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Fred R. Zimmerman Christmas Card

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Description: Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman's Christmas card.
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Employees at Office Christmas Party

Date: 12 1928
Description: International Harvester employees standing around a Christmas tree and Santa Claus during an office party. Many of the workers are wearing party hats and s...
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Packing Christmas Boxes for Soldiers

Date: 09 08 1944
Description: Elevated view of a large group of state employees are standing at long tables laden with items to be packed into Red Cross Christmas boxes for soldiers. Th...
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Governor Schmedeman and Christmas Basket

Date: 12 20 1933
Description: Governor Schmedeman presenting Christmas basket provided by the Volunteers of America to Mrs. Catherine Schwartz and daughter, Frances. Captain George Lawt...
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World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Three women buying war bonds at Manchester's Department Store while two clerks ring up the sale. The three women are all wearing fur coats, as it is a spec...
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Woman Buying War Bond from Santa Claus

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Woman buying a war bond from Santa Claus, who was helping other Manchester employees wait on crowds of purchasers at the bonds-only sale on the store's mai...
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Congressional Delegation

Date: 12 1979
Description: Members of the Wisconsin congressional delegation at the lighting of the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree, with Speaker of the House Tip O'Neal. Left to right, ...
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Congressman Thomas Petri and Senator Chilsen

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Description: Wisconsin Republican Congressman Thomas Petri and State Senator Walter John Chilsen pose in front of the national christmas tree. The tree came from Northe...
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Moose Club Christmas Party

Date: 1956
Description: Four women in front of a Christmas tree at the Moose Club Christmas party.
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Joe McCarthy Christmas Greeting

Date: 12 1954
Description: The 1954 Christmas card of Jeanne and Joseph R. McCarthy, mailed at about the time he was censured by the Senate. Handwritten on the inside the card says,...
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Madison Woman's Club with Dolls

Date: 12 10 1947
Description: Madison Woman's Club members presenting 50 dolls to Orthopedic Hospital (Children's Hospital, a part of Wisconsin General Hospital). L to R: Mary E. Seybol...
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Planning for Christmas Subscription Ball

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Four young Madisonians working on arrangements for the second annual Christmas subscription ball. L to R: Carol Sisk, Robert Samp, Max Dunn and Virginia Ra...
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Shriner Yule Party

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm sitting with a young boy at the Madison Shriners yule party at the Washington Orthopedic School, 545 West Dayton Street.
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Cub Scout Party

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Description: Santa Claus handing out presents at a Christmas party for Wisconsin Rapids Cub Scouts.
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Cub Scouts at Christmas Tree

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Ten cub scouts from Cub Pack 319 placing gifts for less fortunate boys and girls under a Christmas tree at Marquette School. Standing, left to right, are J...
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The Novaks at the White House

Date: 12 16 2004
Description: Robert and Geraldine Novak with President and Mrs. George W. Bush at a holiday reception at the White House.
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Christmas Seals

Date: 11 26 1949
Description: Gov. Oscar Rennebohm presenting a check for his contribution to the 1949 Madison Christmas Seal sale to Esther Hermsen of the Madison Tuberculosis Associat...
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Rennebohms Moving to New Governor's Residence

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: Sixteen employees of the Rennebohm Drug Company carry miscellaneous furnishings from the old executive residence to the new one in Maple Bluff. The "moving...
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Women of the Moose Lodge Christmas Activities

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Women of the Moose Lodge brought gifts to a party at the Lodge to be sent to "Moosehaven" in Miami, Florida. Pictured are, left to right: Mrs. Edith Meier,...
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Ruth and Jim Doyle Christmas Card

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Description: Christmas card sent by Ruth and James E. Doyle Sr. Although undated, the photograph on the card was taken before the birth of their fourth child. The littl...

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