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Activities of Firemen at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ...
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Appliance Show in Darlington, WI

Date: 03 06 1954
Description: Youngstown Kitchens appliance show sponsored by the Darlington Furniture Store held in the Darlington High School auditorium. A woman is demonstrating new ...
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 11 1954
Description: City Hall Outing hostess, Alderwoman Ethel Brown (left) is shown laying out a picnic meal with help from Mrs. Norman Moll and Mrs. Lawrence McCormick. The ...
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New Pines Restaurant

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Two African American cooks standing by a stone hearth in the kitchen at the New Pines restaurant located at 2413 Parmenter Street. One of the cooks might ...
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Home Bound Gentleman Using a Typewriter

Date: 12 06 1954
Description: A bed-ridden man working from home. Laying in a hospital bed set up in his living room, he is using a typewriter that that is sitting on a table between a ...
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Lakeview Community Church Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop

Date: 12 1954
Description: Two Boy Scouts enjoying some cake at the initial meeting of Troop 109 at Lakeview Community Church. They are Dick Severan (left) and Tom Severan.
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Women's Western Open Golf Championship

Date: 06 24 1955
Description: J.C. Sexton (left), who was in charge of printed programs for the event, is holding a cup and smiling as Austin Faulkner (right), manager of the Edgewater...
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged scenario of a lonely and isolated elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair by a fireplace and spinning wheel. "Aunt Jennie" is portrayed by Margueri...
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Russell Mitchell and His Wife Do Spring Cleaning Around the House

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Russell Mitchell and his wife, 411 W. Dean Avenue, discuss spring cleaning chores. He is on the ground beneath a window that she is leaning out of with a d...
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"Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Three attendees in the foreground watch a demonstration on meat cooking at the three-day "Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School at the Orpheum Theater. Weari...
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"Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Ruth Hogan, a home economist with the National Livestock and Meat Board prepares a dish during a demonstration at the three-day "Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooki...
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"Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Mrs. Julian Clark and her son, Andrew, of Waunakee taking in a demonstration at the "Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School at the Orpheum Theater.
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"Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Robert Rohr of Madison Newspapers collects limerick lines for winning prizes from Elaine Mohr and Mrs. Lee Wesner at the three-day "Rhapsody of Recipes" Co...
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Homeowner Redecorates with Contemporary Styling

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: The tri-level home of I. Franklin and Arline Houseman, 821 Lakewood Boulevard in Maple Bluff, was redecorated with her choosing the color scheme. A star-sh...
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Mrs. Fred Kelly and Group Sew for the Needy at Wesley Methodist Church

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Mrs. Fred Kelly leads a group of women at Wesley Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue (currently First United Methodist Church), who meet regularly to se...
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: Constance Elvehjem will sell some of her famous baked beans made from her grandmother's recipe at the Madison Altrusa club's annual country fair at the Spr...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, at the home of Mrs. Ivan Johanning, Dodgeville. They are admiring the baked goods made by Mrs. Johanning as one o...
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We Saw You . . . at the Junior Fair

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Food canning jars are displayed at the Dane County Junior Fair by , (L-R): Andre Dale, McFarland, member of the Kegonsa 4-H Club; Mary Paviak, Deerfield, a...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem's daughter, Peggy, a home economist with General Mills in Minneapolis, standing in the kitchen of Olin...
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Christmas on the Bayles Farm

Date: 12 16 1958
Description: Jean (Bayles) Kirking instructs three of her children, Duane, Ann, and Bruce in the technique of stringing popcorn and cranberries and paper chains to deco...

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