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| 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: | 03 14 2008 |
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| Description: | "Nick was our waiter at the American Legion in Horicon." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Carl Bernhard, Nick, and Shirley Widmer. An album of th... |
| Date: | 06 20 2008 |
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| Description: | "Brittany was the cook and waitress at Rusty's Pub-N-Grub." From left to right: Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Carl Bernhard, Shirley Widmer, and Brittany. Jim Wid... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Jacob Johnson & Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, a wholesale dealer in fresh and saltwater Lake Superior Fish. Features a cartoon of a man wea... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Adler and Mauer Restaurant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a blank area in the form of a page "tipped in" to the background, with an array ... |
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| Description: | Memohead of the A. Booth Packing Company of Bayfield, Wisconsin, dealing in "Oval Brand Oysters, Fish & Canned Goods," with a three-quarter view of the com... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the E.R. Godfrey & Sons Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a red belt with a silver buckle across the top left. Examples of the company's ... |
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| Description: | Memohead of the Johnson Fish Company of Green Bay, Wisconsin, wholesalers of "fresh. salt. & smoked fish, oysters and live crawfish," with a fish being pul... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A card depicting two men posed near a stringer holding the many fish they caught. The caption reads, "Result of a day's fishing on Elk River, Price Co." |
| Date: | 10 28 1978 |
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| Description: | Menu from the Jamieson House, with decorative borders featuring putti holding a platter of meat, wine cellar keys, and a basket of wines; decanting wine fr... |
| Date: | 12 22 1868 |
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| Description: | Front cover and interior menu pages from the Third Annual Supper of the New England Society, held at Vilas House to commemorate Forefather's Day. On the co... |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | Interior menu pages of the Ninth International Medical Congress, with a woman in a head wrap and skirt decorated with stars pouring liquid from a jug into ... |
| Date: | 07 15 1961 |
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| Description: | Menu from Bookbinders Sea Food House. The cover features an illustration of a fisherman holding a net with a boat in the background, framed by a border of ... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the O.R. Pieper Company, with a left-hand side bar with color illustrations of "Bright-Spot" brand canned foods: various fruits and vegetable... |
| Date: | 03 03 1965 |
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| Description: | Madison grocer, Henry Ullsvik, wearing an apron, vest and neck tie. He is holding a small box of a frozen Norwegian fish called 'saithe' and a copy of a "W... |
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| Description: | Front cover and interior pages of menu from Rennebohm's. The front cover features a wood-grain background with a silhouette of a cup of coffee. Interior pa... |
| Date: | 1715 |
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| Description: | One of Herman Moll's most famous maps, often referred to as The Codfish Map, it shows rivers and portages, cities, Indian villages, wind directions, routes... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster urging food conservation depicting a variety of acceptable foods arranged on a table. The rest of the text reads: "Fish and poultry — fruits, vegeta... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of fish swimming underwater among seaweed. Advocates eating fish rather than other meat sources. The rest of the text reads: "E... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A display by the Wisconsin Conservation Department erected in a large tent extols the value of smoking fish for food. There are posters identifying differe... |
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