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Shriners Yule Party

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: A Shrine clown pointing out Santa Claus to a young girl at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 West Dayton Street.
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Shriners Yule Party

Date: 12 18 1947
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 ...
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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Elks Club Party

Date: 12 31 1948
Description: Men and women seated around a banquet dinner table. Several people are sitting in wheelchairs, and there are crutches leaning against the wall. A group of ...
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South Side Men's Club X-Ray Drive

Date: 07 22 1949
Description: South Side Men's Club X-Ray Drive members urge all south-side residents over 15 years of age to have chest X-rays taken during the club's anti-tuberculosis...
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Eagles' Auxiliary Members Making Dressings

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: Members of the Eagles' auxiliary making dressings for cancer patients while sitting around a table at the Woman's Building. Around the table from the left ...
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Veterans Presentation

Date: 02 15 1951
Description: The Dane County 40 and 8 Chapter Number 684 World War I veterans group presents its annual contributions to four county child welfare programs. Left to rig...
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Theta Sigma Phi Alumnae Holiday Book Fair

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Two people visit with a hospitalized veteran interested in writing who may possibly benefit from the proceeds of the "Holiday Book Sale" sponsored by Theta...
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Lions Club Collecting Musical Instruments

Date: 04 23 1952
Description: G.I. Wallace and Clarence Graham looking over some of the discarded musical instruments donated to the state-wide project collecting musical instruments fo...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: Because Chester Hartel, husband of the Wisconsin state president of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority is a polio victim, the three chapters of the sorority in M...
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Women of the Moose Give Nursing Scholarship

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: The hospital committee of the Madison Chapter, No. 291, of the Women of the Moose present a scholarship to a student nurse in a Madison hospital. Shown, le...
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Dane County American Legion Forty-and-Eight Banquet

Date: 03 28 1954
Description: At the Annual Dane County American Legion 40-and-8 banquet, they collected money for local charities. In the photograph R.C. Golden hands a check to Clyde ...
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Knights of Columbus and Madison Shrine Club Luncheon

Date: 04 12 1957
Description: Edward J. Owens (right) former grand knight of Madison's Knights of Columbus, is sitting with Industrial psychologist Dr. Paul Mundie of Milwaukee, the gue...
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Christmas Cheer for Children

Date: 12 14 1957
Description: Kappa Sigma fraternity and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority members are entertaining a group of children, who each were given numerous presents. In the center, a...
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Christmas Cheer for Children

Date: 12 14 1957
Description: Kappa Delta sorority members look on while some children are talking to Santa Claus. The children are "shut-ins" at Morningside sanatorium. Morningside san...

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