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| Date: | 09 08 1956 |
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| Description: | A young man launches his toy sailboat in the lagoon. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | A young boy sits on the dock in front of Olson's store in Crescent Park on Lake Waubesa. Small row boats are arrayed for rental. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | The catcher squats as the batter gets ready to swing at a pitch while the umpire looks on. This image was taken as part of the WPA Federal Writers Project... |
| Date: | 07 19 1914 |
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| Description: | Individuals boating in the Kosciusko Park lagoon, with onlookers sitting on the bank. Caption on glass plate reads: "Boating, Kosciusko Park". |
| Date: | 07 29 1914 |
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| Description: | Individuals and children sitting on benches in the foreground of the residential park, with others in the middleground laying on the grass near the water f... |
| Date: | 06 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Jane and Jone Johnson, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Johnson of Black River Falls, on the bridge over the lagoon at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 12 23 1947 |
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| 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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| 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. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 30 1938 |
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| Description: | Three girls stand at the entrance of the Superior Bookmobile (an International truck) holding books. A child playing tennis is in the background. The origi... |
| Date: | 07 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Girl Scouts carry water up a hill to their camp site at Camp Greenwood, a day camp at Picnic Point for Intermediate Girl Scouts between the ages of 10 and ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of school children running and playing on open school grounds. There is a schoolhouse in the background. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down road of horses with horse-drawn carriages parked on the left near what appears to be a park. On the right automobiles are parked along near comme... |
| Date: | 07 10 1953 |
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| Description: | Anne Fakler, left, and Nancy Wynn poise for a practice swim during the city swim meet at B.B. Clarke beach on Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 06 26 1940 |
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| Description: | Two girls posing with their feet on the handlebars of their bikes, while one of the girls whistles with two fingers and a third girl (also whistling and mu... |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The Stage Coach, presented to the teen-aged theatrical group in 1951, is parked at the Marquette School playground. Performers and students in attendance a... |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The Stage Coach and truck used for the Madison Youth Summer Theater driving past a playground. Students who watched the performance are waving to the actor... |
| Date: | 05 2000 |
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| Description: | Group of students at Theresa Fireman's Park for Arbor Day activities. |
| Date: | 07 24 1960 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of champions in the Madison city swimming meet finals, each one a winner of one or more events. |
| Date: | 06 15 1953 |
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| Description: | Fritz Wegner, left, director of Madison's Boys Baseball program, watches the action at Vilas park with some of the boys. |
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