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Hays School Graduation Cake
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Three young people and one adult woman are sitting around a cake shaped like a book with writing on its open pages. One young man is holding a knife over the cake. Caption reads: "Graduates of the Hays school, 2431 S. 10th st., had their names written in frosting on a cake served at a party for them at the school Wednesday. From left are James Lemke, 2566 S. 9th Pl.; Louise Mrozinski, 1017 W. Lincoln Av.; Miss Hester Mehl, teacher of the class, and Joseph Bartkiewicz, 1409 W. Harrison Av., the class president."
June 14, 1956
Milwaukee journal
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Carpentry Class
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