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Richmond Memorial Park Marker

Date: 1929
Description: Richmond Memorial Park Marker with John Donald and Professor Aust seated on either side of it. The marker is located in Gibralter Rock, Wisconsin. It reads...
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International 2444 Tractor with No. 110 Balanced Head Mower

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Description: Color photograph of a man driving an International 2444 tractor with a No. 110 Balanced Head Mower. The tractor is mowing near the shoreline of a pond or ...
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Brennan Paving Company Truck

Date: 06 29 1937
Description: A man driving an International dump truck loaded with dirt is parked in front of a park area in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. The sign on the door of the...
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Creek Running Under Footbridge

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Description: Two men are near a creek, swollen with rainwater, running through Center Park. A footbridge crosses the creek which has large stones along its banks. Trees...
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Children Playing with Flying Rings

Date: 1915
Description: A group of children, mostly boys wearing caps, playing with flying rings outside at a playground in front of a brick building.
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Syl at Soldiers' Home

Date: 07 23 1898
Description: Syl stands in front of a pavilion with a well or water pump in a park. A group of adults dressed fashionably stand in the pavilion while drinking water fro...
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Aunt Helen and Syl on Rustic Bridge

Date: 05 14 1899
Description: Aunt Helen and Syl stand on a rustic wooden bridge in Gully Lake Park. A pavilion is visible behind them through the trees.
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Syl and Aunt Helen on Rustic Bridge

Date: 05 14 1899
Description: Syl and aunt Helen standing on a small rustic wooden bridge in Gully Lake Park surrounded by trees and steep hills.
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Syl Standing by Pond

Date: 05 28 1899
Description: Syl standing in front of a small pond in Reservoir Park. A large group of people is gathered in the background around a tree.
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Syl and Aunt Helen on Gully Bridge

Date: 12 1901
Description: Syl and aunt Helen lean on a wooden hand rail on Gully bridge. Behind them is a lake with ice and snow. A large factory-like building is visible in the dis...
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Boys at Reservoir Park

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Description: Syl and another boy stand near a small waterfall at Reservoir Park. A bench can be seen in the background.
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Cypress Gardens

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Description: View from shoreline toward two men and a woman seated in a boat, traveling through the water at Cypress Gardens.
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Casino Park

Date: 1910
Description: Three men in a rowboat boating beneath an ivy-covered stone bridge in a park.
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Bridge in Tenney Park

Date: 06 1903
Description: Two women and an infant on a bridge in Tenney Park.
Postcard

Scene at Vilas Park

Date: 1915
Description: Early souvenir postcard showing people strolling around the grounds of the recently-opened Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Caption reads: "A Visit to the...
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Olson at Quetico Park Portage

Date: 08 15 1948
Description: Sigurd Olson during the American Forest Trail ride at Brent Lake in Quetico Provincial Park.
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Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1940
Description: A postcard of the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) depicting aquatic fowl, with an inset of a sea lion on a rock. Caption reads: "At the Zoo, Madison, Wis....
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Visitors at Vilas Park Zoo

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Description: Visitors strolling at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo), some looking at the animal cages. This picture by Harold Hone was one of many Wisconsin images mad...
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Fredric March

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Description: Fredric March (seated) with Florence Eldridge (Mrs. March) and the noted news analyst Cecil Brown.
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Couple on a Bridge

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Description: Rear view of a man and woman standing on a wooden bridge in a wooded area.

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