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| Date: | 04 24 1932 |
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| Description: | Orpheum and Capitol ushers relaxing at the Orpheum Theatre, 216 State Street, where "Tarzan the Ape Man" is showing, at a kickoff for the Milk Bottle Fund ... |
| Date: | 03 25 1932 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip F. La Follette buying a "buddy poppy" from two women in behalf of the American Legion. The governor is standing in his Wisconsin State Cap... |
| Date: | 11 14 1931 |
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| Description: | Women posing at Mrs. Emma Ogg's tea party, a benefit for the scholarship fund of the University League, 1715 Kendall Avenue. L-R: Dorothy Fellows, Flora Ri... |
| Date: | 11 14 1931 |
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| Description: | Table set for tea party, benefitting the scholarship fund of the University League, at Mrs. Emma Ogg's home, 1715 Kendall Avenue. L-R: Anne Birge, Emma Ogg... |
| Date: | 10 14 1931 |
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| Description: | Mr. Bellam and George O'Connell discuss the "Forget-Me-Not" campaign for Disabled American Veterans. |
| Date: | 08 22 1931 |
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| Description: | Group portrait taken in Vilas Park of children, and a few adults, some in costume, from the Lincoln Street-West Side area, who put on a circus to raise mon... |
| Date: | 07 08 1931 |
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| Description: | View from balcony of an auction for Kiddie Camp at the Orpheum theatre, with an automobile on the stage. |
| Date: | 06 27 1931 |
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| Description: | Harold Kohen, President of Harrold's Inc., jewelers, handing one of three watches he is contributing to Kiddy Camp auction, to Stephen Olsen, a brother of ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1931 |
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| Description: | Gov. Philip La Follette buying two poppies from Jesse S. Meyers, custodian of G.A.R. Memorial Hall, representing Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Rosemary Ent... |
| Date: | 12 23 1930 |
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| Description: | Collection of food for Salvation Army. Shows four men, two in uniform, and two wearing suits, in the Strand theater lobby. |
| Date: | 12 14 1930 |
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| Description: | RKOlians orchestra at WISJ radio station. Ten members with some holding instruments. This was a benefit for the Empty Stocking Fund. |
| Date: | 12 17 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a Christmas Add-a-Toy Mountain in the RKO Orpheum theater lobby, with a girl adding a doll to the mountain of toys. The toys are on and around a ta... |
| Date: | 12 14 1930 |
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| Description: | Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson at WISJ radio station in front of microphone, with one of them holding a violin. John Sharnberg, manager of Orpheum Theatre is sta... |
| Date: | 12 14 1930 |
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| Description: | Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson at WISJ radio station standing in front of a microphone. One of them is reading a script. John Sharnberg, manager of Orpheum Thea... |
| Date: | 12 16 1944 |
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| Description: | Women lined up along a sales counter at Manchester's Department Store to buy war bonds, while two clerks behind the counter ring up the sales. |
| Date: | 06 28 1865 |
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| Description: | The Great Fair held at Milwaukee for the benefit of the Wisconsin Soldiers Home. The 130x130 foot building was constructed especially for the ten-day fair.... |
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| Description: | A carte-de-visite of John Schmit, Freddy Hill, Leland Fay and George Schmit, who were frozen on the night of March 10th and 11th, 1876, on the Green Bay an... |
| Date: | 08 05 1945 |
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| Description: | View of Albert Reque's Madison Marine Service Booth at the Eastside Festival with banner "Buy War Bonds" and "Bonds Will Buy Boats." The booth also feature... |
| Date: | 01 20 1944 |
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| Description: | An unidentified man, with a cigarette in his mouth, is holding a Collie puppy up for auction at Governor Walter Goodland's dog sale. |
| Date: | 01 20 1944 |
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| Description: | First Lady Mrs. Goodland says goodbye to their Collie puppies in the State Capitol where the puppies were auctioned off for charity. The dejected pup in th... |
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