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Loggers Dining at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers at dinner in the woods north of Glen Flora. The man in the center is filing his saw.
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Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
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Lunch at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: Children sitting at a table and having lunch at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp.
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View of the Dining Table

Date: 1876
Description: "View of the Dining Table" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views", showing a long banquet tab...
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Dining Tent

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Description: Waitresses and waiters lined up inside the Dining Tent, ready to serve a large gathering.
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Madison Elks "Hi-Bill" Club Testimonial Dinner

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Connie Schwoegler, national individual match-game bowling champion, was honored at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Madison Elks "Hi-Bill" Club at the...
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Ledgeview Lanes — Interior

Date: 05 29 1998
Description: "Jen Hillbert serves us food at Ledgeview Lanes. Perch are $7.95. We vote them 4.3 Stars." Left to right; Rudy Heinecke, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Kay Hren, C...
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Hillcrest Inn — Interior

Date: 11 02 2001
Description: "Our waitresses at The Hillcrest Inn, are Faye (seated) and Beth (standing).
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Madison Newspapers Carriers Kickoff Breakfast

Date: 04 20 1954
Description: Carriers for Madison Newspapers, Inc. sitting at tables for one of four "kickoff" breakfasts for the annual newspaper-magazine selling contest.
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Elizabeth Schlotthauer sets a buffet table on her porch. The photograph was part of a spread for WSJ's Centennial Cookbook recipe contest.
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Wisconsin State Journal Staff Luncheon Prize Winning Recipes

Date: 10 07 1957
Description: A person's hand holding a ladle is dipping into one of two crocks of seafood casserole (wild rice and fish) on a table decorated with place settings and a ...
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Palmer House Menu

Date: 10 02 1884
Description: Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim...
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Rohde's Steak House Football Luncheon Menu Exterior

Date: 1964
Description: Exterior of the Rohde's Steak House special football luncheon menu, with a photograph of the University of Wisconsin coaching staff for the 1964 season (Fr...
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023 - Dining Porch at Mealtime

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Description: Interior view of campers and counselors eating on Dining Porch. Original caption notes: "Our dining Porch runs the whole length of the Main Lodge, and enjo...
Historical Object

107 - Outdoor Cooking Methods

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs. Each photograph depicts cooking at a campfire, with meat cooking on wood spits, atop a metal s...
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Joseph's French Café Luncheon Menu

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Description: Two-sided one-page menu for Joseph's French Café, with a line drawing of a couple seated at a dinner table after an illustration by Henri de Toulouse-Lautr...
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Alex Jordan at House on the Rock

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Description: Alex Jordan, creator of House on the Rock, eating and drinking with a group of men sitting around a table.
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 14 1954
Description: City Clerk A.W. Barels (left), City Attorney Harold Hanson, and Alderman Norman Moll are shown singing at Alderwoman Ethel Brown's picnic.
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 14 1954
Description: Alderman Ivan Nestingen, Alderman Archie Simonson, and Alderman Paul Lorenz sharing a joke while holding plates of food at the Borchers Beach summer home o...
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Three past presidents of Madison Optimist clubs are shown at a dining table. Left to right are: Walter Blair, B.R. L'Hommedieu, and Jerry Coulter. Coulter ...

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