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Santa Claus at Madison General Hospital

Date: 12 15 1965
Description: During a visit to the pediatric ward at Madison General Hospital, Santa Claus presents Steven Gundlach with a Christmas gift. Members of Firefighters Union...
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Santa Claus at Madison General Hospital

Date: 12 15 1965
Description: During a visit to the pediatric ward at Madison General Hospital, Santa Claus is presenting Steven Gundlach with a Christmas gift. Members of Firefighters ...
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Employee Christmas Party at Madison City-County Building

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Employee Christmas Party at the City-County Building. A group of women is shown opening Christmas presents.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary Party

Date: 02 07 1950
Description: Wrapping prizes for the 5th annual benefit card party are members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycettes) auxiliary. The party will complete...
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Edgewood High School Students Collect Presents for Children of Migrant Laborers

Date: 12 23 1959
Description: Members of Madison Edgewood High School collect Christmas presents for children of migrant laborers at Endeavor in central Wisconsin. Students brought pres...
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Edwin Stein Family on Christmas Morning

Date: 12 25 1958
Description: Christmas morning at the Edwin Stein home picturing the children Laurie and Jimmy, wife Donna and mother Ida Stein opening presents.
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Christmas Seal Campaign

Date: 11 18 1947
Description: Mrs. James (Jane) Wilkie with her children, Sara, James, and William, shown wrapping presents using tuberculosis seals.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Yule Tree

Date: 12 21 1953
Description: Sandra Hughes placing a gift under the Yule tree installed in the rotunda of the State Capitol.
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Women of the Moose Christmas Party

Date: 10 18 1951
Description: Pictured at the annual Women of the Mooses' "Christmas party" with some of the gifts to be given to children of Mooseheart, Illinois are, at left, Mrs. Her...
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Christmas with Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1954
Description: Josephine Chance (lower right), of Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, is shown wrapping presents for "Boxing Day," a December 26th observance day on which Engli...
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William C. Lathers, Jr. and Children

Date: 06 12 1947
Description: William C. Lathers, Jr., 216 Virginia Terrace, and his five children opening gifts on Fathers' Day. Children are, left to right: Marilyn, Jack, Ellyn Ann, ...
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Wrapping Gifts

Date: 12 1971
Description: Elizabeth and Katherine Davey and Curtis Liposcak use their creative talents to wrap Christmas gifts under the supervision of Peggy Davey, a member of Wome...
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Dane County Homemakers Display Gift Wrapping Ideas

Date: 12 04 1959
Description: One of the ideas for gift wrapping presented at the Dane County Homemakers annual Christmas tea includes this poodle made of black ribbed paper ribbon.
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Girls Wrapping a Christmas Gift

Date: 12 17 1956
Description: The children of Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Reppen, 2801 Sylvan Avenue, wrapping a Christmas gift. The children are, left to right: Sherri Lynn, 1; Karen, 5; a...
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Dane County Homemakers Display Gift Wrapping Ideas

Date: 12 04 1959
Description: One of the gift wrapping ideas shown at the Dane County Homemakers annual tea is a Santa wrap for a cylinder shape, made of cloth, foil, felt and cotton.
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Dane County Homemakers Display Gift Wrapping Ideas

Date: 11 04 1959
Description: One of the gift wrapping ideas presented at the Dane County Homemakers annual Christmas tea includes a wrapping for a child's gift which includes a jump ro...
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Lemmer Family with Christmas Gifts

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Kenneth Lemmer Jr., sitting in a high chair, is playing with a Christmas tree ornament. His mother Katherine Lemmer is wrapping Christmas presents at a tab...
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Children and Christmas Gifts

Date: 12 19 1950
Description: Jeffery, age 10, Leslie, 6, and Kurt, 3, children of Dr. Leslie and Jean Antonius, hold wrapped Christmas gifts while standing in front of their home at 32...
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Who's New Club

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Members of the arrangements committee for the Who's New Club annual spring dance to be held at the Club Chanticleer. From left are: Marie Shrout, Mrs. Vern...
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Wrapping Christmas Packages

Date: 12 21 1944
Description: Mrs. Don Wheeler wrapping a package for mailing at the USO Center for Glen Barnes, a V-12 student at the University of Wisconsin Naval Training School.

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