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Seven East High School Seniors and Cake

Date: 06 06 1935
Description: Seven East High School seniors and one woman sitting on stage with a tiered birthday cake with candles.
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Emerson School P.T.A. Anniversary Program

Date: 02 20 1935
Description: Girls dressed in colonial costumes are standing around a table with a birthday cake at the Emerson School P.T.A. 38th anniversary program.
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White House Cake

Date: 01 28 1934
Description: Three men are standing behind a cake shaped like the White House, baked by the Strand Baking Company, 2007 Atwood Avenue, for the Roosevelt Birthday Ball. ...
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Turpin, Hiers and Pollard at Bjelde's Pie Shop

Date: 09 24 1932
Description: Snub Pollard, Walter Hiers, and Ben Turpin, about to throw pies at Bjelde's Pie Shop, located at 302 North Francis Street.
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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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"We Say What We Think Club"

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: WIBA radio personalities, Selma (Mrs. Cornelius) Sorenson, Sibylle (Mrs. George) Mitchell, Isabel (Mrs. August) Baumann, Grace (Mrs. John) Langer, and Ruth...
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Portrait of a Baker

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Description: A baker wearing a long apron holds two loaves of bread while posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop.
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University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Birthday cake in the shape of Bascom Hall in front of the speakers table at the University of Wisconsin centennial birthday banquet in the Great Hall of th...
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Women Posing with Household Items

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Description: Studio portrait of two women sitting in front of three standing women, all holding household items, including: pie, iron, cup, towel, platter, and glasses....
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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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Youth Summer Theater Tryouts

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Elaine Schluter (left), Judy Beyers, Pat Whitney, and Dolores Reimer enjoying soft drinks and doughnuts at the 'get-acquainted' party.
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Alfred Hitchcock and Walter Wanger

Date: 1940
Description: Alfred Hitchcock stands next to Gertrude Hoffman who is smiling and holding a birthday cake. Walter Wanger stands to the right of the woman, and Herbert Ma...
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Sigma Alpha Iota Anniversary Banquet

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: Admiring a four-tiered anniversary cake at a banquet celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Sigma Alpha Iota music sorority are, left to right, Helen Pete...
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Anniversary Portrait

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly couple for their 50th anniversary. The woman is sitting, and the man is standing. ...
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Carson Gulley with Pies

Date: 05 14 1953
Description: Chef Carson Gulley holding two pies and standing in front of a rack of fudge bottom pies. He is posing for a WMTV ad for his cooking show to be broadcast ...

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