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New Year's Babies

Date: 12 29 1953
Description: Joanne Butler holding a stuffed lamb. The photograph is one of a series featuring the children born one year ago on New Year's Day of 1953.
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1966
Description: "American Legion Post 270 celebrates Memorial Day."
Photograph

Parade

Date: 05 30 1967
Description: View of a marching band leading a parade down a residential street.
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1967
Description: "This photo, and all the following, were taken on Memorial Day, 1967."
Photograph

Easter Choir

Date: 03 26 1956
Description: Gary Haffner (left), Robert Rennebohm, Robert Monschein, and Stephen Suomi sing in a choir during an Easter service at Luther Memorial Church.
Photograph

Crystal Ball

Date: 1966
Description: "On Groundhog Day, Andrew J. Mueller went out early with his camera and set up a crystal ball to aid the groundhog in his predictions. He set up the camera...
Photograph

Theresa American Legion on Memorial Day

Date: 05 1983
Description: "Theresa American Legion members paid homage to former comrades on Memorial Day at the River Church Cemetery."
Photograph

Girl Scouts Mailing Photographs on Labor Day

Date: 
Description: Girl Scouts of Washington, D.C. celebrate Labor Day by mailing out photographs of the uniform pledge cards of the U.S. Food Administration.
Print

CCC Camp Nine Mile Thanksgiving Dinner Menu

Date: 11 28 1935
Description: Thanksgiving dinner menu from the Civilian Conservation Corps, 641st Company, at Camp Nine Mile, with a profile view of a turkey.
Photograph

Easter Baskets for Sanatorium Patients

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: Kathy Jahnke and Florence Bunbury, members of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority, present Easter baskets to youthful patients at Morningside Sanatorium.
Postcard

Million Dollar Labor Day Parade

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a Labor Day parade with more than thirty identical automobiles in a long line. Crowds are watching from the sidewalk. Caption reads: "Mill...
Photograph

Annual Mad Hat Luncheon

Date: 03 22 1961
Description: Mrs. Edwin H. (Vivian) Tallard, 1133 Edgehill Drive, wearing an inverted waste basket decorated with artificial flowers, birds, bees and butterflies at the...
Manuscript

May Day Rally Flyer

Date: 1974
Description: Flyer advertising a May Day rally in support of public workers to be held at Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Local public worke...
Drawing

Drawing of Gisholt Santa

Date: 1963
Description: Sketch of graphite on board of Gisholt Santa with different kinds of machine parts attached to his body.
Historical Object

Merry Christmas

Date: 
Description: Holiday greeting card with Santa sitting on a wooden box reading a book with a puppy sitting at his feet. The book opens and has text that reads, "And I ho...
Photograph

July Fourth Program for Children

Date: 07 03 1958
Description: A crowd of children holding small flags are assembled in front of Regina Hall at Edgewood College to celebrate the 4th of July.
Photograph

Easter Church-Goers

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: Marvin and Ruth Foster and their children Deborah and David en route to Bethel Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday.
Photograph

Room Decorated for Party

Date: 01 02 1920
Description: Room decorated for party, probably an employee's New Year's Eve party. Paper lanterns are hanging from the ceiling, and the columns are covered with dried ...
Postcard

A Merry Christmas

Date: 1915
Description: Holiday postcard combining wild roses, pine branches, holly and a scene of a church in the snow. The scene is in the lower right, the background is gold an...
Postcard

A Joyous Easter

Date: 1908
Description: Easter postcard with two yellow chicks in a nest surrounded by Forget Me Nots. The nest is on the grass and a sprig of Pussy Willows is behind them. Text o...

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