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Allis School Pre-School and Kindergarten Club

Date: 12 14 1948
Description: Members of the Allis School Pre-School and Kindergarten club in the school auditorium refinishing old toys and making other Christmas gifts for sick and ne...
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Six Members of the East Side Women's Club

Date: 12 14 1948
Description: Six members of the East Side Women's Club with a dollhouse to be given to the chi:ldren at the Morningside sanatorium. Seated in front, left to right, are ...
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Empty Stocking Club Toy Depot

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Three volunteers distributing Christmas gifts at the Wisconsin State Journal Empty Stocking Toy Depot. Volunteers, left to right: Mrs. F.R. (Alice)...
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Mrs. Robert C. (Jean) McGuire and Daughter Jean Anne

Date: 01 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Robert C. (Jean) McGuire, formerly of Oshhosh, and her daughter Jean Anne Shephard, on her hobby horse "Lulabelle," in their home at 4413 Winnequah Ro...
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Mrs. Nelson (Marjorie) Hagan and Her Children

Date: 01 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Nelson (Marjori) Hagan and her two children, Jessica, 5, and Nelson Jr. "Kip," 3, in the home of Mr. Hagan's mother, Mrs. Milo C. Hagan, 153 East Gilm...
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Dr. Elinor Verville

Date: 01 27 1949
Description: Dr. Elinor Verville, left, staff psychologist serving at several of Madison's well-baby centers, discusses with Mrs. Jake Ament her baby's health and behav...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin associate professor Dr. Helen C. Dawe, (right) explaining how stringing colored wooden beads aids children's eye-hand coordination....
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Madison Interracial Sewing Group's Children

Date: 02 15 1949
Description: Children at play while their mothers mended clothes for the Quaker relief project on a regular Tuesday session at the home of Mrs. Hilton E. (Lillian) Hann...
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Dudgeon School Students

Date: 02 15 1949
Description: Johnny Rengstorff looks for a missing hamster near a piano, while Danny Steihl, Susan Lorenz and Phillip Johnson watch. Judy Erb examines the hamster's cag...
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4-H Club Week

Date: 02 26 1949
Description: Mary Henshue, age 10, has just become eligible for 4-H. She is shown sewing doll clothes. She is a member of the Silver Badgers 4-H Club. A dollhouse is on...
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Remodeled Clothes for Displaced Persons

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: West High School pupils Muriel Showers and Anna Pronin watch Pamela Showers, 15 months, and Joan Gmeinder, 7, model two of the outfits that clothing studen...
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Children with Easter Bunnies

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Children of Mr. and Mrs. John Warren Fish dressed in Easter outfits and holding their Easter bunnies. They are Stephanie, age 5; John Jr., age 1; and Sydne...
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Winfield Martin House

Date: 07 27 1949
Description: Interior bedroom in the Winfield Martin house, 2906 Lakeland Avenue. Built as a carriage house for James and Minnie Corry, in 1911, it was remodeled as a r...
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Family Service Agency

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Margaret Mentzner, a fulltime employee of the Family Service Agency, is shown caring and cooking for two small children whose mother is sick and absen...
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Grace Episcopal Church Old Rectory Shop

Date: 11 09 1949
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Rainey arranging a children's corner in the Old Rectory Shop at Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue. The shop is the...
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Stocking Dolls, Rabbits and Cats

Date: 12 07 1949
Description: A display of stocking dolls, rabbits, and cats made by members of the Margaret Street Club for distribution to underprivileged children by the Wisconsin...
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Madison Woman's Club Dresses Dolls

Date: 12 14 1949
Description: The social service department of the Madison Woman's Club display some of the dolls made for the children at the Children's Orthopedic hospital. From left ...
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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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Empty Stocking Club Toy Depot

Date: 12 21 1949
Description: Dozens of contributed stuffed toys are examined by volunteers for The State Journal Empty Stocking Club. In the front row, left to right, are: Alice Shores...
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William S. Stafford Children at Christmas Tree

Date: 12 22 1949
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...

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