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Tennis Players

Date: 03 12 1935
Description: Four young women tennis players greeting each other at the net at Tenney Park's new tennis courts. From left to right are: Alta Mae Freund, Violette Spence...
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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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Wisconsin Invitational Junior Tennis Tournament

Date: 07 22 1948
Description: Ernie DuBray, San Francisco, California, semi-finalist in the Singles Division of the Wisconsin Invitational Junior Tennis Tournament.
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Wisconsin Invitational Junior Tennis Tournament

Date: 07 22 1948
Description: Jerry DeWitts, Vallejo, California, semi-finalist in the Singles Division of the Wisconsin Invitational Junior Tennis Tournament.
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Ice Slide at Truax Field

Date: 02 23 1950
Description: Children play on an ice slide created by two residents of the barracks apartments at Truax Field. A swing set is in the background.
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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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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Three campers sit on a log while eating watermelon after a treasure hunt at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp. Left to right: Elizabeth O'Neill, Oregon; Bonn...
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Girl Scout Week

Date: 10 20 1952
Description: Celebrating Girl Scout week are members of the Brownies troop at Marquette school, Karen Hoffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Hoffer, 1540 Morrison Stre...
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Lewis and Nedra Arms

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Description: Lewis Arms poses with his sister Nedra at Brittingham Park.
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Nedra Arms

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Description: Nedra Arms, seated on the grass at Brittingham Park.
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Winkie the Elephant Has 4th Annual Zoo Party

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: Jack and Scott Stephenson enjoy ice cream treats at the party for Winkie the elephant at the Vilas Park Zoo. The occasion was the transfer of the elephant ...
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 07 29 1956
Description: Keith Anderson (left) and Tom Foseid (right) are Madison Swimming Meet first place winners among boys ages 9 and under. Both placed second twice in other e...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Children at Picnic

Date: 05 25 1940
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Mary Vultaggio sitting on a rock with two boys behind her who are clowning for the camera (Frank Ro...
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Girl on Seesaw

Date: 10 29 1959
Description: Susan Thomsen smiling from high atop a seesaw on a warm October day while playing at Yahara Place Park near her home at 502 Dunning Street. Houses in the b...
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Ladies in the Park

Date: 1925
Description: Group of eight women, probably members of a club, in Vilas Park.
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Summer Scenes at Madison Parks and Beaches

Date: 08 03 1953
Description: Katherine Bird of Winnetka, Illinois, offering some grass to two deer at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Conklin Park Parade

Date: 07 08 1954
Description: Peggy Williams winks at the photographer while pushing her doll in a baby buggy during the children's parade at Conklin Park. She is wearing her mother's s...
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Conklin Park Parade

Date: 07 08 1954
Description: Nina Hopkins has a big crepe paper bow around her head as her contribution to the dress-up children's parade in Conklin Park.
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"Play Ball" Echoes Through City

Date: 06 20 1955
Description: Baseball players from the Dairy Queen team wait their turn at bat. Shown left to right are: Robert Larson, Neal Darazio, and Peter Mery.
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Child in Stroller

Date: 1952
Description: Man, seen from waist down, pushing a small girl in a stroller in Vilas Park. He is carrying a camera in his right hand.

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