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The Slide

Date: 1880
Description: Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow.
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Circus Cook Tent

Date: 1942
Description: Cooks preparing food for fellow workers with Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus.
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Fueling Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: A man fueling a fire for a fish boil, as people look on.
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Kitchen Crew

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Description: Four men wearing white aprons attend to kitchen duties outdoors at a campsite. There is a tent in the background.
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Man Cooking Over Open Fire

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Description: A man wearing an apron cooks over an open fire at a campsite near a tent. Smoke or sunlight obscures the image.
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1956
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...
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
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...
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Group of Women and Girls at Picnic

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Description: Group of women and girls, and one large dog, posing standing and sitting around three picnic tables. Horses are grazing in the background.
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Neighborhood House: Boys in Meal Line at Camp

Date: 1929
Description: Group of boys standing in line, holding empty plates to be filled by a cook, wearing a chef's hat, who is standing behind a half-door with a pan in one han...
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Wisconsin 4-H Club Conference and Picnic

Date: 06 16 1959
Description: Prominent Madison residents helped serve the 4-H group at the picnic on the University of Wisconsin inter-mural field. From left to right are: R.M. Henders...
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Portrait at the Barbecue

Date: 1919
Description: Posed outdoor group portrait, with cooks, at a policemen's picnic or barbecue.
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Chippewa Woman Cooking Bear Meat

Date: 1907
Description: Chippewa woman standing outdoors stirring one of three pots suspended over an open fire.
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Joe Makes Lunch

Date: 1916
Description: Joe Paris making drop cakes for lunch at The Gang's camp.
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Making Pie

Date: 1909
Description: The camp cook, Joe Paris, rolling out pie crust on a wooden box at a camp.
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Women with Display of Canned Vegetables

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Description: Group portrait of young women standing on a porch around a shelf displaying canned vegetables, and jars of vegetables. Some of the jars have ribbons on the...
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Women with Display of Canned Vegetables

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Description: Group portrait of young women standing on a porch around a shelf displaying canned vegetables, and jars of vegetables. Some of the jars have ribbons on the...
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Mrs. James H. Smith Wins Recipe Contest Prize

Date: 10 22 1958
Description: Mrs. James H. Smith, 3112 Furey Avenue, wins third-grand prize in the annual Wisconsin State Journal recipe contest. Mrs. Smith, a 1957 graduate of ...
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Boats Heading Out

Date: 1916
Description: Three boats, each filled with people, are leaving the pier. Two household employees, wearing aprons and standing on the pier, are watching the boats depart...

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