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Cub Scouts and Roundy Coughlin

Date: 06 06 1945
Description: Group of Cub Scouts presenting two checks to Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin, sports writer of the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Volunteers of America Christmas Party

Date: 12 1945
Description: Group portrait of Volunteers of America Christmas Party including Roundy Coughlin and children. (Roundy's Fun Fund Club?) Santa is in the back row with ...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 29 1947
Description: In the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, manager Fred Reeths is holding Johnny Heitz while he drops a coin into the Empty Stocking Club stocking. Johnny's moth...
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Doll Dresses

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Wisconsin Dames club members sewing doll dresses for dolls to be sold at the Christmas bazaar. Proceeds to be used to purchase Christmas baskets for needy...
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Westmorland Carolers

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: Six Westmorland carolers contributing to Roundy's Fun Fund. Shown with "Roundy" Coughlin are kids, left to right: Ann Holmgren, Karen Sherry, John Holmgren...
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Roundy Coughlin and Children

Date: 01 31 1948
Description: Roundy Coughlin, sports columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal, accepting a check from four children for his Fun Fund. Pictured left to right: Ke...
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Suzanne & Jane LaCourt with Dorothy Davis

Date: 02 27 1948
Description: Sisters Suzanne and Jane LaCourt, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. LaCourt, donating their "choo-gum" savings of 79 cents to Dorothy Davis, head of the bookk...
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Yule Collections

Date: 12 23 1948
Description: Dorothy Blank receiving donated money for the Empty Stocking Club from newspaper carrier boy Gordon Schaaf in front of a Christmas tree.
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Shorewood Hills Carnival

Date: 07 31 1952
Description: The students at Shorewood Hills School held their second annual carnival and collected $60.00 which was presented to Roundy's Fun Fund.
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Roundy and Boy

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Roundy Coughlin accepts a dollar from a boy, probably for his Fun Fund.
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United Givers Fund Campaign

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: Salvation Army's Nursery School, a Red Feather agency, is inspected by Stanton Stavrum, head of United Givers Fund Business and Industrial Employees Divisi...
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Neighborhood Circus For Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 06 30 1959
Description: A neighborhood circus at 567 Park Lane, the Robert Munger residence, benefited "Roundy's Fun Fund." Left to right in first row: Cheryl Eickner, Douglas Bo...
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Sewing Circle of Luther Memorial Church

Date: 02 09 1956
Description: Three women and a girl are sitting and chatting at a table while making toys for a Madison hospital. Shown as they sew and stuff cloth toys, are (left to r...
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Christmas Gifts for People of Vietnam

Date: 12 11 1965
Description: At right, delivering Christmas gifts at the Atwood Community House, are 11-year-old John Everett and his father George. Receiving the gifts at left is Bob ...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Happy faces of adults and children in the audience crowd at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field.
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Dawn Huett performs on a trampoline at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Men squat to spot her, and other child performe...
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Refreshment Stand Earnings Add to Roundy's Fund

Date: 08 13 1957
Description: Six young girls with Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin. The girls put on a dog show and had a refreshment stand in downtown Madison to make money for "Roundy's Fun ...
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Kool Aid and Popcorn Stand Earn Money for "Roundy" Fund

Date: 08 13 1957
Description: Four children ran a Kool Aid and popcorn stand in front of the Edwin Pagel home at 451 West Wilson Street to earn money for "Roundy's Fun Fund." Sitting fr...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: A woman and a disabled child with crutches leaving the field after the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens. They are walking past a d...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Mark Struve, in a clown suit, is being held by his mother, Mrs. Edward Struve, at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. They...

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