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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Mary C. Donahoe inspecting an antique gas range next to new model at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East High School gymnasium.
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National Home Demonstration Week

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Young homemakers, Caroline Reierson, 615 Dennett Drive, and Arveda Kuhlmey, 713 Dennett Drive, experiment with a new culinary process for cooking meat. The...
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Harry R. Sharpe Home

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Kitchen in the Harry R. Sharpe family farm home located on the University of Wisconsin poultry research farm, 5101 Mineral Point Road. An old gas range sto...
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Kitchenware on Display

Date: 1951
Description: Two female mannequins are standing with an International Harvester freezer and refrigerator. This display may have been at the International Harvester head...
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Family Service Agency

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Margaret Mentzner, a fulltime employee of the Family Service Agency, is shown caring and cooking for two small children whose mother is sick and absen...
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University Practice Kitchen

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Description: Interior view of a University of Wisconsin Home Economics Department practice kitchen demonstrating orderly shelf usage.
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Kitchen Interior

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Description: Interior view of a kitchen showing sink, stove, counter, and shelves. Apparently to demonstrate effective kitchen organization.
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Woman with Cook-Box

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Description: Woman in a long dress standing in kitchen with cook-box, a device to facilitate consistent results in cooking. There is a sideboard on the right.
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Tractor Works Cafeteria Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: A woman in uniform standing by the open door of a walk-in-cooler in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). A man is standing ...
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Muscoda Woman

Date: 1955
Description: 100-year-old woman, a resident of Muscoda, Wis., sitting at a table, stirring a cup of coffee (?). Newsphoto for the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Kitchern Breakfast Nook in A.J. Sweet Residence

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Kitchen breakfast nook in the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A.J. (Sara) Sweet, 209 North Spooner Street. The drapes and wallpaper feature a fruit design with t...
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Interior of the Mr. & Mrs. Kieth Roberts House

Date: 05 06 1949
Description: Kitchen in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Kieth Roberts, 13 S. Midvale Blvd., one of four homes designed and constructed by Marshall Erdman for war veterans with s...
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Peterson House Kitchen

Date: 09 29 1949
Description: Kitchen in the house of Arthur Peterson at 4175 Cherokee Drive.
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Community Chest Meal Workers

Date: 10 24 1949
Description: Workers who planned, prepared, and served the kick-off luncheon for Community Chest workers in the guild hall at Grace Episcopal Church. From left to right...
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Doris Trameri is pictured in the kitchen of her new house at 568 Park Lane in Westmorland getting ready to celebrate her first wedding anniversary. She had...
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St. Charles Steel Kitchen Showroom

Date: 02 15 1950
Description: Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm, wife of Wisconsin's governor, presided at the formal unveiling of the St. Charles steel unit kitchen, at 548 West Washington A...
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Virginia Ross in Kitchen

Date: 1950
Description: Virginia Ross poses at a table in front of a large stove in the kitchen. Caption reads: "Kitchen at Ross's Tel Lake Lodge, Hayward, Wis."
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New Housing Designs On Shore Acres Road

Date: 03 23 1950
Description: A woman is standing in a modern kitchen while peering into a top-loading dishwasher. The home builders were Ivan Gregory and Jack Klund of Space, Inc. The...
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Cook at Hatton Lumber Camp

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Description: A man works in a kitchen at Hatton Lumber Company Camp. He is wearing an apron and is mixing ingredients in a large bowl at a counter near two windows. Cap...
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Carl Zeidler at Kitchen Table

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Description: Milwaukee mayoral candidate (and future mayor) Carl Zeidler in election photograph sitting at kitchen table with a woman and two young children. There is a...

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