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Christmas House Decoration Winner

Date: 12 22 1956
Description: Home of Norman and Ruth Bass, 4216 Mandrake Road, winner of the Christmas outdoor home lighting contest.
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West Side Garden Club Holiday House Decorations

Date: 12 08 1953
Description: "Umbrella Tree," an original holiday table/window decoration utilizing old umbrella spokes, was created by Ethel (Mrs. Philip H.) Falk of 3721 Council Cres...
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Christmas Address

Date: 1920
Description: Men and children gather around a man giving a Christmas address. Coweta County Courthouse can be seen beyond the crowd, a Neoclassical Revival building des...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Christmas Joy

Date: 1939
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a man and three boys positioning a ladder to hang holiday decorations on the exterior of the settle...
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Christmas Decorations

Date: 1910
Description: Residential dining room with Christmas decorations and circular table with turkey, set for two places.
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Christmas Decorations

Date: 1911
Description: Christmas decorations in an office at Dr. Joseph Smith's house. Wrapping paper from opened gifts lie beneath the decorated Christmas tree.
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Booming Artificial Christmas Tree Market

Date: 12 17 1964
Description: Jimmy Zimmerman, age 6, is looking over a polyvinyl Christmas tree at the Dream Lanes bowling alley on Cottage Grove Road. Green polyvinyl is the latest th...
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Waiting for Santa Claus

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Description: Christine, Laurie and Muriel Peterson with their Christmas tree. Christine (mother) is sitting in a chair with her arm around Muriel who is standing next t...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal employee, Harry Bunbury, receiving bundles of Christmas cards from inside the letter window at the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. Bundl...
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Christmas Display in Edgewater Hotel Lobby

Date: 12 22 1954
Description: Christmas display in the Edgewater Hotel Lobby. An automobile parked outdoors can be seen through the window on the left.
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Christmas Cheer for Children

Date: 12 14 1957
Description: Silhouette of a young girl attending a holiday party looking through a window onto a front porch at Kappa Sigma house on Langdon Street. "Merry Christmas" ...
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Christmas Display

Date: 1925
Description: A tall Christmas tree, a cut-out Santa, and a dollhouse dominate a holiday display in front of the bay window in the dining room of Herbert Paul and Margar...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1916
Description: A Christmas tree decorated with glass ornaments, tinsel garland, and round electric lights is standing on a large block of wood in front of the bow window ...
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Christmas Eve

Date: 12 24 1923
Description: A large Christmas tree fills the bay window in the dining room of Herbert P. and Margaret Brumder. There are Christmas gifts arranged around the tree, and ...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1924
Description: A tall, lighted Christmas tree stands in the dining room of the Herbert P. Brumder family residence, 2030 East Lafayette Place. Glass ornaments and tinsel ...
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Christmas Tree

Date: 1924
Description: An electrically lit Christmas tree standing near the bow window in the living room of Herbert and Margaret Brumder, 2030 East Lafayette Place. An abundance...
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Christmas Tree 1939

Date: 12 24 1939
Description: Wrapped gifts are piled on furniture and in a "Commodore" wagon in the Herbert P. Brumder residence at 2030 Lafayette Place. There is a tall lighted Chris...
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Chadbourne Hall Residents Admire Christmas Tree

Date: 12 15 1960
Description: U.W. Chadbourne Hall residents view a Christmas tree put up in the second floor lobby of the dormitory. The State Capitol is in the background. Shown (L-R)...

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