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Substandard Housing in Milwaukee

Date: 03 1909
Description: Sandlot baseball game in front of a house and several outbuildings, all in dilapidated condition.
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Swimming Race at Camp Wakanda

Date: 1923
Description: Boys line up on pier for swimming race at Camp Wakanda.
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Cabin at Devil's Lake

Date: 
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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Women Sitting In Park

Date: 1910
Description: View looking down hill towards two ladies sitting on a park bench. They are looking down the hill which is surrounded by trees, watching children playing n...
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Public School

Date: 1931
Description: View from across street of schoolchildren standing and playing on the sidewalk outside the Benton High School.
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Residential District

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Description: Elevated view of children playing outside adobe homes in a residential area.
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Sledding on Brewery Hill

Date: 02 19 1978
Description: "Sledding on the Brewery Hill. (Top to bottom) Julie Wiedmeyer, 10, Tammy Konrath, 9, and Vicky Konrath, 7."
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Kay and Brenda Widmer

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Description: "Kay & Brenda Widmer pause on a high hill on McArthur Road southwest of Theresa."
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Sledding Hill

Date: 1971
Description: "Kay Widmer pulls her toboggan up the hill that is on the southwest edge of the village."
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Snow Fortress Near Midmoor Road

Date: 01 25 1959
Description: Winter scene with brothers Greg and Mark Hennen of 5709 Midmoor Road standing in their snow fort and holding snowballs at the ready the day following a fiv...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 62-69

Date: 
Description: The arrangements

Somebody takes care of it:
planning the details, announcements,
transportation,
setting the tone,
fitting all the likel...
Historical Object

062 - Page from Joy Camps Album with Campers Fishing

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs of campers fishing. Upper left photograph is an elevated view of several campers in a boat fish...
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Playing with the Cattails

Date: 1904
Description: View over water towards Jennie and Edgar Krueger playing amongst the cattails at water's edge while their grandmother, Mary Krueger, is sitting along the e...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Jumping Tournament

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Bob Narowetz takes off from the top of the jump scaffold at the annual Blackhawk Ski Club jumping tournament at their Tomahawk Ridge site.
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Boy Skiers at Ski Meet

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Winter scene with boys on skis preparing to compete at the first ski tournament in Stoughton, Wisconsin, possibly in ski jumping.
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Skiers about to Ski Down Slope

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Description: Winter scene looking down a hill towards skiers about to ski on the Capital Mississippi Alps near La Crosse, Wisconsin. La Crosse is in the background, and...
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Scandinavia Ski Team Posing in the Snow

Date: 1922
Description: Scandinavia Ski Team, all men, are posing in a row with their skis propped on their shoulders. In the background is a snow-covered hill and trees.
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Devil's Lake

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Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of Devil's Lake and the valley to the southeast. The valley may be the site of the old campground that has been moved farth...
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Devil's Lake

Date: 
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of a man posing on a rocky outcropping near bluffs, with a valley in the distance. Text on the reverse: "K?iks Valley, Devi...
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
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...

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