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Collection of Food for Salvation Army

Date: 12 23 1930
Description: Collection of food for Salvation Army. Shows four men, two in uniform, and two wearing suits, in the Strand theater lobby.
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Paper Drive

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Members of the Junior Red Cross, Boy Scouts of Troops 20 and 30, and boys of Madison, sitting on the back of a Truax Field army truck loaded with waste pap...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 29 1947
Description: In the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, manager Fred Reeths is holding Johnny Heitz while he drops a coin into the Empty Stocking Club stocking. Johnny's moth...
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Wishing Well in Capitol Theatre

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Robert Hoffman dropping coins into the wishing well at the Capitol Theatre for the Empty Stocking Club and the Kiddie Camp fund to "Help Bring Happiness to...
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West High PTA-Sponsored Play Rehearsal

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: West High school students, Alice Ragatz and Roberta Caldwell, at a rehearsal for the PTA-sponsored production of "Ship Ahoy" put on to raise money for unde...
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West High PTA-Sponsored Play Rehearsal

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: City Engineer John Thompson taking part in the rehearsal for the PTA-sponsored production of "Ship Ahoy" put on to raise money for underprivileged students...
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West High PTA-Sponsored Play Rehearsal

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: West High school faculty members Leo Barnes and Donald McCloskey taking part in the rehearsal for "Ship Ahoy," a PTA-sponsored production to raise funds fo...
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West High PTA-Sponsored Play Rehearsal

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: Helen Hillner at a rehearsal for the PTA-sponsored production of "Ship Ahoy" put on to raise funds for underprivileged students at West High School.
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Theaters Collect Money for Polio Fund

Date: 01 31 1958
Description: March of Dimes treasurer, Frank Sackman, holding a check for money collected in four local theaters for the infantile paralysis fund campaign by teenage vo...

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