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Madison Vocational School Cake Decorating Class

Date: 1951
Description: Victor Hammersley, a professional baker and teacher, supervises as Elizabeth Zweifel and Mae Grelle decorate a cake at the Madison Vocational School.
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 30 1951
Description: Two men and Vilas Zoo Director Harold Hayes standing with group of children during the celebration of the first anniversary of Winkie the elephant's arriva...
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Baking Company Truck

Date: 1915
Description: View from across the street of a man driving an International Model M truck for the Chas. Seip Baking Company on a snow-covered street. Tire chains have be...
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Men in Company Truck

Date: 1913
Description: Two men sit in an International Model M truck operated by the "Consumers Stale Bread Company." The truck is parked outside a brick building.
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Alice Ferguson, Madison Gas and Electric Home Services Director

Date: 12 07 1951
Description: Mrs. Alice Ferguson, Madison Gas and Electric (MG&E) home services director, is shown with the many varieties of Christmas cookies, candies, cakes, and hou...
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Bakery

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Description: A view of two men standing in the bakery at Winthrop College.
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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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Boy Scouts 42nd Anniversary

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: Five Sea Scouts surprise former State Supreme Court Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry with a birthday cake on his eighty-fourth birthday. He has been pres...
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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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Ratner's Dairy Restaurant, Second Avenue

Date: 1968
Description: The front window of Ratner's Dairy Restaurant on Second Avenue showing displayed pastries inside and the reflection of buildings and pedestrians on the str...
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Camp Bowie

Date: 1918
Description: A view of four men standing near a row of Army baking ovens at Camp Bowie, built in 1917.
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Camp Travis

Date: 1918
Description: A view of men baking bread in a number of outdoor ovens at Camp Travis, named in 1917. On the right, men stand by a table with many loaves of bread, and me...
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Table with Cake Slice on Plate

Date: 1920
Description: A slice of frosted cake rests on a plate atop a cloth-covered table, along with a glass, knife, additional plates, and a wrinkled cloth napkin.
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Bakery Panorama

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Description: Wide angle view of the interior of a bakery, with one man standing by the oven on the right and another man standing near the center between racks of bread...
Poster

International Harvester Bakeries Poster

Date: 1932
Description: Advertising poster for International Harvester trucks as used by the bakery industry. The poster features a color illustration of a uniformed man holding a...
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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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Shivers Men with Flowers and Cake

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Description: Three men from the Shivers family pose holding cakes and vases of flowers. One of the men is Tom Shivers and one is Algie Shivers, and the other man is uni...
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Girl Scout Week

Date: 10 20 1952
Description: Demonstrating their ability at homemaking, baking and testing cookies, are four members of the Girl Scout troop at Middleton High School who have just beco...
Print

Christmas Greetings

Date: 1914
Description: Holiday card of a boy carrying a plum pudding topped with holly. He is dressed in a red, green and white medieval style costume. His hat is grey with a plu...
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Angel Food Cake Blue Ribbon Winner

Date: 1921
Description: High school student Harold Enge poses with his blue ribbon winning angel food cake during an International Harvester Company Short Course. Additional cakes...

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