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Children's Picnic at the Beach

Date: 1950
Description: Woman with children grilling hot dogs and wieners at the beach.
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Children Eating at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 09 1931
Description: Children eating at Kiddie Camp.
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View of the Dining Table

Date: 1876
Description: "View of the Dining Table" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views", showing a long banquet tab...
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Business and Professional Women Scholarship Party

Date: 02 02 1955
Description: Estah Cummings and Evelyn Milliff, members of the Ways and Means Committee of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club, in the kitchen preparing ...
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Fourth of July Refreshment Tent

Date: 06 02 1944
Description: Fourth of July refreshment tent in Westmorland neighborhood, with Mrs. Vincent Domini, William T. Hammill, Mrs. Hammill, and Mrs. Elmer Nielson.
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Curiosities In Springdale, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: "Curiosities in Springdale, Wisconsin." A view of Nellie Springen, perhaps with her family, at a rocky outcropping enjoying coffee.
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Maple Bluff Teenagers

Date: 11 12 1948
Description: Some of the young people who attended the first of a series of informal parties for teenagers living in Maple Bluff. The party was at the Lakewood school. ...
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Annie Simmons and her four children are enjoying a "picnic" on the floor at Baron Brothers Department Store after the fire in the tenement-type house at 15...
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Austin Thorson and Family

Date: 01 03 1949
Description: Austin Thorson, winner of a $100 prize in a Lipton Tea Co. jingle contest, also won $1,200 worth of groceries from the Kroger Co. by writing the address of...
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Pep Up with Wisconsin Kraut

Date: 1939
Description: University of Wisconsin freshman boxing team dressed in boxing uniforms and gloves standing behind stacked cans of sauerkraut with a sign that reads "Pep U...
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Thompson are having a picnic with their children, Charles (11) and...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Greenwood on Picnic Point

Date: 07 06 1950
Description: Girl Scouts at Camp Greenwood, a day camp at Picnic Point for Intermediate Girl Scouts between the ages of 10 and 14, gather the food they have helped cont...
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Republican Party Lincoln Day Event

Date: 02 08 1951
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd of Dane County Republicans sitting in rows of seats at their annual Lincoln Day box supper and program held at the Eagles Cl...
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Girl Scout Camps

Date: 07 10 1951
Description: A scene at Brownie Day Camp at Hoyt or Burrows Park. Three Brownie Girl Scouts are hanging their "nosebag" lunches on a line. Left to right are: Mary Groth...
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Mendota Yacht Club Moonlight Regatta

Date: 07 08 1952
Description: Left to right, Robert Morgensen, Roger Mayer and Bronson La Follette eating hot dogs during the Mendota Yacht Club moonlight regatta and picnic supper on t...
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Camper Jeanette Braxton prepares to grill food at an outdoor fireplace as one of the activities at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp.
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Three campers sit on a log while eating watermelon after a treasure hunt at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp. Left to right: Elizabeth O'Neill, Oregon; Bonn...
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Philharmonic Chorus Picnic

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Four members of the Philharmonic Chorus at a picnic table at their annual picnic. Shown left to right are: Mrs. Ruth (Robert M.) Foster, Mrs. Catherine McC...
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German-American Wurst Roast

Date: 1913
Description: The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar...
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Madison Picnic

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Description: A Goldenberger Family picnic in the Madison area. The woman on the far right is Olivia Goldenberger, who performed on the operatic stage as Olivia Monona. ...

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