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Do-nut Queen Advertisement

Date: 10 17 1944
Description: Donut queen posed for advertising campaign. The female model is holding a box of donuts and is sitting on a large clock bearing the slogan: "It's Always Do...
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Cream Puff Concession

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Description: Four female bakers are holding up large trays laden with fresh cream puffs at a State Fair midway concession stand, while an eager crowd stands waiting in ...
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Edith Murray Holding a Pie

Date: 04 06 1953
Description: Edith Murray puts a pie in the oven at Bjelde Pie Shop, 302 North Frances Street. She is treasurer for Sweet Adelines of Madison.
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Iola Kreamer displaying Christmas Baking

Date: 12 05 1956
Description: Iola Kreamer, 306 East Sunset Court, Shorewood Hills, displaying a sample of her Christmas baking, including cookies, candies, and fruit cakes.
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Snow-Covered Main Street

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Description: Wagons and sleighs on a snow-covered Main Street. Looking west on Main Street toward the intersection of the Main Street and First Street. Storefronts, fro...
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Dining Room Table with Birthday Cake

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Description: Interior view of a dining room table with place settings and a birthday cake.
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Chief Justice Receives Cake

Date: 02 12 1949
Description: Harlan Nicholls, president of the Four Lakes Boy Scout council, is shown, left, as he presents a birthday cake to Chief Justice Marvin Rosenberry in observ...
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Walgreen Employee Honored

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Robert A. Knoll (left) receives a gold watch in honor of his 25 years of service with Walgreen Drug Stores. It is being presented by E.A. Rintelmann. Mr. K...
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Girl Scout Selling Cookies

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: Troop 118 Girl Scout Pauline Heland of 228 Langdon Street gets an order for Girl Scout cookies from Francis F. Bowman, Jr., president of the Madison Commun...
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Flora Mears

Date: 05 02 1950
Description: Miss Flora Mears, 116 East Gilman Street, cuts a birthday cake provided by the members of the Madison Art Guild of which she was an active member for many ...
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Teen Summer Jobs

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Peggy Huiskamp, soon to be a Wisconsin High School senior, holds a tray of cookies at her summer job at Langdon's Home Bakery and Delicatessen on State Str...
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Syl with Cake and Christmas Tree

Date: 1901
Description: Syl sitting at a table with a birthday cake with eight candles. There is a Christmas tree in the background.
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Farm and Home Week Activities

Date: 02 04 1952
Description: Exhibits of party ideas for children were part of the activities at the stock pavilion on the University of Wisconsin campus during Farm and Home Week. Ani...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sale

Date: 02 27 1952
Description: Girl Scouts Janet and Jane Brandenburg promote a Girl Scout cookie sale to Dorothy Freck.
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Softball Players

Date: 08 05 1952
Description: Softball players and twins Darlene and Arlene Bates are shown in their apartment 'robbing' their cookie jar. They both worked at Oscar Mayer and Co. doing ...
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Marilyn Reuhl Birthday Party

Date: 01 09 1954
Description: Group portrait of guests at Marilyn Reuhl's eleventh birthday party, after she broke her leg in an ice skating accident. Guests positioned in an inverted V...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sales

Date: 02 08 1954
Description: Mrs. William C. Roberts (left) of 29 Frederick Circle, co-chairman of the annual Girl Scout cookie sale in Madison, posing with her four daughters, Blanche...
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Sigma Alpha Iota

Date: 04 27 1954
Description: Irene Eastman, assistant professor in the UW music department, stands with a cake as she is being honored by alumnae and active members of Sigma Alpha Iota...
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Elizabeth Morris takes loaves of bread out of the oven as her children Mary, age 3 1/2 and Sandra, 15 months, look on. The photograph was taken as part of ...
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Margaret Klipstein bakes many cookies for her family. Part of the photo spread for the Wisconsin State Journal Centennial Cookbook Recipe Contest.

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