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Piper's Garden Cafeteria

Date: 05 13 1945
Description: Diners wait in a long line on Mother's Day to get into Piper's Garden Cafeteria, 120 East Mifflin Street.
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Display Window of Hankscraft Egg Cooker

Date: 01 18 1929
Description: A woman demonstrates how to use a Hankscraft egg cooker in a mock Easter display window with Easter bunnies and Easter eggs.
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Memorial Day Parade

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Description: Patriotic parade, probably Memorial Day, through town on the board sidewalk, in front of the First National Bank looking back toward the Jackson County Cou...
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J. Edward O'Connell with Green Carnations

Date: 03 14 1952
Description: J. Edward O'Connell, an assistant cashier at First National Bank, with some green carnations. He traditionally hands out green carnations to one hundred fi...
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Truck Towing Cinderella Parade Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A tan and brown International Harve...
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Truck Towing Parade Float

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A yellow and brown International Ha...
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Truck Towing Cave-Like Float in Parade

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A tan and white International Harve...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Jo Clark, age 3, is sitting on a table in a department store as clerk Frances Sternberger (left) is tying the chin strap of a new Easter hat. Jo's mother, ...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Arthur Dier smiles approval as his fiancee, Evelyn Schaefer, asks his opinion of a bright flowery Easter hat at a Madison store. Ms. Schaefer, in the foreg...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Three boys are pressing their noses to the window of a pet shop on a busy Monroe Street, while viewing five rabbits. Two boys have their thumbs in their ea...
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State Street After Snowstorm

Date: 12 23 1959
Description: View down State Street from the Capitol Square following a snowstorm. A Christmas tree is standing on the corner, and other holiday decorations are hanging...
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We Saw You . . . at West Side Garden Club Show

Date: 11 17 1960
Description: The West Side Garden Club holds its annual "Holiday House" show. Proceeds from the show are used for garden therapy, civic projects, conservation, and scho...
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Holiday Shopper

Date: 1976
Description: Elderly man pulling a sled loaded with packages and bags. He is wearing a plaid coat. His dog is sniffing the snow. Trees cover a snow covered berm in the ...

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