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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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Boys in Woods

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Description: A group of four boys in a wooded area. Two boys are standing on a small bridge, and the other two are walking along a small creek.
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Picnic Area at Interstate Park

Date: 1937
Description: Picnic and play area at Interstate Park, near the St. Croix River. Two girls swing as an adult male sits on a picnic table in the foreground with a child o...
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Madison Playground Scenes

Date: 06 28 1950
Description: Frances Niles hands out a ball to three boys at the Milton-Charter park playgound. The boys are, left to right: Ross Parisi, Don Brashi, and Marvin Bloom.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Play School Outing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images of a spring outing taken by the Bluebirds? and the Orioles children's groups. Children are pl...
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Madison Youngsters Participate in Lantern Parade at Tenney Park

Date: 07 08 1964
Description: Madison's eastside youngsters participating in a lantern parade held at Tenney Park. The lanterns were constructed as part of the city recreation departmen...
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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: 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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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: After lunch, a "wrestling match" breaks out between Tom Brew and another scout while Gene Maddrell and Greg Bruhn shout encouragement.

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