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| Date: | 07 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Lewis Flisram, age 79, started working for the Madison Parks Commission in 1897. He worked there until 1911. He left to work for his mother for a period of... |
| Date: | 08 20 1914 |
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| Description: | Henry Weber, the president of the Park Board rides in an automobile in Lake Park. Caption on glass plate reads: "Mr. Henry Webster [sic], prest. Par... |
| Date: | 09 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing the 1st Annual Marijuana Harvest Festival, in Madison's Brittingham Park, September 25, 1971. Event followed by a Dana Beal Memorial An... |
| Date: | 04 1972 |
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| Description: | Poster proclaiming that "Mayday is J-Day," and announcing a marijuana smoke-out at Brittingham Park in Madison. Includes a picture of a winged green block ... |
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| Description: | The political campaign "Braintrust" relaxes in Lake Park between elections. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Monument to John Brown and the men killed during the Battle of Osawatomie. Those slain in the battle are buried underneath the monument. Chain link fence s... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Two protesters hold a banner in Central Park that reads, "Smash Racist Courts! Free the Panther 21, sds." Park benches are stacked on top of each other in ... |
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| Description: | Lewis Arms sits on the back of his friend Curtis Taliaferro, goofing around at Brittingham Park Beach. |
| Date: | 06 1948 |
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| Description: | "This working party at Firemen's Park, drinking Pioneer beer, is (L-R) Peter Bodden, Jack Burns, Philip Schwinn, & ?." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A benefit gathering at James Rector People's Park to support the United Farmworkers (UFW) grape boycott. The UFW sign, with its eagle symbol, posted in th... |
| Date: | 05 1924 |
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| Description: | Mothers and small children standing and posing in Vilas Park, with other mothers and older children lying prone, propping themselves up with their elbows, ... |
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| Description: | Art Kehl is standing outdoors with a pipe in his mouth and is handing a matching hat to an unknown young woman in a dress decorated with bees. Located in R... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Young couple in a park or rural scene near a river. The man, “Mr. Fish” has lifted the young lady, Ida Langenberger, up onto his left shoulder. He is holdi... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Francis Nerlinger is teaching his daughter, Susan Jane, to ice skate at the Vilas Park ice skating rink by Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, learn how to skate at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra. |
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