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Steelworkers Costume Party

Date: 12 20 1947
Description: Members of Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation) at a holiday costume party.
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Steelworkers Costume Party Winners

Date: 11 08 1947
Description: Prize winners at a costume dance sponsored by Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation).
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Cub Scout Frank Sinatra Act

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Highlight of the entertainment at the final dancing party of the Junior Cotillion club of Wisconsin High School was the Frank Sinatra act put on by members...
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Costumed Children

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: A girl and boy in costume for a Fourth of July parade in the Westmoorland neighborhood. From left to right are Thomas Hammill, son of Mr. and Mrs. William ...
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Latin-American Dancers

Date: 07 19 1944
Description: Left to right, Mary Ann Yanover and Joyce Radu, dancers in the annual Latin-American Festival held at the Wisconsin Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin...
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Vintage Gym Dress for Women

Date: 08 16 1944
Description: Maude Johnson dressed in a turn of the century dance class outfit.
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Ruth Harris and "Henry"

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Ruth Harris, acting curator of the Wisconsin Historical Society, is putting a man's coat from 1870 on a mannequin named Henry or Henrietta, if it is dresse...
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West High School Production of "Our Town"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: West High School student production of "Our Town" with two actresses and one actor on a ladder. Left to right: Virginia Baldwin, Joel Salter, and Jerry Eri...
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West High School Production "Our Town"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: West High School student production of "Our Town" with Kenneth Paine, as narrator.
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Cub Scout Den Mothers

Date: 11 17 1944
Description: Den Mothers Mrs. D.E. (Lenice K.) Arnold, left, and Mrs. E.M. (Mildred F.) Downey, are putting the final touches on the Indian headdress, worn by Mrs. E.J....
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East High School Play Cast

Date: 11 22 1944
Description: Robert Cnare, playing the role of Emil, a Nazi boy in the United States, in the play "Tomorrow the World," presented by East High School students.
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Pioneer Christmas Scene

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Reenacting a pioneer Christmas custom of many foreign settlers in the early days of Wisconsin of singing carols around the family organ, are left to right:...
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Santa Claus with Child

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Reeanne Finnigan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S.W. Finnigan, 4134 Paunack Avenue, seated on the lap of Santa Claus.
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Christmas Pageant Rehearsal

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Mrs. Robert Snaddon coaching Dave Cartter and Patty LaDuke for the Christ Presbyterian Church's Christmas pageant.
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Children with Christmas Presents From Hawaii

Date: 12 27 1944
Description: Karen, age 5, Gretchen, age 11, and Kristen, 16 months, daughters of Lt. and Mrs. Eldred Olson with their Christmas presents from Hawaii. They are wearing ...
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Woman in Patriotic Costume

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Description: A woman wearing a striped patriotic costume poses outdoors with an American Flag. Her hat is topped with a metallic star, her ankles and shoes are wrapped ...
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Hiding on the Porch at Island Lodge

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Description: Standing on the porch at Island Lodge on Archibald Lake, two people are wearing a burlap bag which is covering their heads and most of their bodies.

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