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Manuscript

Better Homes and Gardens Club Record Book: Best Gardens

Date: 1939
Description: Page from the Garden Club record book kept by Neighborhood House, with individual pictures of winners of the Best Gardens competition: George Caravello in ...
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Tansy Camp Fire Girls Album: Queen of Hearts Play

Date: 02 17 1938
Description: Image from the Tansy Camp Fire Girls album, with cast members of the Queen of Hearts play: Armida Peterson, Rose Martinelli (lady-in-waiting), Rosalyn Schi...
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N.B.B.O. Club Members

Date: 04 30 1937
Description: Group portrait of members of the N.B.B.O. ("Nobody's Business But Ours") Club, a social club for young women at Neighborhood House: front row (left): Charl...
Photograph

Henry Barnbrock and Jerry Valentine

Date: 1966
Description: Half-length portrait of Henry Barnbrock and John Valentine. Written when he was a University of Wisconsin student, Barnbrock's 1916 thesis was influential ...
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Mary Lee Griggs and Children with Blocks

Date: 1941
Description: Mary Lee Griggs, head of Parent Education and director of the Play School at Neighborhood House, with Catherine Oliva, Delores Caire, and Sam Moskowsky. Th...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Orioles Club Scrapbook: Orioles with Dolls and Scrapbooks

Date: 1940
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with members of the Orioles, a girls' club at the settlement house. There are six images of members displ...
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Sewing Saturday Mornings at Neighborhood House

Date: 1924
Description: Groups of children are sitting at tables for a Saturday morning sewing group at Neighborhood House, with a woman helping the children at each table. One bo...
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Afternoon English Class at Neighborhood House

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Description: Group of women seated at tables with a freestanding blackboard on which are written English words and phrases. One of the women in the foreground appears t...
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Neighborhood House Boys Club with Log Cabin

Date: 1926
Description: Seven boys standing outdoors around a table with a model of a log cabin and its surroundings on it. A building with narrow siding is in the background.
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Night School for Men at Neighborhood House

Date: 1921
Description: Groups of men, most dressed in suits and ties, sitting at small tables, looking at books. A few female teachers, including one in the foreground, are also ...
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Kenosha Golfers Win Big Eight Crown

Date: 1958
Description: The original caption states, "The Kenosha team that won the Big Eight Conference golf championship at the Nakoma Club is shown. Left to right are Tom LaDou...
Photograph

Felix Liburdi

Date: 1933
Description: Felix Liburdi, 17 years old, poses in front of the arched front porch of the Hillcrest School, District No. 6, Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookfield and ...
Photograph

Felix Liburdi

Date: 1933
Description: Felix Liburdi, age 17 and a student at the Hillcrest School, District No. 6, Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookfield and New Berlin, demonstrates his kicki...
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Nick Stassi at "Tell It Like It Was" Event

Date: 04 20 1982
Description: Nick Stassi, proprietor of Stassi's Children's Shoes, giving a speech about the Greenbush neighborhood at a "Tell It Like It Was" oral history event at the...
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Mrs. Lilliana Kay Becomes New U.S. Citizen

Date: 09 26 1961
Description: Italian born Mrs. Lilliana Bicciato Kay, 1521 Wyldewood Drive, receives her American citizenship from Judge Patrick Stone. Shown (L-R) are Lt. Cmdr. Howard...
Photograph

Jimmie Schiavo

Date: 10 10 1964
Description: Portrait of Jimmie Schiavo, owner of the Continental restaurant, 4213 E. Washington Ave. The news story says Schiavo would visit southern Europe to find wa...
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George Fabian

Date: 05 21 1999
Description: George Fabian at work at his business, Park Street Shoe Repair, at 609 South Park Street. He is wearing a denim apron and is lacing a shoe.
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Italian "Fourth of July" Celebration

Date: 1919
Description: A large group of children and adults are standing outside the Wisconsin State Capitol building, many holding American flags. Some members in the foreground...

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