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| Date: | 1966 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 1983 |
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| Description: | "Theresa American Legion members paid homage to former comrades on Memorial Day at the River Church Cemetery." |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 11 28 1935 |
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| Description: | Thanksgiving dinner menu from the Civilian Conservation Corps, 641st Company, at Camp Nine Mile, with a profile view of a turkey. |
| 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: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Sketch of graphite on board of Gisholt Santa with different kinds of machine parts attached to his body. |
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| 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... |
| 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. |
| Date: | 04 21 1957 |
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| Description: | Marvin and Ruth Foster and their children Deborah and David en route to Bethel Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday. |
| Date: | 01 02 1920 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| 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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| Description: | Watercolor valentine written by a young man and given to one of the daughters of Louis Dousman, probably Violet or Virginia. |
| Date: | 10 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Pictured are (L to R): Kenneth Chorly (Pres. of Colonial Williamsburg), Dr. Tom D. Rowe (Chair of National Pharmacy Week), and Robert P. Fischelis (Secret... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Five children dressed in Halloween costumes with jack-o-lanterns hanging overhead. Two of them are Robert J. Taylor's daughters, Ellen and Donna Taylor. |
| Date: | 03 30 1934 |
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| Description: | Fifteen YWCA Girl Reserves sitting around a table coloring Easter eggs and putting them in small baskets to be distributed to crippled children at the Wisc... |
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