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| Date: | 05 25 1928 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men posing after clearing field for playground at Burr Jones Field, 1800 E. Washington Avenu... |
| Date: | 05 25 1928 |
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| Description: | ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men clearing area for playground at Burr Jones Field at 1800 E. Washington Street. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View from Sunset Point in Owen Park, which is now a part of Hoyt Park. Lake Mendota is in the distance. |
| Date: | 07 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Lewis Flisram, age 79, started working for the Madison Parks Commission in 1897. He worked there until 1911. He left to work for his mother for a period of... |
| Date: | 02 25 1947 |
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| Description: | Pigs in fenced-in tennis court at Nakoma Park on Nakoma Road. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block of Nakoma Road near the arbore... |
| Date: | 05 13 1950 |
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| Description: | More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited through the Madison Youth Council helped plant trees and shrubs on the Vilas Park island. |
| Date: | 05 13 1950 |
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| Description: | Three teenage girls are carrying shovels on their shoulders while crossing a wooden foot bridge. More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited throug... |
| Date: | 05 1950 |
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| Description: | A Zor Shrine camel and its newly born baby at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). |
| Date: | 07 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Three campers sit on a log while eating watermelon after a treasure hunt at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp. Left to right: Elizabeth O'Neill, Oregon; Bonn... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A benefit gathering at James Rector People's Park to support the United Farmworkers (UFW) grape boycott. The UFW sign, with its eagle symbol, posted in th... |
| Date: | 03 11 1958 |
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| Description: | Two men in front of a wall of hay bales posing with a baby camel. The men are Zoo Director Harold Hayes (left) and Bellamy Seals (right, wearing a Zor Shri... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Aerial view, looking west from over Hoyt Park toward Midvale Boulevard. |
| Date: | 01 29 1956 |
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| Description: | Hill captain Werner Schorr supervises the removal of snow in Vilas Park to transport to the Blackhawk Ski Club's Tomahawk Ridge for the upcoming jumping to... |
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