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Prison Cook Preparing Food

Date: 03 26 1968
Description: Slightly elevated view of prison cooks preparing dinner for inmates.
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Flipping Pancakes

Date: 06 11 1989
Description: Man flipping pancakes at "farm breakfast" as part of "June is Dairy Month" promotion in Washington County.
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Baking Hazelnut Torte

Date: 05 05 1964
Description: A woman wearing an apron preparing a hazelnut torte from a prized recipe.
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Cook's Choice

Date: 03 19 1964
Description: A chef wearing a toque removes a roast from the oven.
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Hospital Kitchen

Date: 02 1945
Description: Two men make coffee in a ramshackle hospital kitchen, which consisted of a single, improvised burner. The grill is the innards of a human blood shipping ca...
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Woman Making Spoon Bread

Date: 04 11 1969
Description: Mrs. Lloyd Knox demonstrating the technique of making spoon bread.
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Marshall Neilan and Marjorie Daw publicity still

Date: 1920
Description: Marshall Neilan, the director of Don't Ever Marry (1920), and Marjorie Daw, the female lead. Original caption: "NIX ON THE FANCY FOOD, SAYS MARSHA...
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Soldier in Base Kitchen

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier at a base in Panama uses a cleaver to open a can of rhubarb sitting on a counter near a large pot. He is wearing a cap, a sleeveless shirt, and p...
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Alfred Lunt Coring Tomatoes

Date: 1949
Description: Alfred Lunt coring tomatoes in the kitchen at Ten Chimneys.
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Mixing Dough for Puerto Rican Pasteles

Date: 12 08 1966
Description: A woman is pressing her hands into dough in a large pot while another woman is looking on. Other containers are on the table, and at least one includes cho...
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Displaying Cupcakes

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: A woman is smiling and is holding up a tray of decorated cupcakes. In front of her is a table holding several wrapped plates of cookies and a box with bagg...
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Miss Kay Bossman

Date: 12 01 1967
Description: A woman is pressing a cookie cutter into rolled dough at a kitchen counter. Around her are cookie cutters, a rolling pin, and cookies on a cooling rack. A ...
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Suzy Michel and Nicholas Appleby

Date: 09 21 1989
Description: A woman is helping a boy pour an ingredient from a measuring spoon into a mixing bowl. Next to the bowl is a recipe for Spiced Apple Muffinettes. Caption r...
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Fran and Samuel Kozel

Date: 09 21 1989
Description: A woman is holding a boy who is scooping an ingredient out of a container into a mixing bowl. Caption reads: "Fran Kozel and her son, Samuel, 2, measured c...
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Tantalizing Odors

Date: 11 20 1966
Description: Two women are standing in a kitchen. One woman is standing behind a butcher block counter rolling out dough with a rolling pin, along with bowls of ingredi...
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Finding Recreation in the Kitchen

Date: 11 18 1971
Description: Two women are working in a large industrial kitchen. One woman is holding a tray and smiling, and the other woman is reaching for bowls while holding a spa...
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Jodi, P.J., and Nicki Colosimo

Date: 09 21 1989
Description: A woman is holding a plate over a bowl while a girl is scraping food from it into the bowl. A small child is sitting on the woman's lap. Caption reads: "Jo...
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Bernice Pomainville

Date: 05 20 1965
Description: A woman is ladling something from a bowl onto a platter. Caption reads: "MRS. HAROLD G. [Bernice] POMAINVILLE, Wisconsin Rapids, put the creme chantilly on...
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Jan Schlabowske's Six-Burner Cooktop

Date: 03 03 1989
Description: A man is standing by a countertop taking an egg out of a carton. Next to him is a stove with six burners and a large pan on it. Caption reads: "Jan Schlabo...
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Dushanka and Gruja Bratkovich

Date: 04 11 1979
Description: A woman and a man are standing next to two large pots of food on a stove. The woman is holding a utensil over one pot. Caption reads: "Dushanka and Gruja B...

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