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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Radio Installed at Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 07 01 1932
Description: Radio installed at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo) for the granddaughters of the zoo director, Fred Winkelmann, and Tuck, the chimpanzee.
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Red Cloud Park

Date: 1978
Description: Native Americans keeping the music alive. George Whitewing, a Ho Chunk musician from Wittenberg, Wisconsin, plays his drum while a crowd looks on in Red Cl...
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Roselawn Memorial Park Tower

Date: 1939
Description: View of the Tower at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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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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Crooked Oak

Date: 1981
Description: A large bur oak with a notably crooked trunk standing next to the Congregational Church on Milwaukee Avenue. There are picnic tables under the tree and pla...
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Tense Moment

Date: 1956
Description: A tense moment in a night baseball game played at the Dorothy Enderis Playground. Two men are standing and watching the game through the chain link fence.
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Fisherman

Date: 1963
Description: Slightly elevated view of a fisherman standing on the rocks below a spillway. Trees are along the shoreline. On the right is a picnic area, and on the hori...
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Out-of-Season

Date: 02 1976
Description: Picnic tables are propped against tall pine trees in snowy Marathon Park. The sun is sending rays of sunshine streaming through the trees.

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