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Cheese Day
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Group of people posing among round wood cheese boxes on a flatbed truck decorated as a float in the Cheese Day Parade. One person holds a sign that says: "Lakota Camp for Girls," and another sign says: "Wisconsin Stands on Top." One girl wears a sash that says: "Wisconsin" and other girls wear sashes for other states. The sign passenger side door reads: "John Kirkpatrick Inc., Wholesale Cheese." Spectators are watching from the sidewalk on the right.
October 24, 1930
Gillett, Sherwin
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W013GQ7
WHi 101661
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Man sitting in driver's seat of a Skelly Truck promoting itself with banners and streamers. In the background on the right is a church.
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A line of clowns and assorted pantomime animals dressed up for Cheese Day. The animals include; a horse, a woodchuck, a bear, a giraffe and an elephant. A man dresses as a police officer is standin...
Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)
1930
Waist-up studio portrait of Lorin Gillett at approximately 15 years of age.
