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| Date: | 01 28 1934 |
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| Description: | Three men are standing behind a cake shaped like the White House, baked by the Strand Baking Company, 2007 Atwood Avenue, for the Roosevelt Birthday Ball. ... |
| Date: | 10 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Making decorations for West High School's homecoming dance are the following West students: Richard Hanson, Betsy Severson, Marilyn Jones, and Julie Torris... |
| Date: | 12 08 1953 |
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| Description: | "Umbrella Tree," an original holiday table/window decoration utilizing old umbrella spokes, was created by Ethel (Mrs. Philip H.) Falk of 3721 Council Cres... |
| Date: | 12 14 1953 |
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| Description: | Maybelle Otterson demonstrates a Christmas custom as she hangs a front door decoration on her home at 209 North Blackhawk Avenue in Shorewood. |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
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| Description: | Large funeral for multiple people in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Numerous decoratively painted coffins with cloth coverings are on display in a large open-air, roo... |
| Date: | 10 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Kent Kildow and Larry Brown are shown adding an extra loop of paper ribbon to the spooky figure on the band stand. Other paper decorations include skeleton... |
| Date: | 11 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Elwin Willett of 4115 Jerome Street (left) and Mrs. Robert (Helen) Brettell of 4603 Gordon Avenue, president of the Ladies Fellowship at Lake Edge Con... |
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| Description: | Luncheon menu from the Rigadoon Room in the Edgewater Hotel, with an illustration of twin gargoyle figures that stood on either side of a curtained doorway... |
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| Description: | Luncheon menu from the Rigadoon Room in the Edgewater Hotel, with a gargoyle figure against a background of tied-back drapery, and spot illustrations of th... |
| Date: | 11 1954 |
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| Description: | An angel decoration was made by Fern Fowler for the Art Guild display. The decoration is for display on mantel or window and is cut from cardboard, covered... |
| Date: | 12 17 1964 |
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| Description: | Jimmy Zimmerman, age 6, is looking over a polyvinyl Christmas tree at the Dream Lanes bowling alley on Cottage Grove Road. Green polyvinyl is the latest th... |
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