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| Date: | 12 22 1956 |
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| Description: | Home of Norman and Ruth Bass, 4216 Mandrake Road, winner of the Christmas outdoor home lighting contest. |
| Date: | 11 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Margaret Horstmeier, nurse's aide at Methodist Hospital, shows a Christmas tree ornament to infant John Monegar. |
| Date: | 12 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Unidentified woman seated in a chair next to a decorated Christmas tree with presents underneath. On a table next to the woman are photographs of a soldier... |
| 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: | 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: | 12 18 1950 |
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| Description: | Members of the hospital junior auxiliary decorate a Christmas tree at Madison General Hospital prior to a holiday party for patients. They are, from left t... |
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| Description: | A view of the YWCA lounge at Christmas. Four women and a dog sit in front of an ornate fireplace. A large Christmas tree stands to the left of the fireplac... |
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| Description: | View of the Lake McDonald Hotel lobby. View features the rustic lobby, decorated with animal skins and trophies. There is a balcony overhead, and several c... |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with a center oval-framed image of a woman and a cherub leaning on an ornamental stone wall. A column with an ornate top is to the rig... |
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| Description: | The raised altar of the Episcopal Church, with potted palms sitting on the steps. Lilies in vases and candles are displayed on the altar. Elaborate woodwor... |
| Date: | 12 17 1953 |
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| Description: | West High School students Janis Tande, Phyllis Waddell, and Dick Stephen decorate a Christmas tree for a school party. |
| Date: | 12 21 1953 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Regina Jean Licari placing a gift under the Yule tree installed in the rotunda of the State Capitol. Gifts placed there were given to resi... |
| Date: | 12 21 1953 |
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| Description: | Sandra Hughes placing a gift under the Yule tree installed in the rotunda of the State Capitol. |
| Date: | 12 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Ten teenage girls gather in front of a Christmas tree at the home of Severa Brevik for a skating and supper party. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a man and three boys positioning a ladder to hang holiday decorations on the exterior of the settle... |
| Date: | 10 22 1957 |
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| Description: | A decorated pumpkin serves as a table centerpiece. It is decorated with a face, a hat made of fresh flowers, and attached leaves for hair. |
| Date: | 12 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the 35-foot tall Christmas tree heavily draped with tinsel standing in the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
| Date: | 12 24 1958 |
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| Description: | Margaret Kronenberg sits under a Christmas tree while modeling a Christmas skirt she decorated herself. The skirt is made of white felt and was hand-decora... |
| Date: | 02 25 1926 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu listing from the booklet printed for the Forty-ninth Annual Dinner of the American Paper and Pulp Association at the Waldorf Astoria H... |
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| Description: | Unkind to speak of the ancestral vocabulary as dream-talk, unkind to wake the dreamer |
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