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United Givers' Fund Volunteer

Date: 10 23 1956
Description: Betty J. DiSalvo reading good night stories to her children, Michael DiSalvo (age 6) and Mark DiSalvo (age 4) after having solicited money for 27 Red Feath...
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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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Ilena Frerker Shopping at Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Ilena Fierker and her children, Bobby and Dicky, buying Dean's Milk from Clarence O. Furset, manager of Piggly Wiggly Food Center, 2701 University Avenue.
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Mrs. Harold Lampert and Two Children

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Beatrice Lampert, wife of Harold, at home with her children, Al and Barbara Lou, 1907 Rowley Avenue. She was an assistant State Attorney General.
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Mary Kessenich Schmitz and Children

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Mary Kessenich Schmitz, sitting with her children Martha and David, looking at garden seed catalogs.
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Two Sisters with their Children

Date: 05 10 1944
Description: Two sisters, Marjorie Novotny Holt, with 5 month old son Stephen, and Norma Novotny Shorey, with 4 1/2 year old daughter Margie Kay. They were typical of m...
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Elinor Neckerman Stege and Son

Date: 05 10 1944
Description: Elinor Neckerman Stege, and her six month old son, Edward Richard "Ricky" Stege, Jr., posing for a Mother's Day portrait. The baby's father, "Ed" Stege, wa...
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Mrs. Dorsey L. Botham and her Children

Date: 05 10 1944
Description: Mrs. Dorsey Botham, (Elizabeth Botham), and her eight children: Rosemary, left, and Rosanne, right, 7 year-old twins seated on the floor; Ruth Ellen, left...
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Romance Koopman and Bobby Koopman

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Romance Koopman and her son, Bobby Koopman. She did freelance writing and radio scripts, and was a winner of five national awards for writing. Her mother w...
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Families of World War II Servicemen

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Mrs. Robert (Eleanor) Randle and her daughter, Penelope, at the home of her parents, where they were living while Captain Randle was stationed in England.
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Madison Home Economics Club Meeting

Date: 10 16 1944
Description: Three women and three children at a meeting of the Madison Home Economics Club with the theme "Good Nutrition, A Wartime Challenge." Left to right are Mrs....
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Mrs. Agnes Miller with Daughter and Grandson

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Agnes Miller, married and divorced from Tim McCoy, Western movie star, with her daughter, Mrs. Dudley (Rita) Vernon-Smith, and grand...
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Kathleen Potter Muehl, William P. Muehl, and James Muehl

Date: 01 22 1945
Description: Mrs. William H. Muehl (Kathleen Potter) and her two young sons, William P., "Widgi,e" and James, "Jimmy," who were visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ellis ...
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Red Cross Liaison Agent Mrs. Kenneth (Rachel) Shiels

Date: 02 12 1945
Description: Mrs. Kenneth (Rachel) Shiels, a Red Cross liaison agent who works with servicemen and their families, is shown with Mrs. Elvin (Edna) Olson, whose husband,...
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Mrs. J. Frederick Bechtel and Daughter

Date: 04 13 1945
Description: Mrs. J. Frederick (Helen Clark) Bechtel and her daughter Julia, two-and-one-half years old, at the home of her parents, Prof. and Mrs. Warren W. Clark. Her...
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Mrs. Alton Huth and her Seven Children

Date: 04 09 1945
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Alton Huth (Lorena), 1925 Rowley Avenue, and her seven children. Pictured left to right in front: Alton, Jr., 4, Rosellen, 2, in her...
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Mrs. William Marling and Her Two Children

Date: 05 08 1945
Description: Mrs. William Marling and her children, William and Cynthia, taken at the home of Lieutenant Marling's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William W. Marling, 1...
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Mrs. F.V. Burcalow with Children and Airplane

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Mrs. F.V. Burcalow is shown with her two children, Vicki and Larry, with an airplane. Mrs. Burcalow is learning how to fly while her husband, an assistant ...
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Mrs. Donald W. (Ruth Wilson) Rindt and Sons

Date: 07 10 1945
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Donald W. (Ruth Wilson) Rindt and sons, Jon (3) and Brian (1). She's was staying with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.N. Wilson, prior to join...

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