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Ricky Chones
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A man in a wheelchair is passing a basketball to someone in the foreground. Caption reads: "The Waukesha Park and Recreation Department, in cooperation with the special summer recreation program, sponsored a disability awareness day Monday to bring together children in the regular playground program with disabled children from the special summer recreation program. Ricky Chones (left) of the South Shore Breakers basketball team passed to teammate Rick Benavides as part of a demonstrations [sic] of the way wheelchairs can be used in athletics."
June 27, 1989
Gehrz, Jim
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Helping Hand
July 27, 1989
A man is helping another man, who is in a wheelchair, to pass a basketball. Caption reads: "HELPING HAND — Greg Birmingham, coordinator of the Easter Seal Athletic Olympics last Sunday, gave Mark H...
Children Playing a Game of Washers at Olbrich Park Playground
July 10, 1950
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 Board of Education Recreation Division. Pic...
Children on Swing at Sunset Park Playground
July 10, 1950
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 education recreation division.
Young Men Playing Basketball
1920
Three young men playing basketball on an outdoor court. In the background behind a fence and tree are a group of girls, and in the center background younger girls are playing on playground equipmen...
Jason Boyd
June 15, 1989
A high school student in cap and gown is hugging a woman. Caption reads: "END OF THE ROAD — Jason Boyd hugged the mother of a fellow graduate after Riverside High School's graduation ceremony at th...
Damon Simpson
June 2, 1986
One boy is sitting up against the backboard of a basketball hoop and looking down, while another boy is preparing to shoot a basket. Caption reads: "Terrell Henderson had a bird's-eye view from ato...
