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| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | A group of children playing volleyball during recess outside of a school building. Additional children are playing on a see-saw behind them. |
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| Description: | A view of children playing on the swingset, slide, and other playground equipment at a park. A wooden building is located behind the playground, and the pa... |
| Date: | 03 13 1915 |
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| Description: | Several children clearing land for a new school playground. Three boys are using axes to chop a log, and other children are gathered near the fire. Three b... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Children are sitting on benches looking at books, and other children are playing in a sandbox at Happy Hearts Park. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Children playing games behind a fence. In the foreground other children are playing in a sandbox on a school playground next to several buildings. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A group of children posing on and beneath a wooden playground slide. There is a barn in the background. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of adults supervising children using swings, a see-saw, a slide, and other playground equipment at Parker Street playground. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A woman stands with two white dogs among the trees at Effinger Park. The park features benches, a pump, a lawn swing, a gazebo and three cabins. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple ... |
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| Description: | Children play in Forest Park at the Chautauqua Grounds, an institution founded in 1874. Residences can be seen beyond the playground at right. Caption read... |
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| Description: | Exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. On the surrounding lawn, there is a ... |
| Date: | 07 1964 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of Marinette County Park. Picnic tables and a playground are scattered under a pine forest. Caption reads: "Marinette County Par... |
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| Description: | View across dirt road of the exterior of the Brodhead High School. |
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| Description: | A pathway through a park. There is a playground on the right, and a boy is nearby on what appears to be a shoreline. A pavilion is beyond trees on the left... |
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| Description: | View of children playing at the Zabriskie Playground outside Number Nine Public School. The playground is found at the intersection of Mercer and Wayne St... |
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| Description: | Exterior of Central Ward School, a brick building featuring a central colonnaded tower. Children can be seen near the playground outside the school. |
| Date: | 08 1967 |
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| Description: | Mike Zitke, 14, of 4737 N. 78th Court holding a broom and wearing a shirt reading "We like it here. Milwaukee: Let's keep it clean." Zitke received the shi... |
| Date: | 07 03 1954 |
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| Description: | Pony rides are given to children at the Franklin School playground. Left to right: Patty Fitzgerald, Jimmie Schaub (on pony), Frances Orvold. Several other... |
| Date: | 08 03 1954 |
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| Description: | Ronda Pyne holding the reins of a pony at the Franklin School playground while wearing a cowboy hat. |
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