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Woodchopping Contest

Date: 1936
Description: A crowd surrounds a man as he stands atop a tree trunk swinging his axe in a woodchopping contest.
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Olive Charboneau Mixing Pie Dough

Date: 02 13 1932
Description: Wood County 4-H girl, Olive Charboneau of Vesper, mixing pie dough in the Madison Gas and Electric Co. demonstration kitchen. This was during the competiti...
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Agatha Dermosky Rolling Pie Dough

Date: 02 13 1932
Description: Dane county 4-H Club girl, Agatha Dermosky, of Sun Prairie, rolls pie dough in the Madison Gas and Electric Co. demonstration kitchen during competition in...
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Sheep Shearing Contest

Date: 1951
Description: Winner Melvin Walker at work during a sheep shearing competition.
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Nutrition Specialist Gladys Stillmam

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Miss Gladys S. Stillman, judge of the "Wisconsin State Journal's" dessert recipe contest, exhibiting utensils used in baking nationality dishes. Also in th...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Jumping Tournament

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Hill captain Werner Schorr smooths snow near the base of the ski jump scaffold during the Blackhawk Ski Club's annual jumping tournament at their Tomahawk ...
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Axe Chopping at the Lumberjack Bowl

Date: 1970
Description: A shirtless man is standing on top of a log ready to chop a log with an axe. A crowd of people are watching from stands behind him.
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Log Chopping Contest at the Logging Congress

Date: 09 1976
Description: A man is standing on top of a braced wood block. He is bending over as he swings his ax at the wood block on which he is standing. A crowd of people are wa...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Recipe Contest

Date: 08 14 1958
Description: Agnes Tomlinson, Middleton, cuts a strawberry pie. She plans to enter the cookbook recipe contest for the Wisconsin State Journal.

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