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Farm Boys Playing Basketball

Date: 1929
Description: Boys practicing for winter basketball games on the farm of Marcus Johnson.
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Girls Jumping Rope

Date: 1900
Description: Two young girls with bows in their hair jump rope as a boy watches.
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Sledders

Date: 1905
Description: Winter scene with Muriel and Laurie Peterson, the photographer's children, reflecting on the snow conditions near their home. Laurie holds the rope of a sl...
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Sledding

Date: 1914
Description: Laurie, Muriel, and James Peterson, children of the photographer, sledding near the family home. Handwritten on reverse, "Laurie, Muriel, James Peterson, c...
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Blizzards Are Fun

Date: 1955
Description: Winter scene with Mark Mueller, the photographer's son standing ankle deep in snow with a dog, and smiling as the snow continues to fall. The family was sl...
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Winter Basketball

Date: 02 11 1955
Description: A winter scene with boys playing basketball in the snow, with temperatures around 10 below zero.
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Children in Play Group

Date: 10 27 1932
Description: Eight children and one adult at play around a sandbox at Dr. Arnold S. and Lora Z. Jackson home, 1901 Adams Street. Children are Ruth Davis at the left, El...
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Heavy Snow

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Winter scene with Swanson School youngsters playing in the first heavy snow of the season.
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Girls Sitting on a Snowman

Date: 02 02 1947
Description: Winter scene with two young girls, Jo Ann Simon and Barbara Gatanowicz, sitting on a reclining snowman in front of the Camp Randall married student trailer...
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Children Sledding on North Pinckney Street

Date: 1915
Description: Winter scene with children sledding down 400 block of North Pinckney Street, Madison, Wisconsin, including 10 boys on a coasting bobsled. Three houses are ...
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Girl in Snowsuit with Sled

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Winter scene with a young girl (possibly Polly Pyre, the daughter of Russell B. Pyre) in a snowsuit standing with an "Airline Pilot" sled.
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Anthony and Ritchie Purnell

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Winter scene with Anthony and Ritchie Purnell, children of Mr. and Mrs. William Purnell, 112 Kensington Drive, sitting on their snow fort.
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Adams Children on Toboggan

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Winter scene with the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Deane Adams, 843 Farwell Drive, Maple Bluff, on their toboggan. Left to right: Deane, Joan & Susan (twi...
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Stephanie and Sydney Ann Fish

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Sydney Ann, age 4, kneeling beside her baby sister, Stephanie, who is bundled into a sled. The girls are the children of Mr. & Mrs. John Warren Fish, 816 ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Peaches

Date: 1911
Description: Three young boys gather around a wheelbarrow filled with giant peaches. One of the boys is holding a peach that has been broken open, exposing its pit. Two...
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Children Playing in Snow

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Steven (left) and David Hanson playing in the snow near their house at 1217 Vilas Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, after a recent snowfall.
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Children on Snow Sled with Mother

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Betty Ann and Arthur G. Field on a sled in the snow with their mother Elizabeth Field kneeling next to them near a stone wall. The family...
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Hoyt Park Toboggan Slide

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: Three teenagers posing on the steps of the toboggan slide at Hoyt Park. Ascending the steps are Al Gay, Mary Homann, and Ruth Ann Gay. Two young boys are s...
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Little Boy in Curls

Date: 1912
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr. is posed on the sidewalk in front of the family home, 415 North Carroll Street, dressed in his winter coat. The portrait is notable f...
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La Follette Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1906
Description: Philp La Follette, Mary La Follette, and Robert La Follette, Jr. playing in costume in the front yard of their home. Phil wears a top hat and long coat. Ro...

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