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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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Senator Proxmire and Constituents

Date: 07 1969
Description: Senator William Proxmire greets three elderly women seated on a bench at the Capitol Square.
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Men Having a Picnic

Date: 06 1927
Description: Edward J. Rickers with UW nightwatchman "Gramps," on a Lake Mendota outing. They are seated on the grass together with a picnic lunch and a campfire. There...
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Dr. Francis Townsend

Date: 1938
Description: Dr. Francis E. Townsend seated on the platform of a Townsend Plan Club at a park.
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Generational Family Portrait

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Description: Five adults and one child pose outside in what appears to be a park, with two tents in the background.
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Grand Army of the Republic Reunion

Date: 06 1928
Description: Outdoor group portrait of some of the members of the Grand Army of the Republic at a reunion.
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Effinger Park

Date: 1930
Description: Six men and women and two dogs sitting in the shade at the park. A carved bench is in the foreground, and in the background are houses or cabins.
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Donald Rock Wayside Park Dedication

Date: 06 27 1954
Description: Vona Donald poses next to a newly dedicated plague. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park located along Highway 92 between Mt. Horeb and Mt. V...
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Picnic

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Description: Group of four adults eating at table in picnic area. There is a dog underneath the picnic table.
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Gillett Reunion at Vilas Park

Date: 06 24 1920
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the extended Gillett family at a reunion.
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Gillett Family Reunion

Date: 1922
Description: Group portrait of the extended Gillett family at a reunion.
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Sherwin Gillett

Date: 1957
Description: Sherwin Gillett in profile checking his watch at a marble rail.
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Les Beck

Date: 05 2000
Description: Les Beck at Firemen's Park.
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Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Fishermen ranging in age from seven years to over seventy cast from the breakwater at Tenney Park.
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Elderly Woman Watching Children's Parade

Date: 05 10 1979
Description: An elderly woman sitting on a park bench is watching the children's parade as part of the Week of the Young Child celebration. The Week of the Young Child ...
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Early Settlers' Picnic

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: At the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic at Angell Park, the oldest settler present was Julia McElroy, 89, pictured with her son, George McElroy.

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