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Kid's Car

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Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, in his motorized two-seat toy car.
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Mrs. Helen Zawacki Directs Tolostoy's "The First Distiller" for the Madison Youth Summer Theater .

Date: 08 16 1960
Description: Mrs. Helen Zawacki, director of the Madison Theater Guild's Youth Summer Theater production of Tolstoy's "The First Distiller." The play is presented at th...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: Madison Neighborhood Centers is one of 29 United Givers agencies. At three centers (Atwood Community Center, the Neighborhood House and South Madison Neigh...
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Boys Playing With Guns

Date: 1920
Description: Two young boys sitting in a car wearing hats and sunglasses, play cops and robbers. One of the boys is thought to be Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison. App...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The boys' program at the Madison YMCA is supported by the United Givers. Here a boy is jumping on the trampoline.
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Children at Brittingham Park

Date: 1905
Description: Group of children playing with a makeshift diving board at Brittingham Bay swimming hole.
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Children Playing in Snow

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Steven (left) and David Hanson playing in the snow near their house at 1217 Vilas Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin, after a recent snowfall.
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Madison Youth Summer Theater Presents Tolstoy's "The First Distiller"

Date: 08 16 1960
Description: Madison Theater Guild's Youth Summer Theater presents the adult show Tolstoy's "The First Distiller" in the Washington School auditorium. The play is direc...
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Swimmers

Date: 1905
Description: Four boys skinny dip in Lake Mendota.
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Bill Toman and his Dog

Date: 12 17 1979
Description: Bill Toman playing with his dog, Little Niblet, on an icy walkway at Lake Mendota.
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Women's Club of Madison Presents "Man and His God"

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: The Madison Women's Club presents the original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. Depicting the conversion of Izeyl to Buddhism (left ...
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Women's Club of Madison Presents "Man and His God"

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Madison Women's Club presents the original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. Shown depicting the sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham (left ...
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Eagle Heights Kids on Swings

Date: 09 24 1948
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...
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Nursery School for Mentally Challenged Children

Date: 10 09 1957
Description: Virginia Gibson works with a child with Down's Syndrome at the nursery school of the Madison Area Council on Retardation (sic) at First Congregation...
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Rollerskating Kindergarteners

Date: 1959
Description: Several children are putting on roller skates outside a school door. Bicycles are parked in the background and a woman is partially visible in the foregrou...
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Women's Club of Madison Presents "Man and His God"

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Madison Women's Club presents an original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. Appearing as Adam and Eve (left) are Richard Aukerma of 6...
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Edgewood Kindergarten Country Store Setup

Date: 11 10 1932
Description: Edgewood kindergarten country store setup. Sign says "Kindergarten Kun(tree) Store" (rebus).
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Children and Snowman

Date: 12 1947
Description: Winter scene with two children leaning against a snowman.
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Draper Kindergarten

Date: 01 11 1933
Description: Draper kindergarten room with children surrounding a "fire engine" they created.
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Marquette School "Grocery Store"

Date: 03 16 1932
Description: Grade 3A at Marquette school playing "grocery store."

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