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Ellsworth House

Date: 12 12 1953
Description: Barbara Schaeffer (left) of Chicago and Catherine LaBerge of Ladysmith cook their own meals at the Ellsworth House, a residence for UW coeds. The house was...
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Christmas Customs

Date: 12 14 1953
Description: Hannah Heegaard-Jensen demonstrates a Christmas tradition by frying ableskivers on Christmas Eve.
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Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Association Benefit Ball Raises Money for Scholarships

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Many cocktail parties preceded the Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Association Benefit Ball. Elizabeth O'Brien and Faye Mosigin, both of whom are Delta Zeta a...
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Elizabeth Morris takes loaves of bread out of the oven as her children Mary, age 3 1/2 and Sandra, 15 months, look on. The photograph was taken as part of ...
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Kurth Kitchen

Date: 07 29 1954
Description: Evelyn Kurth and 14-month old Terry Kurth pose in the kitchen of Harold and Evelyn's home at 2 Harding Street in Madison. The room features a trellis-like ...
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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Virginia Dymond and Frances Hurst sitting in the home of Virginia and Russell Dymond at 2805 Ridge Road, one of the houses on the League of Women Voters' b...
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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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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Mary Huber standing in her kitchen while fixing a molded jello salad in preparation for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She will be servi...
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Lake View Lutheran Lutefisk Dinner

Date: 11 10 1954
Description: Six women, some wearing aprons, preparing cakes while standing around a high table. Cakes and a stand mixer are on the table top. They are at Lakeview Ame...
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Christmas Season Activities

Date: 12 11 1954
Description: Jean Brickson and her daughters Ann, age 4, and Betty, age 2, make cut-out Christmas cookies.
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Easter Seal Boy

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: The family of David Lindl, the 1956 "Easter Seal Boy", eating breakfast. They include, from left: father Frank C. Lindl; Dennis, age 17 months; mother Marg...
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Four Women Share a House

Date: 03 21 1955
Description: Pat Farrell, with a broken right leg, polishes silver while confined to the house she shares with three other young women at 2253 Rugby Row.
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Jean Clausen sitting at a table in her kitchen while doing menu planning for her family. Part of photo spread for WSJ's Centennial Cookbook recipe contest.
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Margaret Klipstein bakes many cookies for her family. Part of the photo spread for the Wisconsin State Journal Centennial Cookbook Recipe Contest.
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Virginia Hall displays her angel food cake. Part of photo spread for the Wisconsin State Journal Centennial Cookbook Contest.
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Career Girls Entertain

Date: 02 15 1957
Description: Jean Ziegler cooking spaghetti for a dinner party at her apartment at 122 East Gilman Street, Apt. 205.
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Home Economics Day

Date: 03 20 1957
Description: Mary Crain (right), home economist, teacher, dietician, and manager of the West High School cafeteria, supervises two of her students, Linda Gaarder and Al...
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Monona Grove High School Student Council Kitchen Tour

Date: 04 03 1957
Description: View of the kitchen in the Roland and Jeanette Paul home at 707 Moygara Road. Jeanette is standing at an island that houses a stainless steel sink and dish...
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Monona Grove High School Student Council Kitchen Tour

Date: 04 03 1957
Description: Mrs. Harvey (Bonita) Hubanks sitting next to a fireplace in the family room adjacent to the kitchen in their home at 4206 Jerome Street in Madison. The kit...
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Brides at Home

Date: 06 25 1957
Description: Lois Persen Berres standing in her kitchen while holding a coffee pot. The photograph is one of a series showing how newlywed women have made their new liv...

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