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Students Outside the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Students gather in the schoolyard at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys. Several school buildings are seen in the background.
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 18 1946
Description: Seven children playing in the sandbox with one adult at the University of Wisconsin Tent Colony, also known as Camp Gallistella on the south shore of Lake ...
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UW-Madison Library Mall Fountain

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: James, the three-year-old son of Philip and Mrs. Staudenraus, playing with a sprinkling can in the new University of Wisconsin library mall fountain.
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Activity at "Family Night" for Faculty and Families

Date: 08 03 1965
Description: Four boys are pulling a stagecoach at the fifth annual "Family Night" for University of Wisconsin faculty couples, married students and their children. A b...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Racer

Date: 1949
Description: Philip Lenhart with his soap box derby car, Silverstreak. Lenhart wears a helmet and a Wisconsin State Journal t-shirt.
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Children Playing in Snow

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Steven (left) and David Hanson playing in the snow near their house at 1217 Vilas Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, after a recent snowfall.
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Girls Jumping Rope

Date: 1900
Description: Two young girls with bows in their hair jump rope as a boy watches.
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Children at Waushara Labor Camp

Date: 1967
Description: A group of children of migrant worker families playing a ball game in a circle with an adult who has his back to the camera at a Waushara County Labor Camp...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Speech Clinic

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Five children outdoors blowing bubbles in front of their teacher, Betty Suliver, at the summer speech clinic at the Orthopedic Hospital, 1415 Linden Drive....
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Children Sledding on North Pinckney Street

Date: 1915
Description: Winter scene with children sledding down 400 block of North Pinckney Street, Madison, Wisconsin, including 10 boys on a coasting bobsled. Three houses are ...
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Gymnastics at Boys Busy Life Camp, Lake Keesus

Date: 1915
Description: Boys demonstrate acrobatic skills on the grounds of their summer camp.
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Skiers about to Ski Down Slope

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Description: Winter scene looking down a hill towards skiers about to ski on the Capital Mississippi Alps near La Crosse, Wisconsin. La Crosse is in the background, and...
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Girls Sitting on a Snowman

Date: 02 02 1947
Description: Winter scene with two young girls, Jo Ann Simon and Barbara Gatanowicz, sitting on a reclining snowman in front of the Camp Randall married student trailer...
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Tennis at the Birchcliff Hotel

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Description: Two men playing tennis on the Birchcliff Hotel tennis court. Another group of guests are playing croquet on the lawn in the background. People relax on cha...
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Children Playing in Autumn Leaves

Date: 10 21 1960
Description: Five year-old Paula Scharch sitting in a pile of leaves.
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Boy and His Dog

Date: 1990
Description: A boy playing with his dog at Folk Fest.
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Loganville Public School

Date: 1925
Description: Children play on slides, see-saws, and swings in the playground of the public school.
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Children Playing in Autumn Leaves

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: Five year-old Paula Scharch, and her brother Stanley, age three, tossing leaves.
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Children Playing in Autumn Leaves

Date: 10 21 1960
Description: From left to right, smiling Gary Winner, Paula Schmarch and Stanley Schmarch, sitting in a pile of leaves.
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U.W. Houses Nursery and Play School

Date: 07 30 1951
Description: Six children are sitting on a canvas with Mrs. Ralph Huitt while listening to a record at U.W. Houses Outdoor Nursery and Play School. Children include Cyn...

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