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Children in Sack Race

Date: 08 11 1971
Description: Children wearing large sacks up to their waists and racing each other.
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Jumping Rope

Date: 04 09 1956
Description: Male and female teenagers participate together jumping rope.
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School Children Playing "Baby in the Hole"

Date: 05 20 1924
Description: Country school children playing "Baby in the Hole." There is a hand-pump in the background under trees.
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Frisbee Catch

Date: 03 28 1980
Description: A frisbee is backlit by the sun as a boy reaches out to catch it.
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Pitching Horseshoes on July 4th

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Fourth of July celebration in Westmorland neighborhood with three men pitching horseshoes. Shown here are Elmer Nielson, 4022 Winnemac Avenue, Ray Heibel, ...
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Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1921
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...
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Three Children Singing

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Description: Three children sitting on a porch singing together and playing pattycake.
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Cabin at Devil's Lake

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Description: View of individuals playing croquet outside of a cabin or hotel near Devil's Lake. In addition to those playing croquet, there are also individuals on the ...
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Kids Running

Date: 1915
Description: A group of four girls runs through a yard toward the camera on the east side of Madison.
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Girls in Running Race

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Description: Five young girls in skirts and dresses running. In the background, a crowd is watching the race.
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Men Playing Horseshoes

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Description: Men play horseshoes on the unpaved street outside of the Merchants Inn.
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Three Teenagers Playing on Sidewalk

Date: 02 28 1987
Description: Stephanie Johnson (from left), 16, Chanell Biami, 15, and Letesa Evans, 16, played a childhood game Friday after seeing their little sisters playing a rope...
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Young Boys Playing a Game

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Description: A group of young boys gathered at the steps at the front of a house engaging in some kind of game, perhaps a game of chance. One boy is sitting above them ...
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Jacks on the Sidewalk

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Description: A group of girls playing jacks on a city sidewalk. All the girls are wearing dresses, and two infants are present, one in a carriage and one in the lap of ...
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A Game of Cards

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Description: A group of boys play a game of cards while sitting on the ground between the steps of some houses. At least four boys wear caps, three are wearing pants wi...
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Follow the Leader

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Description: A group of boys "following their leader in search of adventure" in the street. The boys are barefoot and are wearing hats. In the background are a storefro...
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Street Game

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Description: Several boys play a street game in a residential area, two blocks away from the deserted playground.
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A Stone Fight

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Description: Children having a stone fight in an unpaved alley or street in an underprivileged neighborhood. Some of the boys are holding trash can lids as protection, ...
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Children Playing a Game of Washers at Olbrich Park Playground

Date: 07 10 1950
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...
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Madison Summer Playground Activities

Date: 08 16 1950
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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