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Helen Schleck

Date: 09 26 1932
Description: Helen Schleck (Mrs. Mathias H.), standing beside a radio, is a Dane County pioneer celebrating her 86th birthday, 1201 Sherman Avenue.
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Kathryn Piper

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Kathryn Piper, widow of Frank Piper and president of the Madison chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for 12 years prior to 1941, is ob...
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L.A. Toner Cutting Cake

Date: 01 17 1949
Description: L.A. Toner,of Miami, Florida, is shown in his Wisconsin General hospital bed cutting his surprise birthday chocolate cake as his wife looks on. Mrs. Toner ...
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Ingeborg Starks

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Portrait of Mrs.Ingeborg Starks on her 95th birthday.
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Golden Birthdays

Date: 12 1983
Description: "This was a special year for the three daughters of Nancy & Wally Wiedmeyer in that they each celebrated golden birthdays. Julie was 16 on June 16, Cathy 1...
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Birthday Portrait

Date: 03 31 1901
Description: Second birthday portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger. The twins are sitting on the top step of a porch, with both wearing dresses. Edgar is holding his fat...
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The Twins 35th Birthday

Date: 03 31 1934
Description: Indoor flash-light portrait of Jennie Krueger Bruetzman and Edgar Krueger playing checkers at the table on their 35th birthday. A telephone is mounted on t...
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Twins Jonny & Billy Klahr Hug Great Grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Hill

Date: 04 21 1965
Description: Twins Jonny & Billy Klahr, age 3, sons of Mr. and Mrs. James Klahr, McKee Road, give their great grandmother, Mrs. Minnie Hill, age 90, 206 Richland Lane, ...
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Marine Dance

Date: 11 11 1958
Description: A man in uniform and a woman are standing together looking at each other; behind them is a cake on a table with frosting that reads: "U.S. Marines" and has...
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Ella Stevenson's 98th Birthday

Date: 07 04 1957
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Ella Stevenson taken for her 98th birthday. After the close of the Civil War, she and her family left Pennsylvania to settle in Crawford C...
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Henriette Brumder Birthday Celebration

Date: 04 02 1921
Description: Henriette Brandhorst Brumder, sitting in the center holding two of her infant grandchildren, posing with family members for a portrait on her 80th birthday...
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New Doll

Date: 08 30 1928
Description: Barbara Brumder, daughter of Herbert P. and Margaret Bouer Brumder, posing standing outdoors holding a large doll, a gift for her tenth birthday. The doll ...
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Seventeenth Birthday

Date: 06 30 1934
Description: The photographer's son, Herbert E. Brumder, towers over his mother and siblings as he stands at a table which holds a birthday cake. Pictured are, from le...
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Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor Celebrates Birthday with His Staff

Date: 12 15 1960
Description: Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor celebrates his birthday with his staff at a luncheon at the Hotel Loraine. Proctor turns 69 on December 18, 1960. He has been...
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Happy Birthday Bertha

Date: 08 08 1977
Description: Mary Griggs Burke dressed in a white fringe dress while twirling in a clearing in the woods at Forest Lodge. The photograph was a gift from Mary's cousin E...
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Mary Burke and Jane Matteson

Date: 06 1996
Description: Mary Burke and lifelong friend Jane Matteson sitting in a covered golf cart during a tour near Spring Green, Wisconsin during Mary's 80th birthday celebrat...

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