: A Parks Department employee pushes a mower up a steep hill to keep Buchner Park maintained.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) and Park

Date: 1870
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol as it appeared during the early 1870s. Close scrutiny of the entrance (whether it is the north or south entrance cannot b...
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Two Women Near Campers

Date: 04 07 1968
Description: Two women in bikinis are walking their dogs by a row of campers at Terry Andrae State Park.
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Children at Brittingham Park

Date: 1905
Description: Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole.
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School Girls in Running Race

Date: 06 1916
Description: Six girls in a running race at the School Festival in Palos Park.
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Madison Concert Orchestra

Date: 08 29 1937
Description: Madison Concert Orchestra members with their instruments seated on a "stage" under trees at Vilas Park. The conductor is standing in front. Groups of U.S. ...
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Capitol Steps Dancers

Date: 1900
Description: The Fourth of July "living flag" created by costumed dancers from the Kehl Dance Studio, a school founded in Madison by Frederick W. Kehl in 1898. The Capi...
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Sun Dip

Date: 07 08 1988
Description: Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break.
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Tubing Down Mule Hill

Date: 01 02 1988
Description: Bundled-up boys ride their tubes down an icy slope in Mee-Kwon Park.
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Fish Bait

Date: 08 02 1963
Description: Contestant baits her hook in Washington Park at the annual Milwaukee county park commission's fishing rodeo.
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Boy with Model Boat

Date: 09 08 1956
Description: A young man launches his toy sailboat in the lagoon.
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Cook Out

Date: 09 07 1963
Description: Husband and wife prepare meal on top of a campfire grill.
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Card Game

Date: 08 22 1963
Description: Group plays cards underneath the shady trees in Mitchell park.

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