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Lincoln Street Circus

Date: 08 22 1931
Description: Group portrait taken in Vilas Park of children, and a few adults, some in costume, from the Lincoln Street-West Side area, who put on a circus to raise mon...
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YMCA Circus Group

Date: 04 28 1944
Description: Group portrait of children participating in a YMCA circus.
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Ballweg Benefit Circus

Date: 08 04 1948
Description: Portrait of three Proudfit Street kids who produced a circus for the benefit of the Ballweg family, victims of a tornado at Springfield Hill. They are, lef...
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Lowell School Easter Circus

Date: 04 05 1950
Description: It was Easter Circus time in the East Side Lowell school and hallways this week. Several of Betty Becker's second grade pupils, creators of the paper mach...
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Shepard Terrace Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: A lineup of over twenty costumed children assembled along 2620 Chamberlain Street in the Shepard Terrace neighborhood. They had performed a circus for Roun...
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Knights of Columbus vs. Zor Shrine Softball Game

Date: 08 06 1952
Description: Clowns surround Mayor George Forster, sitting the the driver's seat of a car, during the Knights of Columbus Shrine Softball Circus event.
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Youth Red Cross Fundraiser

Date: 04 23 1953
Description: Portrait of six Monona Village youngsters who held a circus to raise money for the American Red Cross. In front are Darryl Hoffer (with "Bullet" the dog) a...
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Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 03 1956
Description: Six children and an adult posing in front of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper office at 115 South Carroll Street. The children had put on a nei...
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Children Raise Money for Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 20 1956
Description: Children from Shore Acres Road participated in a circus and sold Kool Aid to raise $7.00 for Roundy's Fun Fund. Front row, left to right are: Michael Seife...
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Roundy's Fun Fund Contributors

Date: 09 28 1957
Description: Caption reads: "These girls put on a circus in the recreation room at the Fitzpatrick home at 1504 Sumac Drive. They brought the money up to my office whic...
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Circus for Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 09 06 1958
Description: Children from Shorewood Hills raised $5 by putting on a circus for Roundy's Fun Fund for handicapped children. Front row from left to right: Patty Flinn, D...

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