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Emerson School P.T.A. Anniversary Program

Date: 02 20 1935
Description: Girls dressed in colonial costumes are standing around a table with a birthday cake at the Emerson School P.T.A. 38th anniversary program.
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Burke Anniversary Party

Date: 09 30 1934
Description: Formal group portrait of the extended Burke family taken at 50th wedding anniversary celebration.
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Crowd in front of Praga Furniture Store

Date: 04 08 1931
Description: Crowd in front of Praga Furniture store, 203-207 King Street, at 1st Anniversary celebration. The Fess Hotel sign is along a doorway on the right.
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Randall School Cub Scout Pack 302

Date: 02 19 1948
Description: Cub Scout Den 7 of Pack 302, Randall School, at their annual Blue and Gold banquet. They are with a display that depicts Mickey Mouse and probably Pluto, w...
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Marquette School Pageant

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Six students from Marquette School representing early Wisconsin settlers in Norwegian ethnic costumes performing in the school pageant celebrating Wisconsi...
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Marquette School Pageant

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Nine students from Marquette School representing early Wisconsin settlers in Russian, Polish, and Czechoslovakian ethnic costumes performing in the school ...
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Marquette School Pageant

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Nine students from Marquette School representing early Wisconsin settlers in British Isles costumes performing in the school pageant celebrating Wisconsin'...
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Secretary of Interior Visit

Date: 05 28 1948
Description: Wisconsin's Chairman of the State Highway Commission, James R. Law (left), greeting Secretary of the Interior, Julius A. Krug and his wife and son. They ar...
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First Congregational Church Mortgage Burning

Date: 01 19 1950
Description: Christine, daughter of John E. and Doris Anderson, and church treasurer Russell Sackett participate in a mortgage burning ceremony at First Congregational ...
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First Congregational Church Mortgage Burning

Date: 01 19 1950
Description: Group portrait of the principal participants in a mortgage burning ceremony at First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue. The congregation is cel...
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Chicago and North Western Railway System Anniversary Travel Poster

Date: 1948
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chicago and North Western Railway's 100th Anniversary from 1848 to 1948. The poster features the artist Paul...
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Home of Eric Hattstrom

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Description: Possibly an anniversary group portrait of the couple seated in the center, with four people posed on each side of them. The women in the center holds flowe...
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 30 1951
Description: A crowd of children surround a man with a birthday cake while celebrating the first anniversary of Winkie the elephant's arrival at Vilas Zoo.
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 30 1951
Description: Two men and Vilas Zoo Director Harold Hayes standing with group of children during the celebration of the first anniversary of Winkie the elephant's arriva...
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 28 1952
Description: Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, is led by zoo keepers to summer quarters with many children looking on during a party to celebrate Winkie's birthday and 2n...
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Charles and E. Pearl Dean Anniversary

Date: 05 18 1953
Description: Group portrait of Charles L. and E. Pearl Dean and their family, gathered for the couple's 50th wedding anniversary.
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Dr. Ernest Pohle Entertains Hospital Staff

Date: 09 11 1953
Description: Dr. Ernest Pohle and his wife Marie hosted a buffet lunch for the department of radiology at University Hospitals and the University of Wisconsin Medical S...
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Madison Turners Centennial

Date: 10 06 1954
Description: Children practice a parallel bar routine for the Madison Turners program for their 1955 Centennial Celebration. Left to right on bars: Judy Hoppmann, Eliza...
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Theresa Sesquicentennial

Date: 06 1996
Description: A banner can be seen above a street in Theresa, celebrating the town's sesquicentennial.
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.

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