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Picnic Point Work Day Blue Jeans King And Queen

Date: 04 28 1945
Description: Annual University of Wisconsin-Madison student work day project located at Picnic Point. Shown posing together are the chosen "blue jeans" king and queen f...
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Lewis Flisram, Madison Parks Caretaker

Date: 07 05 1945
Description: Lewis Flisram, age 79, started working for the Madison Parks Commission in 1897. He worked there until 1911. He left to work for his mother for a period of...
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Devil's Lake CCC Worker

Date: 1935
Description: Man in work clothes holding a shovel loaded with dirt while another man watches in the background. The men were Civilian Conservation Corps workers at Devi...
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Lily Pond

Date: 1900
Description: View of a lily pond in Mitchell Park. A man is working among the plants along the shoreline in the middle background.
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Blackhawk Ski Club Jumping Tournament

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Hill captain Werner Schorr smooths snow near the base of the ski jump scaffold during the Blackhawk Ski Club's annual jumping tournament at their Tomahawk ...
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Bill Casper and Green Bay Packers Shanty

Date: 06 24 1998
Description: Bill Casper of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, standing in front of his iconic Green Bay Packers ice shanty. with some of his sturgeon spearing gear during the 199...
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Picnic in the Woods

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Description: Stereograph of three men having a picnic in a clearing in the woods at Devil's Lake or nearby. One man is sitting against a tree, another is kneeling and t...

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