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Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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Family at Dining Table

Date: 1890
Description: Family gathered at the dining table.
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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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Young Girl Eating Breakfast

Date: 1920
Description: Young girl sitting at a table eating cereal(?) from a bowl. She also has a glass of milk and a plate with toast.
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Waitress Tending Table in McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House.
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Young Man Buttering a Slice of Bread

Date: 1919
Description: A young man sitting at a table buttering a slice of bread.
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Picnic Tea Party

Date: 1890
Description: A woman pours tea for her friends seated outdoors at a table.
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Taste Test at Oscar Mayer

Date: 10 16 1945
Description: Slightly elevated view of men and women sitting around a table, sampling slices of Oscar Mayer meat products in the Oscar Mayer laboratory. A women in a lo...
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Children's Birthday Party

Date: 10 31 1932
Description: Children's birthday party. Taken for Mrs. Louis McGann. Shows children's room decor, small table with five children sitting around it.
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Table Set for Dinner with Oscar Mayer Ham

Date: 09 17 1931
Description: Table set for dinner with Oscar Mayer ham.
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Oscar Mayer Co., Breakfast Display

Date: 09 16 1931
Description: Oscar Mayer Co., breakfast table, display of sausages and wheatcakes.
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Children Eating at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 09 1931
Description: Children eating at Kiddie Camp.
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H.L. Mencken Having a Beer for Breakfast

Date: 1927
Description: H.L. Mencken sits at the breakfast table reading the newspaper and dining on toast and a goblet of beer. He autographed the photograph with "Breakfast in t...
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Order of Amaranth Members

Date: 12 17 1955
Description: Order of Amaranth members packing food boxes for needy families. Shown, left to right: Bella Holly, Anna Hynum, Ruth Lieberman, and Myrtle Jessen.
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Tea at the Governor's Residence

Date: 10 01 1944
Description: Officers of the Wisconsin Business and Professional Women's Club attending a tea at the Governor's Residence, 130 E. Gilman Street. Left to right around th...
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Home Economics Club Meeting

Date: 10 16 1944
Description: Three women at a meeting of the Madison Home Economics Club with the theme "Good Nutrition, A Wartime Challenge." Mrs. Irving (Clara) Johnson, president of...
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Madison Home Economics Club Meeting

Date: 10 16 1944
Description: Three women and three children at a meeting of the Madison Home Economics Club with the theme "Good Nutrition, A Wartime Challenge." Left to right are Mrs....
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Phyllis A. Kessenich and Henry V. Anderson

Date: 10 02 1945
Description: A wedding party at the refreshment table. Included are: best man, William Kessenich; brides attendant, Joan Kessenich; bride, Phyllis Ann Kessenich; Groom,...
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Two School Children Drinking Milk

Date: 10 03 1947
Description: Two school children, a boy and a girl, drinking milk from bottles in their classroom with an American Dairy Association poster in the background. Taken for...

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