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H.L. Mencken Having a Beer for Breakfast

Date: 1927
Description: H.L. Mencken sits at the breakfast table reading the newspaper and dining on toast and a goblet of beer. He autographed the photograph with "Breakfast in t...
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Recipe Contest Winner Lea Gunderson

Date: 02 16 1949
Description: "Wisconsin State Journal" recipe contest winner Lea Gunderson holds a platter of her pineapple covered upside-down ham loaf.
Poster

Crop Emergency Here!

Date: 1944
Description: Office of War Information Design No. 2, "Crop Emergency." The poster features a newspaper theme. The newspaper title is "The American Appeal." The main art...
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The "Guardian's" 40th Anniversary

Date: 10 23 1978
Description: Staff of the "Guardian," the Marxist-Leninist weekly newspaper, taken on the 40th anniversary of the paper's establishment. The cake is decorated with a ha...
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Home Canning

Date: 1915
Description: A woman wearing a dress and bonnet is using a wire potato masher to remove a jar of peaches from a vat of boiling water. Several jars of canned goods are s...
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Woman with Home Canning Equipment

Date: 1915
Description: Mrs. Buckley, wearing a dress, apron, and bonnet, is standing next to a table where equipment used for the home canning of agricultural produce is displaye...
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Marchers Rest on Roadside

Date: 08 15 1966
Description: A woman and man, members of Obreros Unidos, (United Workers) sit crossed legged on a roadside of Highway 21 eating lunch. They are resting from a march to...
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 11 1957
Description: Mrs. Harry Flemming preparing a seafood and wild rice luncheon. She is the grand prize winner of the casserole category in the Wisconsin State Journal's se...
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 13 1957
Description: Camille Mathias, the third grand prize winner in the Wisconsin State Journal's second annual recipe contest, preparing her recipe entry, Chicken Noodle Piq...
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Dagmar Muckler

Date: 10 01 1957
Description: Portrait of Dagmar Muckler, first place winner in the vegetable category of Wisconsin State Journal's second annual recipe contest. Her winning recipe is f...
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 01 1957
Description: Studio portrait of Delores Wengert, first place winner in the leftovers category of the Wisconsin State Journal's second annual recipe contest. Her recipe ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 01 1957
Description: Portrait of Colette Rose, first place winner of the eggs and cheese category in the Wisconsin State Journal's second annual recipe contest. Her recipe was ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 01 1957
Description: Studio portrait of Belle Richman, first place winner in the appetizers and snacks category of the Wisconsin State Journal's second annual recipe contest. T...
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 01 1957
Description: Studio portrait of Vera Schulz, second place winner of the appetizers and snacks category in the second annual Wisconsin State Journal recipe contest.
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We Saw You . . . at Carrier Boys' Picnic

Date: 06 30 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc, hosts a picnic for newspaper carriers as a special recognition to the boys, each an individual businessman, who carry the papers in...
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We Saw You . . . at Carrier Boys' Picnic

Date: 06 29 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc. hosts a picnic for special recognition to newspaper carriers, each an individual businessman, who carry the papers in any weather. ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: Mincemeat Ice Cream Dessert won the second grand prize in the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook contest. The recipe was submitted by Hazel Van Wagenen of 50...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: Brown Bread won second place in quick breads in the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook contest. The recipe was submitted by Mrs. Earl Rueter, Columbus, Wisc...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: Sweet Potato Rolls won second place in yeast breads in the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook contest. The recipe was submitted by Mrs. Clarence Bollant, Li...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: Beef Tenderloin with Bordelaise Sauce won the third grand prize in the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook contest. The recipe was submitted by Mrs. S. J. Cha...

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