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Dining Room at Lumber Camp

Date: 1885
Description: Dining room, probably at D. Sullivan's lumber camp.
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Waitress Tending Table in McCormick Works Club House

Date: 06 19 1907
Description: Waitress tending a table in the dining room of the McCormick Works Club House.
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Eating in Fraternity Garb

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Description: Bloch indulging himself while dressed in humorous garb as a fraternity brother. Taken as an illustration for a fraternity article in Smiles magazine...
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American Red Cross Blood Center

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: Volunteer worker Mrs. Charles (Elnora) Wirth stands at the counter in the American Red Cross Blood Center canteen, while nurses' aide Mrs. Gordon (Mabel) N...
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Strikers' Soup Kitchen

Date: 11 16 1955
Description: Striking employees, all members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, of the Kind & Knox Company, enjoy a break from their picket line responsibil...
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Tractor Works Cafeteria

Date: 1948
Description: Factory workers sitting at tables and standing in line to get food at a service counter in the cafeteria of International Harvester's Tractor Works. The cl...
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Woman Eating Canned Food

Date: 05 1926
Description: A woman wearing a beaded dress and necklace is sitting at a table to eat canned corn and peaches.
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Woman Baking

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a uniform and cloth hat is siftting flour into a bowl in a kitchen. Her dress has buttoned-on cuffs on the sleeves. The table in front of h...
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Woman Baking Bread

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a uniform and cloth hat is kneading bread dough on a board on a wooden table. Her dress has buttoned-on cuffs on the sleeves. A flour sifte...
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Community Dinner

Date: 1920
Description: A group of farmers gathered in a rural church for a community dinner.
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Madison Newspapers Carriers Kickoff Breakfast

Date: 04 20 1954
Description: Carriers for Madison Newspapers, Inc. sitting at tables for one of four "kickoff" breakfasts for the annual newspaper-magazine selling contest.
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Unitarian Anniversary

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: The head table at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. Seated at the table are Frank Lloyd Wright and, next to ...
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Linda Taylor babysits the three Charlton children: Mary Teresa, 4 years old; Brendan, 3 years old; and Delia, two years old.
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Career Girls Entertain

Date: 02 14 1957
Description: Jean Ziegler, secretary, plans the menu for a dinner party to be held at 122 East Gilman Street, Apartment 205.
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Women Workers in Osborne Works Cafeteria

Date: 03 25 1914
Description: Elevated view of a large group of female factory workers sitting at tables in a cafeteria at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The women likely work...
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Black Steer Wine List Menu

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Description: Wine list menu for The Black Steer, with a waiter holding a serving tray with a bottle and two glasses, and making an "okay" motion with his other hand; in...
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"Tiger Woman"

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Description: Nude woman with body painting eating a plate of strawberries and whipped cream. Sitting on a stool in a garage, she is painted like a tiger, with stripes c...
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"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" Journalists

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" journalists sitting at tables. From left to right: Rick Wood, Dan Bice, Patrick Marley, Mary Spicuzza, and Craig Gilbert are w...
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Dinner Party in a Mid-Century Modern Home

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Description: Four men sitting around a long dining table after a casual meal. At the head of the table is Ken Harley, the original home owner who started to build the h...
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk prepares lunches for her two sons, Steven, 7, and Tommy, 11, (seated in the background, eating breakfast) before she leave...

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