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| Date: | 09 30 1988 |
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| Description: | Young girl holding a book about child care written by Dr. Benjamin Spock, M.D. She is holding the book upside down. |
| Date: | 09 30 1984 |
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| Description: | A young girl playing with soap bubbles outdoors. |
| Date: | 04 06 1985 |
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| Description: | Young men performing skateboard handstands on downtown sidewalks. |
| Date: | 07 17 1984 |
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| Description: | Two young boys in action playing soccer. |
| Date: | 06 26 1986 |
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| Description: | Kids make a "train," with the bicyclist in the front pulling three girls on roller skates along a sidewalk. |
| Date: | 09 20 1988 |
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| Description: | A father gives his young son archery pointers in Kletzsch Park while his daughter looks on. |
| Date: | 07 13 1989 |
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| Description: | A boy stretches to catch a water-filled balloon. |
| Date: | 08 07 1989 |
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| Description: | Jay Taylor, age 12, demonstrates his skill on stilts with a walk down E. Nock Street. |
| Date: | 03 28 1980 |
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| Description: | A frisbee is backlit by the sun as a boy reaches out to catch it. |
| Date: | 06 09 1988 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 02 1988 |
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| Description: | Bundled-up boys ride their tubes down an icy slope in Mee-Kwon Park. |
| Date: | 06 23 1983 |
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| Description: | Aimee Weiss(left), 10, and Darby Cusick, 11, both of Elm Grove, take a spin Thursday on one of the rides at Wirth Park. |
| Date: | 02 28 1987 |
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| Description: | Stephanie Johnson (from left), 16, Chanell Biami, 15, and Letesa Evans, 16, played a childhood game Friday after seeing their little sisters playing a rope... |
| Date: | 07 1984 |
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| Description: | Water barrel fight: two groups with dueling hoses suspend a barrel in air. Children and adults look on with excitment. |
| 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. |
| 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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