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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...
Photograph

Madison Playground Scene

Date: 07 26 1950
Description: Group portrait of children with their pets at the Lake Edge playground.
Photograph

Beautiful Effinger Park

Date: 1930
Description: A woman stands with two white dogs among the trees at Effinger Park. The park features benches, a pump, a lawn swing, a gazebo and three cabins.
Photograph

Pony Rides at Franklin School Playground

Date: 07 03 1954
Description: Pony rides are given to children at the Franklin School playground. Left to right: Patty Fitzgerald, Jimmie Schaub (on pony), Frances Orvold. Several other...
Photograph

Pony Rides at Franklin School Playground

Date: 08 03 1954
Description: Ronda Pyne holding the reins of a pony at the Franklin School playground while wearing a cowboy hat.
Photograph

Pony Rides at Franklin School Playground

Date: 08 03 1954
Description: Boys riding in a pony cart at the Franklin School playground. Sitting left to right: Harry Culp, Daniel Triggs, Jeff Engelberger, and Enoch Sherman. Two un...
Photograph

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."
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Play School Outing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images of a spring outing taken by the Bluebirds? and the Orioles children's groups. Children are pl...
Map or Atlas

Henry Vilas Park Zoo Map

Date: 1931
Description: Fold-out map of the zoo inside a publication titled: "The Master Plan For Henry Vilas Park Zoo." Includes Lake Wingra, the lagoon, and the playground.
Book or Pamphlet

Henry Vilas Park Zoo Map

Date: 11 1964
Description: Fold-out map of the zoo inside a publication titled: "Henry Vilas Park Zoo: An Instructive Book on the Origin and Habits of Animals." Includes Lake Wingra,...
Postcard

Playgrounds

Date: 06 21 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "'Playgrounds,' Whitewater, Wis." Two girls, and three boys with a bicycle are in a grass covered playground with swings, slides, sees...

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