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Christmas Scene

Date: 12 28 1928
Description: A little girl posing in a living room with a Christmas tree, toys, and a doll she got for Christmas.
Postcard

Saint Nicholas with Christmas Wheelbarrow

Date: 1907
Description: Holiday postcard depicting the traditional St. Nicholas figure garbed in a long purple fur-trimmed robe, red fur-trimmed hat and boots. He is pushing a whe...
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H.S. Manchester Inc., Photo Studio Display Window

Date: 11 20 1947
Description: H.S. Manchester Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, photo studio display window, featuring large holly wreath with center depicting Christmas morning scene and po...
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Meshed Foil Handicrafts

Date: 12 17 1948
Description: Horizontal view of angels and clouds made from meshed foil, created by East Side High School student. The materials were provided by Research Products mate...
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Winner of Christmas Home Decorating Contest

Date: 12 22 1956
Description: Ruth Bass, 4216 Mandrake Road, receiving a clock radio as a prize in the Christmas outdoor home lighting contest from Lucien G. Schlimgen, Jr., president o...
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Madison Exchange Club Christmas Fund Raising

Date: 12 20 1952
Description: A Madison Exchange Club member giving an Elsie comic book to three girls after they put money in an old bathtub as a Christmas donation to the Salvation Ar...
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Christmas House Decoration Winner

Date: 12 22 1956
Description: Home of Norman and Ruth Bass, 4216 Mandrake Road, winner of the Christmas outdoor home lighting contest.
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Mendota Gardeners Club Christmas Flower Show

Date: 12 09 1956
Description: Mendota Gardeners Club Christmas flower displays at the Sherman Avenue Methodist Church, 3705 North Sherman Avenue.
Postcard

A Merry Christmas

Date: 1907
Description: Holiday postcard depicting the traditional St. Nicholas figure garbed in a long purple fur-trimmed robe, red fur-trimmed hat and boots. He is pushing a whe...
Postcard

A Merry Christmas

Date: 1930
Description: A holiday postcard depicting the traditional image of St. Nicholas walking on foot garbed in a long green robe and carrying a bunch of switches for naughty...
Postcard

A Happy Christmas

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard with Santa Claus with a walking stick, carrying a sack and holding a Christmas tree on his shoulder. He is in front of a snow-covered hous...
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Children Reading near Christmas Tree

Date: 01 07 1945
Description: Two children in front of a Christmas tree in the Radke home.
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Joe McCarthy Christmas Greeting

Date: 12 1954
Description: The 1954 Christmas card of Jeanne and Joseph R. McCarthy, mailed at about the time he was censured by the Senate. Handwritten on the inside the card says,...
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International Harvester "Christmas Box" Contents

Date: 1917
Description: Contents of an International Harvester "Christmas Box", including Fig Newtons, a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, Medicinal Carbolic Soap, Colgate's Handy Grip Sha...
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: June McGovern is reading The Night Before Christmas to her children Diane, Jill and Jackie.
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WIBA Christmas Mail

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: Mailman delivering Christmas letters and packages to a man at NBC - WIBA radio station.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Chicago Seed

Date: 1968
Description: Cover of "The Chicago Seed," an underground newspaper, featuring Santa Claus crucified on a dollar sign. The landscape below is made from collaged advertis...
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Christmas in New Guinea

Date: 01 03 1943
Description: Corporal Frank Abrashinsky of Sheboygan, somewhere in New Guinea, opening his Red Cross Christmas package.
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Empty Stocking Club Toy Depot

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Three volunteers distributing Christmas gifts at the Wisconsin State Journal Empty Stocking Toy Depot. Volunteers, left to right: Mrs. F.R. (Alice)...
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Christmas Card

Date: 1907
Description: Christmas card greeting, "A Merry Christmas to you 1907".

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