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Madison Exchange Club Collection for Salvation Army

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Members of the Madison Exchange Club with one of five bathtubs they will have around Madison to collect money for the Salvation Army Christmas baskets for ...
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Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 12 1953
Description: Boy Scouts of the Four Lakes Drum and Bugle Corps are unloading holiday trees from boxcars at the Gisholt Machine Company, where they have set up a lot to ...
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Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 12 1953
Description: Kenneth Boller picks one tree from a stack to set up for display in the Boy Scouts Four Lakes Drum and Bugle Corps Christmas sale lot at the Gisholt Machin...
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Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 12 1953
Description: Boy Scouts of the Four Lakes Drum and Bugle Corps have set up a lot to sell Christmas trees at the Gisholt Machine Company. Examining one of the tallest Ch...
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Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 12 1953
Description: Boy Scouts of the Four Lakes Drum and Bugle Corps have set up a lot to sell Christmas trees at the Gisholt Machine Company. Lloyd Hansen is acting as a sal...
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Ice Skater Trying Out New Skates

Date: 12 30 1953
Description: Dave Halls is trying out new ice skates he received for Christmas at Tenney Park pond, which is used as a Madison outdoor rink in winter. With ankles wobbl...
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Christmas Windows

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Carmen's Christmas window at 9 South Pinckney Street, featuring female mannequins wearing the latest fashions for winter, including dresses, robes ("house ...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal worker, Paul McConnell, loading packages onto his mail truck for delivery. He is handling different sized boxes stacked on the lowered gate of his o...
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Outdoor Nativity at Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 12 1954
Description: A girl is admiring the outdoor nativity displayed at the Grace Episcopal Church at 116 West Washington Avenue on Capitol Square. The display includes Mary,...
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Madison Holiday Decorations Lights Installed on Capital Square

Date: 11 23 1957
Description: City workers install holiday decorations and lights on light poles on the corner of South Carroll and W. Main Streets at the Capitol Square. A man is seen ...
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Christmas Shoppers on the Capitol Square

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Christmas shoppers crowd the Capitol Square on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Women shoppers are seen at the corner of State Street, Carroll Street and W....
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We Saw You . . . Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 11 1958
Description: Emil Zentner, Nekoosa, carries dishwater out of his temporary house trailer located next to the Madison Drum and Bugle Corps parents' group Christmas tree ...
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We Saw You . . . Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 11 1958
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fuhrman, 4318 Herrick lane, look over a Christmas tree held by Emil Zentner at the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps parents group's...
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Christmas on the Bayles Farm

Date: 12 16 1958
Description: Dennis Bayles, his son-in-law, Le Verne Kirking, and two of the Kirking children, Ann Denise and Duane, trudging through the snow to cut pine branches from...
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Live Christmas Creche Scene Held Outdoors at the Midvale Lutheran Church

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: A live outdoor Christmas scene is held at the new Midvale Lutheran Church at 4329 Tokay Boulevard. Live sheep and a burro are used in the creche. The Chris...
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Christmas Day on the Capitol Square

Date: 12 25 1958
Description: No people in sight along the Main Street side of Madison's Capitol square on a balmy Christmas afternoon.
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Madison Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps Members Sell Christmas Trees

Date: 12 14 1960
Description: Madison Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps representatives receive a shipment of Christmas trees to sell at their two tree lots at the 1200 block of East Washi...
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Return Gifts to Downtown Madison Stores

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Traffic crowds Madison downtown streets and parking stalls as shoppers return or exchange unwanted Christmas gifts.
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Post-Christmas Shoppers Crowd Downtown Madison Sidewalks

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Post-Christmas shoppers exchanging or returning unwanted Christmas gifts crowd downtown Madison sidewalks.

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