Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-16 of 16

Photograph

4-H Tractor Queen Serenaded on a Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: 4-H Tractor Queen receiving a cake on a Farmall Cub tractor while other 4-H members serenade her.
Photograph

Seven East High School Seniors and Cake

Date: 06 06 1935
Description: Seven East High School seniors and one woman sitting on stage with a tiered birthday cake with candles.
Photograph

Emerson School P.T.A. Anniversary Program

Date: 02 20 1935
Description: Girls dressed in colonial costumes are standing around a table with a birthday cake at the Emerson School P.T.A. 38th anniversary program.
Photograph

Marian Dolan 4-H Champion Making a Cake

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan, of the Maple Knoll 4-H club north of Sun Prairie, 1931 National 4-H champion, making a cake. Shows a Hershey's Cocoa can.
Photograph

Frosty House

Date: 12 18 1963
Description: A craft class member of Milwaukee public school system's recreation department frosting a gingerbread cookie house at the Grant Street social center.
Photograph

Girls Baking Cookies

Date: 12 16 1952
Description: Susie Kamm and Nancy Miles putting cookies into the oven. The girls are members of the 8th grade home economics class at West Junior High School. The class...
Photograph

Girl Scouts Cookie Project

Date: 03 12 1949
Description: Nancy Hockett and Patricia Rinden, two Girl Scouts from Troop 46 at East Jr. High School, nibble cookies in anticipation of their project to sell cookies ...
Photograph

Madison Vocational School Cake Decorating Class

Date: 1951
Description: Victor Hammersley, a professional baker and teacher, supervises as Elizabeth Zweifel and Mae Grelle decorate a cake at the Madison Vocational School.
Photograph

Angel Food Cake Blue Ribbon Winner

Date: 1921
Description: High school student Harold Enge poses with his blue ribbon winning angel food cake during an International Harvester Company Short Course. Additional cakes...
Photograph

Home Economics Day

Date: 03 20 1957
Description: Mary Crain (right), home economist, teacher, dietician, and manager of the West High School cafeteria, supervises two of her students, Linda Gaarder and Al...
Photograph

Zimmerman Twin's Birthday Party

Date: 09 25 1957
Description: The Zimmerman twins, Lettie and Lloyd, celebrate their 11th birthday with 54 friends and 12 teachers at Lincoln School. Stephen Webster (left), Mary Pfiste...
Photograph

June Dairy Month on Capitol Square

Date: 06 08 1959
Description: 4-H members, some of them dressed in old-fashioned costumes, serving homemade cakes and donated ice cream at an ice cream social on the Capitol Square. Pro...
Photograph

Teen-age Baking Contest

Date: 11 18 1964
Description: Richard Krejcarek, age eighteen from Manitowoc and first-year student at the Madison Vocational, Technical, and Adult school, is the winner of the teen-age...
Photograph

Blessed Sacrament Girl Scout Troop

Date: 11 20 1964
Description: Members of Blessed Sacrament Cadette Girl Scout troop shown preparing to serve pastries at a "tasting tea" at the school. They baked the food themselves a...
Photograph

Hays School Graduation Cake

Date: 06 14 1956
Description: Three young people and one adult woman are sitting around a cake shaped like a book with writing on its open pages. One young man is holding a knife over t...
Photograph

Junior Red Cross Blood Drive Recruitment

Date: 05 29 1958
Description: Dick Johnson, center, with a birthday cake, being honored as the first blood donor recruited by the Junior Red Cross "18 Club. At left is Carla Helmus, Eas...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: