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| Date: | 05 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Mother and daughter washing dishes together. |
| Date: | 03 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Woman stirring the contents of an Osterizer blender that is sitting on the stove. |
| Date: | 02 27 1984 |
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| Description: | A sixth grade class dresses up as cave people to experience the likeness of living in pre-historic times. |
| Date: | 08 22 1963 |
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| Description: | "Picnicking in Mitchell Park provided a pleasant afternoon recently for these senior citizens who participated in the Milwaukee County Park Commission's pr... |
| Date: | 05 08 1964 |
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| Description: | A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business. |
| Date: | 05 05 1964 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing an apron preparing a hazelnut torte from a prized recipe. |
| Date: | 11 21 1963 |
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| Description: | A variety of canned and fresh peppers is artfully displayed by the woman who serves them to her family and gives them as gifts. |
| Date: | 09 25 1963 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two women, one pulling loaves of bread from the oven and the other glazing crusts in the church kitchen. |
| Date: | 10 13 1963 |
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| Description: | A housewife showing off her newly-installed laundry room. |
| Date: | 07 07 1963 |
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| Description: | Jehovah's Witnesses assembly camper doing laundry. |
| Date: | 08 15 1963 |
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| Description: | Two women examine a prizing winning chiffon cake. |
| Date: | 11 18 1965 |
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| Description: | Elementary school students collect nonperishable food to be distributed by the Salvation Army. |
| Date: | 01 08 1956 |
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| Description: | Men sew as a joke at a party for a prospective bridegroom. Jack Bayliss, with bow tie, is facing the camera. |
| Date: | 05 14 1989 |
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| Description: | A man leans out a window to clean the outside glass. |
| Date: | 11 25 1965 |
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| Description: | A man takes pleasure in the carving of the Thanksgiving turkey, with other food items in the foreground and vending machines behind him. |
| Date: | 10 11 1981 |
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| Description: | Jim Niemann decorates dipped chocolates at his family's business, Niemann's Home Made Chocolate Shop. |
| Date: | 09 30 1967 |
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| Description: | A woman sits with her ten children surrounding her and watches TV. |
| Date: | 05 31 1964 |
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| Description: | A circle of women talk, sew and thread needles around a Singer sewing machine. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A mother posing with her seven children in the living room of their home. |
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