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| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Faye Jorgensen is admiring the tall stems and white blossoms of the traditional Easter lily inside a greenhouse. |
| Date: | 04 28 1935 |
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| Description: | First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant "At Dawning," with a large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel. |
| Date: | 05 12 1934 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of ten Norwegian folk dancers in costume, coached by John Odden, and Harold Smedal holding a Hardanger violin, who will perform for the Sons... |
| Date: | 03 31 1933 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Dill, Mary Flynn, and Sarah Ann Wiley, in the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, 209 State Street, modeling clothing from Kessenich's Easter collectio... |
| Date: | 12 31 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people drinking coffee and being served donuts on New Year's Eve at the Strand Theater. In the center is a sign for the "Just Imagine" movie. |
| Date: | 02 08 1944 |
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| Description: | Audrey Walsh and her sons, David and John, looking at Valentines. John J. Walsh, the boys' father, is the boxing coach at the University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 04 05 1944 |
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| Description: | Whitney Mason Gould, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stevens Gould, 712 Rogers Street, with a stuffed rabbit illustrating traditional Easter gifts for children. |
| Date: | 03 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Jane and Janet Brandenburg, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. (Marian) Harold Brandenburg, 4134 Hiawatha Drive, posing in their identical Easter outfits. |
| Date: | 03 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Byron and Dale Johnson, sons of Dr. and Mrs. Everett (Elsa) Johnson, 2226 Commonwealth Avenue, examining the contents of their Easter basket. |
| Date: | 06 12 1947 |
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| Description: | William C. Lathers, Jr., 216 Virginia Terrace, and his five children opening gifts on Fathers' Day. Children are, left to right: Marilyn, Jack, Ellyn Ann, ... |
| Date: | 12 1971 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth and Katherine Davey and Curtis Liposcak use their creative talents to wrap Christmas gifts under the supervision of Peggy Davey, a member of Wome... |
| Date: | 04 11 1952 |
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| Description: | Rentschler's Greenhouse employee, Otto Wagner, holds Harold Kautzer, Jr., a 3-year-old neighborhood boy, to see and smell the easter lilies grown there. |
| Date: | 05 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Part of the crowd gathered on the Capitol Square in Madison to watch the Memorial Day parade. |
| Date: | 05 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Two veterans with a confederate flag in front of Confederate Rest in Forest Hill Cemetery during Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies. |
| Date: | 12 29 1953 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 03 26 1956 |
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| Description: | Gary Haffner (left), Robert Rennebohm, Robert Monschein, and Stephen Suomi sing in a choir during an Easter service at Luther Memorial Church. |
| Date: | 04 01 1961 |
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| Description: | Kathy Jahnke and Florence Bunbury, members of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority, present Easter baskets to youthful patients at Morningside Sanatorium. |
| Date: | 03 22 1961 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Edwin H. (Vivian) Tallard, 1133 Edgehill Drive, wearing an inverted waste basket decorated with artificial flowers, birds, bees and butterflies at the... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 03 1958 |
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| Description: | A crowd of children holding small flags are assembled in front of Regina Hall at Edgewood College to celebrate the 4th of July. |
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