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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Vilas Park, filled with groups of people on the lawn, and horse-drawn carriages on the drive. |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as a young man posing in Wingra Park with five other young people identified as Selma, Russell, Lloyd, May Wescot... |
| Date: | 03 12 1935 |
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| Description: | Four young women tennis players greeting each other at the net at Tenney Park's new tennis courts. From left to right are: Alta Mae Freund, Violette Spence... |
| Date: | 07 24 1931 |
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| Description: | Children in costume with go cars from Brittingham Park waiting to participate in Lantern parade. |
| Date: | 04 01 1955 |
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| Description: | Don Woody, catcher, and Dave Baskerville, batter, members of the West High School baseball team. There is a lake in the background. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Thirty-two winners of individual championships at the annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach. |
| Date: | 07 03 1946 |
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| Description: | View from B.B. Clarke beach of swimmers on a raft in Lake Monona ready to start a swimming race with people in the foreground watching from the shore. Race... |
| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Playing in the sandbox at Olbrich Park are Mary Lou Whitney, Ann Spilde, Patsy White, year-old Noreen Kay Morehouse and some playmates. |
| Date: | 09 10 1948 |
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| Description: | David Bickel, 414 Clemons Avenue, fishing on the shore of Tenney Park lagoon. |
| Date: | 05 02 1949 |
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| Description: | Members of the Philgas softball team watching play during a Mendota League game in Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 05 02 1949 |
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| Description: | Action in a Mendota League softball game in Vilas Park. The batter is Bob Olson of Philgas. The catcher is Charcoal Grill's Armstrong. The umpire is Vito S... |
| Date: | 07 21 1949 |
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| Description: | Mid-morning refreshments are an important part of the day for youngsters at the University Faculty Housing playground. Mrs. Harold Green pours a fruit drin... |
| Date: | 07 21 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. H.E. Colbert supervises her daughter, Bonita, and Susan Hickey, both 2 years old, as they play in a sand pile at one of the play areas with wooden blo... |
| Date: | 08 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Preston E. "Sandy" McNall Jr. holds her young son, Bruce, while on a beach. The McNalls are from West Lafayette, Indiana and are spending the summer a... |
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| Description: | Two men are near a creek, swollen with rainwater, running through Center Park. A footbridge crosses the creek which has large stones along its banks. Trees... |
| Date: | 07 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Children play on the heavy duty swing at Sunset Park playground. A summer recreation program at the city's parks is supervised by the city's board of educa... |
| Date: | 07 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Three boys playing a game of "washers" at the Olbrich park playground, one of the thirty parks included in the summer playground program sponsored by the B... |
| Date: | 07 10 1950 |
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| Description: | The playground director from the board of education's recreation division reads a story to children at the Wirth Court playground during storybook hour. |
| Date: | 07 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Six children engage in folk dancing at Randall School playground on Regent Street, while one bystander observes from the background. Pictured dancing from ... |
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| Description: | Side view of a man presumably kicking a football. He is in a lot, and houses are in the background. |
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