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American Pharmaceutical Association Auxiliary

Date: 1955
Description: Juanita Fischelis discusses items with the other officers in the American Pharmaceutical Association Auxiliary.
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Prize-winning Gladiolas

Date: 1955
Description: A smiling girl poses with stalks of gladiolas that won the champion ribbon for "Gladiolus Spike," and the first premium ribbon for "Horticulture Plants and...
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Church

Date: 1955
Description: View of a church with gravestones in the foreground.
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Farewell to Belfrage

Date: 1955
Description: Farewell party for Cedric Belfrage of the "National Guardian" at the newspaper's office. Identified in the crowd is Paul Robeson, a longtime supporter of t...
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1955
Description: H.H. Bennett Studio Christmas portrait of two women, Miriam and Ruth, daughters of H.H. Bennett, and one man, Oliver Reese, posed with many cameras, some o...
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Oh, Valentine I'm In a "Stew," I'm Simply "Goofy" Over You!

Date: 1955
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card. A girl and a boy are holding hands. A red heart is in the background. The text reads: "Oh, Valentine I'm in a 'Stew,' I'm Sim...
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It's Time To Come "Clean" and Be My Valentine!

Date: 1955
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card. A girl is taking a bath in a wooden tub full of bubbles with a towel held in front of her. A large heart is in the background...
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I'd Sure Like To - "Make Some Time" With You, Valentine!

Date: 1955
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card. A heart appears in the center with the text: "I'd sure like to - 'Make Some Time' with you, Valentine!" A girl's face is in t...
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Let Me "Register" In Your Heart!

Date: 1955
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card. A puppy wearing a blue bow sits with his front paws on an old fashioned cash register. On the keys is the text: "I LOVE U." A...
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Santa Claus in Downtown Hillsboro

Date: 1955
Description: A man dressed as Santa Claus leans down from an open car to hand sacks of candy to a crowd of warmly-dressed children and parents. Santa's visit took place...
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Ice Chipper Annual Hookeree Invitation

Date: 1955
Description: Two-fold, imprinted invitation in red ink on white card stock to the annual Ice Chipper event. The cover graphic is a cartoon of a warmly dressed man expir...
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Ice Chipper Annual Hookeree Invitation

Date: 1955
Description: Two-fold, imprinted invitation in red ink on off-white card stock to the annual Ice Chipper event. Inside text on the left is a fantasy story by Sid of Her...
Postcard

View Folder of Postcards

Date: 1955
Description: Text reads: "Wisconsin Dells. 18 Miniature Postcards from Original Photographs. Stand Rock. Indian Chief." A souvenir view folder containing a group of 18 ...
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Lieutenant-General Hershey and Brigadier General Olson

Date: 1955
Description: Two men smile and shake hands outside an airplane. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1955-1956. Lieut.-Gen. Lewis Hershey (left) former head of the draft, and ...

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