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March of Dimes Contribution

Date: 01 05 1955
Description: A toddler is inserting a dime into a March of Dimes collection board as her mother is holding her in her arms and looking on. The collection is to raise mo...
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Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Elsie Smavy (right), bedridden in her seventh year of polio and with limited movement in her lower arms, creates embroidery. Her children, Molly, 7, and Ni...
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Robert And Nancy Anthony Family

Date: 10 19 1954
Description: One of Madison's "Red Feather families" are Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. (Nancy) Anthony, Jr. of 3512 Blackhawk Drive in Shorewood Hills are one of Madison's "Re...
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Harry And Velma Hamilton

Date: 10 19 1954
Description: One of the many Madison families who take part in the activites of the various Red Feather agencies (which makes up the United Community Chest) are Mr. and...
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Donald and Elizabeth Elert and Family

Date: 10 19 1954
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Donald (Elizabeth) Elert of 538 Maple Avenue are one of the United Community Chest families who work with Red Feather agencies. Their son, Ste...
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William and Pearl Schwartz Family

Date: 10 19 1954
Description: William and Pearl Schwartz are a "Red Feather" family of the United Community Chest. Included in the portrait are their children: Alfred, age 14, is a Boy ...
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Floyd and Josephine Scheel

Date: 10 19 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd S. (Josephine) Scheel of 1907 Beld Street and their three children are a "Red Feather family" with the United Community Ches...
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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 28 1954
Description: Mrs. Arnold (Elizabeth) Griswold sitting in a wheelchair beside her family. She was diagnosed with polio in 1949.
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Easter Seal Boy

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: The family of David Lindl, the 1956 "Easter Seal Boy", eating breakfast. They include, from left: father Frank C. Lindl; Dennis, age 17 months; mother Marg...
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Roland and Winnie Delamater Family

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Portrait of the children of Roland and Winnie Delameter; Sandra, age 6 years, left, and Ronalee, age 4 1/2 years. Although stricken with polio two years ag...
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United Givers' Fund Red Feather Services

Date: 10 15 1957
Description: Miss Frances Baldwin (right), the new executive secretary of Family Service, posing with a mother and two children. Family Services is supported by the Uni...
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Goodman's Empty Stocking Christmas Party

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: Robert Goodman, left, and Irwin Goodman, right, are shown with their mother Belle Goodman, during a Christmas party thrown for the employees of Goodman Jew...
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Delta Delta Delta Alumnae Chairman and Her Children

Date: 03 06 1961
Description: Group portrait of Patricia Bruden with her children, including Christopher, left, Kent, center, and Lesli Jean. Bruden is chairman of the chapter's scholar...
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Clarendon and Elaine Bradley and their two adopted children; Bruce, age 4 and 6 year-old Carla. They adopted them through the Lutheran Welfare Society, a R...
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Timothy and Helen Matthews with their seven month old adopted son, Timothy John. They adopted their child through the Catholic Welfare bureau, a Red Feathe...
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Dean and Betty Colden with their two adopted children; David, age three years and one year old Sally. The couple adopted their children through the Childre...
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Busy Mother

Date: 09 30 1965
Description: Mrs. Rodney Gallagher, Rt. 2, Fish Hatchery Road, with a phone at her ear and a list at her side. She is sitting at a table with her five children, who are...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Coloring Easter eggs at their kitchen table are Sherry Svee, age 8, with her mother, Melba Svee, and father Kenneth Svee who is executive director of the M...
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Edgerton's Pat Boone Fan Club

Date: 07 08 1957
Description: The Edgerton Pat Boone fan club's major project is to repair used toys, games, and books for the Martin Luther Children's home in Stoughton. Club president...
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Empty Stocking Club Brings Gifts to Liggett Children

Date: 12 12 1958
Description: The Empty Stocking Club provides Christmas gifts to the children in the Liggett family of Mazomanie. Shown (L-R) are: Harold (6), Rosie (2) and Alec (3) wi...

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