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Hoyt Park Toboggan Slide
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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 standing at the top of the steps looking down.
December 23, 1947
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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