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Fourth of July Activities

Date: 07 04 1961
Description: Two young children walking in the children's parade at the Crestwood Neighborhood Fourth of July celebration.
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Dress Up Day at City Playgrounds

Date: 07 20 1961
Description: Two children walking home carrying their costumes following a Dress Up Day celebration at a city playground.
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Carnival of Music at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Wearing costumes to represent the song "The Sheik of Araby" are, left to right: Philip Wipperman, Mrs. John Larsen (Cross Plains), and Jeanne Wipperman.
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Dress Up Day at City Playgrounds

Date: 07 20 1961
Description: Children attend a Dress Up Day celebration at Truax Park playground. A child is finishing up her costume at center.
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Carnival of Music at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Posing in amusing costumes representing well-known songs of the day are (seated) Francis and Betty Coon and (standing) Dorothy and Kenneth Lindquist.
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Dress Up Day at City Playgrounds

Date: 07 20 1961
Description: Children in costumes line up as three mothers judge their costumes. The finalist contestants are dressed as assorted characters including a hula dancer, an...
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Carnival of Music at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Posing in a beaded black "Roaring Twenties" dress is Donna Bartel. In the background is Ronald Bartel dressed as "The Moonlight Gambler". Both are represen...
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We Saw You at Hobo Party

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Costumed Jimmy Mick (6) eating a long strand of molten marshmallow at the Hobo Party held in Wirth Ct. Park.
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We Saw You at Hobo Party

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Soot-smudged Dorothy Phelan (3) eating a charcoal toasted marshmallow at the Wirth Ct. Park Hobo Party.
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We Saw You at Hobo Party

Date: 07 25 1961
Description: Kathy Ellis (4) is shown using an insulated stick to push her marshmallows over the fire at the Hobo Party at the Wirth Ct. playground.
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We Saw You . . . Whooping It Up at Tamasha

Date: 09 13 1961
Description: The Madison Chamber of Commerce's Tamasha event is held, including a golf tournament and an evening banquet with an Indian motif and entertainment, at the ...
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We Saw You . . . Whooping It Up at Tamasha

Date: 09 13 1961
Description: The Madison Chamber of Commerce's Tamasha event is held, including a golf tournament and an evening banquet with an Indian motif and entertainment, at the ...
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We Saw You . . . Whooping It Up at Tamasha

Date: 09 13 1961
Description: The Madison Chamber of Commerce's Tamasha event is held, including a golf tournament and an evening banquet with an Indian motif and entertainment, at the ...
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Pumpkin Totem Pole at Gompers School

Date: 10 30 1963
Description: Teresa Vos, age 5, dressed as a ghost, pays homage to a pumpkin totem pole at Gompers school.
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Madison Firefighters Local 311 Hosts Christmas Party

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Madison Firefighters Local 311 hosts a Christmas Party in the children's ward of St. Mary's Hospital complete with a visit from Santa Claus. Daniel Deneen...
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Madison Firefighters Local 311 Hosts Christmas Party

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Madison Firefighters Local 311 hosting a Christmas Party in the children's ward of St. Mary's Hospital complete with a visit from Santa Claus. Susan Loomis...
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Breakfast with Santa

Date: 12 21 1963
Description: Unidentified youngster shown enjoying breakfast with Santa at Manchester's Department Store.
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Festival de France on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 09 29 1964
Description: Beatrice Forso is offering a free sample of French perfume to a passerby during Festival de France on the Capitol Square in Madison.
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Santa Express Train Ride

Date: 12 05 1964
Description: The Santa Express Train went from Madison to Stoughton and back, with 6,000 children. This view shows some of the enthusiastic parents going along. The man...
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Santa Express Train Ride

Date: 12 05 1964
Description: The Santa Express Train took 6,000 children from Madison to Stoughton and back. Shown greeting Santa is Scott Cameron (with freckles) in center, with othe...

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