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| Date: | 10 04 1960 |
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| Description: | Irene Larsen, director of the Luther Memorial Church Nursery School, is shown with two of the children, Lynnea Ekestrom and Craig Lang. |
| Date: | 11 1953 |
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| Description: | At Mrs. V.B. Roberts' nursery school, children play games in celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Twins Gretchen and Christine Wilkie are pretending to be turk... |
| Date: | 03 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Frank Genna has a knuckles-down marbles or mibs game with friends in his yard. |
| Date: | 08 26 1961 |
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| Description: | Peter Schram, 10, sitting on a home-made race car while being pushed by Bruce Mills, 11. The boys built the racer from boards and wheels from an old coaste... |
| Date: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | The Dane County Guidance Center is one of 29 United Givers agencies. A team of psychiatrists, psychologists and social workers serves Madison and Dane Coun... |
| Date: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | Madison Neighborhood Centers is one of 29 United Givers agencies. At three centers (Atwood Community Center, the Neighborhood House and South Madison Neigh... |
| Date: | 07 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Madison's eastside youngsters participating in a lantern parade held at Tenney Park. The lanterns were constructed as part of the city recreation departmen... |
| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1982 |
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| Description: | Three young boys playing in a small hole dug into the sand and filled with water. The boy's bodies and swimsuits are covered in muddy sand. |
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| Description: | Two children playing with bubbles. A young boy sitting on the porch is making bubbles with a bubble gun, while a young girl on the sidewalk in the foregrou... |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | View from below of a group of kids playing on the jungle gym at Brittingham Park. |
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| Description: | Red and yellow pavilion roof sitting on the ground in Sid's backyard. Two children are playing with the water pump near the back porch. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Several children posing on tree limbs. The children are identified as: "Front row, right to left: Paul Syftestedt, Jean Chalmers, Ellen Shaw Garrison, Rich... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Several children are putting on roller skates outside a school door. Bicycles are parked in the background and a woman is partially visible in the foregrou... |
| Date: | 11 26 1953 |
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| Description: | Throwing snowballs are Mike Gubner and Mike Weaver. Standing in back are Jim Shaler, Bobby Weaver, Richard Malken, Jerry Bassell, and Donald Artley. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Mamie Arms climbing to the top of a swing set. |
| Date: | 02 23 1954 |
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| Description: | Bonnie Berman hugging a large doll. |
| Date: | 02 23 1954 |
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| Description: | Cindy Livermore pretending to talk on a telephone, while sucking her thumb. |
| Date: | 02 23 1954 |
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| Description: | Mark Weinberg sitting in a wooden box on a linoleum tile floor, pretending to be a "jack in the box." He is holding his hands over his eyes. |
| Date: | 02 23 1954 |
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| Description: | Randy Kross banging blocks together at play time. He is wearing coveralls, and many boards are strewn on the floor at his feet. |
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