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| Date: | 12 1947 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with two children leaning against a snowman. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A little girl rides a tricycle in front of the Spot Lunch diner, a former streetcar. The Spot Lunch was located at 640 Williamson Street and owned by John ... |
| Date: | 02 02 1947 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Children roller skating on the Olbrich playground tennis court as part of city Recreation Department summer activities. |
| Date: | 01 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Children of parents who work at war plants participate in after school recreation program at Marquette School. Shown standing behind a ping-pong table, wit... |
| Date: | 03 08 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Frog jumping contest showing Jim Brandenburg, 4134 Hiawatha Drive, coaching his frog "Rebel" on to victory. |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Billy Wiedenbeck pushing Wally Britton into the water from a swimming platform. |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Carol Ann Nelson and her sister, Patty, observing the sign stating the hours that lifeguards are on duty at the beach. |
| Date: | 06 14 1944 |
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| Description: | Children in swimming suits playing in a miniature lake created by heavy rains in the area of Fox and Prospect Avenues. |
| Date: | 07 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Boys and girls roller skating on the Olbrich playground tennis courts on a summer evening. Music is furnished by a jukebox. |
| Date: | 09 27 1944 |
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| Description: | Carol Kopp adjusting the helmet on David Hoeveler, a member of the West End Tigers, midget football team. |
| Date: | 09 27 1944 |
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| Description: | George Michaelson, Center, and Ted Blackney, Quarterback, practicing a play. They are members of the West End Tigers midget football team. |
| Date: | 11 10 1944 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 12 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with Anthony and Ritchie Purnell, children of Mr. and Mrs. William Purnell, 112 Kensington Drive, sitting on their snow fort. |
| Date: | 12 12 1944 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 12 12 1944 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 04 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Children of Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Dean, 909 Lincoln Street, playing in their sandbox. Pictured left to right: Carol 7, holding her baby sister, Derilyn 2 ... |
| Date: | 05 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Joseph P. O'Brien, 1627 Jefferson Street, with her two daughters, playing in Vilas Park. Pictured left to right: Sharon Anne 2 1/2, and Mary Kay 1, wh... |
| Date: | 08 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Mt. Horeb children and adults splashing in the Bluemound pool during a Red Cross swimming class. |
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