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Boys at Reservoir Park

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Description: Syl and another boy stand near a small waterfall at Reservoir Park. A bench can be seen in the background.
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Elizabeth Park in Hartford

Date: 1925
Description: Elizabeth Park's landscaped park, including pond and footbridge. Two people sit on a bench in the shade on the right. The original caption describes the pa...
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Marathon County Park

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the Marathon County Park. Many children are playing in the water surrounding a stone fountain, while others watch from the benches.
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Forest Middleton in Tenney Park

Date: 1910
Description: Forest Middleton sits with his camera beside him on a park bench near the lagoon in Tenney Park. An arched bridge is visible through the trees.
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Pond at Bracken Brae, Country Home of John Johnston

Date: 1888
Description: Several adults, two children and a dog enjoying a pond at Bracken Brae, the country home of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker. Hilda...
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International 3600 Special Needs Bus with Thomas Built Vista Body

Date: 1993
Description: Color photo of a man and a woman assisting a girl on a wheelchair lift for a model 3600 Special Needs bus. The "International" emblem is on the front of th...
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Backyard Swimming

Date: 1957
Description: Suburban upper-class residence in wooded area with rock-lined swimming pool and swimming children. Two women sit in lawn chairs on the lawn near the house ...
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Picnic with Friends

Date: 1961
Description: View of a group of people picnicking in a park at a picnic table. Plastic silverware, paper cups and plates, and a box of potato chips sit on top of the ta...
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Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1899
Description: An album page decorated with a hand-painted stem of wild geranium flowers features four photographs of Stuart Fargo, age two years, and his sister Dorothy,...
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Wyalusing State Park

Date: 08 1940
Description: View looking down towards a woman wearing a striped dress and holding a purse standing at a low stone wall at the Point Lookout observation area above the ...

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