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| Date: | 01 19 1929 |
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| Description: | Mock Easter display window of Hankscraft egg cooker. |
| Date: | 11 25 1919 |
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| Description: | Kaiser's funeral wagon for parade and bonfire celebrating Armistice Day. |
| Date: | 11 25 1919 |
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| Description: | Submarine float for parade and bonfire celebrating Armistice Day. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with printed wood grain. A box in the center with a white, brown and red border reads: "greetings" with a red star. |
| Date: | 05 30 1904 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph of Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle. The title reads: "Memorial Day in Wisconsin Schools." |
| Date: | 01 18 1929 |
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| Description: | Mock Easter display window with woman demonstrating Hankscraft egg cooker. |
| Date: | 01 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Kresge $1.00 Store, 13 South Pinckney Street, Valentine window display featuring women's clothing. |
| Date: | 01 27 1947 |
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| Description: | H.S. Manchester Inc., department store Valentine Day Berkshire hosiery, nylon stockings, window display. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Holiday card of three candles with two decorative halos behind them. Metallic silver frame. Text in lower right corner reads: "Glad Tidings." Printed in re... |
| Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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| Description: | A woman overlooks the Labor-at-the-Lakefront festival next to a banner that reads "Buy Union," "Buy Made in USA," and "Keep the Heart of America Beating." |
| Date: | 09 06 1988 |
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| Description: | A young girl listens to a speech at the Racine Laborfest. She holds a balloon imprinted with the slogan, "Buy Union Buy American." |
| Date: | 04 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Display window at Sam's Liquor Shop, 422 North Street, featuring a rabbit holding a bottle of Roma wine "for your Easter entertainment." |
| Date: | 03 17 1946 |
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| Description: | Display window at Cocoran's Tavern, 2605 University Avenue, featuring rabbits holding bottles of Roma wine "for your Easter dinner." |
| Date: | 01 26 1945 |
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| Description: | Kresge $1.00 Store, located at 13 South Pinckney Street, with a window display of Valentine cards and folders. |
| Date: | 01 18 1929 |
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| Description: | A woman demonstrates how to use a Hankscraft egg cooker in a mock Easter display window with Easter bunnies and Easter eggs. |
| Date: | 05 26 1997 |
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| Description: | "Memorial Day veterans — Del McKinney, Rudy Heinecke, Ralph Widmer, Virgil Krueger, Ken Schenning, Ralph Ruecker and Les Beck." |
| Date: | 04 17 1965 |
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| Description: | Hanna Fritz building an Easter Rabbit out of snow after a snowfall of 2 inches in mid-April. |
| 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: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Holiday card with a white star on a red background. A lantern with a lit candle and pine branches are inside the star. The word "Greetings" appears in the ... |
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