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Sewing Class with Mrs. Jones

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Description: Young girls at work in the Rochester Short Course sewing laboratory, with Nellie Kedzie Jones supervising their work. Many girls are doing handwork and som...
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Cooking Class with Mrs. Jones

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Description: Cooking short course class at the Rochester under the supervision of Nellie Kedzie Jones.
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Goodland Pickling Pears

Date: 1946
Description: Governor Walter Goodland pickling pears.
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Governor Walter and Madge Goodland

Date: 1946
Description: Governor Walter Goodland and his wife Madge in their kitchen pickling pears.
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Man in Musical Instrument Store Room

Date: 1900
Description: A well-dressed man sits in a chair in a Schwaller Music Store on Pine Street. Various pianos are on display. There are signs for Sohmer Pianos and New Home...
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Kraut Eating Contest

Date: 08 08 1984
Description: The winner of the sauerkraut eating contest, Don Bauer, standing triumphantly before his clean plate. A U.S. flag and a sign for the 34th Kraut Festival ad...
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JD's Fieldhouse — Interior

Date: 02 14 2003
Description: "Breanna joined Shirley when we visited JD's Fieldhouse in Caledonia."
Print

Murphy Products Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Murphy Products Company, with a three-quarter view of the company building and trucks, automobiles, and a train nearby, flanked on either...
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Luncheon for Returning Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Scene in a small city park showing a group of local women serving luncheon to soldiers recently returned from service in the first World War. Very possibly...
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Family Enjoying a Picnic

Date: 1897
Description: The Meinhardt family assembled for a picnic in their garden. A river or lake is in the far background. The table is set with china and flatware. Among the ...
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White Oak's Restaurant = Rathskeller Menu

Date: 1946
Description: Front cover of die cut menu from White Oak's Restaurant = Rathskeller in the shape of a decorated beer stein. On the stein is a man and a woman holding alo...
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Tommy Thompson and Darleen Tennessen

Date: 08 31 1999
Description: Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson folding a kringle. This image appeared in The Chippewa Herald on August 31, 1999. The caption read: "Darleen Tenne...
Postcard

Bock & Mohr Fur Farms

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Bock & Mohr Fur Farms, Inc. Rochester, Wisconsin. World's Largest and Most Beautiful Mink and Fitch Ranch. The Choicest of Furs and B...

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