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Denton Family

Date: 12 28 1941
Description: Group portrait of Denton family showing parents, five daughters, two dolls, a Christmas tree and a dog.
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Mother and Children Decorating Christmas Bread

Date: 12 05 1956
Description: Anne De Witt, 5502 Tolman Terrace, is being helped by her daughter Maureen De Witt, 4, to decorate Christmas bread while her other daughter, Beth De Witt, ...
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Mother and Children Wrapping Christmas Bread

Date: 12 05 1956
Description: Joan Meyer, 701 Baltzell Street, wrapping loaves of Christmas bread. Watching are children Donnie Meyer, 5, and Mary Jane Meyer, 4.
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Family with Nativity Creche

Date: 12 20 1955
Description: Mrs. E.J. Dalrymple and children James, Karen, and Steven, 5006 Flambeau Road, with the family Nativity creche. Mrs. Dalrymple painted all of the figurines...
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Christmas Seal Campaign

Date: 11 18 1947
Description: Mrs. James (Jane) Wilkie with her children, Sara, James, and William, shown wrapping presents using tuberculosis seals.
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: June (Mrs. Robert O.) McLean, and her children Roderick and Gwen, putting the finishing touches on a Gingerbread House.
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: June McGovern is reading The Night Before Christmas to her children Diane, Jill and Jackie.
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Lemmer Family with Christmas Gifts

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Kenneth Lemmer Jr., sitting in a high chair, is playing with a Christmas tree ornament. His mother Katherine Lemmer is wrapping Christmas presents at a tab...
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Making an attractive Christmas picture, Janet Woodman holds her baby son, Douglas Shaw, in the center of a huge pine wreath hanging in a doorway.
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Allis School Pre-School and Kindergarten Club

Date: 12 14 1948
Description: Members of the Allis School Pre-School and Kindergarten club in the school auditorium refinishing old toys and making other Christmas gifts for sick and ne...
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Mrs. John C. Weaver and Son

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Mrs. John Carrier Weaver, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and her two-year-old son, Andrew, sitting by the Christmas tree while visiting in the home of Professor A...
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Thomas Family at Christmas Time

Date: 12 20 1950
Description: A mother and daughter from the Thomas family sit in a chair beside a fireplace while looking at a nativity scene arranged on a chest of drawers.
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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: Jean Brickson and her daughters Ann, age 4, and Betty, age 2, make cut-out Christmas cookies.
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Christmas Baby

Date: 11 25 1954
Description: Mrs. Harvey Johnson holds her new baby girl, born on Christmas day at St. Mary's Hospital.
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Goodman's Empty Stocking Christmas Party

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: Robert Goodman, left, and Irwin Goodman, right, are shown with their mother Belle Goodman, during a Christmas party thrown for the employees of Goodman Jew...
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Firefighter Santa Visits Methodist Hospital Pediatrics Ward

Date: 12 16 1964
Description: Madison firefighter's Santa visiting the Methodist Hospital pediatrics ward for the annual Christmas party. Shown reacting to Santa is 13 month old Dean Ma...

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