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| Date: | 09 07 1997 |
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| Description: | "Pioneer Days is celebrated at Firemen's Park. Civil War reenactors, in period garb, put on a show of battlefield conditions." |
| Date: | 09 16 1997 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 16 1997 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 06 28 1932 |
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| Description: | J.C. Nisbet (center), an editor of Hoard's Dairyman magazine, addresses a crowd of men, women and children at the Walworth County 4-H Club Picnic at... |
| Date: | 08 1982 |
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| Description: | Dennis Bodden, Frank Kuczkowski and Adrian Geiger are busy roasting corn at Firemen's Park. |
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| Description: | Art Kehl is standing outdoors with a pipe in his mouth and is handing a matching hat to an unknown young woman in a dress decorated with bees. Located in R... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Scattered groups in a wooded park-like setting, sitting in tall grass and lunching at an agricultural organization picnic. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Left side view of a man using a horse-drawn mower on a lawn. The horse is wearing a fly-net. There are buildings, and what may be the capitol of Philadelph... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Two grounds keepers mowing lawn in Fairmount Park. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across well-manicured lawn towards a man using a horse-drawn mower. The horse is wearing a fly-net. Across a drive is a domed pavilion. A man is sitti... |
| Date: | 08 17 1926 |
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| Description: | A man is driving a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor to pull a large trailer on a street. In the background is what may be a park, with many types of tr... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A view, looking south, at the intersection of West Mt. Vernon Avenue and North 65th Street. In the foreground is a shallow pool where children are playing,... |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a fisherman standing on the rocks below a spillway. Trees are along the shoreline. On the right is a picnic area, and on the hori... |
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