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Post-Christmas Shoppers Crowd Downtown Madison Stores

Date: 12 27 1960
Description: Post-Christmas shoppers crowd downtown Madison stores as they return or exchange unwanted Christmas gifts.
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Styrofoam Ball Christmas Ornaments

Date: 10 25 1964
Description: Decorated styrofoam balls for Christmas decorations.
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Christmas Season Activities

Date: 12 11 1954
Description: Louise Frye and her three children prepare for Christmas by making Christmas tree decorations. Left to right: Timothy, age 9; Jeffery, age 7; Louise and El...
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Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 14 1963
Description: One of a series of photographs taken at a YMCA Christmas tree lot on University Avenue for an article about what it's like to be a Christmas tree salesman....
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University League Sponsors Dane County Homecrafters Christmas Fair

Date: 10 06 1965
Description: University League sponsors the annual Dane County Homecrafters traditional Christmas fair, "Christmas Fiesta," held at Scanlan Hall of the Madison Vocation...
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Shoppers Hunt for Post-Christmas Sale Bargains

Date: 12 26 1963
Description: Madison shoppers fill stores looking for post-Christmas sale bargains.
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: A family standing in an aisle looking at Christmas decorations. There is a large Santa Claus balloon is in the foreground.
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Sucker Monocle

Date: 12 28 1962
Description: Jean Meyer plays with the sucker she got at a mother-daugher Christmas holiday tea.
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X-mas Gifts for Children Collected at the State Capitol Rotunda Christmas Tree

Date: 12 22 1960
Description: Christmas gifts are collected around the State Capitol rotunda Christmas tree from state employees to give to developmentally disabled children staying in ...
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Annual Dane County Homemakers Christmas Tea

Date: 12 04 1964
Description: The DeForest and Waunakee Homemakers Clubs were the two hostess groups for the Christmas Tea. Mrs. Edward Murphy and Mrs. Edwin Stremer, both of Waunakee, ...
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Questions about Christmas Gifts

Date: 12 30 1953
Description: Helen Jansky, head of the circulation department at the Madison Free Library, displays a few of the books used to help library patrons use their Christmas ...
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Christmas Tree in Governor's Office

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Four-year-old John Steigerwaldt is putting a decoration on the top of the Christmas tree in the governor's office. He is being held up by Governor Warren K...
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St. Dunstan's Children's Christmas Service

Date: 12 20 1960
Description: St. Dunstan's Episcopal church's Christmas activities include special children's activities. Children will decorate a tree and receive presents from St. Ni...
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Postal Clerks Local 241 January Christmas Party

Date: 01 08 1961
Description: Betty and Nate Hillmer and Joseph and Rosemary Haas stop for the camera. About 85 Post office workers and their wives attended the Christmas party.
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Eating Olives

Date: 12 25 1967
Description: Rita and Mamie Arms eating olives on Christmas Day. They are wearing pajamas and have curlers in their hair.
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Mendota Gardeners Christmas Flower Show

Date: 11 29 1960
Description: Shown discussing an arrangement for the Christmas flower show of the Mendota Gardeners are, left to right, Viola Keller, Fay Stephenson, Ruth Bass (standi...
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Madison Firefighters Local 311 Hosts Christmas Party

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Madison Firefighters Local 311 hosting a Christmas Party in the children's ward of St. Mary's Hospital complete with a visit from Santa Claus. Robert Hoxie...
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Rosa Parks at Clinton Students Gathering

Date: 1956
Description: Rosa Parks attending a Highlander Christmas vacation event for Clinton Black High School Students, the first integrated in the South.
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Zilphia and Thorsten Horton

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Description: Zilphia Horton, with her son, Thorsten, sitting in her lap. A Christmas tree, covered with tinsel, can be seen in the background.
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Madison Junior Woman's Club Children's Party

Date: 12 08 1964
Description: Rickey Dries is highly amused during the Christmas party given by the Madison Junior Woman's Club for their children.

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