Photograph
Mt. Vernon Playground
| A view, looking south, at the intersection of West Mt. Vernon Avenue and North 65th Street. In the foreground is a shallow pool where children are playing, some wearing street clothes and others in bathing suits and caps. Other children are standing on the pavement at left; there are older girls or young women at right. Beyond the pool is a tiered fountain set into the wall of a walkway shaded by a pergola. On the far left is a sign which reads: "USA WORK PROGRAM WPA." The large brick building at left is Solomon Juneau High School. On the right a tall smokestack is towering over the greenhouses of Kennedy and Kennedy Florists. The houses in the far background are on West Fairview Avenue. |
| Image ID: | 133678 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1938 |
| Creator Name: | Milwaukee Department of Public Works |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| County: | Milwaukee |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin Conservation Department photographs and films, 1930-1957 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH Series 2375.4.6 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.75 x 3.75 inches |
| In 2017, the school building housed the MacDowell Montessori School. The pool, pergola and fountain no longer exist and the play area is part of the Juneau Playfield. Similarly, the greenhouses and chimney are gone. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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