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Making Valentines

Date: 01 30 1958
Description: Schoolgirls showing one another the valentines they are making in class to celebrate the holiday.
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Classroom Valentines

Date: 01 30 1958
Description: A teacher answers a student's question as the other students cut hearts from construction paper to make valentine cards.
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Children at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: A group of children around a picnic table posing while doing crafts at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp.
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Governor Goodland and Little Friends of America School Children

Date: 03 23 1944
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of Governor Goodland signing a scrapbook prepared by the Little Friends of America, Baraboo children's organization, for t...
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Children at Madison Library Summer Workshop

Date: 06 27 1944
Description: Four children at the Lowell School branch participating in Madison Free Library's summer workshop projects. Left to right: Darrell Premo, Jean LeFebvre, Pa...
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Neighborhood House

Date: 10 06 1947
Description: Children engaged in an art project at the Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue across from Brittingham Park. Pictured left to right are: Marion D...
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Three girls doing craft work at the Brownie Day Camp at Burrows Park. Left to right, Barbara Jean Jull, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Jull, 2434 East Jo...
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Three Children Painting At A Table

Date: 1939
Description: Three boys painting with watercolors at a folding table. They appear to be on a porch.
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Lowell School Easter Circus

Date: 04 05 1950
Description: It was Easter Circus time in the East Side Lowell school and hallways this week. Several of Betty Becker's second grade pupils, creators of the paper mach...
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Community Chest Budget Committee Visit

Date: 04 21 1950
Description: Members of the Community Chest budget committee are shown craft work done by three boys at Neighborhood House. Members of the committee, left to right, are...
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Woman Basket Weaving

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Description: A Native American woman weaving baskets outdoors. Three children are sitting nearby. Caption reads: "Indian Adepts, Glenn, Mich."
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 06 21 1952
Description: Sisters Christine and Karen Nielsen make yarn rope during craft time at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp.
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 04 1953
Description: A scene from YWCA's day camp at Camp Wakonda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. During craft time, Gerald Peck, James Foster, and Russell Bright paint sm...
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Whitney's Valentine Material Kit Ornaments

Date: 1920
Description: Ornaments from a "Whitney's Valentine Material" kit. These were combined with the "folders" (cards) and paper lace to create personalized Valentine's Day c...
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Christmas Season Activities

Date: 12 11 1954
Description: Louise Frye and her three children prepare for Christmas by making Christmas tree decorations. Left to right: Timothy, age 9; Jeffery, age 7; Louise and El...
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Christmas Season Activities

Date: 12 11 1954
Description: Four-year-old Tommy, son of Robert and Mary Ela, makes a candle holder from modeling clay as a Christmas gift for his mother.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Orioles Club Scrapbook: Li Hsiu Lan

Date: 1939
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by the Orioles, a girls' club at Neighborhood House, with papercuts and an image of Li Hsiu Lan, a girl to whom club members cor...
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Camp Fire Girls at Neighborhood House

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Description: Group of girls sitting or standing around a table that is covered with paper and containers of paint, holding brushes and small objects they are painting. ...
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St. John's Lutheran Church Christmas Workshop

Date: 11 17 1959
Description: Mrs. Betty Warber puts the finishing touches on a bonbon wreath which will be displayed at the Christmas workshop of the women of St. John's Lutheran Churc...
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School Children Celebrating Thanksgiving

Date: 11 1953
Description: Robert Jamieson and Patricia Tallard, children in Mrs. V. B. Roberts' nursery school, color and cut out paper turkeys as part of a Thanksgiving project.

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