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ESBMA Men Group Portrait

Date: 05 25 1928
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...
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Men Clearing Field for Playground

Date: 05 25 1928
Description: ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men clearing area for playground at Burr Jones Field at 1800 E. Washington Street.
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Man Mowing Park Grass with International Cub Tractor

Date: 07 16 1975
Description: Color photograph of a man mowing grass in a park with an International Cub tractor and attached mower.
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Lewis Flisram, Madison Parks Caretaker

Date: 07 05 1945
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...
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Horse-Drawn Mower on Park or Estate Grounds

Date: 1899
Description: A male grounds keeper is driving a horse-drawn mower down a path on a park or estate grounds. Another man is leaning against a slender tree. Both men are w...
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Two Horse-Drawn Mowers on Path in Fairmount (?) Park

Date: 1899
Description: Two men are guiding horse-drawn mowers down a path in a park. There is a stand of tall trees along the left side of the path, and some low scalloped fencin...
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Grooming Baseball Diamond with I-4 Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Man grooming a baseball diamond at a community park using an International I-4 tractor. Original caption reads: "International tractor, I-4, used with home...
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Plowing after Pittsburgh Snowstorm

Date: 1945
Description: International (or Farmall?) tractor with Trojan Vee-plow removing snow in Pittsburgh. Original caption reads: "In a recent big snow storm which snarled Pit...
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Gilbert Road Grader in Northern Park

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: W.H. Stuber operates a Gilbert road grader on a road in "Northern Park." Men are standing in the background near a house.
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T-20 TracTracTor with Killefer Rotary Fresno

Date: 1938
Description: A man operating an International TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at a construction site for a new school. Original captions states: "Board of Education, City...
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Relief Tractors

Date: 04 01 1925
Description: Men readying a line of McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractors for delivery for "tri-state tornado" victims. The tractors are parked in a row near what appears to...
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International 2444 Tractor with No. 110 Balanced Head Mower

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Description: Color photograph of a man driving an International 2444 tractor with a No. 110 Balanced Head Mower. The tractor is mowing near the shoreline of a pond or ...
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Man with Horse-Drawn Mower in Park

Date: 1900
Description: A man is sitting on a mower drawn by two horses in a park along a body of water. A group of people, including men, woman, and children, are near a band pav...
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Vehicles Parked at Agricultural Instruction Meeting

Date: 1915
Description: View down road of horses with horse-drawn carriages parked on the left near what appears to be a park. On the right automobiles are parked along near comme...
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High School

Date: 1922
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...
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Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 03 1959
Description: "Erhard Luhn, Richard Sigler, & Howard Greiner are bringing milk to Widmer Cheese Factory in a horse-drawn sleigh."
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Madison UFW Benefit at People's Park

Date: 1969
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...
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Pioneer Days

Date: 09 07 1997
Description: "Pioneer Days is celebrated at Firemen's Park. Civil War reenactors, in period garb, put on a show of battlefield conditions."
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Rivers Edge Park

Date: 09 16 1997
Description: "Ron and Janet Wendling plant a tree in Rivers Edge Park in memory of their deceased son Eddy. They are assisted by Theresa Village President, Chris Giese...
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Rivers Edge Park

Date: 09 16 1997
Description: "Assisting in planting this tree in Rivers Edge Park are: Village President Chris Giese, Ron and Janet Wendling, Shirley Widmer, Delores and Gordon Loehrke...

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