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Easter Season
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Three boys are pressing their noses to the window of a pet shop on a busy Monroe Street, while viewing five rabbits. Two boys have their thumbs in their ears so as to imitate rabbit ears. The boys are (left to right): John Purucher, age 5; Eric Nelson, age 10; and Lyman Edds, age 10.
April 20, 1957
Stein, Edwin
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Easter Season
April 20, 1957
Coloring Easter eggs at their kitchen table are Sherry Svee, age 8, with her mother, Melba Svee, and father Kenneth Svee who is executive director of the Madison Easter Seal Society.
"Easter Bunnies" Display at Vilas Zoo
April 16, 1954
Rabbits in a special exhibit at Vilas Zoo.
Easter Church-Goers
April 21, 1957
Hundreds of Easter church-goers crowd the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Gorham Street on Sunday morning.
Easter Church-Goers
April 21, 1957
Marvin and Ruth Foster and their children Deborah and David en route to Bethel Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday.
Easter Season
April 20, 1957
Faye Jorgensen is admiring the tall stems and white blossoms of the traditional Easter lily inside a greenhouse.
Children and Easter Lily
October 31, 1948
Admiring a late blooming Easter lily in their yard are the sons of Duane Braund, 2634 Union Street. One of the boys is holding a pet rabbit..
