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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | International heavy-duty coal truck owned by Pocahontas Coal Company decorated. Placard on truck reads: "International motor truck. All steel shapes, plate... |
| Date: | 08 24 1927 |
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| Description: | Little girl in a frilly dress posing with an umbrella while standing on a flower-covered parade float. The float is built around an International truck and... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a parade of men and women in patriotically decorated wagons going through town. A horse is in the foreground on the left, and a m... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | International motor truck, possibly decorated for a parade. A woman rides on a McCormick-Deering tractor placed on the truck's bed. The sign on the truck r... |
| Date: | 12 18 1947 |
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| Description: | Fletcher Mills doing a card trick for three children, with a clown looking on, at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Carol Lawton, age 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lawton, 3818 Euclid Avenue, is shown decorating her buggy for the Westmorland Community Association Ju... |
| Date: | 10 24 1949 |
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| Description: | Members of the Sunset Garden Club decorate a table in the guild hall at Grace Episcopal Church for the kick-off luncheon for the Madison Community Chest dr... |
| Date: | 12 16 1949 |
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| Description: | In preparation for Christmas, Girl Scout Troop 42 of Nakoma School made 30 stuffed animals for children at the Washington Orthopedic school, and 100 Christ... |
| Date: | 12 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Tommy, age 7, Kathy, age 3, and Peggy, age 2, children of Willard S. and Mary Ellen Stafford, sitting at the base of their Christmas tree at their residenc... |
| Date: | 07 28 1950 |
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| Description: | Four children with three decorated bicycles and a doll buggy at Gallagher Plat playground. |
| Date: | 07 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Members of the social committee for the Inland Lakes Regatta prepare the decorations at the Maple Bluff Country Club for some of the parties to be held dur... |
| Date: | 10 31 1950 |
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| Description: | At Lapham School, more than 800 costumed children and their parents attended one of the largest Halloween night parties held in Madison. A boy is shown bob... |
| Date: | 11 14 1951 |
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| Description: | Charles Thomas of East High School, and Pat Lawrence of West High School put the finishing touches on decorations for the all-city football team banquet at... |
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| Description: | A large group of men, women, and children stand in the water wearing bathing suits while others look on from a pavilion in the background. Several flags ca... |
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| Description: | Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T... |
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| Description: | People stand at the gate to the ten-acre Monticello Amusement Park. The arched entrance is decorated with various shapes, windmills, towers, and flags. Fen... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the north section of the Colonnade of Amusements at Playland, part of the Westchester Co. Park System. The amusement park features a lar... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the casino at Playland, part of the Westchester Co. Park System. Crowds of people gather inside the room, which features an elaborate ceil... |
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| Description: | Polo players on horseback wear team uniforms while playing on a grass field. A multi-storied building stands in the background. |
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| Description: | Men and women play lawn tennis (?) on the grass common in front of an academy. |
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