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| Date: | 10 31 1986 |
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| Description: | Parents with children at a carved pumpkin, or jack-o-lantern, display on lawn on Halloween night. |
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| Description: | Thanksgiving dinner between Native Americans and early Pilgrim settlers in America. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a catalog for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company. The illustration portrays a little girl being frightened by a little boy. The girl ... |
| Date: | 11 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Kindergarteners at Dudgeon School in Mrs. Virginia Price's class make a pumpkin pie. Ready to add the egg is Nancy Olmstead, manning the beater is Julie Du... |
| Date: | 10 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Connie and Michael Burch, children of Mr. and Mrs. Byron B. Burch, 205 South Owen Drive, with their huge pumpkin in observance of Halloween. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A screen-printed poster advertising the Union Craft Committee's "Pumpkin Carving Contest," held on "October 29 at 7:30 pm in the Memorial Union Trophy Room... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ... |
| Date: | 10 1996 |
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| Description: | "Mayville Audubon Days bike riders from Ft. Atkinson take a break at Widmer's Cheese." |
| Date: | 10 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Marie Pease, the wife of the Truax Field base commander, greets three of the wives of newly-arrived officers at a party given by the Officers Wives' C... |
| Date: | 10 22 1957 |
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| Description: | A decorated pumpkin serves as a table centerpiece. It is decorated with a face, a hat made of fresh flowers, and attached leaves for hair. |
| Date: | 12 22 1868 |
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| Description: | Front cover and interior menu pages from the Third Annual Supper of the New England Society, held at Vilas House to commemorate Forefather's Day. On the co... |
| Date: | 09 1990 |
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| Description: | Louise Wiseman performs at talent show dressed in lace lingerie. The stage is decorated with pumpkins and cornstalks. |
| Date: | 11 29 1906 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu pages of the a la carte and table d'hote options for Thanksgiving dinner at the Schlitz Hotel, with a boy wearing only a chef's hat an... |
| Date: | 10 2013 |
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| Description: | A sign in the window of Mallatt's Pharmacy and Costumes advertising wine tastings. The storefront window is decorated with Halloween costumes, such as Supe... |
| Date: | 10 26 1984 |
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| Description: | Newspaper (Capital Times) photograph of Sid Boyum's neighbor Johanna Oosterwky wearing a witch's hat and stirring a cauldron in front of the Devil s... |
| Date: | 10 1966 |
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| Description: | One of Lewis Arms's children (most likely Paul Arms) is wearing a Halloween mask and holding a jack-o-lantern. He is standing in front of a rocking horse o... |
| Date: | 10 26 1957 |
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| Description: | "Free punki'ns" are being given to children by the Madison Sears store and the Y Men's Club of the YMCA. The pumpkins are to be carved and entered in a con... |
| Date: | 10 1960 |
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| Description: | A lighted smiling carved Jack-O-Lantern with a ghost figure behind. |
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