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Policing the Grounds
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View of a woman crouching down and pulling weeds from a flower bed and putting them into a bushel basket. Caption reads: "Policing the grounds was the assignment of Mrs. Arthur P. [Gail] Meissner, 4718 N. Woodburn St., Whitefish Bay."
May 22, 1962
Koshollek, George P., Jr.
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Camp Sidney Cohen Clean-up
May 22, 1962
Women are walking to and from a parked bus, some of them carrying boxes and bags of books. Caption reads: "Mrs. Theodore L. [Ann] Albert, 404 E. Apple Tree Rd., Fox Point, carted a load of books fr...
The Linen Closet
May 22, 1962
One woman is handing folded linens to another woman while they are standing in a large closet. Caption reads: "The linen closet received a thorough going over by Mrs. Jerome H. Schwarz (left), 8316...
Green Thumbs Were Put to Work
May 22, 1962
Three women are standing in a forest. One woman is holding the handle of a tool, and the other two are holding seedlings. Caption reads: "Green thumbs were put to work recently when members of the ...
Hotdog Cookout
May 15, 1965
Girl Scouts cooking hotdogs over an open fire. The Great Blue Heron council weekend campout was held at Hartland Sportsman's Club grounds.
Children and Apple Barrel
1953
Several children are gathered outdoors around a bushel basket filled with apples, taking as many apples as they can. Caption reads: "School children posed for Apple Institute promotion photo, 1953 ...
Electric Hair
January 10, 1966
Gail Lukas' hair stands on end when she places her hand on a Van de Graalf generator in a demonstration by the Atomic Energy Commission for junior high school students.
