1945 Tenney Park Madison Wisconsin

1945 vintage postcard. Originally 14 acres of marshland, this parcel was purchased in 1899 by the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive Association with a grant of $4,000 from Madison attorney Daniel K. Tenney. The MPPDA hired Ossian Cole Simonds, a landscape architect, to design a park on the site, intended to serve the families of working men and women who lived near the shops and factories on the isthmus. Code 5B-H620 dates this card to 1945. C.T. Art Colortone (Full color) – a five-color process made on linen finish stock from a black and white photo.

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