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Hill's Department Store Employees Party
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Group portrait of Hill's Dry Goods Store employees at dinner dance party, Schenk's Hall, 2028 Atwood Avenue. A woman sitting in the center, a woman standing on the left, and a woman standing in the back row are holding trophies. Caption in The Capital Times: "About 150 employees of Hill's store and their families took part in a dinner-dance at Schenk's Hall Monday night. The group is pictured above. Dinner was served at 7:30 p.m. and dancing was from 9 to 12. Mrs. Margaret Higbee was awarded a two-day trip to the Century of Progress Exposition for her high sales record."
May 29, 1933
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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