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| Date: | 12 22 1956 |
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| Description: | Home of Norman and Ruth Bass, 4216 Mandrake Road, winner of the Christmas outdoor home lighting contest. |
| Date: | 11 21 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Fred Chamberlin, 3475 West Belt Line, demonstrating the preparation and use of a Christmas Advent wreath at the Catholic Information Center, 435 State... |
| Date: | 12 19 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Paul Meyer and children Freddy, Maria, and Elena, 2141 Keyes Avenue, filling a pinata for Maria's fouth birthday party and also Christmas. |
| Date: | 12 17 1955 |
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| Description: | A woman and two men at the refreshment table at the Blackhawk Country Club Christmas party. |
| Date: | 11 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Margaret Horstmeier, nurse's aide at Methodist Hospital, shows a Christmas tree ornament to infant John Monegar. |
| Date: | 01 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Nakoma Welfare League's traditional Twelfth Night Party at Nakoma School. Admiring the snowman table decoration are Mr. & Mrs. William F. (Marguerite) Grim... |
| Date: | 03 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Janet Oldenburg decorating Easter eggs as her sister Nancy is watching. An infant is sitting in a high chair on the right. They are the children of Mr. and... |
| Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Junior Red Cross members making Christmas tree decorations for military service units and hospitals overseas. Arline Whitefoot, on the right, assists a you... |
| Date: | 12 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Unidentified woman seated in a chair next to a decorated Christmas tree with presents underneath. On a table next to the woman are photographs of a soldier... |
| Date: | 12 16 1947 |
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| Description: | June (Mrs. Robert O.) McLean, and her children Roderick and Gwen, putting the finishing touches on a Gingerbread House. |
| Date: | 12 18 1947 |
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| Description: | Fletcher Mills doing a card trick for three children, with a clown looking on, at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Carol Lawton, age 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lawton, 3818 Euclid Avenue, is shown decorating her buggy for the Westmorland Community Association Ju... |
| Date: | 08 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of scene in sanctuary of St. Martin's Catholic Church, during the funeral for Lucille Ballweg, who was the victim of a tornado. |
| Date: | 11 29 1949 |
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| Description: | Five members of various YWCA organizations inspecting decorations to be used in the traditional "Hanging of the Greens" at the YWCA. Seated from left to ri... |
| Date: | 12 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Two women and three men look over Christmas decorations in preparation for the annual Christmas Subscription Dance, an event for university students and yo... |
| Date: | 12 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Tommy, age 7, Kathy, age 3, and Peggy, age 2, children of Willard S. and Mary Ellen Stafford, sitting at the base of their Christmas tree at their residenc... |
| Date: | 01 07 1950 |
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| Description: | Committee members for the Nakoma 12th Night Party gather around a table set with candles and evergreen branches in a banquet room. They are, from left to ... |
| Date: | 04 04 1950 |
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| Description: | Some of the committee members decorate for the first of a series of parties to be given for the teenage children of Nakoma Golf Club. Seated, left to right... |
| Date: | 06 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Front view of the buffet table at the Governor's residence set up to welcome a group of nationally-known travel editors to Wisconsin. Shown is a close-up o... |
| Date: | 07 05 1950 |
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| Description: | Members of the social committee for the Inland Lakes Regatta prepare the decorations at the Maple Bluff Country Club for some of the parties to be held dur... |
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