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Cutting Christmas Trees for Market

Date: 1895
Description: A group of loggers at work in the woods with horses and a team of oxen. The men are cutting down fir trees to eventually be sold at market.
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Christmas Ornaments

Date: 1900
Description: A holiday display of German-made Christmas ornaments, possibly in a store window.
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Syl with Christmas Tree

Date: 1900
Description: Syl, son of the photographer, stands next to a Christmas tree surrounded with presents, including a punching-bag, books and boxing gloves.
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Classroom at Christmastime

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view, with desks in the foreground, of an elementary classroom decorated with a Christmas tree near the blackboard, and other holiday decorations,...
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Mr. and Mrs. Alex Krueger

Date: 12 24 1901
Description: Alex Krueger and his wife decorating a Christmas tree in their home. Flash picture.
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Family Gathered Around a Christmas Tree

Date: 1903
Description: A family, two parents and five children, gathered around a decorated Christmas Tree with gifts underneath.
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Dinner Table of Dr. Joseph Smith

Date: 1912
Description: Formally set dining table, perhaps for Christmas dinner, with a small Christmas tree as a centerpiece. Streamers hang over the edges of the table from the ...
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Children Around Christmas Tree

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait of the Ponkratz girls sitting around the Christmas tree. Two girls are sitting on the left, with the older girl holding a doll, and the youn...
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Shirley and a Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1932
Description: Shirley Krueger standing next to an outdoor decorated Christmas tree. Several of her presents are placed at the base of the tree.
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Christmas Mail

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Fred Boyle, clerk at the post office, looks overwhelmed surrounded by a mountain of Christmas parcels to be sorted for shipment overseas to men and women i...
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Kelly Kids at Gimbels

Date: 1951
Description: A group of children meeting Santa at Gimbels. Decorated Christmas trees are next to his chair.
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Christmas Eve

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view of a church service held on Christmas Eve.
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Christmas Tree on Bascom Hill

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view looking east from Lincoln Terrace on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in the foreground and...
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Tannenbaum

Date: 1961
Description: A man and a boy are dragging the Christmas tree they just cut down through the snow. The boy is carrying the ax. They are dressed warmly and the man is wea...
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Wisconsin's 32nd Infantry Division Returns

Date: 12 21 1961
Description: Wisconsin's 32nd Division returns to Madison from Fort Lewis, Washington, on holiday leave.
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Holiday Shopper

Date: 1976
Description: Elderly man pulling a sled loaded with packages and bags. He is wearing a plaid coat. His dog is sniffing the snow. Trees cover a snow covered berm in the ...
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Christmas is Coming

Date: 11 1976
Description: A city worker putting up holiday decorations on a light pole using a telescopic forklift.
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Woman Seated in Touring Car

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Description: A woman dressed for winter weather and seated in the back of a touring car, looks coyly at the photographer. She is surrounded by holiday gifts and package...
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Church Decorated for Christmas

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Description: Interior view of the Old Moravian Church at 6th and Cole Streets decorated for Christmas. There is a very tall Christmas tree behind the pulpit, and other ...

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