Five girls pose on playground equipment in Mayo Park, Rochester, Minnesota, circa 1910.

Caption on the front of this real photo postcard: "The Playground. Mayo Park. 143."

Printed on the other side: "Bert Crowell, Rochester, Minn."

Postmarked in Rochester, Minn., May 14, 1910, and addressed to "Miss Hilda Swanson, #85 Cambridge Ave., St. Paul, Minn. Macalaster Park, c/o James Beddie."

Handwritten message: "Rochester, Minn. Dear Aunt Hilda, I have not heard from you for a long time, but I had a card from Myrtle today and she said you had gone to St. Paul to live. Mama has been sick all the time lately. She seems to have a cold all the time. She has been lying down all morning. I hope she gets better. How are poor little James and William. Mama says that she wishes you would write soon and tell her. With love and kisses, Beth."

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of at the playground.

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This real photo postcard captures children in mid-swing on playground equipment at the Lost River State Park in West Virginia (see a close-up view of the activity). Workers from the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) helped to construct the park, which opened in 1937. The three young men on the right-hand side were caught in mid-stride as they walked toward the camera. Their uniforms, including neckties tucked into their shirts, suggest that they were CCC workers.

A photo taken at the playground for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

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For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.

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Caption on the front of this real photo postcard: "The Park, Middletown, Pa."

Printed on the back: "Genuine photograph. Manufactured by J. K. Baum, Middletown, Pa."

An early twentieth-century scene of seesawing in what is today Hoffer Park, which is located along the Swatara Creek in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

See also a cropped version for a close-up of the kids.

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For more information about this early twentieth-century scene of seesawing, see the full version of this real photo postcard.

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