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Holiday Charity Doubleheaders

Date: 12 04 1951
Description: The East High School basketball team plays in the Holiday Doubleheader games at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. This is the seventh annual...
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East High School Junior Red Cross Gift Box Drive

Date: 12 05 1951
Description: Members of the East High School Junior Red Cross Gift Box Drive committee gather around one of the posters that urged student participation. From left are:...
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Business and Professional Womens' Club Christmas Party

Date: 12 05 1951
Description: Members of the Business and Professional Women's Club stand beside a display of the many gifts to be donated to various organizations providing care for ch...
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Cub Scouts Pack Donated Toys to Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 07 1951
Description: Members of Cub Scout Pack #304, sponsored by St. Mark's Lutheran Church, place toys under their Christmas tree that will be donated to the Empty Stocking C...
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Lowell School Cub Scouts With Christmas Toys

Date: 12 15 1951
Description: Four members of the Lowell School cub scout pack are shown with toys they have collected and repaired for the Wisconsin State Journal's Empty Stocki...
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Empty Stocking Club Toy Depot

Date: 12 17 1951
Description: Individuals standing beside a table laden with a collection of one hundred sixty dolls and stuffed animals collected at a square dance for the Wisconsin...
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: Ann E. Boberschmidt, Edgewood College sophomore, is shown wearing a necklace and sweater. She was stricken with polio in November of 1945, paralysing her l...
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Madison Mothers March on Polio

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Mrs. Robert Fletcher, 3304 Wallace Avenue, holds one of the large March of Dimes containers seen in Madison business places this month. Mrs. Fletcher is on...
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Madison Mothers March on Polio

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Kathrine M. Johnson, 820 Jenifer Street, maps out a small portion of the central section of the city for which she is responsible during the March of Dimes...
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March of Dimes Charity Ball

Date: 01 10 1952
Description: Portrait of four men, one of whom is probably Mayor George Forster, from the March of Dimes campaign. They seem to be giving the Mayor a ticket to the Char...
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Easter Seal Tea

Date: 02 16 1952
Description: Four ladies are admiring the centerpiece at the tea held at the Memorial Union in honor of the members of the University League who volunteered to address ...
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Doreen Scales

Date: 02 16 1952
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Harold E. (Doreen) Scales, the general chairman for the "Jaycettes" fashion show to aid children with cerebral palsy.
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Youngsters Sort Easter Seal Envelopes

Date: 02 23 1952
Description: Members of the University League address and seal the Easter Seal Drive envelopes. Some of the children of the members sort the envelopes by postal zone. T...
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Alpha Chi Omegas Sorority Project

Date: 02 19 1952
Description: Four members of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority make "self help" training boards to be used by spastic children being treated at the new Cerebral Palsy clinic...
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40 et 8 Presents $600 to Child Charities

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: Representatives of four child welfare organizations receive annual fund presentations from the officers of Dane County Voiture 683 of the 40 et 8 at Legion...
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Musicians Ball Proceeds

Date: 03 01 1952
Description: A check for the net proceeds of the Musicians Ball is presented to R.W. Bardwell, chairman of Dane County March of Dimes organization. At left is L.T. Midl...
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Male Almshouse

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Description: Exterior view of the Male Almshouse, a home for the aged and ill. The brick structure is lined with windows, and two adults walk past to the left of the h...
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Female Almshouse

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Description: Exterior view of the Female Almshouse, a home for the aged and ill. A woman stands outside the door, and a telephone pole stands to the right of the buildi...
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Easter Seals to Help the Handicapped

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Description: Robert S. Allen, a well-known journalist who lost his arm while serving during World War II, purchases Easter Seals from a handicapped girl. Allen was act...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Funds received from the sale of Easter seals each spring provide the taxi service necessary to tranport the handicapped members of the Happy Hours club to ...

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