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Canning Corn

Date: 1927
Description: Husband and wife canning corn in kitchen using Burpee Can Sealer.
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Early Electric Stove

Date: 06 1923
Description: Electric stove in the rural farmhouse kitchen of Adolph Betz.
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"Jewel" Stove

Date: 08 1927
Description: "Jewel" brand stove inside a farmhouse kitchen. The original caption reads: "Stove for patch work in making faked pictures."
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Memorial Union Dining Room

Date: 09 25 1928
Description: Serving room, off main dining room, University of Wisconsin, Memorial Union.
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Memorial Union Dining Room

Date: 09 25 1928
Description: Serving room, off main dining room, University of Wisconsin, Memorial Union.
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Memorial Union Kitchen

Date: 09 25 1928
Description: Main kitchen at the Memorial Union kitchen from the east door, located at the University of Wisconsin.
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Memorial Union Kitchen

Date: 09 25 1928
Description: Main kitchen, seen from the middle south side, University of Wisconsin, Memorial Union.
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Kohler Demonstration Home, 1928-Kitchen

Date: 1928
Description: Kitchen in the 1928 demonstration home in Kohler, Wisconsin. The wall, ceiling, and cupboards are painted tan. The chairs, purchased unfinished, were pai...
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Children with Cream Separator

Date: 05 25 1927
Description: A boy is holding a drinking glass up to the spout of a cream separator as a man is pouring a metal milk pail into the device. A young girl is sitting on a ...
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Woman and Child with Cream Separator

Date: 05 25 1927
Description: A woman is emptying a metal milk can into a cream separator while a girl is standing by watching. They are in a large room with a sink and a cabinet. An el...
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Children and Woman with Cream Separator

Date: 10 27 1926
Description: A girl us turning the crank on a cream separator as a boy and a woman are looking on. The woman and children are standing in a kitchen, and the woman is wa...
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Marshall Neilan and Marjorie Daw publicity still

Date: 1920
Description: Marshall Neilan, the director of Don't Ever Marry (1920), and Marjorie Daw, the female lead. Original caption: "NIX ON THE FANCY FOOD, SAYS MARSHA...
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Oil Stove Accident Prevention

Date: 08 1927
Description: A woman wearing an apron pouring oil into a hot stove at the International Harvester Hinsdale experimental farm, illustrating a dangerous scenario for Inte...
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Farmhouse Hazards

Date: 08 1927
Description: A child sitting on the floor of a farmhouse kitchen near a cloth-covered table. A lit oil lamp, pot, and utensils are sitting on the table, illustrating th...
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Farmhouse Hazards

Date: 08 1927
Description: An unattended child turning the knobs of a gas stove in a farmhouse.
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Knife Precautions

Date: 07 1927
Description: View from above of an open drawer revealing sharp knives mixed in with other kitchen utensils.
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Canning Equipment

Date: 1925
Description: A covered pot with a thermometer, can sealer, and stacks of metal cans stand on a table beside a stove in a kitchen near a window.
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Sanitary Garbage Pail

Date: 1920
Description: A metal sanitary garbage pail attaches underneath the kitchen sink and pipes at the farmhouse of Miss Lella Gaddis.
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Woman Cooking on Electric Plate

Date: 10 1927
Description: A woman mixing food in a pot heated on an electric plate.
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Kitchen Sink

Date: 06 1923
Description: A sink standing against a wall inside a farmhouse kitchen. A stove is to the right of the sink, and a garbage bin stands beneath it.

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