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Ice Skaters in Washington Park, c.1905

 

 

 

Ice Skaters in Washington Park, c.1905

The Midway linking Washington and Jackson Parks was flooded beginning in the early twentieth century for winter skating. During other seasons, the area was used for playing fields. Here the dark figures of boys and girls stand in sharp relief of the white ice and snow.