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Madison Playground Scenes

Date: 06 28 1950
Description: Frances Niles hands out a ball to three boys at the Milton-Charter park playgound. The boys are, left to right: Ross Parisi, Don Brashi, and Marvin Bloom.
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Children on Swing at Sunset Park Playground

Date: 07 10 1950
Description: Children play on the heavy duty swing at Sunset Park playground. A summer recreation program at the city's parks is supervised by the city's board of educa...
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A Game of Touchball at the Nakoma School Playground

Date: 07 10 1950
Description: Children play a game of touchball at the Nakoma school playground, one of the many activities offered at the city's playgrounds by the board of education r...
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Randall Playground

Date: 07 06 1950
Description: Six children engage in folk dancing at Randall School playground on Regent Street, while one bystander observes from the background. Pictured dancing from ...
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East Junior Baseball League Game

Date: 07 12 1950
Description: Skipper Soderstrom of the Gerhardt Pharmacy baseball team beats out a bunt for a hit and makes it to first base during a game between his team and the Bord...
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Longfelllow Playground Carpentry Project

Date: 07 28 1950
Description: Pictured left to right are Jerry Licari, Henry Cuccia, and Tommy McCarthy, who are building a birdhouse at the Longfellow playground. At far right is Henr...
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Penn Park Sand Castles

Date: 07 28 1950
Description: Six children are shown playing and building sand castles in a sand box at Penn Park. Left to right, they are Dulcie Snell, Tommy Smith, Joe Valenza, Tony ...
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Liberty School District #1 School Building

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Description: View across lawn of a clapboard one-room schoolhouse with students and a teacher playing baseball on the right in the middle distance.
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Liberty School District #3 School Building

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Description: View across yard of a clapboard one-room schoolhouse with a teacher and children playing outside.
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Madison Summer Playground Activities

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: A group of kids play a paper game "Air Defense" with two playground directors at a table in Vilas Park. Sitting around the table, from left, are: Nancy Bri...
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Madison Summer Playground Activities

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: Mrs. Irene M. Borman, playground director at the Milton-Charter park for twelve years, sitting at a sand box with youngsters Joane Bruno, Kay Kerwin, and T...
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Nakoma Kindergarten Children

Date: 10 30 1950
Description: Nakoma School kindergarten children standing on the playground while playing cowboys and Indians. Three boys are wearing Indian headdresses.
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Syl at Reservoir Park

Date: 08 28 1898
Description: Syl playing with toy boats at a small pond at Reservoir Park. Other children and adults are around the pond which is on a hill. In the background below the...
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Syl at Reservoir Park near Small Waterfall

Date: 08 28 1898
Description: Syl playing with other children at reservoir park near a small waterfall. Toy boats are in the pond.
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Danny Sinykin and His Snowman

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: Winter scene with seven year-old Danny Sinykin, son of Attorney and Mrs. Gordon (Dorothy) Sinykin, outside his home at 2741 Mason Street with the snowman h...
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Syl and Lucia Playing in front of House

Date: 1900
Description: View up gravel walk of Syl and Lucia, both wearing hats, playing at the foot of steps leading up to a small porch and door of a house.
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Syl, Harold and Gordon with Fireworks

Date: 07 04 1901
Description: Syl, Gordon and Harold playing with fireworks on a lawn. A hammock strung between two trees is visible in the background.
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Sylvester with Slingshot

Date: 01 01 1902
Description: Syl standing in front of a fence holding a slingshot.
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Children on a Rocky Beach

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Description: View toward children playing on a beach among large rocks, with beach houses and trees in the background.
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Delos And Marian Dudley on Cart

Date: 1911
Description: Delos and Marian Dudley riding cart on sidewalk at 1909 Regent Street. Randall School is probably the large building in the background.

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