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Marble Tournament Champions

Date: 04 30 1932
Description: Outdoor group portrait of 27 marble tournament champions at Breese Stevens Field.
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Madison Horseshoe Team

Date: 08 15 1931
Description: Five members of the Madison Horseshoe team, at the horseshoe pit, in a neighborhood setting. Ed Tierney, Seymour J. Johnson, Julian Johnson, L. Messerschmi...
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Horseshoe Pitching Champion, Seymour J. Johnson

Date: 08 15 1931
Description: Outdoor portrait of Seymour J. Johnson, Madison Horseshoe champion, holding a horseshoe at the horseshoe pit.
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Ole Bull Residence

Date: 1872
Description: Ole Bull Residence, 130 East Gilman Street. The family is playing croquet on the lawn. Later, the house was known as the Thorp House. It became the state's...
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Ole Bull Family Playing Croquet

Date: 1874
Description: Ole Bull Residence at 130 East Gilman Street. Family on lawn playing croquet with house in background. Later, the house was known as the Thorp House. It be...
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Pitching Horseshoes on July 4th

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Fourth of July celebration in Westmorland neighborhood with three men pitching horseshoes. Shown here are Elmer Nielson, 4022 Winnemac Avenue, Ray Heibel, ...
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Madison Summer Playground Activities

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: A group of kids play a paper game "Air Defense" with two playground directors at a table in Vilas Park. Sitting around the table, from left, are: Nancy Bri...
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Wisconsin Hoofers Winter Carnival

Date: 01 31 1951
Description: An unidentified University of Wisconsin student looks on as fellow student, Jim Healy of Milwaukee (right), practices for the barrel stave races. The race ...
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Griggs Album: Girls Playing "London Bridge"

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Description: Four groups of girls in threes playing the game "London Bridge Is Falling Down," on the boulevard in front of a house. This image is part of an album kept ...
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Neighborhood House Album: Children Playing Circle Game

Date: 1929
Description: Hand-colored image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a group of children and two women playing a circle game outdoors.
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East Side Businessmen's Association Festival at Voit Field

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: It is Children's Day at the East Side Businessman's Festival at Voit Field. About 10,500 people attended the festival on its first day. A youngster stands...

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