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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, posing in the kitchen cooking.
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Girls Baking Cookies

Date: 12 16 1952
Description: Susie Kamm and Nancy Miles putting cookies into the oven. The girls are members of the 8th grade home economics class at West Junior High School. The class...
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Cooking Class Preparing a Turkey

Date: 11 19 1952
Description: Close-up of a students' hands at a Vocational School cooking class sewing up a turkey after stuffing it with dressing. Another person is standing in the ba...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Greenwood on Picnic Point

Date: 07 06 1950
Description: Girl Scouts cook their "campfire stew" at Camp Greenwood, a day camp at Picnic Point for Intermediate Girl Scouts between the ages of 10 and 14. Pictured ...
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Ellsworth House

Date: 12 12 1953
Description: Barbara Schaeffer (left) of Chicago and Catherine LaBerge of Ladysmith cook their own meals at the Ellsworth House, a residence for UW coeds. The house was...
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Table Settings

Date: 08 03 1954
Description: Louise Brown's table is set with a tablecloth that her husband bought back from Brittany, France and plates depicting native French birds.
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Table Settings

Date: 08 03 1954
Description: Cecelia Maas created a table setting with a wild fowl theme. Walter and Cecelia love to hunt and to serve wild game when they entertain.
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Edith Getz (left), Lillian Fried, and George Bernhagen cooking pancakes on an improvised grill during a Civil Defence emergency mass-feeding practice.
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Eldred Heiser (left), Isabelle Hyslop, and Janet DePiazza gather around an oven/kettle intended for cooking soup, meats, and stews during a Civil Defense e...
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Mary Huber standing in her kitchen while fixing a molded jello salad in preparation for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She will be servi...
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North Central Airline Stewardesses

Date: 11 10 1954
Description: Stewardess Coleen Ogle cooking in the apartment she shares with three other stewardesses. Art Kemp, first officer and co-pilot, is looking on. The photogra...
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Men Who Cook

Date: 05 22 1956
Description: Mortimer Levitan is shown with his collection of herbs, spices and salts. He is also a cookbook collector.
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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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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 13 1956
Description: Joan Atwood shopping for vegetables for a special recipe. Part of photo spread for WSJ Centennial Cookbook contest.
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Virginia Hall displays her angel food cake. Part of photo spread for the Wisconsin State Journal Centennial Cookbook Contest.
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Career Girls Entertain

Date: 02 15 1957
Description: Jean Ziegler cooking spaghetti for a dinner party at her apartment at 122 East Gilman Street, Apt. 205.
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Blackhawk Country Club Western Party

Date: 07 20 1957
Description: Douglas and Betty Oldenburg testing the barbecued meat at Blackhawk Country Club's Western Party.
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 01 1957
Description: Studio portrait of Delores Wengert, first place winner in the leftovers category of the Wisconsin State Journal's second annual recipe contest. Her recipe ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 01 1957
Description: Portrait of Colette Rose, first place winner of the eggs and cheese category in the Wisconsin State Journal's second annual recipe contest. Her recipe was ...
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Fire Station Cooks

Date: 03 14 1958
Description: At every Madison fire station, a man takes over in the kitchen and has the title of cook. Pictured is Phil Behrend, the cook at the Central Fire Station.

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