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Dining Room

Date: 1900
Description: A woman poses as if pouring water into a glass. There is a tablecloth, tea set and glass bowl on the table. A large, fancy parlor stove is featured in the ...
Postcard

St. Mary's Boarding and High School

Date: 08 23 1916
Description: Color photographic postcard depicting five scenes from St. Mary's Boarding and High School, including women on campus, a section of the chapel, the recepti...
Photograph

Scofields at Dinner

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Description: Mrs. Herbert C. Scofield, with sons Lloyd and Stanley at the dinner table.
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Miss Florence

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Description: View of a woman, Miss Florence, seated at a dining room table. Landscape paintings are on the paneled wall behind her.
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Canning — Farm Family at Table

Date: 07 23 1926
Description: Farm family seated at table eating a meal at the Harvester Farm. Original caption reads: "Comparison picture to show close-up of canned foods served."
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Audrey Walsh arranges an heirloom crystal candelabra in preparation for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She plans to serve Swedish meatba...
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Marilyn Sachtjen standing in her dining room while preparing the serving table for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She will be serving st...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Lucia Leach in her home prior to a University of Wisconsin pregame party. She will be serving baked ham, scalloped potatoes, a green salad, rye bread, and ...
Print

"Black Like Me" Lobby Card

Date: 1964
Description: Lobby card for the Walter Reade-Sterling film "Black Like Me," including a scene of James Whitmore (playing John Horton) sitting at a table with two uniden...
Photograph

Thanksgiving with Grandmother

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Michael Stebbins, 22 months; Patricia Stebbins, 8 months; Mrs. George G. Stebbins, Jr., mother; Bernice Stebbins, grandmother celebrate a three-generationa...
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Dining Room

Date: 1929
Description: View down middle of the dining room at Berry's Coldwater Canyon Resort. Female servers stand along the walls near the tables.
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Cafeteria at McCormick Works

Date: 1902
Description: Three women standing in a factory cafeteria, probably at the McCormick Reaper Works.
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George Fawcett and Louise Brownell in a film still from "The Corner"

Date: 1916
Description: The millionaire David Waltham and his wife (played by George Fawcett and Louise Brownell) are being served at a table by their butler while a maid arranges...
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Willard Mack and Clara Williams scene still from "The Corner"

Date: 1916
Description: The unemployed worker John Adams (played by Willard Mack) and his wife (Clara Williams) are faced with bills they cannot pay in a scene still for the silen...
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Elizabeth and Joseph Werner's family sitting at the dinner table. Seated to the right of Elizabeth Werner are Philip and David. Seated to the right of Jose...
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Madison Friends of International Students

Date: 10 04 1956
Description: African students (left to right): Joseph Abrefa Ansah and Eugene Quaynor have dinner with Prof. Keith R. and Mary L. Symon and their four children, James, ...
Photograph

Pioneer Homemakers Christmas Party

Date: 12 09 1992
Description: "Pioneer Homemakers Christmas Party. L-R: Betty Schmidt, Myrtle Luhn, Loretta Sauer, Rogeen Franzen, and Shirley Widmer."
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Women Workers in Osborne Works Cafeteria

Date: 03 25 1914
Description: Elevated view of a large group of female factory workers sitting at tables in a cafeteria at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The women likely work...
Photograph

Brides at Home

Date: 06 25 1957
Description: Mary Weston Frautschi preparing her dining room table for a dinner party. The photograph is one of a series showing how newlywed women have made their new ...
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Madison Art Guild

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: A group gathers for the Madison Art Guild's annual Christmas party at the home of Doris Brobst. Shown: Jean Watson, Mrs. James M. Wilkie (Cross Plains), Mr...

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