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Drugstore Interior

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Description: Interior view of a drug store with staff standing behind the counter and customers seated at tables. Goods are on display and the store features overhead f...
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Mansion House

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of a restaurant at a mansion house. A man at the left leans against a counter, and two women stand behind a shelf filled with candy. Tables and c...
Postcard

A Merry Christmas

Date: 1908
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus and one of his reindeer encircled by a collar studded with holly, and jingle bells that have smiling faces on them. Santa i...
Postcard

A Bright and Happy Christmas to You

Date: 1910
Description: Holiday postcard of two children, one with blonde hair and one with brunette hair. They are in bed wearing their pajamas while emptying their Christmas st...
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Cheerio!

Date: 1943
Description: Holiday card with Santa Claus winking. He is wearing his traditional red hat with white trim and a bell. The word "Cheerio!" is made out of candy canes and...
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Santa Claus with Candy Cane

Date: 1962
Description: Holiday card with Santa Claus holding a candy cane, surrounded by many symbols of the season: angels, stars, candles, birds, stockings, ornaments, gifts, b...
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Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card with a frog, wearing a red and black checked suit and a bow tie, dancing on a pine branch. He has one candy cane in his mouth and one in his o...
Postcard

Candy Cane

Date: 1909
Description: William Elwell Middleton stands beside the giant candy cane which he won on Christmas Day, 1909. There is a bookcase in the background.
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Black Jack Chewing Gum Valentine

Date: 02 12 1927
Description: Valentine's Day card of a girl in a pink polka dot dress with a white and yellow apron. She is bending forward and is holding an actual stick of Black Jack...
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Mrs. Harvey Blue Pouring Maple Syrup Candies

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Description: Mrs. Harvey Blue pouring maple sugar candies. Mrs. Blue, in a flowered apron, is holding a white enameled pot in one hand, and a ladle of maple sugar confe...
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University Club Children's Christmas Party

Date: 12 20 1953
Description: Abby Brogden, age 3, and Ashley Moffat, age 2, hold popcorn balls while they sit on chairs in front of a Christmas tree.
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Girl Eating Cotton Candy

Date: 08 1948
Description: Close-up of a young girl at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition eating cotton candy. There is a string of lights in the background.
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Pioneer Homemakers Christmas Party

Date: 12 09 1992
Description: "Pioneer Homemakers Christmas Party. L-R: Betty Schmidt, Myrtle Luhn, Loretta Sauer, Rogeen Franzen, and Shirley Widmer."
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Soroptimist Club Filling Easter Baskets

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Four members of the Soroptimist Club fill Easter baskets with candies. The baskets will be given to children at Morningside Sanatorium. Left to right: Regi...
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Madison General Hospital Junior Aide Program

Date: 05 13 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital Junior Aides Helen Bernstein and Bonnie Rejahl use a cart full of magazines, candy and other items for sale to bring to patient's ...
Postcard

The Sugar Bowl Confectionery

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Description: Color postcard of the interior of the candy store at Stonefield.
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We Saw You . . . at Opus Dei Fun-o-Rama

Date: 02 01 1960
Description: Madison Cooperators of Opus Dei gave their third annual Fun-o-Rama event at the Catholic Community Center. Shown (left to right) at the candy booth are: Mr...
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Employees at a Snack Bar

Date: 1948
Description: Group portrait of four snack bar employees, one woman and four men, standing behind a counter. Behind them are shelves with a display of candy in boxes. S...
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Young Boy Enjoys the Zor Shrine Circus While Eating Cotton Candy

Date: 02 25 1965
Description: A young boy enjoying the Zor Temple-William Kay Shrine circus at the Dane County fairgrounds arena while eating cotton candy.
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Three Men in a Grocery Store

Date: 1910
Description: Three men posing behind the counter of a grocery store. Canned goods and jars of candy on the shelves behind them on the left, and pharmaceuticals are on t...

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