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| Date: | 01 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Eugene Fraser (left) and Vernie Lapan play chess at the anniversary dance at the Loft Community Center, 16 East Doty Street. |
| Date: | 03 21 1950 |
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| Description: | Under the eye of Esther Ruf and her daughter Karen, second from right, four handicapped children in foster care enjoy some games. |
| Date: | 06 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Glenn "Pat" Holmes (left) and Frank Blau, directors of the Madison summer playground program, are shown checking equipment out to the 30 playgrounds which ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1950 |
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| Description: | Sherry Klein (right) playing a game of checkers with Janice Wirioff at the Milton-Charter park playground as Edward Lambert, Kenneth and Shirley Bloom are ... |
| Date: | 07 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Three boys playing a game of "washers" at the Olbrich park playground, one of the thirty parks included in the summer playground program sponsored by the B... |
| Date: | 06 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Girl assemble for Brownie Girl Scout day camp at Hoyt Park. |
| Date: | 08 16 1950 |
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| Description: | A group of kids play a paper game "Air Defense" with two playground directors at a table in Vilas Park. Sitting around the table, from left, are: Nancy Bri... |
| Date: | 09 19 1950 |
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| Description: | Florence Crowley, an active volunteer at St. Mary's Hospital, working on a jigsaw puzzle with Ronald Paar, age 9 of Cross Plains, and Kenneth Krall, age 4 ... |
| Date: | 10 31 1950 |
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| Description: | At Lapham School, more than 800 costumed children and their parents attended one of the largest Halloween night parties held in Madison. A boy is shown bob... |
| Date: | 01 31 1951 |
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| Description: | An unidentified University of Wisconsin student looks on as fellow student, Jim Healy of Milwaukee (right), practices for the barrel stave races. The race ... |
| Date: | 01 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Members of the Kappa Gamma sorority team on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are pictured practicing for the broom hockey matches to be held as p... |
| Date: | 08 04 1953 |
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| Description: | A scene at YWCA's day camp at Camp Wakanda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. Five boys play a Skee ball game on "Carnival Night." Left to right: Michael... |
| Date: | 04 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Kermit "Kert" Bliss. He became director of the Madison Community Center after serving as acting director since August 1952. The Center's progr... |
| Date: | 10 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Carol Hanson bobbing for an apple as Donna Tupper laughingly looks on. |
| Date: | 05 21 1956 |
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| Description: | East High School Future Nurse's Club members perform volunteer activities at the Wisconsin Nuerological Hospital. Students Marily Detter (left) and Adeline... |
| Date: | 08 07 1956 |
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| Description: | Babysitter Linda Taylor plays a game with Mary Teresa Charlton. |
| Date: | 07 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Cathryn Montgomery, with her daughter, 3-year-old Cathy Sue, visiting Cathryn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon W. Pettersen, on Prospect Avenue. |
| Date: | 10 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Two Methodist Hospital student nurses play checkers with patients at the hospital. At left is Susan Miller and at right is Mary Kane. They are participatin... |
| Date: | 06 30 1959 |
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| Description: | A neighborhood circus at 567 Park Lane, the Robert Munger residence, benefited "Roundy's Fun Fund." Left to right in first row: Cheryl Eickner, Douglas Bo... |
| Date: | 10 19 1956 |
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| Description: | Madison Central High Schools's Al Smith (24) carries the ball past Madison West High School's Ken Johnson (60). |
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