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Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
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Cook's Choice

Date: 03 19 1964
Description: A chef wearing a toque removes a roast from the oven.
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Chef Carson Gulley

Date: 1945
Description: Chef Carson Gulley, University of Wisconsin-Madison residence hall chef, chopping vegetables.
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Woman Frying Bacon

Date: 1939
Description: Mrs. Baltes frying bacon for the children at Kiddie Camp, 3910 Mineral Point Rd.
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Chef Carson Gulley and Apprentices

Date: 01 24 1949
Description: Carson Gulley, head chef at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is shown in the refectory of Van Hise Hall with his class of apprentice chefs. Left to rig...
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Grand Lodge Hall Kitchen Scene

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Description: Interior view of kitchen at the Grand Lodge Hall with a male cook posed behind a large table underneath a hanging rack of pots and pans. There's a large st...
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Grand Lodge Hall Kitchen Scene

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Description: Interior view of kitchen at the Grand Lodge Hall with a male cook posed behind a large table underneath a hanging rack of pots and pans. There's a large st...
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Hotel Astor Kitchen Workers

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Description: Kitchen workers at the Hotel Astor. Men standing around long wooden tables and an open window at the far end of the room where waiters would pass along foo...
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Hotel Astor Kitchen Workers

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Description: Kitchen workers at the Hotel Astor. Men standing around long tables with a hanging rack of pots and pans over a long table. Plates are piled up on another ...
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Mary's Sanitorium Kitchen Workers

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Description: Two kitchen workers at Mary's Sanitorium stand in a kitchen room with shelves of trays and a warming tray along the walls.
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Canning Demonstration

Date: 1914
Description: A group of men and women surround O.H. Benson as he gives a canning demonstration in the office of County Superintendent Tobin. Canning equipment stands on...
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Cooking Class in the Kitchen

Date: 11 08 1984
Description: Students prepare a curried beef dinner in a Waukesha County Technical Institute cooking class led by Juanita Decker (right, in chef's hat).
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 15 1946
Description: Cooks prepare food on a large iron stove while a worker stands holding coffee. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car fer...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. A husband and wife team, Bea and Carson Gu...
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Splitting Wood

Date: 08 1911
Description: The Gang split wood for the cooking fire at their camp by Sturgeon Lake.
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W.A. Holt and Others Eating Meal Under a Tent

Date: 1901
Description: Under a tent, three men are eating a meal prepared by cook Bob Morris, who is standing beside the table. In the foreground is a tree stump which is loaded ...
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Making Sorghum Molasses

Date: 1910
Description: Steam is rising from a "cooking pan" where sorghum juice is boiling. There is a smokestack at left and a pile of fire wood on the right. Barrels, milk cans...

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