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American Legion Men with Christmas Toys

Date: 12 21 1935
Description: American Legion group outdoors at Breese Stevens field with Christmas toys, which were distributed to American Legion children.
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Three People at the Attic Angels Ball

Date: 04 06 1934
Description: Mr. & Mrs. Erwin Schmidt and Dr. Kenneth Kemmer in formal dress at the Attic Angel Ball in the Loraine Hotel.
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Governor Schmedeman and Christmas Basket

Date: 12 20 1933
Description: Governor Schmedeman presenting Christmas basket provided by the Volunteers of America to Mrs. Catherine Schwartz and daughter, Frances. Captain George Lawt...
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Mr. Bellam and George O'Connell

Date: 10 14 1931
Description: Mr. Bellam and George O'Connell discuss the "Forget-Me-Not" campaign for Disabled American Veterans.
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Collection of Food for Salvation Army

Date: 12 23 1930
Description: Collection of food for Salvation Army. Shows four men, two in uniform, and two wearing suits, in the Strand theater lobby.
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Channel 10 Auction

Date: 04 27 1976
Description: The set of the fundraising auction of Channel 10, Milwaukee's public television station. Senator William Proxmire is standing to the left of the closed B B...
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: William Thorp and Hattie Reed bow their heads in prayer before Thanksgiving dinner is served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its Sunset Club.
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Members of the Volunteers of America Sunset Club eating a Thanksgiving dinner.
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Governor Walter Kohler and Polio Victims

Date: 01 07 1953
Description: Governor Walter Kohler sits with 2 1/2 year old Deborah Foster and her mother Ruth Foster, both polio victims. Governor Kohler is proclaiming January as "M...
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Roundy's Fun Fund for Crippled Children

Date: 12 27 1944
Description: Left to right: Rufus Wells, associated with Roundy's Fun Fund; Dr. L.E. Holmgren, president of the Dane County unit of the WAD (Wisconsin Association for t...
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Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry and Frank Ross

Date: 11 31 1944
Description: Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry, honorary president of the Wisconsin War Fund, and Frank Ross, president, signing a check for $500,000.00.
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Joe Rothschild and Barbara L'Hommedieu

Date: 03 30 1945
Description: Joe Rothschild, Dane county chairman of the United National Clothing Collection, is shown receiving a donation from Barbara L'Hommedieu, daughter of Mr. an...
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Teens at Clothing Drive

Date: 04 20 1945
Description: Five high school teenagers at the LOFT, donating used clothing to the Dane County clothing drive. The teenagers, left to right, are Bob Drake, Gene Bliss, ...
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"Roundy" Coughlin with Children

Date: 11 26 1945
Description: Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin shown with a group of children at Washington School as part of his charity fund raising for "Roundy's Fun Fund."
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Madison Community Chest Workers

Date: 10 07 1946
Description: Madison men in charge of Community Chest campaign for small business firms looking at a city map. Sitting left to right: Leo Kronenberg, chairman of the Ea...
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Community Chest Annual Dinner

Date: 02 07 1949
Description: Attending the annual dinner of the Madison Community Chest are, left to right: Chief Justice Marvin Rosenberry, first president of the organization; Stanle...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Francis F. Bowman Jr., chair of the 1949 Madison Community Chest budget committee. Mr. Bowman is a mining engineer with the Mesabi-Mineral Asso...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Attorneys John Brickhouse and James Karn, members of the 1949 Madison Community Chest budget committee, standing on the steps of the Dane county court hous...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: A.F. Ketterer, principal of Franklin elementary school is at his desk looking over Wisconsin State Journal Badger Spelling Bee material with two of h...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Professor J.C. Gibson, University of Wisconsin School of Commerce, a member of the 1949 Madison Community Chest budget committee.

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