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Children with Bookmobile at Playground

Date: 08 30 1938
Description: Children line up at the entrance to the Superior Bookmobile trailer. Other children ride bicycles and play in a playground in the background. The original...
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Superior Bookmobile

Date: 08 30 1938
Description: A group of children lines up outside the entrance to the Superior Bookmobile (an International truck), parked in a playground area. Other children holding ...
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Girls Standing near Bookmobile

Date: 08 30 1938
Description: Three girls stand at the entrance of the Superior Bookmobile (an International truck) holding books. A child playing tennis is in the background. The origi...
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City Park

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Description: A pathway through a park. There is a playground on the right, and a boy is nearby on what appears to be a shoreline. A pavilion is beyond trees on the left...
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Madison Youth Summer Theater

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: The Stage Coach, presented to the teen-aged theatrical group in 1951, is parked at the Marquette School playground. Performers and students in attendance a...
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Madison Youth Summer Theater

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: The Stage Coach and truck used for the Madison Youth Summer Theater driving past a playground. Students who watched the performance are waving to the actor...
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Fitzgerald's Resort

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Description: Group of four children sitting on a merry-go-round on the lawn of a resort. In the center of the merry-go-round is a sign that reads: Made by Dells Mfg. Co...
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Rosedale Playground Protest

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Description: A woman holds a sign that reads, "Rosedale Playground is America's Shame!" as she stands next to the playground. She is protesting the exclusion of African...
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Mt. Vernon Playground

Date: 1938
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,...
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Racist Graffiti

Date: 1975
Description: View across street towards a man leaning against a street sign near the corner of a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. On the right is a concre...

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