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White House Cake

Date: 01 28 1934
Description: Three men are standing behind a cake shaped like the White House, baked by the Strand Baking Company, 2007 Atwood Avenue, for the Roosevelt Birthday Ball. ...
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White House Cake

Date: 01 28 1934
Description: One man is standing behind a cake shaped like the White House, showing the rear view of the White House, baked by the Strand Baking Company, 2007 Atwood Av...
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Beatrice Gulley's Birthday Party

Date: 01 09 1934
Description: Beatrice Gulley's (Mrs. Carson Gulley) birthday party. Group portrait of family and friends posing around a small table with birthday cake and flowers.
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Aunt Mary Gives a "Corn-top Bread" Lunch

Date: 11 22 1931
Description: Aunt Mary putting on a "Corn-top Bread" lunch in the Orpheum Theatre N.U.A. room. Seated left to right: Dave Genaro, Lizzy Wilson, Tom Harris, Annie Hart, ...
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Three's Cake

Date: 07 18 1963
Description: Father, mother and daughter all celebrate their special birthday with three candles on one cake.
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Alice at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate

Date: 1998
Description: Courtney Ott, Alice in Dairyland '97, at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate party with actress/comedienne Kathy Griffin. The tailgate party, which was sponsored ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Beer Party

Date: 03 01 1947
Description: Eight students, in costume, gathered around a piano at a University of Wisconsin-Madison beer party.
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Gorillas Samson and Sambo Adoptive Birthday Party

Date: 10 05 1955
Description: Children and adults gathered in front of the gorilla cages at the Washington Park Zoo to celebrate the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo. ...
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Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy Quarter Century Club

Date: 11 21 1950
Description: Group portrait of the members of the Quarter Century Club of the Kennedy-Mansfield division of Borden's. They were honored at the company's party at the Ho...
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Mendota Yacht Club Beachcombers Party

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Sitting next to wash tubs filled with ice and bottles of soft drinks at the Mendota Yacht Club beachcombers party are, left to right: Tony Stebbins, Ann Ba...
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Mendota Yacht Club Beachcombers Party

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Enjoying a cold drink together are Frank Ross, Jr., left and David Schmitt. They are attending the Mendota Yacht Club beachcombers party at the Maple Bluff...
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Stag Party

Date: 1913
Description: Forest Middleton, far right, poses with a group of men in high spirits. One man, second from left, holds a jug. The room is furnished with a makeshift tabl...
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Lions Club at Lomira Legion

Date: 02 14 1978
Description: "Dr. Arnold W. Boegel is feted for his many years of faithful service to Theresa by the local Lions Club at the Lomira Legion."
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Birthday Party Group Portrait

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Description: An outdoor group portrait of a birthday party. A cake with many candles and a lace tablecloth sits on a table in front. Most of the party are dressed up. N...
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Happy Birthday Medicare

Date: 07 29 1995
Description: At a celebration for the 30th anniversary of Medicare, Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and guests blow out the candles on a cake.
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Costume Party

Date: 1937
Description: Seven people in costumes posed around a bar and holding glasses of beer.
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Ice Cream Social

Date: 08 1996
Description: "A Syl Groeschl Band entertains at the Annual Historical Society Ice Cream Social."
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Blackhawk Country Club Western Party

Date: 07 20 1957
Description: Douglas and Betty Oldenburg testing the barbecued meat at Blackhawk Country Club's Western Party.
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Roundy's Birthday Party

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Joseph (Roundy) Couglin, a popular sports columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal, cutting a large decorated birthday cake at his birthday party.
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Rotary Club Honors Foreign Students

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: The Madison Rotary Club members honor 150 foreign students attending the University of Wisconsin at a fiesta at the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion....

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