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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A group of children stand in a row while a man in an International Harvester hat stands beside them. The man is holding a megaphone, and the children may b... |
| Date: | 06 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Glenn "Pat" Holmes (left) and Frank Blau, directors of the Madison summer playground program, are shown checking equipment out to the 30 playgrounds which ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1950 |
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| Description: | Sherry Klein (right) playing a game of checkers with Janice Wirioff at the Milton-Charter park playground as Edward Lambert, Kenneth and Shirley Bloom are ... |
| Date: | 07 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Three boys playing a game of "washers" at the Olbrich park playground, one of the thirty parks included in the summer playground program sponsored by the B... |
| Date: | 06 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Girl assemble for Brownie Girl Scout day camp at Hoyt Park. |
| Date: | 08 16 1950 |
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| 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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| Description: | Two men play catch in a park-like setting. A number of trees and an outbuilding are visible. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Children playing games behind a fence. In the foreground other children are playing in a sandbox on a school playground next to several buildings. |
| Date: | 06 12 1949 |
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| Description: | "American Legion Picnic at Firemen's Park." |
| Date: | 06 1994 |
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| Description: | "Players coax on turtles at the 'Turtle Game' at Firemen's Park." |
| Date: | 08 05 1965 |
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| Description: | Kathy Kurtz, a playground leader at Cherokee Heights playground, playing tether ball with youngsters at her playground. |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Group of children on a city playground playing dodge ball (called "ball tag"). The boy on far left is finishing a toss. |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Two boys playing "washers" game at a city playground. |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Two kids at an outdoor table in a shelter playing checkers with three more looking on and "kibitzing." |
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