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B.V.D. Swim Suits in Harry S. Manchester Inc. Show Window

Date: 06 12 1935
Description: Harry S. Manchester Inc. display window of B.V.D. swimsuits for children and women. One of the mannequins has an inflatable water toy.
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Burdick & Murray Toy Department

Date: 10 30 1934
Description: Burdick & Murray Co., 17 E Main Street, toy department.
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Children in Play Group

Date: 10 26 1932
Description: Eight children in play group at the Roy H. and Marjorie Deakman home, 7 Bayside Drive, Maple Bluff. The children are Dorothy Montague, in the chair at the ...
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David Webster Jr.

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: David Webster Jr. in playpen with toys.
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Malcolm McVicar

Date: 12 25 1930
Description: Malcolm McVicar playing with Christmas toys next to a couch.
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Christmas Morning at the McVicars

Date: 12 25 1930
Description: Malcolm (left) and Richard McVicar playing with their new toys (including a toy truck) in front of the tree on Christmas morning.
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WIBA Fern Room

Date: 12 05 1930
Description: WIBA fern room with piano, organ, ferns, and a turntable. There is a Teddy Bear on top of the organ on the right, and on the left is a bird in a birdcage.
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Kessenich's Infant Department

Date: 03 28 1927
Description: Kessenich's infant department. In the foreground is a table with a doll and stuffed toys on it, surrounded by three rocking chairs. Along the wall in the b...
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Williamson Family Poses outside with Grandmother

Date: 1873
Description: A family poses in a yard around a table. The grandmother appears to have an embroidery hoop in her lap. In the background on the right is a grindstone. Fur...
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United Givers' Fund Volunteer

Date: 10 23 1956
Description: Betty J. DiSalvo reading good night stories to her children, Michael DiSalvo (age 6) and Mark DiSalvo (age 4) after having solicited money for 27 Red Feath...
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Young Child with a Stuffed Rabbit

Date: 04 05 1944
Description: Whitney Mason Gould, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens Gould, 712 Rogers Street, with a stuffed rabbit illustrating traditional Easter gifts for children.
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Three Children with an Easter Basket

Date: 04 05 1944
Description: The Yaudes children, James (7 1/2), Jimmy, (3), and Tammy (7 months), children of J. Lloyd Yaudes, 2305 Rowley Avenue, with an Easter basket illustrating t...
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Group Portrait at 121 East Gilman Street

Date: 12 28 1927
Description: Group portrait of members of the Haydon, Brown and Shiverick families at the Brown home, 121 East Gilman Street. Tim Brown IV (center) is holding a toy tra...
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Children Reading near Christmas Tree

Date: 01 07 1945
Description: Two children in front of a Christmas tree in the Radke home.
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Mrs. Frank R. (Evelyn) Horner

Date: 03 02 1945
Description: Mrs. Frank R. (Evelyn) Horner standing with her granddaughter, Martha Kerr, who is sitting in a play table.
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Cynthia Harley Birthday Party

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Cynthia Harley celebrates her second birthday with seven young girls. She was born July 13, 1943, daughter of University of Wisconsin Radio Director Willia...
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Woman Reading to Girls

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Radio station WIBA Story Corner Lady, Jeanne Remus, reading a book to Ann and Kathy Taylor, daughters of Robert and Fannie Taylor, 1921 Keyes Avenue. The S...
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Bis and Doll

Date: 1914
Description: Florence Lloyd Jones, known as Bis or Bisser, born Oct. 9, 1913, daughter of Richard & Georgia Lloyd Jones, sitting with her doll in an upholstered chair.
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Dick Lloyd Jones

Date: 1913
Description: Richard "Dick" Lloyd Jones sits on the lap of "best friend of Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Jones" and plays with a toy train car.
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Gifts of Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 12 02 1948
Description: Gifts of dishes, radio-phonograph, wire recorder, toys and books are enjoyed by children at Lapham School. Roundy's Fun Fund provided these and more items ...

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