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United Givers' Fund Volunteer

Date: 10 23 1956
Description: Betty J. DiSalvo reading good night stories to her children, Michael DiSalvo (age 6) and Mark DiSalvo (age 4) after having solicited money for 27 Red Feath...
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Fire at 15 S. Bedford Street

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Police Officer Robert O'Neil looking at charred doll and little red boots found in the debris in the room in a tenement-type house, 15 South Bedford Street...
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Fire Damage to Home

Date: 03 13 1949
Description: Police Officer Walter E. Randall looking at fire damage to the bedroom of Dorothy Meager, 111 North Blair Street.
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Edward R. Fulton Residence

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Bobby Fulton, 9 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Fulton, 3425 Blackhawk Avenue, is shown sitting in his bedroom. Designed for rough wear, the room ...
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New Ranch-Style Home of Lloyd Yaudes Family

Date: 03 21 1951
Description: Jimmy and Tommy Yaudes sitting at a table in one of the bedrooms of the Lloyd Yaudes family's new ranch-style home at 526 Virginia Terrace.
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Nursery Room

Date: 09 19 1951
Description: 8-month old Billy Gately of 4210 Nakoma Road standing in his crib in a nursery decorated with colorful stuffed animal print drapes.
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Tommy Torbleau

Date: 09 02 1952
Description: Tommy Torbleau of 425 Memphis Avenue has Perthes disease and has spent the summer in bed. His plea for letters appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal
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Forest's Room

Date: 1912
Description: Forest Middleton reads at his desk in a room cluttered with photographs, neckties, suspenders, and a cap. A bare lightbulb hangs from the ceiling. There is...
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Ellsworth House

Date: 12 13 1953
Description: Donna Lee Genunzio of Racine works at a typewriter as Dixie Joiner of Gilman relaxes on a bed in a suite at the Ellsworth House, a residence for UW co-eds....
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 23 1954
Description: Monte Allen, age eight, dreams of children receiving toys from the Empty Stocking Club as a result of his and others' donations. The Club, sponsored by the...
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Babysitter Linda Taylor comforts Delia Charlton.
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: "All the Winnipeg girls were housed with Madison families during their four-day stay. While Bonnie Rejahl, hugging a toy bear, left, and her Canadian house...
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Florence Sullivan with Grandchildren

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: Florence Sullivan is shown packing a suitcase in her bedroom as John and Jane Sullivan, two of her grandchildren look on. Florence Sullivan, nearly 78 year...
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Dream House Built from Plans in Newspaper

Date: 10 29 1960
Description: Mike Elliott is shown riding his favorite wooden giraffe in his room in the "dream House" built from plans in the Wisconsin State Journal by his par...

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