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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Park view featuring two children and their nurse or nanny in the foreground and an inset of the hospital in the upper left corner. Caption reads: "Stoughto... |
| Date: | 09 24 1948 |
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| Description: | Five children with one adult are shown playing on swings at Eagle Heights, a University of Wisconsin-Madison housing development built for faculty families... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Four children, one boy and three girls, playing on a a swing set outside of a brick building, probably a school. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Children playing in a park playground, mainly on a large swing set. |
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| Description: | A deserted playground with swing sets, slides, and ladders, in front of a group of buildings. There are two young boys near a dwelling in the background. |
| Date: | 07 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Children play on the heavy duty swing at Sunset Park playground. A summer recreation program at the city's parks is supervised by the city's board of educa... |
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| Description: | Teacher and students pose on and around playground structure with swings outside a clapboard one-room schoolhouse. |
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| Description: | A view of the main entrance to Putnam Park, including two wooden towers on either side of the road, various cannons and cannon balls. There is a swing set ... |
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| Description: | View of First Ward school with children playing on swings in a playground area in the foreground. |
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| Description: | A view of children playing on a slide, swings, and see-saws at the playground at S.F.S. Holiday House. |
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| Description: | Children outdoors on playground equipment, including a slide, at Bethany Orphan Home. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The children's playground in McLaughlin Park. Caption reads: "Children's Playground, McLaughlin Park, Tillary Street School." |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Young children playing at the park. Original caption reads: "Beacon playground — about 800 daily attendance. Splendid arrangement of playground and athleti... |
| Date: | 05 1925 |
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| Description: | School building and its grounds, including trees and swing sets. |
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| Description: | Elevated view across road towards Grove-Putnam Park. A short, stone wall separates automobiles parked on the road near the park. People are sitting at picn... |
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| Description: | View of the circle swing at Waldemeer Park. The ride is surrounded by a fence, trees, and several power lines. |
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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... |
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| Description: | View of Riverview Park. The view features a shelter, benches, and a swing set among trees. |
| 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. |
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