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Abraham Lincoln Float

Date: 06 17 1936
Description: Abe Lincoln Float, G.A.R. parade. There is a man dressed as Abraham Lincoln standing in the back of a truck decorated with an American flag and sign saying...
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Lantern Parade

Date: 07 24 1935
Description: Children, from Hawthorne School Annex, wearing Mardi Gras style heads, are marching in the Lantern Parade, with the First Evangelical Church in the backgro...
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Costume Gold Day

Date: 09 05 1934
Description: Group portrait of women in costume for costume golf day at Blackhawk Country Club.
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Costume Golf Day

Date: 09 05 1934
Description: Two "couples" in costume at Blackhawk Country Club for "Costume Gold Day."
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Four Women in Costume at Blackhawk

Date: 09 05 1934
Description: Four women in costume at Blackhawk Country Club for "Costume Golf Day."
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Kiddie Camp Fair

Date: 07 29 1934
Description: Children in costume as king, queen and attendants at the Kiddie Camp Fair.
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Kiddie Camp Fair

Date: 07 29 1934
Description: Children dressed as "balloon man," "Violet and Daisy, Siamese twins," "African bushman" and "Humpty Dumpty" for Kiddie Camp Fair.
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Saint Andrews Children's Play Cast

Date: 12 14 1933
Description: Saint Andrews Church children's Christmas play cast. In a scene from "Santa and the Little Girl." Left to right: Betty Jane Wilson, Margot Smith, Joseph Bl...
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Showgirls and Fire Prevention Sign

Date: 10 07 1932
Description: Fanchon and Marco showgirls with fire prevention sign on residential street. They are wearing Torney Dancers uniforms.
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Children in Indian Costume

Date: 07 22 1932
Description: Group portrait of children from the South Side Franklin playground dressed as Indians surrounding a small tipi (teepee) prior to the Lantern Parade.
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Children Dressed as Pioneers

Date: 07 22 1932
Description: Group portrait of children dressed as pioneers for a Lantern Parade.
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Blackhawk Country Club "Children's Day" Dress Up

Date: 07 06 1932
Description: Blackhawk Country Club "Childrens Day," women's dress up golf event. Four women are wearing children's dresses and eating lollipops.
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Marquette School Playground Group in Costumes

Date: 07 18 1932
Description: Marquette School children, with their drama teacher Ethel Kaump, in costumes for their play "The Fairy Woods," presented on the banks of the Yahara River.
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Blackhawk Country Club "Children's Day" Dress Up

Date: 07 06 1932
Description: Blackhawk Country Club dress up day for women titled "Children's Day." Women are dressed in children's costumes and are eating ice cream cones.
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Children in Rabbit Costumes

Date: 05 19 1932
Description: Group portrait of children, some of them holding rabbits, wearing rabbit costumes posing on the grounds of Dudgeon School, 3200 Monroe Street. Mrs. Hayes.
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Five Women in Historical Costumes

Date: 08 12 1931
Description: Five women in historical costumes who won the style show contest, outdoors at Blackhawk Country Club, 3606 Blackhawk Drive.
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Lantern Parade

Date: 07 24 1931
Description: Children in costume with go cars from Brittingham Park waiting to participate in Lantern parade.
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Cadet Singers at Kiddie Camp

Date: 08 27 1930
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Floyd's Cadets (singers), a vaudeville act, and children at Kiddie Camp, 3910 Mineral Point Rd.
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Boy Dressed in Native American Clothing

Date: 1925
Description: A boy is standing at the entrance to a teepee. He is dressed in Native American clothing, and is holding an axe.
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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.

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