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House Party

Date: 12 1927
Description: "This scene can be dated by the homemade calendar under the wall clock. It is December of 1927. Farmers were prospering at that time, as was the rest of th...
Photograph

CUNA Christmas Party

Date: 12 22 1935
Description: Group portrait of CUNA (Credit Union National Association) adults and children around a table with presents. There is a Christmas tree in the background.
Photograph

African American Family Group

Date: 10 16 1948
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of African American families sitting along a long table, celebrating a birthday party at the Workmens Circle Clubhouse, 4...
Photograph

Kehl Dance Class

Date: 1907
Description: Dance class in the ballroom at the Kehl School of Dance, Madison, Wisconsin. Professor Kehl stands at the lower right, while a row of mothers watch from b...
Photograph

Masonic Party

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Description: A group of children and adults pose in blackface at a Masonic party.
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Shriner Yule Party

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm sitting with a young boy at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 West Dayton Street.
Photograph

Child's Birthday Party

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: Ten children wearing birthday hats are seated around a table. Twelve women are standing in the background. Photo taken for Findorff.
Photograph

Union Christmas Party

Date: 12 21 1951
Description: The annual children's Christmas Party sponsored by United Packinghouse Workers local 42 in East St. Louis. With Santa Claus is local president John Condeli...
Photograph

Guests at Party Wearing Paper Hats

Date: 05 20 1902
Description: Men, women and children seated in chairs and on the floor wearing paper hats in honor of aunt Helen's birthday. A piano is on the right, a chandelier hangs...
Photograph

Group at Lawn Party

Date: 08 09 1902
Description: Group portrait of lawn party. Syl sits on the ground holding a sword in front of four women who are seated and one woman who is standing. The men, all wear...
Photograph

Harry Haywood

Date: 12 1984
Description: Harry Haywood, seated at the left, one of the leading American communists, at the holiday party of the "Guardian" newspaper, the year before his death. Abe...
Photograph

Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Outing

Date: 08 27 1910
Description: A group portrait of members and families of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, Local 118. The g...
Photograph

Gretchen Radke's Birthday Party

Date: 04 1951
Description: "Gretchen Radke 9th Birthday Party. L to R: Suzanne Strege, Mary Ann Koecher, Gretchen Radke, Phyllis Rothe, Kitty Schuster, Grace Rahjes, Joan Widmer, Joa...
Photograph

Birthday Party Group Portrait

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Description: An outdoor group portrait of a birthday party. A cake with many candles and a lace tablecloth sits on a table in front. Most of the party are dressed up. N...
Photograph

Homecoming, Quinney, Wisconsin

Date: 07 01 1917
Description: View of a large group of people gathered for a Homecoming celebration. A young woman in the foreground is identified as Daisy Helen Hicken.
Photograph

Frings and Ouellette Wedding

Date: 06 1953
Description: Party following the Frings and Ouellette wedding. The photographer reported "the party is getting raucous."
Photograph

Hillsboro Welcomes Mitscher

Date: 07 12 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher greets a young girl and her family at a parade held in his honor. It was the first time he had visited Hillsboro, his birth p...
Book or Pamphlet

"Big Stage Show" Flyer Front

Date: 1950
Description: Front of flyer announcing an International Harvester free family party for friends and customers. "No selling"
Photograph

Delta Tau Delta's Christmas Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Al Sitniek, wearing a Santa Claus mask and costume, is crowded by black and white children at a Christmas party. The event was organized for children of th...

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