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Flower and Leaf Valentine

Date: 1855
Description: Valentine's Day card with a flower and large leaf. A verse is printed on the leaf. It reads: "Vainly shall we list for voices, made by absence doubly dear,...
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I Love But Thee

Date: 1908
Description: Valentine's Day postcard of a basket of Forget Me Not flowers with a blue bow. A dachshund is peering out of the flowers. At the top is the text: "I Love b...
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You've Completely Turned My Head Doggonit!

Date: 1925
Description: Valentine's Day card featuring a puppy whose head is on a metal eyelet and paper spring so his head will spin all the way around. The text: "You've complet...
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Valentine Shoe

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Description: Valentine's Day card of a blue shoe with stockings, but without laces. On the inside (not shown) is a woman in a long dress with her arms resting on a fenc...
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Lucky Me... Knowing Wonderful You!

Date: 1965
Description: Valentine's Day card with the popular Peanuts character, Snoopy, dancing on it. In a heart at the top the text "Lucky Me... Knowing Wonderful You!' appears...
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Fourth of July Crowd

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Description: A crowd gathers on the pier and on the shore during a Fourth of July festival. Shops can be seen beyond the wharf. Published by Hall's Bookstore.
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Memorial Day

Date: 1968
Description: "Memorial Day."
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Memorial Day

Date: 1968
Description: "American Legion Post 270 members assemble on the bridge on Memorial Day."
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Christmas Day Presents

Date: 12 25 2011
Description: Robert “Rocky” Skifton with his grandson Christopher Roberts (right) and son Danny (left) on Christmas.
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 1993
Description: "Legionnaires Hubert Oechsner, Pete Bodden, Rudy Heinecke, Rueben Beck, Ralph Widmer, and Paul Koll stand at attention on Memorial Day."
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 26 1997
Description: "Memorial Day veterans — Del McKinney, Rudy Heinecke, Ralph Widmer, Virgil Krueger, Ken Schenning, Ralph Ruecker and Les Beck."
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Flag Burning Ceremony

Date: 11 1995
Description: Gordon Allison, Gary Erdmann, and other members of American Legion Post 270 take part in a flag burning ceremony to commemorate Veteran's Day.
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Gene Koll

Date: 01 2000
Description: On New Year's Eve, Gene Koll, Vice President and Branch Manager of TSB Bank, Theresa, worked very late into the night compiling year-end data and watching ...
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State Capitol Cafe St. Patrick's Day Dinner Menu

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Description: One-page St. Patrick's Day menu from the cafe in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with a drawing of a view of the capitol from the southeast, captioned, "Under...
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Hanna Fritz Builds Easter Rabbit Out of Snow

Date: 04 17 1965
Description: Hanna Fritz building an Easter Rabbit out of snow after a snowfall of 2 inches in mid-April.
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Creating Holiday Centerpieces

Date: 12 10 1965
Description: Cleo Morschauser, sitting, is demonstrating techniques in creating holiday centerpieces in the Christmas workshop at Olds Garden Center. Watching are, left...
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"A Happy '80. Ohio Joy to All"

Date: 1980
Description: A baby, probably representing the New Year, is depicted wearing a diaper and holding a baby bottle that reads "Jo Beer." The text reads: "A Happy '80. Ohio...
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Easter Church-Goers

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: Hundreds of Easter church-goers crowd the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Gorham Street on Sunday morning.
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Easter Church-Goers

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: Mrs. Donald Knutson feeds her daughter Christine a bottle in a pew during the Easter service at Bethel Lutheran Church.
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Faye Jorgensen is admiring the tall stems and white blossoms of the traditional Easter lily inside a greenhouse.

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