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Richard Bong Memorial Dedication

Date: 05 1946
Description: Marge Bong talks with General Kenney on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps at the Major Richard Ira Bong (1920-1945), Memorial dedication, Memorial Day.
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Verona Home for the Aged Christmas Party

Date: 12 24 1950
Description: Six residents of the Verona Home for the Aged attend the annual Christmas party sponsored by the Madison Association of Underwriters at the Park Hotel. Joh...
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Dedication of Fort Blue Mounds Tablet

Date: 09 05 1921
Description: Anna Fox, great-grand niece of Ebenezer Brigham, just after removing the flag unveiling the bronze tablet commemorating Fort Blue Mounds. State historical ...
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Greeting For the Holiday Season

Date: 1935
Description: Holiday card with a silhouette image of a family gathered around their Christmas tree. The father is lighting the candles. The text "Greetings For The Holi...
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Merry Christmas From All of Us

Date: 1936
Description: Holiday card for the Bancroft Dairy Company in Madison, Wisconsin. The card is folded so that as you open each panel, you see a new scene. Many different e...
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Greetings from Our House to Your House

Date: 1962
Description: Photographic holiday greeting card of a family posed on their staircase. A father, mother, two daughters and one son are pictured. At top is the text "Gree...
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Christmas Greetings from the Bryntesons

Date: 1970
Description: Photo holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Four portraits show the various members of the family, including a dog.
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Blessings At Christmas

Date: 1972
Description: Photographic holiday greeting card of the Brynteson family. Three photographs show Mom, Dad and daughter. A bow and pine branches decorate the card. The te...
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Governor Dreyfus Christmas Card

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Description: Photographic Christmas card from Governor and Mrs. Lee Sherman Dreyfus, governor of Wisconsin 1979-1983. Front of card depicts the governor and his wife in...
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Happy Holidays

Date: 2000
Description: Photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Tommy Thompson, governor of Wisconsin 1987-2001. The front of the card is a color image of Governor and Mr...
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Happy Holidays From Chappell's Ad Dept.

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday card from Chappell's Ad Dept. The card has seven consecutive panels accordion folded. The front panel shows a bell hanging by a ribbon surrounded b...
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Yuletide Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Photographic holiday card featuring Carl Marty of the Northernaire Resort in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. He is famous for his hospitality and his "animal frien...
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Merry Christmas, The Kennedys

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Description: Holiday card from Senator Ted Kennedy and Mrs. Joan Kennedy. Front of card reads: "Merry Christmas" and has a cutout with a gold foil border which shows th...
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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Description: Photographic holiday card from Marie and Averell Harriman. Mr. Harriman was governor of New York 1955-1958, U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union 1943-1946, ...
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Christmas Greetings to You, Jackie

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a woman and a sailor. She is wearing a gold dress suit, a fur cape and a hat. He is wearing a sailor's uniform. She is throwing a garland...
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East Hats and Flowers

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Elizabeth Vogts is making a flower arrangement while wearing an Easter hat made of imported toyo straw.
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Easter Hats and Flowers

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Kathyn Taplick wearing a suit and Easter hat. Also included in this series are separate photographs of Kathryn's daughters: Patricia, Jane, Kat...
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Interns and Residents Wives' Club Dance

Date: 12 07 1957
Description: Two couples are shown dancing with a Christmas tree in the background. Left to right are: Nancy and Dr. William Hardin and Mrs. and Dr. Michael Lazor.
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Nakoma New Year's Eve Party

Date: 01 02 1958
Description: Members of Nakoma Golf Club attend the New Year's Eve "Sno-Ball" dinner dance. They include, left to right: Ruth and William Garrott and A.F. and Emily Ahe...
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Nakoma New Year's Eve Party

Date: 01 02 1958
Description: Elsie Johnson pins a name tag on A.F. Ahearn; both are attendees at the Nakoma Golf Club's New Year's Eve "Sno-Ball."

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