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Coffee Shop

Date: 05 1960
Description: Two women serving coffee to customers at a coffee shop. Richland Center, Wisconsin.
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Opus Dei Fun-O-Rama

Date: 01 31 1958
Description: Mary Farley is shown with a collection of some of the hand-made aprons which will be on sale at the Fun-O-Rama, a philanthropic event sponsored by the Coop...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Classification for Teenagers

Date: 10 27 1958
Description: The Wisconsin State Journal has a new cookbook classification for teenagers. Beth Kube, a seventh grade student from Lake Mills, has the distinction...
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U.S. Rubber Company Exhibit

Date: 01 30 1959
Description: Four men and one woman stand behind a table displaying rubber boots. They are each wearing a tall white hat with the words: "I'm A Butter Cook" and an apr...
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U.S. Rubber Company Exhibit

Date: 01 30 1959
Description: Seven men stand behind a table displaying rubber boots. They are each wearing a tall white hat with the words: "I'm a Butter Cook" and an apron with the pe...
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Wisconsin 4-H Club Conference and Picnic

Date: 06 16 1959
Description: Prominent Madison residents helped serve the 4-H group at the picnic on the University of Wisconsin inter-mural field. From left to right are: R.M. Henders...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book Recipe Contest

Date: 08 15 1959
Description: Mrs. Mary Pratt of Madison was the second grand prize winner in the Wisconsin State Journal's annual Cook Book Recipe Contest. Her recipe is for Fes...
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St. Thomas Aquinas Church Fish Fry

Date: 11 1960
Description: A man and two women fry fish for the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church family-style fish fry.
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Contractors "Spahnferckel"

Date: 11 14 1960
Description: Four contractors are wearing chef's hats and aprons while showing off a roast suckling pig. They are, left to right: Dewey Badeau, Herman Hinrichs, Henry J...
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Dane County Immunization Clinic

Date: 02 03 1961
Description: Dr. Joseph F. Behrend of Sun Prairie (left) and Carol Dorn, a public health nurse, look on as Mrs. R.J. McCarthy (right) administers a vaccine to Darrel Ca...
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Nakoma Welfare League Tea

Date: 09 27 1961
Description: Maxine Backer, Eleanor Pritchard and Mildred Zimdars admire a stuffed animal and an apron which were made by the Dane County Homecrafters, an organization ...
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PTA Founders Day Dinner

Date: 01 24 1964
Description: Members of the Blessed Sacrament Parent Teachers Association prepare a dinner to celebrate the biennial Founders Day banquet. Left to right are: Jerry Emme...
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Visiting Nurse Health Aide Program

Date: 05 12 1964
Description: Marie Ackley is sweeping the floor of the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lund. She is working as a health aide in a new Visiting Nurse Service program an...
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Visiting Nurse Health Aide Program

Date: 05 12 1964
Description: Marie Ackley gives the kitchen of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lund a woman's touch while Mr. Ackley prepares dinner. Mrs. Ackley works as a health aide in a new Vi...
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Festival de France on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 09 29 1964
Description: Beatrice Forso is offering a free sample of French perfume to a passerby during Festival de France on the Capitol Square in Madison.
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Henery Ullsvik, Grocer, Sells Norwegian Saithe Fish

Date: 03 03 1965
Description: Madison grocer, Henry Ullsvik, wearing an apron, vest and neck tie. He is holding a small box of a frozen Norwegian fish called 'saithe' and a copy of a "W...
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Madison Vocational School Cooking School

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Instructor E.L. Heiser looking on as students Jean Burik, Bob Knoelke, and Delwin Henriksen are preparing a salad in the cooking school at Madison Vocation...
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Madison Vocational School Cooking School

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Cooking school student Phil Overton putting slices of pie in the servery in the cafeteria at the Madison Vocational School.
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Madison Vocational School Cooking School

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Student Dudley Smith peeling onions in the cooking school at the Madison Vocational School. He is leaning away from his hands and squinting his eyes, and i...
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Madison Vocational School Cooking School

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Student Warren Olsen flipping over a roast in the cooking school at the Madison Vocational School.

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