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| Date: | 08 31 1948 |
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| Description: | Madison Labor officials riding on a tiny train at the 6-day Labor Festival at Olbrich Park. |
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| Description: | People gather around a bench in front of Casino Amusement Park. A roller coaster, pavilion, and ticket booth stand behind them. |
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| Description: | View of the Coney Island Amusement Park featuring a large garden and lawn, a roller coaster, a windmill, several buildings and amusements, and crowds of pe... |
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| Description: | People ride a ten car roller coaster at PLAYLAND park. The roller coaster has lights on one side and railings on either side. |
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| Description: | A carousel, aeroplane, penny arcade, and other rides stand inside an amusement park. There is a lawn at the center of the image and people surround the amu... |
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| Description: | View of a miniature train with children and their parents as passengers at Springbank Park, founded in the late nineteenth century. |
| Date: | 07 2014 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a woman standing behind a fence at the base of the Ferris wheel waiting for customers at the La Fete de Marquette Festival. |
| Date: | 06 1961 |
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| Description: | A young girl is enjoying a carnival ride at Peppermint Park. She is probably a daughter of Lewis Arms. |
| Date: | 06 1961 |
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| Description: | Mamie and Rita Arms, daughters of Lewis Arms, sharing a midway ride at Peppermint Park. |
| Date: | 02 27 1958 |
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| Description: | Horses from the Vilas Park merry-go-round are being checked before returning to summer use by Angelo Traino (left), a city parks department employee, and J... |
| Date: | 06 07 1958 |
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| Description: | Workmen painting the merry-go-round at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
| Date: | 06 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Attending the grand opening of the Vilas Park merry-go-round are, (L-R): Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick, Wisconsin State Journal managing editor; Robert C.... |
| Date: | 06 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Professor Ray S. Owen, 5807 Winnequah Road (L), and Alderman Harrison L. Garner, Madison 13th Ward (R), enjoying a ride on the Vilas Park merry-go-round du... |
| Date: | 06 21 1958 |
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| Description: | An unidentified boy enjoying his first ride on the new Vilas Park merry-go-round during the merry-go-round's grand opening. |
| Date: | 06 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison Park Superintendent James G. Marshall throwing the switch to turn on the new Vilas Park merry-go-round. Show (L-R) with Marshall are park crew memb... |
| Date: | 06 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Children and parents waiting their turn to ride the new Vilas Park merry-go-round during the grand-opening event for the ride on June 21, 1958. In the back... |
| Date: | 06 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Children ride horses on the new merry-go-round at Vilas Park. The grand opening for the merry-go-round occurred on June 21, 1958. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View of Wonderland." This amusement park had many names over 34 years, and was called Wonderland from 1905 to 1909. It was... |
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