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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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Boy with Dog Pulling Wagon

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Description: Three small children with a wagon drawn by a dog.
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Model Airplane Builder

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Description: Tony Italiano of Waukesha, founder of the Supreme Model Supply Co., with a large model airplane.
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Olson Boys in Go-Kart

Date: 01 19 1934
Description: A small race car built by Samuel Olson at the Wisconsin Oil Burner factory, 1134 Regent Street is enjoyed by his sons, Donald Olson, seated, and Gordon at ...
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Thor Brye Family pose near House

Date: 1874
Description: The Thor Brye family is posed in front of a fence in the yard. The women wear decorative scarves around their necks and one holds a stereoscope. The frame ...
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Family by Vine Covered House

Date: 1873
Description: A wooden fence with widely spaced pickets is in the foreground. Behind it is a family in the yard of a frame house that has vines covering its windows, nic...
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Children Playing at the Neighborhood House

Date: 07 11 1955
Description: Three children, Jackie LeTourneau, Debra Ranes, and Ester Thayer, playing in the tot lot at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue.
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Marion Kinnamon and Son

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Marion Kinnamon with son David at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
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Playground Scene

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Playing in the sandbox at Olbrich Park are Mary Lou Whitney, Ann Spilde, Patsy White, year-old Noreen Kay Morehouse and some playmates.
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600 Block South Brearly Street and Walker Mansion

Date: 1918
Description: Children in the backyard of the Walker mansion. Buildings along the west side of the 600 block of South Brearly Street including Monona Apartments can be ...
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Violinist and Child with Dog

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a seated man holding a violin and bow. A small boy with a toy wooden horse stands next to him. A dog is resting in the grass in fron...
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Cary Bass with Hoop

Date: 1897
Description: The photographer's son, Edward Cary Bass, with a hoop. There is a lattice fence behind him.
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Little Girl

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A little girl at a Civilian Defense Rally.
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Porch and Yard

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Description: A woman and two children sit in the porch area of their home. One of the children plays on a rocking horse. A groomed yard and flowering shrubs are in fr...
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Little Girl and Toy Weber Wagon

Date: 1915
Description: Young girl posing sitting in a scale model or toy version of a Weber farm wagon on a residential lawn.
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Child with Wagon Box

Date: 03 1926
Description: A child wearing a coat and hat is standing in a toy wagon marked "Lightning Coaster" beside a wagon box propped on wooden stakes. A flock of geese is in th...
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Shorewood Hills Play School

Date: 06 24 1952
Description: Billy Beuscher, right, pulling Charles Schlatter in a wagon at the Shorewood Hills Play School, a summer recreation program at Shorewood Hills parks and sc...
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Lewis Arms with Toys and Dog

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Description: Lewis Arms poses holding stuffed toy animals, with an arm around a (real) dog. He is in the back yard of the house at 629 Milton Street.
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus, wearing the traditional red suit and hat with white fur trim, waving to two children. Santa has a basket of toys and dolls...
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500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 500 block of State Street. Businesses include: (on Gilman Street) Wolf Kubley and Hirsig Toys, Hair House...

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