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Selling Dried Corn At the Municipal Market

Date: 1918
Description: A member of the Dane County Council of Defense Food Board Women's Committee sells dried corn at the farmer's market. Women's organizations sold wheat subst...
Poster

"Mr. Natural Talks 'Bout Lettuce"

Date: 02 24 1971
Description: Poster advocating the boycott of non-union lettuce at Gordon Commons on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Features a caricatured professor pointi...
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Menu for the Annual Winter Meeting, Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders' Association

Date: 02 03 1931
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the Annual Winter Meeting of the Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders' Association at the Loraine Hotel. On the cover is a profile...
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Third Annual Supper of the New England Society Menu

Date: 12 22 1868
Description: Front cover and interior menu pages from the Third Annual Supper of the New England Society, held at Vilas House to commemorate Forefather's Day. On the co...
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Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu

Date: 10 22 1900
Description: Front cover, speaker page, and menu for a dinner of the Six O'Clock Club, on the topic, "What Shall We Do with the Trusts?". On the cover is a sheaf of whe...
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Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: Farm and Home Week visitors look at exhibits in the University of Wisconsin home economics building. Watching a demonstration in feeding large groups are, ...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Farmers' Market Dinner Menu

Date: 1994
Description: One-page menu for a dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant based on ingredients sourced from the farmers market, with listings of farms and farmers, as well as illu...
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Simon Hotel Menu

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Description: One-page menu with a pot of flowers, a glass of milk, and a hot (cheese?) casserole whose steam curls upward to form the letters for "menu." The line, "You...
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Pre-Industrial Pig Dinner Menu

Date: 03 07 2009
Description: One-page menu for a special event dinner centered around the pre-industrial (heritage breed) pig. Presented by the Underground Food Collective and Morren F...
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Madison Sourdough Company Fall Menu

Date: 2013
Description: Double-sided menu for the bakery and cafe, Madison Sourdough Company, (MSCo.) with still-life illustrations in color of fruits, fall leaves, nuts, squash, ...
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L'Etoile Restaurant 20th Anniversary Dinner Menu

Date: 08 1996
Description: One-page menu for the twentieth anniversary of L'Etoile Restaurant, with a side illustration of vegetables, fruit, leaves, and other plant life.
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L'Etoile Restaurant Wine Dinner Menu

Date: 01 15 1999
Description: One-page menu for a wine dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant with vintner Heidi Schrock and importer Terry Theise, with a side illustration by Rebekkah Luce of g...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Earth Day 25th Anniversary Menu

Date: 05 04 1995
Description: One-page menu from L'Etoile Restaurant honoring the twenty-fifth anniversaries of Earth Day and Wisconsin's Environmental Decade and Earth Day founder and ...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Champagne Dinner Menu

Date: 11 12 1997
Description: Menu from a dinner presented by L'Etoile Restaurant and wine importer Terry Theise, with a translucent overlay and a backing sheet with a bunch of grapes a...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Reading Between the Wines Menu

Date: 08 30 2000
Description: Front and back of menu from a Reading Between the Wines dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant, with a translucent overlay with the menu listing and a backing card ...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Farmers' Market Dinner Menu

Date: 10 24 1992
Description: Front and back of a menu for a farmers' market dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant, featuring apples and pears and other products from local growers, with a bord...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Menu Sampler Exterior

Date: 
Description: Leaflet from L'Etoile Restaurant with the restaurant logo and a sample menu for spring, with a border illustration of a strawberry plant.
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L'Etoile Restaurant Menu Sampler Interior

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Description: Menu sampler interior from L'Etoile Restaurant, with summer, autumn, and winter menus, and accompanying border illustrations of leaves, plants, and fruit.
Poster

L'Etoile Restaurant Festival from the Heartland Menu Poster

Date: 09 1995
Description: Letterpress menu poster for the American Dairy Goat Products Association Festival from the Heartland annual conference, goat cheese and milk judging, and c...
Poster

L'Etoile Restaurant German Vintners Dinner Menu

Date: 06 06 1995
Description: Letterpress poster for a German vintners dinner, with illustrations printed in green ink of a wine bottle, a wine glass, and fruit. Text is printed in gold...

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