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Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor Celebrates Birthday with His Staff

Date: 12 15 1960
Description: Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor celebrates his birthday with his staff at a luncheon at the Hotel Loraine. Proctor turns 69 on December 18, 1960. He has been...
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Bauhs Twins' Birthday

Date: 1948
Description: Two women smile and look at a cake; one is holding a knife. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1947-9. Two ladies known as the "Bauhs twins" on their 83rd birth...
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Photographs of Children Sharing the Birthday of the Wisconsin State Journal

Date: 01 26 1959
Description: Jacqueline Kramer, who turned 10-years-old on February 1, 1959. Her birthday was the same as the debut of the Wisconsin State Journal. The photograp...
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Photographs of Children Sharing the Birthday of the Wisconsin State Journal

Date: 01 26 1959
Description: Lester Smith, who turned 10-years-old on February 1, 1959. His birthday was the same as the debut of the Wisconsin State Journal. The photograph was...
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Photographs of Children Sharing the Birthday of the Wisconsin State Journal

Date: 01 26 1959
Description: Laurell Price, who turned 10-years-old on February 1, 1959. Her birthday was the same as the debut of the Wisconsin State Journal. The photograph wa...
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Photographs of Children Sharing the Birthday of the Wisconsin State Journal

Date: 01 26 1959
Description: John Burris, who turned 10-years-old on February 1, 1959. His birthday was the same as the debut of the Wisconsin State Journal. The photograph was ...
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Photographs of Children Sharing the Birthday of the Wisconsin State Journal

Date: 01 26 1959
Description: Barbara Gleason, who turned 10-years-old on February 1, 1959. Her birthday was the same as the debut of the Wisconsin State Journal. The photograph ...
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Mary Burke and Jane Matteson

Date: 06 1996
Description: Mary Burke and lifelong friend Jane Matteson sitting in a covered golf cart during a tour near Spring Green, Wisconsin during Mary's 80th birthday celebrat...
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Happy Birthday Bertha

Date: 08 08 1977
Description: Mary Griggs Burke dressed in a white fringe dress while twirling in a clearing in the woods at Forest Lodge. The photograph was a gift from Mary's cousin E...
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Celebrating Ninety-nine Years

Date: 07 05 1958
Description: Two ninety-nine-year-olds celebrate together. At left is Mary Nobbs, who turned 99 in May, talking with Ella Stevenson on her 99th birthday. A birthday pot...
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Junior Red Cross Blood Drive Recruitment

Date: 05 29 1958
Description: Dick Johnson, center, with a birthday cake, being honored as the first blood donor recruited by the Junior Red Cross "18 Club. At left is Carla Helmus, Eas...
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Surprise Birthday Card

Date: 10 04 1981
Description: Overhead view of a man standing on a lawn. He is holding up 5 fingers on one hand and making a zero with the other. On his lawn someone has painted "50 TOM...
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McGruer Baby

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: Hugh Fraser McGruer sitting on a sofa (on first birthday). He was born on Thanksgiving Day, 1930.
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Children's Birthday Party

Date: 09 25 1930
Description: Group portrait of children at a birthday party. Taken for Mrs. Griffith. Eleven children are sitting in child-sized chairs around a table with a birthday c...
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Children at WIBA Radio Station

Date: 05 22 1931
Description: 350 children and Uncle Bob at WIBA radio station for Uncle Bob's 23rd birthday party. Uncle Bob was host of Kayo Kiddies program.
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Birthday Party Group

Date: 02 26 1944
Description: Group portrait of 14 young men taken in a living room at a birthday party (for Connie J. Lewis ?), with a dog, and four of the young men holding puppies. P...
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Children's Birthday Party

Date: 10 31 1932
Description: Children's birthday party. Taken for Mrs. Louis McGann. Shows children's room decor, small table with five children sitting around it.
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Emma Boyum Blowing Candles on Birthday Cake

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Description: Emma Boyum, Sid's mother, is sitting in a rocking chair in a living room. She is blowing out the candles on a birthday cake which is on a small table in fr...
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Emma Boyum with Birthday Cake

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Description: Emma Boyum, Sid's mother, is sitting in a rocking chair in a living room. A birthday cake with candles is on a small table in front of her.
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Birthday Party at Easter

Date: 04 11 1931
Description: Birthday party for 4-year-old child. Shows 14 children, Easter Bunny chair, and Easter decorations.

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