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Guests at Party Wearing Paper Hats

Date: 05 20 1902
Description: Men, women and children seated in chairs and on the floor wearing paper hats in honor of aunt Helen's birthday. A piano is on the right, a chandelier hangs...
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Green Sheet Costume

Date: 10 31 1987
Description: Amanda Basile of Milwaukee's Northwest side dressed as the Milwaukee Journal Green Sheet for Halloween. She made the costume with her mother Penny Chapman ...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

"Toil and Trouble"

Date: 10 26 1984
Description: Newspaper (Capital Times) photograph of Sid Boyum's neighbor Johanna Oosterwky wearing a witch's hat and stirring a cauldron in front of the Devil s...
Photograph

Night for Beggars

Date: 10 31 1963
Description: A group of children in Halloween costumes are reaching out their hands. Caption reads: "Night for Beggars Spooks and goblins prowled the city...

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