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Children at 4th of July Celebration

Date: 07 04 1917
Description: Children dressed up for the Fourth of July at the Trenton Country Club. Three young boys are pulling a girl and boy in a wagon adorned with stars and strip...
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Blackhawk Country Club "Children's Day" Dress Up

Date: 07 06 1932
Description: Blackhawk Country Club "Childrens Day," women's dress up golf event. Four women are wearing children's dresses and eating lollipops.
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Costumed Children in front of Dudgeon School

Date: 06 21 1932
Description: Children in costume for doll buggy and coaster wagon parade at Dudgeon School.
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Blackhawk Country Club "Children's Day" Dress Up

Date: 07 06 1932
Description: Blackhawk Country Club dress up day for women titled "Children's Day." Women are dressed in children's costumes and are eating ice cream cones.
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Children in Rabbit Costumes

Date: 05 19 1932
Description: Group portrait of children, some of them holding rabbits, wearing rabbit costumes posing on the grounds of Dudgeon School, 3200 Monroe Street. Mrs. Hayes.
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Boy Dressed in Native American Clothing

Date: 1925
Description: A boy is standing at the entrance to a teepee. He is dressed in Native American clothing, and is holding an axe.
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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Dancers at Hillside

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of students at the Hillside Home School performing a may pole dance while an audience looks on. Dance instruction at the school was provided ...
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Dancers at Taliesin

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Description: Dancers at a celebration on the grounds at Taliesin. Taliesin was the summer home of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship. Taliesin is located in...
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Benjamin Franklin Mowing the Lawn

Date: 01 1974
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the International 95 Electric Riding Mower. Under the caption "Discover Electricity," is a color photograph of a man ...
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Fourth of July Parade Participants

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Children in costume for the Fourth of July parade in Westmorland neighborhood. From left to right are: Herman Heinecke Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Hein...
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Villa Louis Tea

Date: 05 21 1948
Description: Mrs. W.H. Guest, Madison, dressed in costume, uses the petal strewn pool for a mirror.
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin faculty band led the parade of children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights march i...
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Maypole Dancers

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Description: A group of women in white skirts and wearing caps are dancing around a tall maypole. A crowd is watching in the background, and a dog is running in front o...
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Scene From Cardinal's Play

Date: 1875
Description: Costumed students act out a scene from Cardinal's Play outdoors on a lawn near a wooded area at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. The college was founded...
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Pageant Tableau at the College of Mount Saint Vincent

Date: 1922
Description: View of an outdoor pageant tableau at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, founded in 1847 by the Sisters of Charity of New York. Students stand in a wooded...
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Campus Pageant at Clarion State Normal School

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Description: Female students in Roman costumes stand outdoors near a wooded area while putting on a pageant at Clarion State Normal School. The school was established i...
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Campus Pageant at Clarion State Normal School

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Description: A crowd of students waving United States flags gathers on a field outside Clarion State Normal School. The school was established in 1873. Caption reads: "...
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Shepard Terrace Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: A lineup of over twenty costumed children assembled along 2620 Chamberlain Street in the Shepard Terrace neighborhood. They had performed a circus for Roun...
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Rockford College Lawn

Date: 1914
Description: Two costumed dancers on the lawn at Rockford College.

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