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Lange Family Reunion

Date: 08 03 1941
Description: Group portrait of Lange family at a reunion in Olin Park, with the Madison skyline in the background.
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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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Brownie Scout Troop "Fly-up" Ceremony

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Eleven former members of Brownie Scout Troop 64 participating in a "fly-up ceremony in Glenwood Park where they became full-fledged Girl Scouts. Mrs. Glen ...
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Aunt Helen and Will Shaking Hands

Date: 10 1900
Description: Aunt Helen and Will shaking hands in a clearing near the edge of a small lake at the Garden Place.
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Tourist Cars

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Description: View toward a line of tourist cars driving through a narrow road in Rainier National Park. There are redwood trees on either side of the path. Caption read...
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Girls Winding the Maypole

Date: 1913
Description: Large group of students and teachers gathered in a circle to watch young girls winding the maypole at an annual school festival in Belwood Park.
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Forest Park at Chautauqua Grounds

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Description: Children play in Forest Park at the Chautauqua Grounds, an institution founded in 1874. Residences can be seen beyond the playground at right. Caption read...
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Snowmobile Dance

Date: 02 04 1978
Description: "Whooping it up at the Snowmobile Dance at Firemen's Park."
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Donald Rock Wayside Park Dedication

Date: 06 27 1954
Description: Vona Donald poses next to a newly dedicated plague. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park located along Highway 92 between Mt. Horeb and Mt. V...
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Donald Rock Wayside Park Dedication

Date: 06 27 1954
Description: Two people walk near a large rock formation in a wooded area with a picnic table in the foreground. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park loca...
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Mayville High School Graduation

Date: 1962
Description: "Mayville High School graduates assemble at Mayville Firemen's Park."
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Pioneer Days

Date: 09 07 1997
Description: "Pioneer Days is celebrated at Firemen's Park. Civil War reenactors, in period garb, put on a show of battlefield conditions."
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Fourth of July Activities

Date: 07 04 1961
Description: A couple watching a man play tennis at the Tenney Park tennis court.
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Elderly Woman Watching Children's Parade

Date: 05 10 1979
Description: An elderly woman sitting on a park bench is watching the children's parade as part of the Week of the Young Child celebration. The Week of the Young Child ...
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Early Settlers' Picnic

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: At the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic at Angell Park, the oldest settler present was Julia McElroy, 89, pictured with her son, George McElroy.
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4th Annual Dog Obedience Trials

Date: 09 14 1957
Description: Participants and their dogs standing together as judges look over the canines at the 4th Annual Dog Obedience Trials held at the Double A Arena near Cambri...
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Wisconsin Archeological Society

Date: 05 26 1906
Description: The Wisconsin Archeological Society attending the unveiling of the Cutler Indian mound marker at Cutler Park. Mrs. William H. Anderson, President (?) of th...

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