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UW Football Dinner

Date: 12 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin's annual football banquet in the Crystal Ballroom of the Loraine Hotel. Speakers of the evening included: back row, L to R: Jack Wi...
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Kiwanis Club Guests

Date: 03 14 1949
Description: Connie Schwoegler, world's champion bowler, and Roundy Coughlin, Wisconsin State Journal columnist, wearing "world champion" hats at a Kiwanis Club ...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Elevated view of citizens of Akron welcoming city champions and visiting celebrities to the All-American Soap Box Derby in front of the Mayflower Hotel. A ...
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East Main Street

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Description: View down East Main Street featuring Mansion Hotel and The Turf Saloon, both rebuilt after the 1905 fire which destroyed the entire block.
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Palmer House Menu

Date: 10 02 1884
Description: Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim...
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Gridiron Club Winter Dinner Menu

Date: 12 10 1949
Description: Gridiron Club menu, mounted on board, with a "Wel-Fair Deal" cartoon by Jim (James Thomas) Berryman with President Truman playing cards and saying to a man...
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Sears, Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 03 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government at a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears Store. Looking out over Lake Mendota ...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government meet at a pre-luncheon gathering at the Edgewater Hotel to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. St...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government meet at the Edgewater Hotel for a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. S...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government at a pre-luncheon gathering at the Edgewater Hotel to celebrate the opening of a new Sears Store. Standin...
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Rexall Christmas in June

Date: 06 04 1959
Description: A man in a pharmacist smock is examining a large toy as two other men are looking on. They are at the Hotel Loraine at a merchandise display for all mercha...
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IH Community Luncheon

Date: 12 17 1962
Description: Men at the head table at the luncheon at the Edgewater Inn Hotel. Caption on back reads: "Mayor Jack Maltester (mayor of San Leandro) presents key to the C...
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Esther Van Wagoner Tufty in Hawaii

Date: 1952
Description: Typewritten note on Royal Hawaiian stationery reads: "Royal Hawaiian, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A. Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, Washington D.C. war correspondent ...

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