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Harnischfeger Food Drive

Date: 03 1946
Description: Harnischfeger workers aren't on strike but they do their bit every week to help those who are. This picture was taken at the end of a regular Wednesday mo...
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Mr. Bellam and George O'Connell

Date: 10 14 1931
Description: Mr. Bellam and George O'Connell discuss the "Forget-Me-Not" campaign for Disabled American Veterans.
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Collection of Food for Salvation Army

Date: 12 23 1930
Description: Collection of food for Salvation Army. Shows four men, two in uniform, and two wearing suits, in the Strand theater lobby.
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War Chest Workers

Date: 10 11 1944
Description: Three female war chest workers seated at a table sort war chest printed material. The wall in the background is covered with Madison War Chest posters. M...
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Community War Chest Office

Date: 1945
Description: Three women work in the Community War Chest office. One of the women is typing and one is about to use the telephone. A sign on the wall behind the women r...
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War Chest Day's Pay Pledge

Date: 10 04 1945
Description: Madison Building and Construction Trades workers on the job at the Hoofer Glass Co. take time out to sign their pledge cards for one day's pay to the Madis...
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its...
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Joe Rothschild and Barbara L'Hommedieu

Date: 03 30 1945
Description: Joe Rothschild, Dane county chairman of the United National Clothing Collection, is shown receiving a donation from Barbara L'Hommedieu, daughter of Mr. an...
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Cub Scouts and Roundy Coughlin

Date: 06 06 1945
Description: Group of Cub Scouts presenting two checks to Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin, sports writer of the Wisconsin State Journal.
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War Chest Day's Pay Pledge

Date: 10 04 1945
Description: Group portrait of Madison Building and Construction Trades workers signing pledge cards to donate one day's pay (about $12) to Madison War Chest campaign.
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 09 11 1947
Description: Group portrait of the Attic Angel Association meeting at the Visiting Nurse Service headquarters, 418 West Mifflin Street. Left to right: Mrs. Walter A. (D...
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Madison Jaycettes

Date: 01 28 1948
Description: Members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary, "Jaycettes," addressing 3000 letters to be mailed to Dane County residents as part of a fund ...
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Roundy Coughlin and Children

Date: 01 31 1948
Description: Roundy Coughlin, sports columnist for the Wisconsin State Journal, accepting a check from four children for his Fun Fund. Pictured left to right: Ke...
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Women Volunteers for the Community Chest

Date: 09 04 1948
Description: Mrs. Jerome H. (Helen) Coe and Mrs. Wayne K. Loveland, who are two members of the Madison Community Chest campaign headquarters staff, shown at the office ...
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Yule Collections

Date: 12 23 1948
Description: Dorothy Blank receiving donated money for the Empty Stocking Club from newspaper carrier boy Gordon Schaaf in front of a Christmas tree.
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Roundy Coughlin and his "Roundy's Fun Club" Parking Meter

Date: 01 05 1949
Description: Roundy Coughlin, Wisconsin State Journal sports reporter, standing with the parking meter he uses to raise money for his "Roundy's Fun Club" for han...
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Roundy Coughlin and Bernard Gill

Date: 01 14 1949
Description: Roundy Coughlin, right, turning over to Bernard Gill, secretary of Roundy's Fun Fund, a check for $4,000.25. This money is used for the handicapped childre...
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Charity Contribution Container in Sheriff's Office

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: Sheriff Herman P. Kerl, and Sally Penfield, with the four-gallon glass bottle for collecting donations to the "State Journal" Empty Stocking club, the Kidd...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Portrait of Francis F. Bowman Jr., chair of the 1949 Madison Community Chest budget committee. Mr. Bowman is a mining engineer with the Mesabi-Mineral Asso...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Attorneys John Brickhouse and James Karn, members of the 1949 Madison Community Chest budget committee, standing on the steps of the Dane county court hous...

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