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Potato Slicer

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Description: Close-up of a woman's hands using a potato slicer attached to a counter.
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Woman with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in a dress, heels, apron, and pearls poses next to an open International Harvester freezer. The freezer, a unit with the lid on top, is full of foo...
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Woman and Child with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in a dress, apron, heels, and earrings leaning over an open International Harvester freezer, smiling at a girl. The girl, in a dress, braided pigta...
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Canning Rack

Date: 1920
Description: Close-up of a woman's hands holding the wire handles of a wooden rack made for holding jars during canning.
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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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Hattie Braemer with Twins in Wagon

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Description: Hattie Braemer, the children's caretaker, is standing next to the twins who are sitting in a wagon. A woman is standing on the porch behind them.
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People Posing in Front of House

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Description: Three people are posing in front of the entrance to a log house with a frame board addition. On the left a young woman is holding an open umbrella to block...
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Large Group of People in Yard Outside Log House

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Description: Large group, thirty or so, of men, women, children and infants posing standing in the yard of a house in front of and behind a wooden fence. In the center ...
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Man Sitting on a Cart in a Factory

Date: 1910
Description: A factory worker is sitting on a cart on at International Harvester's Osborne Works. Behind him are stacked pieces of lumber. Hooks hang from the ceiling. ...
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St. Mary's Hospital Open House

Date: 08 11 1960
Description: Sister M. Geraldine, S.M., administrator of St. Mary's hospital, explains the tour guide to volunteer planners of the fall open house and membership tea. S...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified woman with eyeglasses posing standing with her hands crossed, with a handbag ...
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Women in Ethnic Dresses

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Description: Indoor portrait of three European American women posing standing and wearing what is probably Norwegian costumes.
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Costa Rican Home

Date: 1902
Description: A women and her two children standing in front of the doorway to a traditional home of the indigenous people of Costa Rica. Several logs act as a sidewalk ...
Postcard

A Maid in a Mob Cap

Date: 1900
Description: A young woman dressed as a maid in a long apron and wearing a mob cap, stands outdoors against the side of a house. She has a set of keys hanging from her ...
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Nurse with Young Girl and Mother

Date: 1910
Description: A nurse with a young girl and mother. The young girl is wearing gold bracelets commonly worn by children of more affluent families at the time, and her mot...
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Large Group in Yard Outside Log House

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Description: Large group, thirty or so, of men, women, children and infants posing standing in the yard of a house in front of and behind a wooden fence. In the center ...
Map or Atlas

Where They Settled in Wisconsin

Date: 1982
Description: This map shows the location of major settlement regions for various ethnic groups. Includes a legend in lower left hand corner. Sparse settlement is repres...
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Mixing Dough for Puerto Rican Pasteles

Date: 12 08 1966
Description: A woman is pressing her hands into dough in a large pot while another woman is looking on. Other containers are on the table, and at least one includes cho...
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Tantalizing Odors

Date: 11 20 1966
Description: Two women are standing in a kitchen. One woman is standing behind a butcher block counter rolling out dough with a rolling pin, along with bowls of ingredi...
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In Breuschwickersheim

Date: 1979
Description: Frederick Brumder (1943-2012), in white sweater, is sitting at a table with relatives in Breuschwickersheim, Alsace, France. The other people are, from lef...

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