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| Date: | 08 29 1961 |
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| Description: | Joseph (Roundy) Coughlin is shown trying to get on board a new whirl-a-round at Children's Park at Central Wisconsin Colony and Training School. The new pl... |
| Date: | 04 09 1962 |
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| Description: | Sister Janvier, 3rd grade teacher at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, flying a Japanese fish kite with her students at the Edgewood College campus. The k... |
| Date: | 09 03 1965 |
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| Description: | Fran Conrad is shown with golf iron in hand as he measures a putt. He is general chairman of Tamisha, and is preparing for a golf and fun outing at the Lak... |
| Date: | 08 03 1965 |
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| Description: | Four boys are pulling a stagecoach at the fifth annual "Family Night" for University of Wisconsin faculty couples, married students and their children. A b... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | A group of four young boys are sitting and standing around a hole dug into the sand and filled with water. One boy is placing the muddy sand onto the head ... |
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| Description: | View across ice towards two people in an iceboat on Lake Mendota. |
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| Description: | View from front of boat towards three men, three women, and a young girl and a boy riding in a launch. The boat cover shades the people in the front, while... |
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| Description: | View from pier of a young couple sitting in a motorboat launch with an older woman. The two women are wearing hats with voluminous scarves and light-colore... |
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| Description: | View across frozen lake towards cars parked on the ice near fishing huts. A shoreline lined with trees is in the far background. |
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| Description: | A man painting the face of a young child at the Orton Park Festival. |
| Date: | 12 17 1979 |
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| Description: | Bill Toman playing with his dog, Little Niblet, on an icy walkway at Lake Mendota. |
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| Description: | Several men relaxing on the grass at the edge of a lake. There are boats pulled up on the shore near them. The man standing on the far right with his hand ... |
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| Description: | A group of friends gathered outside the Rex Cottage. Identified by written numbers are 1. George Beschoff 2. Ed Biggleson 3. Adolf Wagner 4. William Lee 5.... |
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| Description: | View along shoreline towards a group of men sitting at the edge of a lake, some of them in boats. The man on the far right sitting in a boat is Alex Baas. ... |
| Date: | 04 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Teddy (age 8) and William Buenzli (age 10) of 1820 Vilas Avenue enjoy a spring day flying homemade planes at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 09 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Two fishermen reflected in Monona Bay while standing on a dock. One man is wearing a hat and leaning on a long fishing pole, and the other man is standing... |
| Date: | 01 17 1958 |
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| Description: | A girl is beaming in anticipation while sitting at the front of a wooden toboggan at the top of a steep slide at Olbrich Park. Another child is behind her,... |
| Date: | 01 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Children going downhill on a toboggan at Olbrich Park don't seem to mind if scarves are flying as they squeal, scream and shout. The toboggan is made of wo... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, model Marlyn Sachtjen reclines on an inflated beach mattress in th... |
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