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Young Arthur Altmeyer and Friends

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as a young man posing in Wingra Park with five other young people identified as Selma, Russell, Lloyd, May Wescot...
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Jacks on the Sidewalk

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Description: A group of girls playing jacks on a city sidewalk. All the girls are wearing dresses, and two infants are present, one in a carriage and one in the lap of ...
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A Game of Cards

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Description: A group of boys play a game of cards while sitting on the ground between the steps of some houses. At least four boys wear caps, three are wearing pants wi...
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A Stone Fight

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Description: Children having a stone fight in an unpaved alley or street in an underprivileged neighborhood. Some of the boys are holding trash can lids as protection, ...
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Lewis Arms on Easter

Date: 04 26 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses with his sister and other children on Easter Day. Front from left to right are Nedra Arms (sister) and John Hall. From left to right behin...
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Lewis Arms and Helen Berry

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Description: Lewis Arms hugs Helen Berry playfully. He is wearing his Navy uniform.
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Bundles of Christmas Cheer for You

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card of a young boy dressed in a dark blue coat, mittens and hat. The symbol "AAA" on his hat stands for the "American Automobile Association." He ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1940
Description: Paul Johnson (left) and James Borden (right) racing down Gorham Street at Madison's (Wisconsin) 1940 soap box derby. They have just left the starting ramp....
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That Hoola Shimmy: Two Men Playing Ukeleles

Date: 1920
Description: Two young men dressed in suits and ties playing ukeleles on a residential street.
Postcard

Three Boys with Wagon in Snow

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Description: Three boys pose outdoors in a field with snow. Two boys, one holding a stick or a whip, are sitting in a miniature wagon. The other boy is standing holding...
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Bicyclists Posed in Front of Neighborhood House

Date: 06 19 1940
Description: Six girls with their bicycles standing in front of Neighborhood House at 768 W. Washington Avenue, ready to depart on the first bike hosteling trip sponsor...
Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Best Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with individual pictures of winners of the Best Gardens competition: George Caravello in ...
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Neighborhood House Album: Boy Scouts Saluting

Date: 1935
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a three-quarter view of a man and two boy scouts on either side of him who are standing at attentio...
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Construction Crew

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Description: The "O'Dea and Shafer, Engineers and Contractors" construction crew, posing with a piece of equipment. A house and trees are in the background. Bags of cem...
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Girls in a Garden

Date: 1910
Description: Four girls pose in a garden next to a house between the Post Office and Council Rooms on Main Street. Lillian Muller is seated on the ground. Behind her, p...
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Vel Phillips Playing Baseball

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing an Milwaukee Commandos NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt, handing a baseball to an unidentified young man wearing a jacket. Two unidenti...
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Vel Phillips Pitching Baseball

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Description: View from behind batter and umpire of Vel Phillips pitching a baseball. She is wearing a Milwaukee NAACP Youth Council sweatshirt. There are three unidenti...
Postcard

High Water at Grand Rapids

Date: 10 08 1911
Description: View of a flooded street in a residential neighborhood. A boy is sitting on a post in the foreground on the far right. Caption reads: "High Water at Grand ...
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Boys in Racing Car

Date: 1913
Description: Two youths are sitting in what appears to be a homemade racecar on a residential street. There is a 1913 license plate on the front of the car. A house is ...
Postcard

Woodman Picnic

Date: 1910
Description: Text on the front reads: "Woodmen Picnic, Wilmot, Wis. 1910" On reverse: "Woodman Picnic – 1910, Wilmot, Wisconsin." A parade with horse-drawn wagons carry...

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