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| Date: | 08 22 1963 |
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| Description: | "Picnicking in Mitchell Park provided a pleasant afternoon recently for these senior citizens who participated in the Milwaukee County Park Commission's pr... |
| Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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| Description: | Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park. |
| Date: | 09 07 1963 |
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| Description: | Husband and wife prepare meal on top of a campfire grill. |
| Date: | 04 27 1945 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison annual student work day at Picnic Point. Shown are four students at lunch break. Left to right: Dominic Cefalu, John E. Had... |
| Date: | 06 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Jane and Jone Johnson, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Johnson of Black River Falls, feeding two Virginia deer at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
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| Description: | Men and women drinking tea around a picnic table at a park. The women are wearing fancy hats. |
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| Description: | A group of women and girls and one man are sitting outside on benches and chairs sewing clothes and talking. On the right, a woman has a baby stroller besi... |
| Date: | 06 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Four girls are gathered at a picnic table while making stew at Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. A lake is in the background. Left to right: Gloria Branden... |
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| Description: | Principals at the "Mid-Summer Festival." Festival was the precursor of what would become Summerfest. The gang went to the festival to "blow off steam" afte... |
| Date: | 07 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Girl Scouts at Camp Greenwood, a day camp at Picnic Point for Intermediate Girl Scouts between the ages of 10 and 14, gather the food they have helped cont... |
| Date: | 07 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Girl Scouts cook their "campfire stew" at Camp Greenwood, a day camp at Picnic Point for Intermediate Girl Scouts between the ages of 10 and 14. Pictured ... |
| Date: | 07 10 1951 |
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| Description: | A scene at Brownie Day Camp at Hoyt or Burrows Park. Three Brownie Girl Scouts are hanging their "nosebag" lunches on a line. Left to right are: Mary Groth... |
| Date: | 07 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Camper Jeanette Braxton prepares to grill food at an outdoor fireplace as one of the activities at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp. |
| Date: | 07 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Three campers sit on a log while eating watermelon after a treasure hunt at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp. Left to right: Elizabeth O'Neill, Oregon; Bonn... |
| Date: | 07 21 1952 |
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| Description: | Barbara Arnett, Oregon, pours a cup of cold water for Mary Ellen Jordan, Waunakee, at the "cup tree," used at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp to store campe... |
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| Description: | Group of women and girls, and one large dog, posing standing and sitting around three picnic tables. Horses are grazing in the background. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two T.T. Club images, one of two girls tending to another girl who is in bed ("and a tray for Katie"... |
| Date: | 06 27 1958 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of American Field Service students on their way back to their native countries after having spent the past year in the area. They were enter... |
| Date: | 05 04 1959 |
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| Description: | Julie Snyder roasts a hot dog at a Madison park shelter fireplace during a picnic for teenagers. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Scene in a small city park showing a group of local women serving luncheon to soldiers recently returned from service in the first World War. Very possibly... |
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