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| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | This map shows street car lines, bus routes, railroads, proposed city boundary lines, wards, public schools, blocks & house numbers, Lake Michigan, one mil... |
| Date: | 08 05 1965 |
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| Description: | Kathy Kurtz, a playground leader at Cherokee Heights playground, playing tether ball with youngsters at her playground. |
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| Description: | A woman holds a sign that reads, "Rosedale Playground is America's Shame!" as she stands next to the playground. She is protesting the exclusion of African... |
| Date: | 1983 |
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| Description: | View from below of a group of kids playing on the jungle gym at Brittingham Park. |
| Date: | 06 2014 |
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| Description: | Women and men wearing swim suits lying or sitting on the grass in James Madison Park. A man is resting against a tree in the foreground looking out over th... |
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| Description: | Chicago Child Care Society designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #617 in 1963. This building was three stories built above grade. The... |
| Date: | 1981 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Fold-out map of the zoo inside a publication titled: "The Master Plan For Henry Vilas Park Zoo." Includes Lake Wingra, the lagoon, and the playground. |
| Date: | 11 1964 |
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| Description: | Fold-out map of the zoo inside a publication titled: "Henry Vilas Park Zoo: An Instructive Book on the Origin and Habits of Animals." Includes Lake Wingra,... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of a group of children at a playground with swings, see-saws and a slide. Caption reads: "Copeland Park Playground, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A view, looking south, at the intersection of West Mt. Vernon Avenue and North 65th Street. In the foreground is a shallow pool where children are playing,... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Mamie Arms climbing to the top of a swing set. |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Sharon Miller of Cuba City zooming down a slide under shady trees at Badger Park. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Two boys playing "washers" game at a city playground. |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Three girls watching the neighbor kids at play at a city playground. A girl in the foreground has pins holding her hair and the caption calls her a "Pin-U... |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Two kids at an outdoor table in a shelter playing checkers with three more looking on and "kibitzing." |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Children playing croquet at a city playground. The boy is pointing to where he is aiming to hit his ball with the mallet. The caption reads: "I'm going tha... |
| Date: | 08 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Playground director, Phil Gottschalk, dressed as a cowboy, showing off his guns to young costumed onlookers at the recent Truax Field playground party. |
| Date: | 08 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Mike McKenna, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McKenna, came to the party as Robin Hood. Prizes were awarded for the best costumes. |
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