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Gifts for Mendota State Hospital Patients

Date: 12 11 1958
Description: Elizabeth Kurtenacker, left, and Red Cross Gray Lady Ruth Hicks are next to a table with a pile of wrapped gifts. The women were taking part in a project i...
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Dane County Homemakers Display Gift Wrapping Ideas

Date: 12 14 1959
Description: Members of Dane County's 83 Homemakers clubs are taught gift wrapping ideas at their annual Christmas tea. Bernadine Sherwood (right) demonstrates ribbon p...
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Dane County Homemakers Display Gift Wrapping Ideas

Date: 12 04 1959
Description: One of the gift wrapping ideas shown at the Dane County Homemakers annual tea is a Santa wrap for a cylinder shape, made of cloth, foil, felt and cotton.
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Dane County Homemakers Display Gift Wrapping Ideas

Date: 12 04 1959
Description: One of the ideas for gift wrapping presented at the Dane County Homemakers annual Christmas tea includes this poodle made of black ribbed paper ribbon.
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Dane County Homemakers Display Gift Wrapping Ideas

Date: 11 04 1959
Description: One of the gift wrapping ideas presented at the Dane County Homemakers annual Christmas tea includes a wrapping for a child's gift which includes a jump ro...
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Edgewood High School Students Collect Presents for Children of Migrant Laborers

Date: 12 23 1959
Description: Members of Madison Edgewood High School collect Christmas presents for children of migrant laborers at Endeavor in central Wisconsin. Students brought pres...
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Santa Visits Children at Hospital

Date: 12 21 1959
Description: Santa presents a wrapped present in striped paper to Ricky Madsen, who is wearing striped pajamas and a striped night-cap. There is a Christmas tree in the...
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Santa Claus at Madison General Hospital

Date: 12 15 1965
Description: During a visit to the pediatric ward at Madison General Hospital, Santa Claus is presenting Steven Gundlach with a Christmas gift. Members of Firefighters ...
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Santa Claus at Madison General Hospital

Date: 12 15 1965
Description: During a visit to the pediatric ward at Madison General Hospital, Santa Claus presents Steven Gundlach with a Christmas gift. Members of Firefighters Union...
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Empty Stocking Club Brings Gifts to Liggett Children

Date: 12 12 1958
Description: The Empty Stocking Club provides Christmas gifts to the children in the Liggett family of Mazomanie. Shown (L-R) are: Harold (6), Rosie (2) and Alec (3) wi...
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Employee Christmas Party at Madison City-County Building

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Employee Christmas Party at the City-County Building. A group of women is shown opening Christmas presents.
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Empty Stocking Club Christmas Toy Depot

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Helping families select Christmas toys at the Empty Stocking Club annual toy depot held at the Community Center. Shown checking the agency report for a mot...
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Empty Stocking Club Christmas Toy Depot

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Members of the Marine Corps Reserves Fourth Automatic Weapons Battery pitch in to help set up the depot, help move equipment and wrap presents for the Empt...
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Edwin Stein Family on Christmas Morning

Date: 12 25 1958
Description: Christmas morning at the Edwin Stein home picturing the children Laurie and Jimmy, wife Donna and mother Ida Stein opening presents.
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X-mas Gifts for Children Collected at the State Capitol Rotunda Christmas Tree

Date: 12 22 1960
Description: Christmas gifts are collected around the State Capitol rotunda Christmas tree from state employees to give to developmentally disabled children staying in ...

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