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| Date: | 10 26 1956 |
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| Description: | Fern Thompson stands in her kitchen while preparing food for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She will be serving a chicken casserole, rol... |
| Date: | 10 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Huber standing in her kitchen while fixing a molded jello salad in preparation for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She will be servi... |
| Date: | 10 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Marilyn Sachtjen standing in her dining room while preparing the serving table for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She will be serving st... |
| Date: | 10 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Lucia Leach in her home prior to a University of Wisconsin pregame party. She will be serving baked ham, scalloped potatoes, a green salad, rye bread, and ... |
| Date: | 11 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Stewardess Ruth Otto cleaning an apartment at 3160 East Washington Avenue which she shares with two other stewardesses. The photograph was taken to accompa... |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Four boys smiling with pie filling on their faces standing around a table with four empty pie tins. Behind them is a large crowd of children. |
| Date: | 12 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Julie, age 2, and Penny, age 4, daughters of Horace and Jane Page, enjoy refreshments at the University Club's Christmas party for the younger children of ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two men, seated at a small table drinking. They are dressed in suits and each man is smoking a cigar. The man on the right is wearing a ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Man sitting on a box, leaning back against a wall, with his legs crossed. He is dressed in bib overalls and is smoking a pipe. He may be sitting in a kitch... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Man looking at the camera while he is washing clothes in a washtub. He is wearing a sleeveless shirt and pants with suspenders while he does the laundry. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | View of a woman wearing a plaid dress standing outdoors hanging up clean laundry, specifically light-colored shirts and towels, on the clothesline. |
| Date: | 03 21 1955 |
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| Description: | Pat Farrell, with a broken right leg, polishes silver while confined to the house she shares with three other young women at 2253 Rugby Row. |
| Date: | 05 22 1956 |
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| Description: | William H. Siemering stands in a kitchen grating cheese while wearing the traditional chef's apron, hat, and neckerchief. His specialty is "Eggs Wisconsin.... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "Milton and Adeline Retzlaff show off their bountiful pumpkin harvest." |
| Date: | 09 1984 |
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| Description: | "Milton Retzlaff showed off some huge red Pontiac potatoes including a monster that weighted in at a whopping 2 1/2 pounds. Milton claims the potatoes are ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Actor John Gilbert sits next to Marlene Dietrich at a party thrown by Clifton Webb. They are both in formal dress. There are empty dinner plates and a bask... |
| Date: | 08 1985 |
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| Description: | "Jeanette Walsh, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Tom Walsh, enjoyed some corn at the Theresa Lions Annual Corn Roast." |
| Date: | 08 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Jean Clausen sitting at a table in her kitchen while doing menu planning for her family. Part of photo spread for WSJ's Centennial Cookbook recipe contest. |
| Date: | 08 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Margaret Klipstein bakes many cookies for her family. Part of the photo spread for the Wisconsin State Journal Centennial Cookbook Recipe Contest. |
| Date: | 08 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Virginia Hall displays her angel food cake. Part of photo spread for the Wisconsin State Journal Centennial Cookbook Contest. |
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