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| Date: | 04 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Rickey Holmes, David Dopkins, and Dick Quinlan digging for worms before heading to the Tenney Park lagoon to fish. Dick is using a shovel to overturn wet d... |
| Date: | 04 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Emil Thomas taking his beagle, BeBe, on a leash with him to fish. Walking along the dirt shore of the pond at Tenney Park, the dog is pulling on the leash,... |
| Date: | 04 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee boys, John and David Malec, in Madison to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Louis Malec at 1134 E. Gorham Street. John is fishing on the Yahara River... |
| Date: | 04 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Dale Jordan showing a fish, caught fishing with friends at Tenney Park. |
| Date: | 07 28 1954 |
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| Description: | Tommy Eithum (of 754 W. Washington Avenue) is shown playing on a swing at Brittingham Park. |
| Date: | 07 28 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Jane Caruso (of 780 Gwinnett Court) is shown playing on a swing at Brittingham Park. |
| Date: | 06 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Swimming instructor Ann Sundt checking on swimmers in the shallow water at the Vilas Park Beach. |
| Date: | 06 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Three girls running into the water of Lake Wingra at the Vilas Park Beach. |
| Date: | 06 26 1955 |
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| Description: | Boys playing in the water of Lake Wingra at the Vilas Park Beach. |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Stella Gelman helping her daughter, Cindy, ice skate on frozen parts of Lake Wingra at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Francis Nerlinger is teaching his daughter, Susan Jane, to ice skate at the Vilas Park ice skating rink by Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Children lining up on a sidewalk to enter the stone bathhouse that leads to the swimming pool. |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, after she fell face forward on the ice at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, learn how to skate at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra. |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Pink, Steven Lee and Stuart Lee (left to right), all from Darlington, enjoy the crowded swimming pool. They are wearing masks and flippers. |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Sharon Miller of Cuba City zooming down a slide under shady trees at Badger Park. |
| Date: | 04 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Teddy (age 8) and William Buenzli (age 10) of 1820 Vilas Avenue enjoy a spring day flying homemade planes at Vilas Park. |
| Date: | 04 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Michael Larson of 1417 Fremont Avenue and Daniel O'Neill of 3114 Sherman Avenue try their fishing style amidst the trees at the Tenney Park lagoon. |
| Date: | 04 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Keith Symon of 1816 Vilas Avenue (front) and John Hunt of 1813 Vilas Avenue (rear) building a sand castle at the Vilas Park beach on a spring day. |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Group of children on a city playground playing dodge ball (called "ball tag"). The boy on far left is finishing a toss. |
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