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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Elizabeth Anderes sitting in the living room at 34 Fuller Drive in Maple Bluff. Elizabeth and Charles Anderes' home is one of the houses opened to the publ...
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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: The Gilmore House, located at 120 Ely Place and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, is one of the homes on the League of Women Voters benefit tour. Sitting in ...
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Wisconsin Lions Clubs Light Bulb Sale

Date: 09 29 1954
Description: Governor Walter Kohler buys the first bag of light bulbs from Ed Steul (center), Madison, Lions' district governor; and H. M. Schmid (right), New Glarus, c...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 23 1954
Description: Monte Allen, age eight, reads about the need for donations for the Empty Stocking Club in the Wisconsin State Journal. The Club, sponsored by the
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 23 1954
Description: Monte Allen, age eight, saves money for the Empty Stocking Club by putting coins into his piggy bank. The Club, sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 23 1954
Description: Monte Allen, age eight, dreams of children receiving toys from the Empty Stocking Club as a result of his and others' donations. The Club, sponsored by the...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 11 1954
Description: Marcia Holten, age 3 and a half, holds a Musical Duck pull toy she received from the Empty Stocking Club, as imagined in Monte Allen's dream. The Club, spo...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 23 1954
Description: Jeffery Radder, age five, holds a football he received from the Empty Stocking Fund, as imagined in Monte Allen's dream. The Club, sponsored by the Wisc...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 10 23 1954
Description: Rebecca Rae Rodgerson, age three, hugs a doll she received from the Empty Stocking Club, as imagined in Monte Allen's dream. The club, sponsored by the ...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 23 1954
Description: John Prindle, age three, holds a toy car he received from the Empty Stocking Club, as imagined in Monte Allen's dream. The Club, sponsored by the Wiscon...
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Firefighters March on Muscular Dystrophy

Date: 11 24 1954
Description: Four firefighters wearing working gear and positioned about a fire truck posing with a sign stating: "Firefighters March on Muscular Dystrophy." On the bac...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 23 1954
Description: Jane Curran, age seven, posing with a book on children's poems she received from the Empty Stocking Club, as imagined in Monte Allen's dream. The club, spo...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sale

Date: 02 08 1956
Description: F.S. Brandenburg, a long time supporter of camping, gives his annual Girl Scout Cookie order to Black Hawk Girl Scout Louise Youngquist. The cookie sale ha...
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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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Jaycette Style Show Models

Date: 02 28 1956
Description: Barbara Lawson, representing the Truax Field Officers' Wives' Club, models fashion for the 'smart clubwomen.' The proceeds of the style shows were to maint...
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Jaycette Style Show Models

Date: 02 28 1956
Description: Charlotte Lunsford, representing the Junior Division of the University League, models fashion for the 'smart clubwomen.' The proceeds of the style shows we...
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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Harold W. Rucks, of Edgerton sits in a wheel chair while working at a table jig saw. Rucks, who had been severely crippled for 17 years with rheumatiod art...
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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Herman Skolas sits in a wheelchair while weaving on his loom as his eight-year-old granddaughter, Deborah Culham of Stoughton, looks on approvingly. Skolas...
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University of Wisconsin Red Cross Fundraising Drive

Date: 03 12 1956
Description: Anne Ross, instructor of a water safety course for the Red Cross, kneeling at the side of a pool. In the water with a boat are (left) Susan Benn of Ft. Lau...
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University of Wisconsin Red Cross Fundraising Drive

Date: 03 12 1956
Description: Three University of Wisconsin students work on a poster in preparation for a fundraising drive for the campus Red Cross. They are, from left: William Gage,...

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