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John H. Findorff

Date: 05 15 1947
Description: Building contractor John H. Findorff on his 80th birthday.
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Myra Cary

Date: 11 26 1947
Description: Portrait of Myra (Mrs. C.F.) Cary seated in a chair holding a book in her suite at the Park Hotel on her 86th birthday. She and her husband led the way in ...
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University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Three attendees at the University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet held in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. From left are John Berge, executiv...
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Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 18 1950
Description: "Roundy" Joseph Leo Coughlin (right) celebrated his birthday. When asked his age Roundy responded in typical fashion, "What the heck, a dollar's only worth...
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Bob Dick, WIBA Radio Program Director, interviews Harold Hayes, Director of the Vilas Zoo, at the "coming out" party and birthday of Winkie the elephant.
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Gates Birthday Celebration

Date: 1957
Description: Clough Gates, publisher of the "Superior Telegram," cutting a cake to celebrate his 80th birthday. Max Lavine stands in the middle background, and watching...
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Elizabeth Govin

Date: 07 19 1954
Description: Portrait of Elizabeth Govin on her 90th birthday. She is sitting in a chair holding a book.
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Teens Help The Loft Celebrate Eleventh Birthday

Date: 02 12 1957
Description: Tournament awards and slides of past year events will be featured at the 11th birthday party of The Loft, a teen community center. Recipients of trophies, ...
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Roundy's Birthday Party

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor (left), Herman Wittwer, Bob McDermott, and Bill Whalen attend a birthday party for Joseph (Roundy) Couglin at the Top Hat. Ro...
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Roundy's Birthday Party

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Jim Keegan (left), "Sticker" Hampton, and Paul Prestegard, all of Richland Center, and Bill Schorer, Reedburg, attend a birthday party for Joseph "Roundy" ...
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Roundy's Birthday Party

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Ray Sennett (left), Madison; Olaf Severson, McFarland; Dr. B.I. Pippin, Richland Center; Roundy; and Al Thelen, Madison, attend a birthday party for Joseph...
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Roundy's Birthday Party

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Nick Christokas, Richland Center; Ed Stoeber, Middleton; Perry Moss, Badger backfield football coach; and Mannie Simon, Madison, attend a birthday party fo...
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Rex Stout's 75th Birthday Party Menu

Date: 12 01 1961
Description: Front cover and menu listing from a party given on the occasion of Rex Stout's 75th birthday, with a drawing of Stout's head by Austin Briggs, who illustra...
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Grand Hotel Queen's Birthday Menu Exterior

Date: 05 24 1898
Description: Front and back covers, printed in color, of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with a tinted three-quarter view ...
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Grand Hotel Queen's Birthday Menu Interior

Date: 05 24 1898
Description: Interior of the bill of fare served at the Grand Hotel on the birthday of Queen Victoria, with four scenes, perhaps representing the seasons, amidst flower...
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Wilhelm II Birthday Celebration Menu

Date: 01 27 1899
Description: Front cover of the menu for the "Fest-Mahl zur Feier des Geburtstages" given to Wilhelm II in Frankfurt, with a brown leather medallion embossed with a hea...
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Coughlin Birthday Party

Date: 1951
Description: Luncheon or dinner group at the Top Hat restaurant celebrating a birthday party for Joseph L. (“Roundy”) Coughlin, a local newspaper columnist.
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Gridiron Club Sixty-Fifth Birthday Menu

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: Menu, mounted on board, for the sixty-fifth birthday dinner of the Gridiron Club, with a cartoon by Jim (James Thomas) Berryman of Father Time carrying a s...
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Joy Camps Hiawatha Pageant

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Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs and a homemade, pageant program. Includes scenes from the Hiawatha Pageant that campers...
Manuscript

Gridiron Club Fifty-Seventh Birthday Dinner Menu

Date: 02 28 1942
Description: Front cover and illustration from insert for the inauguration of club president Lewis Wood, with numbered illustrated phases of his career, and a banner re...

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