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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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Longfellow School Disabled Students

Date: 10 30 1931
Description: Disabled students with crutches, wheelchairs and other aids for locomotion holding a club meeting at Longfellow School in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Shriners Yule Party

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Fletcher Mills doing a card trick for three children, with a clown looking on, at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 ...
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Washington School Orthopedic Department

Date: 03 31 1949
Description: Richard Johns of Janesville puts the finishing touches on a painting while seated in a wheelchair at the orthopedic department at Washington School, 545 We...
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University League and Its Junior Division Activities

Date: 01 23 1951
Description: Two Junior Division University League members are shown with a trainee at the League's homecrafters' program at Truax Field. Seated at a weaving loom is t...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Matt Esser is learning how to weave under Mrs. Mina Dutton's direction. Mrs. Dutton is one of the instructors at the Wisconsin Homecraft Training center, ...
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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Herman Skolas sits in a wheelchair while weaving on his loom as his eight-year-old granddaughter, Deborah Culham of Stoughton, looks on approvingly. Skolas...
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One-Man Art Show

Date: 04 11 1956
Description: Don Eastin, Dorothy Angevine, and Louise Brown looking at a piece of artwork held by artist John Bergman that will be displayed at the Wisconsin Neurologic...
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Stage Rehearsal

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Four members of the St. James Players rehearsing for their play, "Lo and Behold!" Shown in profile in the foreground looking at a script is the prompter Do...
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Christmas Entertainment at Dane County Hospital and Home in Verona

Date: 12 20 1960
Description: Montrose school district students from Dane & Green County entertain residents at the Dane County Hospital and Home in Verona. The children performed a Chr...

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