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Two Boys at Tenney Park

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Description: Two boys lying on the grass asleep in Tenney Park near the lagoon with a hat on the ground between them. The Sherman Avenue bridge and the Hausmann Brewery...
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Children's Picnic at the Beach

Date: 1950
Description: Woman with children grilling hot dogs and wieners at the beach.
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Capital Brewery

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of employees, along with young children, posed around a wagon loaded with barrels of beer in front of Hausmann's Capital Brewery at the corne...
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R & W Root Beer Stand

Date: 07 18 1940
Description: R & W Root Beer stand, at East Washington Avenue and Thornton Avenue.
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Children's Birthday Party

Date: 02 19 1937
Description: Children's birthday party at 906 Brittingham Boulevard, with participants wearing party hats and sitting at a table with a birthday cake.
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Emerson School P.T.A. Anniversary Program

Date: 02 20 1935
Description: Girls dressed in colonial costumes are standing around a table with a birthday cake at the Emerson School P.T.A. 38th anniversary program.
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Richard McVicar Enjoys Ice Cream

Date: 07 05 1934
Description: Richard McVicar, son of the photographer, sitting at a table and eating ice cream from a stemmed dish, under a sign advertising Crystal Ice Cream that read...
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Richard McVicar Eating Ice Cream

Date: 07 05 1934
Description: Richard McVicar is sitting at a table eating ice cream from a stemmed dish.
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Beatrice Gulley's Birthday Party

Date: 01 09 1934
Description: Beatrice Gulley's (Mrs. Carson Gulley) birthday party. Group portrait of family and friends posing around a small table with birthday cake and flowers.
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Julian's Delicatessen

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: Julian's Delicatessen and Sandwich Shop, 226 State Street. Julius Giller proprietor. A boy is standing inside the entrance looking through the door.
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Toto the Clown with Children

Date: 03 18 1932
Description: RKO clown "Toto" distributes cardboard Easter bunnies packed with lollipops from the W.T. Grant Company. This event was held in the 2nd floor playroom at U...
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Birthday Party at Easter

Date: 04 11 1931
Description: Birthday party for 4-year-old child. Shows 14 children, Easter Bunny chair, and Easter decorations.
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Richard McVicar's Birthday

Date: 10 28 1930
Description: Portrait of Richard McVicar with his birthday cake and candles on his fourth birthday.
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Richard and Malcolm McVicar

Date: 10 28 1930
Description: Richard and Malcolm McVicar celebrating Richard's fourth birthday while sitting in front of a fireplace with a birthday cake and candles. They are sitting ...
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Children's Birthday Party

Date: 09 25 1930
Description: Eleven little girls in party hats sit around a dining table set with a birthday cake and candles, and party favors.
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Children's Birthday Party

Date: 09 25 1930
Description: Group portrait of children at a birthday party. Taken for Mrs. Griffith. Eleven children are sitting in child-sized chairs around a table with a birthday c...
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ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 10 1930
Description: Two girls standing at the Schoep's Ice Cream and Food Company Inc. booth at the ESBMA (East Side Business Men's Association) fall festival.
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Jackie Hooray

Date: 01 12 1928
Description: Jackie Hooray eating Purity Bread.
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Jackie Hoo-Ray

Date: 01 12 1928
Description: Jackie Hoo-Ray eating Purity Bread.
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Jackie Hooray Eating Purity Doughnuts

Date: 01 11 1928
Description: Jackie Hooray eating Purity doughnuts at Gardner Baking Company.

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