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| Date: | 06 21 1916 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "'Playgrounds,' Whitewater, Wis." Two girls, and three boys with a bicycle are in a grass covered playground with swings, slides, sees... |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | Children playing on monkey bars as snow falls. A dwelling or schoolhouse is in the background. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | A tense moment in a night baseball game played at the Dorothy Enderis Playground. Two men are standing and watching the game through the chain link fence. |
| Date: | 07 13 1932 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Lowell School playground girls' baseball team. |
| Date: | 06 10 1932 |
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| Description: | Playground instructors group, men and women, with department heads. |
| Date: | 05 25 1928 |
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| Description: | ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men clearing area for playground at Burr Jones Field at 1800 E. Washington Street. |
| Date: | 05 25 1928 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) men posing after clearing field for playground at Burr Jones Field, 1800 E. Washington Avenu... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Grandfather Captain I.P. Rumsey, a Civil War veteran, is standing next to the wooden seesaw. Grandchildren Donald Holt (left) and Alfred Holt (right) are s... |
| Date: | 08 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Mickey Toseff, 10, gives his brother Jeff, 3, a piggy-back ride at the Truax Field Playground Costume Party. |
| Date: | 08 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Santa Claus and some gypsies put in an appearance at the Truax Field Playground Costume Party. Santa was John Terry. |
| 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. |
| 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: | 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Sharon Miller of Cuba City zooming down a slide under shady trees at Badger Park. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a man leaning against a street sign near the corner of a fence enclosing the yard of a housing project. On the right is a concre... |
| 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: | 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: | 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 boys playing "washers" game at a city playground. |
| 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: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Mamie Arms climbing to the top of a swing set. |
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