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Beer and Sweet Corn

Date: 08 24 1968
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival.
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Cheng-Yang Wedding

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin graduate students from China, bride Shu-Teh Cheng, Nanking, China, and bridegroom Shu-Chin Yang, Faku, China, cutting their wedding...
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Holiday Benefit Dance

Date: 12 27 1948
Description: Two couples at the punch bowl during the holiday benefit dance at the Turner Hall. From left are Gail Snyder, Footville; John Fox, Madison; Margot Schmidt,...
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History of the University of Wisconsin Testimonial Luncheon

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Professors Vernon Carstensen (left) and Merle Curti, with their wives, cutting the ceremonial cake at the testimonial luncheon in their honor as authors of...
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Singer Advertising Card - Valencian Couple

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a Spanish couple from Valencia in "national" Valencian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All...
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Singer Advertising Card - Salamancan Couple

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a Spanish couple from Salamanca in "native" Salamancan costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All...
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Singer Advertising Card - Corunnan Couple

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of an Spanish couple from Corunna in "native" Corunnan costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Na...
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Singer Advertising Card - Valencian Couple

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of an Spanish couple from Valencia in "native" Valencian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All ...
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Singer Advertising Card - Indian Couple

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of an couple from India in "native" Indian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set ...
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Singer Advertising Card - Ceylonese Couple

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a couple from Ceylon [now Sri Lanka] in "native" Ceylonese costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of...
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Singer Advertising Card - Spain "Sevilla"

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a couple from Sevilla, Spain in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. The man is holding a small glass of wine an...
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Lunt and Fontanne in the Dining Room

Date: 1949
Description: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne formally dressed in the dining room of their home, Ten Chimneys.
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Nguyen Family Wedding

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Description: A bride and groom, who are relatives of Trong and Hong Nguyen's family, stand with their wedding cake. The bride is wearing a traditional Vietnamese weddin...
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Anderson's Country Dining — Interior

Date: 01 30 1998
Description: "Stacey is our waitress at Andersons on Friess Lake, (near Holy Hill). Perch are $9.95." From left to right; Stacey, Ralph Widmer, and Shirley Widmer.
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Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's Party

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: A couple in costume at the Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's party. Ralph T. Peterson is serving his wife, Charlotte, a typical 90's meal.
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Lewis and LuRay Arms's Wedding Day

Date: 09 1956
Description: Lewis Arms and his new wife LuRay pose in their wedding clothes, cutting the wedding cake.
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Mendota Yacht Club Beachcombers Party

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: William and Audrey Hobbins cooking a hot dog on the grill at the Mendota Yacht Club beachcombers party.
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Wedding Feast

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Description: Some twenty members of the Harold Stafford wedding party and guests, seated and standing behind a table set for a meal, with food on many of the plates. Th...
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Starllight Dancing Club

Date: 06 08 1956
Description: Two couples help themselves to the refreshment table during the Starlight Dancing Club party. Left to right: Elizabeth and Robert Parker, and Shirley and R...
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Nakoma Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 11 1958
Description: Sitting at the table for the Nakoma Twelfth Night party at the Nakoma School are the co-chairmen Dr. Richard and Pauline Wixson and Dr. Gordon and Marjorie...

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