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Kroger Grocery & Bakery Interior

Date: 11 25 1932
Description: Kroger Grocery & Bakery, 3 N. Pinckney Street, interior showing produce and bakery, alternate view.
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Distributing Christmas Turkeys at Deering Works

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Description: Men standing among piles of turkeys ready for distribution at International Harvester's Deering Works. The turkeys were distributed as Christmas gifts. The...
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Gesell Children with Christmas Tree

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of Gerhard Gesell's five children (l to r: Arnold, Bertha, Robert, Gerhard, and Wilma) posed around a Christmas tree with their gifts.
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Mendota Gardeners Club Christmas Flower Show

Date: 12 09 1956
Description: Mendota Gardeners Club Christmas flower displays at the Sherman Avenue Methodist Church, 3705 North Sherman Avenue.
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Two Children Play with International Harvester Toys

Date: 05 15 1927
Description: A young boy and girl play with International Harvester toys in front of a fireplace and feather Christmas tree. The toys include a truck, tractor, thresher...
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Immigrants with Christmas Tree

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Description: A group of immigrants pose in front of a tall Christmas tree at Ellis Island.
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Cutting Christmas Trees for Market

Date: 1895
Description: A group of loggers at work in the woods with horses and a team of oxen. The men are cutting down fir trees to eventually be sold at market.
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Washington Grain Christmas Postcard

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Description: Postcard composite with Christmas illustrations and a photograph of a storeroom filled with sacks of grain. Text reads: "A Merry Christmas," "Greetings Fro...
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Nativity Scene at Saint Anthony's Shrine

Date: 1925
Description: View of a scene of the nativity in Bethlehem at Saint Anthony's Shrine, also called 'Mount Airy,' consecrated in 1889. The scene features the Holy Family, ...
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Poinsettia Display in Greenhouse

Date: 12 23 1952
Description: Over 4,000 poinsettia plants are displayed in a Madison greenhouse awaiting delivery to local families for their traditional Christmas decorations.
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In Excelsis Gloria, Amen

Date: 1880
Description: Holiday card. In the center are 4 choir girls singing, holding hymnals, and one girl playing the violin. They are all wearing white robes. In the backgroun...
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A Merry Christmas!

Date: 1880
Description: Holiday card with ribbons, flowers and fruit. On the ribbon are the words: "A Merry Christmas!" Chromolithograph.
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A Christmas Card to My Son

Date: 1911
Description: Holiday card from a parent to a son. It has a gold and brown outer border, with the middle border made of holly and the inner border of gold. Within the in...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1929
Description: Holiday card with shepherds holding crooks and their sheep in the hills under the Christmas star. The text "Christmas Greetings" appears at the bottom. Let...
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Greetings

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card with a branch of pink and red berries and green leaves over a metallic silver disc. The word "Greetings" appears below. Letterpress.
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Holiday Card, Boar's Head on a Platter

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card with a woman carrying a boar's head on a platter decorated with holly, and a child following. The background is black, with light coming from ...
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1944
Description: Holiday card with a nautical theme. An open porthole is centered inside a border made of rope with knots in the corners. An anchor is tied to the rope end....
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Date: 1944
Description: Holiday card made out of wallpaper. Ivy and berries frame the message which reads: "With a paper shortage at Christmastime, Sort of makes one cross and sur...
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Hello

Date: 1944
Description: Die cut holiday card. Front is dark blue, and four die cut areas allow red and white stripes on the inside of the card to show through to create the letter...
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Seasons Greetings

Date: 1948
Description: Holiday card of the history of the State of Wisconsin, 1848-1948. Shows a map of Wisconsin with many historical and themed elements. Image was created by w...

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