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Homemade Snow Slide in a Front Yard

Date: 03 01 1959
Description: Larry Schwartz (9) starts his slide in a saucer on the homemade snow slide he and his brother Howard (13) built in their front yard at 4322 Wakefield Stree...
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Homemade Snow Slide in a Front Yard

Date: 03 01 1959
Description: Larry Schwartz (9) sliding down the homemade snow slide on a saucer in his front yard at 4322 Wakefield Street. He and his brother Howard (13) built the sl...
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk is shown adjusting the head scarf of Diane Beale.
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Mrs. Niemczyk, wearing a safety sash, is shown conferring with a policeman. The original caption reads that he is "supervisor of the 49 school crossing gua...
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Children Playing With Guns

Date: 03 30 1959
Description: Two girls with their hands up being 'pretend' robbed by ten little boys with cap-guns. They are between two closely spaced homes.
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New Baby for the Richard Welch Family

Date: 05 05 1959
Description: Alice and Richard Welch, 4410 Bouldeer Terrace, are welcomed home with their new baby girl, Andrea, by their three sons, Jon (7), Daniel (5) and Stephen (3...
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is shown telling about her first experience with parallel parking of her car. She said: "I never thought I could parallel park."
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is gesturing to explain her first experience with parallel parking. Title on page is: "A Lady With a Car Can Park Too!"
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is showing and explaining her first experience with parallel parking with gestures and turning her head. Her words: "I turned the wheel fa...
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Dudegon School Picnic

Date: 06 04 1959
Description: Overhead view of the children of Dudegon school on Monroe Street gathered on the front lawn for the annual school picnic. Men and women are standing on the...
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Dangers of Children on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Henry Cuccia, a ninth-grader at Cherokee Heights school, demonstrates "what not to do" on the Illinois Central railroad tracks near the school as he walks ...
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is shown gesturing to explain her first experience with parallel parking her car. She said: "And, somehow, I got in the space with no troub...
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Dangers of Children on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: John and Jane Pike, who live near the Illinois Central railroad tracks, demonstrate for the photographer what they have been told not to do — put stones on...
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Dangers of Children on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Kathy Cramer, an eighth-grader at Cherkokee Heights school demonstrates "what not to do" on the Illinois Central railroad tracks near the school by crossin...
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Ice Cream Brings Quick Young Friends

Date: 05 28 1959
Description: Upwards of 700 children were treated to free ice cream and potato chips by Lawrence Rich (right foreground) at the rear of his grocery store at 2633 Commer...
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Street Map of the Village of Shorewood Hills and Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 06 1960
Description: Photograph of street map of the Village of Shorewood Hills and Blackhawk Country Club. Lake Mendota is at the top of the map.
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Madison Neighborhoods 4th of July Celebrations

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: The 4th of July is celebrated in the Maple Bluff neighborhood with a children's parade, including a banner celebrating "Three Signers of the Declaration of...
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Artist Aaron Bohrod Shows Off New Studio

Date: 07 08 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin Artist-in-Residence Aaron Bohrod shows his new studio at his English Tudor style home at 4811 Tonyawatha Trail overlooking Lake Mon...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: Dr. Jane Hanks, Bennington, Vt. and Sybil Hanks are shown standing in the garden at the Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks house at 525 Wiscons...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: A garden path leading under two trellises in the Hanks Garden at the Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks house, 525 Wisconsin Avenue at Langdon ...

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