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Rennebohm Christmas Party

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Group portrait of children and a few adults, dressed in coats and hats, posed with a man dressed as Santa Claus, at Rennebohms Drugstore #12, 2526 Monroe S...
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Denton Family

Date: 12 28 1941
Description: Group portrait of Denton family, showing parents with five daughters, two dolls and a Christmas tree.
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Denton Family

Date: 12 28 1941
Description: Group portrait of Denton family showing parents, five daughters, two dolls, a Christmas tree and a dog.
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Children with Christmas Presents From Hawaii

Date: 12 27 1944
Description: Karen, age 5, Gretchen, age 11, and Kristen, 16 months, daughters of Lt. and Mrs. Eldred Olson with their Christmas presents from Hawaii. They are wearing ...
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Book Week

Date: 11 09 1948
Description: Six children preview new books and historical dolls. Left to right they are: James Scrivner, Paul Ives, Shirley Kleven, Carolyn Watzke, Judy Kay Lemon and ...
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Blessed Sacrament School

Date: 03 22 1949
Description: The Blessed Sacrament Parent Teacher Association sponsored a crafts and hobby show. There were 148 pupils participating with a variety of entries. The winn...
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Washington School Orthopedic Department

Date: 03 31 1949
Description: Taking motherly care of their dolls in the orthopedic department at Washington School are, left to right: Jeanne Laugen, Virginia Czerpinski, and Marian Mc...
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Nakoma Girl Scouts, Troop 42

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: In preparation for Christmas, Girl Scout Troop 42 of Nakoma School made 30 stuffed animals for children at the Washington Orthopedic school, and 100 Christ...
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Summer Visitors

Date: 07 03 1950
Description: Portrait of Martha Lynne Dean, age 5 1/2, with one of her Japanese dolls, and her parents Mrs. and Major William A. Dean, who are returned from Kyoto, Japa...
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Harriet Mead Haas

Date: 12 29 1950
Description: Mrs. Harriet Mead Haas is presented with a doll called "Red Feather Kid" and silver pin for her services to the Madison Community Chest. At left is Francis...
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Family Group

Date: 1905
Description: A group portrait of two women, a man, a boy and a girl posing in a parlor; two other rooms are visible through doorways. The girl is seated in front of a p...
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Children with Christmas Tree

Date: 1900
Description: Three unidentified children sit in chairs in front of a Christmas tree. Two of the children hold dolls; the third holds a push toy. The tree is decorated w...
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Friday Nighters

Date: 1932
Description: Group portrait of John R. Commons and his students during a Friday Nighters gathering at Ho Cheera. There is a doll on the floor at the front of the group ...
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University Club Dance

Date: 12 21 1953
Description: Four youth admire a large Santa Claus doll at the University Club's dance for high school and college-age children of club members. From left, they are: Wi...
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Griggs Album: Three Girls in Winter Jackets

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Description: Three girls posing in winter jackets, hoods, and mittens, standing behind a railing and in front of the door to a building. One of the girls is holding up ...
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Neighborhood House N.B.B.O. Club Scrapbook: Packing Juanita's Suitcase

Date: 12 1937
Description: Members of the N.B.B.O. Club at Neighborhood House, posing with the contents of a suitcase they put together to send to a five-year-old girl in Spain. The ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Orioles Club Scrapbook: Orioles with Their Dolls

Date: 1940
Description: Group portrait of the Orioles, members of a club for ten-year-old girls at Neighborhood House. A former worker at the settlement house then working in a ho...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Orioles Club Scrapbook: Orioles with Dolls and Scrapbooks

Date: 1940
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with members of the Orioles, a girls' club at the settlement house. There are six images of members displ...
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Brownies with Japanese Dolls and Kimonos

Date: 03 10 1958
Description: Eighteen members of Van Hise School's Brownie Troop No. 187 wearing kimonos and Brownie uniforms while watching an adult show a Hina Doll, a ceremonial dol...
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Madison Woman's Club Meeting

Date: 10 07 1960
Description: Mildred Horne, the new president of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs, was honored with a surprise "This is Your Life" program at a recent meeting ...

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