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Date: 06 09 1988
Description: Twins from the Sting of Wauwatosa warm up for Milwaukee Kickers League soccer tournament. They are wearing matching t-shirts and are spiking two soccer bal...
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Nursery School for Slow Learners

Date: 11 18 1955
Description: Patricia Mathisen (Mrs. George), member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority alumnae group, sponsor of the Nursery School for Slow Learners at the First Congregat...
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Nursery School for Slow Learners

Date: 11 18 1955
Description: Dorcas Nichles (Mrs. Robert J., Jr.), member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority alumnae group who sponsored the Nursery School for Slow Learners at the First Co...
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Dykstra House Nursery School

Date: 03 08 1944
Description: Betty Frey, student at the University of Wisconsin, and two children, Geraldine Myers and Barrie Anderson, playing in a nursery school established on the t...
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: Mt. Horeb children and adults splashing in the Bluemound pool during a Red Cross swimming class.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 19 1947
Description: Pierre Slightam, age 13, left, and his brother, Warren, age 11, 427 West Wilson Street, are putting the finishing touches on their Soap Box Derby racers. T...
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Boys at Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 22 1947
Description: Six boys enjoying their grass covered lean-to in front of a campfire at YMCA Camp Wakanda. L to R in the foreground are: John Omernik, John Stephens, John ...
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: A view of young girls playing with dolls in the nursery of Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Nursery Room."
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Forest Park at Chautauqua Grounds

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Description: Children play in Forest Park at the Chautauqua Grounds, an institution founded in 1874. Residences can be seen beyond the playground at right. Caption read...
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Joan Mani and Annetta Evert arrange a spot for cooking over a fire in the sand during the annual seventh and eighth grade play day of the Black Hawk Counci...
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Yvonne Egstad of Middleton takes a picture of two Sauk City fellow campers, Mary Jane Dickerson (left) and Anita Meyer. They were participating in the seve...
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Group portrait of three senior scouts who helped with the younger campers at the seventh and eighth grade play camp at Black Hawk Council's Camp Brandenbur...
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Nursery School For Slow Learners

Date: 11 18 1955
Description: Volunteer Kathleen Joachim looks after two unnamed children as they handle clay at a table. "As a philanthropic project, the Madison alumnae group of Kappa...
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Roland and Winnie Delamater Family

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Roland and his daughter, Ronalee, age 4 1/2 years, work on a jigsaw puzzle. Roland and his wife Winnie, who were both seriously physically handicapped by c...
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Griggs Album: Girls Playing "London Bridge"

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Description: Four groups of girls in threes playing the game "London Bridge Is Falling Down," on the boulevard in front of a house. This image is part of an album kept ...
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Neighborhood House Album: Children Playing Circle Game

Date: 1929
Description: Hand-colored image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a group of children and two women playing a circle game outdoors.
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Neighborhood House Album: Play School

Date: 1932
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House with images from the Play School: a group of children posing outdoors with buckets and a parasol, director...
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Boxing at Neighborhood House Family Night

Date: 1948
Description: A boy with boxing gloves sitting and awaiting his turn in the ring, with a man and another boy crouching on either side of him and other children behind th...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Play School Outing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images of a spring outing taken by the Bluebirds? and the Orioles children's groups. Children are pl...
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Neighborhood House Boys Camping Scrapbook: Archery Features

Date: 07 1942
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images from an archery tournament at a summer camp for boys at Camp America Williams: a group of fin...

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