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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Rickey Holmes, David Dopkins, and Dick Quinlan digging for worms before heading to the Tenney Park lagoon to fish. Dick is using a shovel to overturn wet d...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Emil Thomas taking his beagle, BeBe, on a leash with him to fish. Walking along the dirt shore of the pond at Tenney Park, the dog is pulling on the leash,...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Milwaukee boys, John and David Malec, in Madison to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Louis Malec at 1134 E. Gorham Street. John is fishing on the Yahara River...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Dale Jordan showing a fish, caught fishing with friends at Tenney Park.
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We Saw You . . . Swinging at the Park

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Tommy Eithum (of 754 W. Washington Avenue) is shown playing on a swing at Brittingham Park.
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We Saw You . . . Swinging at the Park

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Mary Jane Caruso (of 780 Gwinnett Court) is shown playing on a swing at Brittingham Park.
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We Saw You . . . Swinging at the Park

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Frank Caruso (of 780 Gwinnett Court) and Larry Bergman (of 744 Gwinnett Court) sharing a swing at Brittingham Park.
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Children lining up on a sidewalk to enter the stone bathhouse that leads to the swimming pool.
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Jimmy Pink, Steven Lee and Stuart Lee (left to right), all from Darlington, enjoy the crowded swimming pool. They are wearing masks and flippers.
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Wisconsin State Journal carriers Lloyd Briggs and Harold Joyce attacking a volley ball at Blue Mounds State Park. The partially obscured boy is unid...
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Nineteen Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys at the Blue Mounds State Park swimming pool. Some are shown diving off a platform named for the previo...
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Springtime at Vilas & Wingra Park

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Teddy (age 8) and William Buenzli (age 10) of 1820 Vilas Avenue enjoy a spring day flying homemade planes at Vilas Park.
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Boys Enjoy a Spring Day at the Fishing Pond

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Michael Larson of 1417 Fremont Avenue and Daniel O'Neill of 3114 Sherman Avenue try their fishing style amidst the trees at the Tenney Park lagoon.
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Boys Play on the Beach at Vilas Park

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Keith Symon of 1816 Vilas Avenue (front) and John Hunt of 1813 Vilas Avenue (rear) building a sand castle at the Vilas Park beach on a spring day.
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Michael Smith (9 years old) shouts to his fellow scouts that it is time for the picnic lunch. He is a member of Cub Scout Pack #321, Den #6 picnicking at H...
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Den Mother J. E. Maddrell carries a try of cupcakes with den chief assistant John Carrier who has a jug of grapeade. The Cub Scouts are (left to right): To...
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Scout Paul Capadona (1214 Drake Street) happily consumes a hot dog and bun. He is a member of Cub Scout Pack #321, Den #6 picnicking at Hoyt Park.
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Boy Scout John Carrier has earned many badges and awards and is a hero to the Cub Scouts admiring his badges. He is a student at Wisconsin High School. His...
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: The scouts reach for their homemade cupcake desert after having eaten hot dogs and baked beans for their lunch. Shown (left to right) are: Paul Capadona, 1...
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Gene Maddrell carries firewood for the fire pit where the scouts are building a fire to cook their lunch of hot dogs and buns with baked beans at Hoyt Park...

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