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Getting Ready for Christmas
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Making an attractive Christmas picture, Janet Woodman holds her baby son, Douglas Shaw, in the center of a huge pine wreath hanging in a doorway.
December 16, 1947
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Getting Ready for Christmas
December 16, 1947
June McGovern is reading The Night Before Christmas to her children Diane, Jill and Jackie.
Vinje Christmas Tree
December 1947
The living room of the Arthur Vinje home at 2800 Mason Street, with the family Christmas tree and other holiday decorations.
Lemmer Family with Christmas Gifts
December 16, 1947
Kenneth Lemmer Jr., sitting in a high chair, is playing with a Christmas tree ornament. His mother Katherine Lemmer is wrapping Christmas presents at a table near a built-in cabinet.
Getting Ready for Christmas
December 16, 1947
June (Mrs. Robert O.) McLean, and her children Roderick and Gwen, putting the finishing touches on a Gingerbread House.
Planning for Christmas Subscription Ball
December 16, 1947
Four young Madisonians working on arrangements for the second annual Christmas subscription ball. L to R: Carol Sisk, Robert Samp, Max Dunn and Virginia Rayne.
Christmas Advent Wreath
November 21, 1955
Mrs. Fred Chamberlin, 3475 West Belt Line, demonstrating the preparation and use of a Christmas Advent wreath at the Catholic Information Center, 435 State Street.
