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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Junior Red Cross members making Christmas tree decorations for military service units and hospitals overseas. Arline Whitefoot, on the right, assists a you...
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Sophomore Shuffle at Wisconsin High School

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Nancy Fowlkes, left, and Virginia Hammen are shown as they worked on decorations for the Sophomore Shuffle at Wisconsin High School. "With the arrival of s...
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Junior Teen Spring Party Committee

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: Some of the committee members decorate for the first of a series of parties to be given for the teenage children of Nakoma Golf Club. Seated, left to right...
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Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. with Boy Scouts

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Description: Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. participating in a ceremony in front of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin with a large group of Boy Scouts and Boy Scout lead...
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West High School Christmas Tree

Date: 12 17 1953
Description: West High School students Janis Tande, Phyllis Waddell, and Dick Stephen decorate a Christmas tree for a school party.
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Loft Christmas Party

Date: 12 08 1953
Description: Portrait of Larry Brown, West High School student, and Donna Tupper, East High School, seated by Christmas wall decorations at the Loft, a Madison teen org...
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Herold Team of the Milwaukee Turners

Date: 09 21 1886
Description: Twenty-seven young men and George Brosius posing outdoors with sporting equipment. The young men are dressed in short sleeved shirts and pants (possibly an...
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Loft Halloween Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Kent Kildow and Larry Brown are shown adding an extra loop of paper ribbon to the spooky figure on the band stand. Other paper decorations include skeleton...
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West High School Girls' Club Christmas Activities

Date: 12 08 1954
Description: Three girls displaying Christmas decorations that their club had made for the Veterans' Administration Hospital. They are Judy Davis, Heidi Trummer, and Ma...
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Teenagers Gathered for Party

Date: 12 22 1954
Description: Ten teenage girls gather in front of a Christmas tree at the home of Severa Brevik for a skating and supper party.
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Pre-Easter Dancing Party

Date: 03 23 1956
Description: Four classmates and friends from Wisconsin High School admire some of the decorations at a Pre-Easter dancing part held at the Nakoma Golf Club. Left to ri...
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Belgian Exchange Student

Date: 12 10 1956
Description: Georges Thomsin (left), from Liege, Belgium, showing Dick Trappe how Christmas decorations are made in Belgium. Both are students at Monona Grove High Scho...
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West High School May Dance Royalty

Date: 05 11 1957
Description: Thomas Christensen, Sally Canfield, James Fisher, Betty Feig, Lynn Morton, Thomas Stevens, all shown in fancy dress, are the reigning royalty for the West ...
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West High School Valentine Dance

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Connie Platz (left) and Mary Hess (right), decorations chairman and social chairman, prepare for West High School's Valentine dance.
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Edgewood High School Junior-Senior Prom

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: "Cinderella" is the theme of the Edgewood High School Junior-Senior Prom. Members of the poster and publicity committee: Kathy Connell, Darlene DeBower, R...
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Edgewood High School Honor Students

Date: 05 28 1958
Description: Ten scholarship winners in their caps and gowns, honored at a ceremony for Edgewood senior high honor students are, left to right: Thomas Wildeman, Abigail...
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Second Ward School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Second Ward School, South Milwaukee, Wis." A brick and stone two story schoolhouse with the students posing on the sidewalk in front.

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