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Breakfast with Santa

Date: 12 21 1963
Description: Unidentified youngster shown enjoying breakfast with Santa at Manchester's Department Store.
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University Club's Assembly Ball

Date: 11 20 1947
Description: Couple attending the University Club's annual Assembly Ball. Standing in front of a Santa Claus decoration are Janet Easum, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Ches...
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American Legion Christmas Party

Date: 12 1982
Description: "Santa Claus shows up at the American Legion Christmas party."
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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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Theresa Lions Christmas Party

Date: 12 08 1992
Description: "Annual Theresa Lions Christmas Party at G & Z's Hall." Santa Claus visits with guests.
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Santa Express Train Ride

Date: 12 05 1964
Description: The Santa Express Train went from Madison to Stoughton and back, with 6,000 children. This view shows some of the enthusiastic parents going along. The man...
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Santa Express Train Ride

Date: 12 05 1964
Description: View of a child sitting in a seat, who is one of 6,000 children riding the Santa Express Train from Madison to Stoughton and back, is shown being greeted b...
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Cat in Rocking Chair

Date: 1905
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger's cat Tramp dressed up in old boys' clothes and sitting in a rocking chair. The cat has its paws on a board that has been placed o...
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Santa Claus Getting Ready for his Journey

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Man dressed as Santa Claus sitting in front of a fireplace in an armchair, lighting his pipe with a candle. His pom-pom hat is hanging over the back of the...
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Christmas Party

Date: 12 14 1931
Description: Group portrait of Leona Wasley's card club's Christmas party, with Aldro Wasley dressed as Santa Claus holding a child.
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Crysteel Electric Range Display

Date: 12 03 1926
Description: Crysteel Electric Range (stove) display at the Park Hotel, with a mannequin and Santa Claus.
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Crysteel Electric Range Display

Date: 12 03 1926
Description: Crysteel Electric Range (stove) display at Park Hotel with mannequin and Santa Claus.
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Drawing Class Taught by Television

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Description: View from back of classroom towards a group of students sitting in desks watching a television and drawing.
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United Automobile Workers Christmas Party

Date: 1945
Description: View from the front of a theater towards children sitting in the audience. Standing in the aisle on the right is a man who is dressed as Santa Claus.
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Dressed in Santa Claus Costume

Date: 12 23 1939
Description: Erich Zastrow dressed in a Santa Claus costume standing in the Krueger living room. He is holding a horn and a cane in his right hand and a sack filled wit...
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Christmas Display

Date: 1925
Description: A tall Christmas tree, a cut-out Santa, and a dollhouse dominate a holiday display in front of the bay window in the dining room of Herbert Paul and Margar...
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Nylon Christmas Tree

Date: 12 12 1965
Description: Portrait of a girl wearing a red top, black pants and pink slippers holding a Santa doll while sitting on the carpet in front of a white nylon Christmas tr...
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Christmas Display

Date: 12 1909
Description: Light from a dormer window illuminates a number of Christmas trees, including a tall and lavishly decorated tree, in the home of George Brumder on Grand Av...
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Brumder Family Christmas

Date: 1925
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert Paul) Brumder, left, is sitting in an armchair in the living room of the family home at 2030 East Lafayette Place. Her childre...
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Christmas 1928

Date: 12 1928
Description: A large Christmas tree, putz (nativity) scene and gifts fill the living room of the Herbert P. Brumder residence, 2030 East Lafayette Place. The tree is d...

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