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Coaching Party Departing for Scottish Games

Date: 08 31 1909
Description: A coaching party of festively clad men, women, and children departing for the Annual Scottish Games sponsored by the St. Andrews Society. Some participants...
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Playing in Canoes on a Lake

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Description: Two women try to knock each other off of their canoes while standing and swinging brooms at each other.
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Brick School and Students

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Description: View of a brick school building and a crowd of students, with two boys up in a tree. Other people are posing in some of the open windows of the school. Boy...
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Croquet on the Banks of the Mississippi

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Description: Three people playing croquet on the banks of the Mississippi River near Alma, Wis. A woman is sitting in a rowboat with a dog nearby in the background.
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Saint Julien Billiard Rooms

Date: 1872
Description: Exterior elevated view of the Saint Julien Billiard Rooms on Main Street on the Fourth of July.
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Men Playing Horseshoes

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Description: Men play horseshoes on the unpaved street outside of the Merchants Inn.
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Booths at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Elevated view of people crowding around booths at a Civilian Defense Rally, "Poker Dart, Holy Name Society," "Meat mart, American Legion," "[obscured]Jap! ...
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Jacks on the Sidewalk

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Description: A group of girls playing jacks on a city sidewalk. All the girls are wearing dresses, and two infants are present, one in a carriage and one in the lap of ...
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Follow the Leader

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Description: A group of boys "following their leader in search of adventure" in the street. The boys are barefoot and are wearing hats. In the background are a storefro...
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Street Game

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Description: Several boys play a street game in a residential area, two blocks away from the deserted playground.
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Children Playing a Game of Washers at Olbrich Park Playground

Date: 07 10 1950
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...
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Playing Cowboys With Pistols

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Description: Two men crawl on their hands and knees while two other men sit atop them holding pistols. A dirt road, a fence, and foliage are in the background.
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Children Playing Games

Date: 1919
Description: A group of children are standing in a circle under trees while playing an outdoor game led by Mrs. Markley. Two children are sitting on a tree swing to the...
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American Legion Picnic

Date: 06 12 1949
Description: "American Legion Picnic at Firemen's Park."
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Crowds at Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1900
Description: Crowds gather at games and other attractions at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Neighborhood House Boys Camping Scrapbook: Pajama Race Swimmer

Date: 07 1942
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House of a boys summer camp, with an image of Skip Sul?(obscured letters) participating in a game involving tak...
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Jimmy Dodge's Lunch — Billiards

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Description: View from street towards Jimmy Dodge's Lunch — Billiards business on Monona Avenue, which was next to the Madison Theater.
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The Sayner Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: Elevated view of a tennis and a shuffleboard court, with Plum Lake in the background. Four men are playing doubles tennis, while other men are playing shuf...
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Playing Skat

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Description: Reservists quartered in French Buchholz in Berlin.

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