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| Date: | 11 14 1966 |
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| Description: | African American junior Girl Scouts pouring fruit juice into a punch bowl as they prepare to entertain their parents. |
| Date: | 01 18 1929 |
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| Description: | A woman demonstrates how to use a Hankscraft egg cooker in a mock Easter display window with Easter bunnies and Easter eggs. |
| Date: | 01 18 1929 |
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| Description: | Mock Easter display window with woman demonstrating Hankscraft egg cooker. |
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| Description: | Waitresses and waiters lined up inside the Dining Tent, ready to serve a large gathering. |
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| Description: | Bea and Carson Gulley's Christmas card promoting their catering service. Text on the card reads: "A Blessed Christmas." |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of a man in "native" Hungarian costume, posing with a Singer sewing machine and a large, decorative costume. Part of a "Costumes of A... |
| Date: | 04 03 1951 |
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| Description: | Lillian Steinmann (left) and Gladys Ratcliffe arranging some of the 40 colorful fruit molds at the Smorgasbord held at the University of Wisconsin Memorial... |
| Date: | 12 |
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| Description: | Several women are served lutefisk at a lutefisk supper at the Dane County Home. There are plates of lefse and dinner rolls on the table. |
| Date: | 01 02 1998 |
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| Description: | "Vicki, waits on our group at the Little Red Inn in St. Lawrence." Pictured (Clockwise around the table); Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Parker Hren, John B... |
| Date: | 01 30 1998 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 02 06 1998 |
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| Description: | "Our waitress at Smith Bros. is Debbie, who tells us she is a grandma with four grandchildren. Surprise! Perch dinners are 16.95. Cod goes for $8.95." ... |
| Date: | 02 20 1998 |
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| Description: | "This evening, Tanya Zimmerman, is our waitress, at Callahan's Grill & Bar. A perch plate (small order) is $8.95." From left to right; John Bodden, Rudy He... |
| Date: | 02 27 1998 |
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| Description: | "At Jo's Corner Restaurant, Cod or Clams are $4.50. For some unknown reason, our waitress, Tammy Beekman did not charge us for a sumptuous dessert, even th... |
| Date: | 05 28 1999 |
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| Description: | "Sarah Jaeger, is our waitress at the Lion's Family Restaurant in Fond du Lac." Pictured (clockwise, starting from the left): Ralph Widmer, Ruth Kern, Orvi... |
| Date: | 06 18 1999 |
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| Description: | "At the Goose Shot in Waupun, Sandy Nummerdor and Bette Mocco take an intense interest in our Fish Fry pictures. We enjoy their food." |
| Date: | 10 01 1999 |
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| Description: | "At the Knights of Columbus in West Bend, Cy Wietor, who supervises a group of waiters, stops to chat with us at our table." From left to right; Shirley Wi... |
| Date: | 11 19 1999 |
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| Description: | "Our waitress at the Pyramid was Patricia 'George' Butch. She explained that 28 years ago, when she applied for the job, there was already an employee name... |
| Date: | 02 16 2001 |
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| Description: | "Kris, is our waitress at Sal's on Main. Sal's on Main has been in business for three years." From left to right; John Bodden, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Ralph... |
| Date: | 03 02 2001 |
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| Description: | "Eve, is our waitress at Jeff's on Rugby in Oshkosh." Note the book at the head of the table. It is volume C of the fish fry collection. |
| Date: | 06 01 2001 |
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| Description: | "Our waitress at the Break-A-Way was Lu Ann. Although the fish were very good, we waited over an hour for our food, probably the slowest service we have ex... |
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