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| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A view of the public school, a wood building with two front entrances and a belfry. A flagpole, a pile of fuel wood and a seesaw on the left. Surrounded by... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Map shows street map with wards numbered, the Fox River, railroads, playgrounds, cemeteries, and schools. The map also includes a manuscript annotation ind... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hat pushes a rig similar to a horse mill to give four children a ride on a merry go round in the Columbus Park. The children are seated on ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | This is a zoning map of Wauwatosa with a key of districts including agricultural, resident, business, commercial, and industrial. The map features labeled ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Architectural drawing of the Sunset Village neighborhood on the West side of the city of Madison. The poster description reads: A proposed master plan for ... |
| Date: | 10 29 1959 |
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| Description: | Susan Thomsen smiling from high atop a seesaw on a warm October day while playing at Yahara Place Park near her home at 502 Dunning Street. Houses in the b... |
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| Description: | Recreational grounds near the beach at Terry Andrae State Park. A woman and a child are on a swing set. There are teeter totters on the left. |
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| Description: | Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying five photographs. Young campers are participating in a number of activities, including tennis, seesawing, boatin... |
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| Description: | Group of younger campers sitting and standing on a wood seesaw near trees. |
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| Description: | Wooden playground structure on or near the grounds of Neighborhood House, with a McDonald's on Regent Street visible in the far background. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | From her journal from the Philippines Carrie writes: "Mrs. Zumaar and Mrs. Peacock both taught at the new Anglican school and invited us to visit their cla... |
| Date: | 06 1931 |
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| Description: | This map is a photocopy of a map that has been hand-colored and shows streets, the Wisconsin River, Mill Pond, and points of interest that include a school... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the public school building. Caption reads: "Public School — Eagle, Wis." |
| Date: | 07 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Two children walking home carrying their costumes following a Dress Up Day celebration at a city playground. |
| Date: | 07 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Children attend a Dress Up Day celebration at Truax Park playground. A child is finishing up her costume at center. |
| Date: | 07 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Children in costumes line up as three mothers judge their costumes. The finalist contestants are dressed as assorted characters including a hula dancer, an... |
| Date: | 07 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Costumed Jimmy Mick (6) eating a long strand of molten marshmallow at the Hobo Party held in Wirth Ct. Park. |
| Date: | 07 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Soot-smudged Dorothy Phelan (3) eating a charcoal toasted marshmallow at the Wirth Ct. Park Hobo Party. |
| Date: | 07 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Kathy Ellis (4) is shown using an insulated stick to push her marshmallows over the fire at the Hobo Party at the Wirth Ct. playground. |
| Date: | 08 29 1961 |
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| Description: | Joseph (Roundy) Coughlin is shown trying to get on board a new whirl-a-round at Children's Park at Central Wisconsin Colony and Training School. The new pl... |
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