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Madison Softball Photographs

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Carroll Becker of Norberg Electric batting in a Madison women's softball league game. The umpire is Charlie Pendergast.
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Horseshoe Pitching Champion, Seymour J. Johnson

Date: 08 15 1931
Description: Outdoor portrait of Seymour J. Johnson, Madison Horseshoe champion, holding a horseshoe at the horseshoe pit.
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Madison Horseshoe Team

Date: 08 15 1931
Description: Five members of the Madison Horseshoe team, at the horseshoe pit, in a neighborhood setting. Ed Tierney, Seymour J. Johnson, Julian Johnson, L. Messerschmi...
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Tether Ball at Cherokee Heights Playground

Date: 08 05 1965
Description: Kathy Kurtz, a playground leader at Cherokee Heights playground, playing tether ball with youngsters at her playground.
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Neighborhood House Album: Children Playing Circle Game

Date: 1929
Description: Hand-colored image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a group of children and two women playing a circle game outdoors.
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City Playground Youngsters Catch Cameraman's Eye

Date: 06 29 1957
Description: Group of children on a city playground playing dodge ball (called "ball tag"). The boy on far left is finishing a toss.
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Playground Games

Date: 1968
Description: Children and adults having a tug of war during a play day at Marquette School. A fence and dwellings are in the background.
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Wisconsin Hoofers Winter Carnival

Date: 01 31 1951
Description: An unidentified University of Wisconsin student looks on as fellow student, Jim Healy of Milwaukee (right), practices for the barrel stave races. The race ...
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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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Pitching Horseshoes on July 4th

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Fourth of July celebration in Westmorland neighborhood with three men pitching horseshoes. Shown here are Elmer Nielson, 4022 Winnemac Avenue, Ray Heibel, ...
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Children at Waushara Labor Camp

Date: 1967
Description: A group of children of migrant worker families playing a ball game in a circle with an adult who has his back to the camera at a Waushara County Labor Camp...

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