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| Date: | 06 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Nancy Waterman unsuccessfully pours milk for Harriet Anderson (whose name has since changed to Penny Hilley) at the Wonder Spot. |
| Date: | 09 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Three farm wives are taking a break at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left are Mr... |
| Date: | 08 18 1912 |
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| Description: | Eight cooks posing inside the dining hall. Long tables are set for a meal. |
| Date: | 05 28 1913 |
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| Description: | Power dam construction workers pausing during a meal in the camp dining room. Oil lamps are hanging from the ceiling; overhead electric lights are also ins... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Susan Lloyd Jones and their collie, Roger, probably on the porch of a cottage. Susan died Oct 26, 1911 and Jenkin died Sept 12... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | The head and foot boards of a maple bed lean against two cupboards. The cupboards hold pewter ware as well as crockery. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A seated young woman in a nineteenth century style dress poses with a tapestry or carpet bag and spinning wheel. A bonnet rests on an antiquer dresser beh... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An elderly woman in an old-fashioned dress sits and knits by a table in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The photographer, Ephraim Burt Trimpey, and his wife, Alice Kent Trimpey, seated at a table with a tea kettle on a stand, cups and saucers. Both wear vinta... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An elderly woman in headscarf, checked dress and sweater, sits outdoors knitting. Identified as Martha Schilling, wife of Adam Rebholz from Portage, Wiscon... |
| Date: | 06 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Bernard Arms (standing), uncle of Lewis Arms, shares a picnic with his neighbors Mr. and Mrs. (Betsy) Nofsinger. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Three chairs around a table with stacks of books in the lobby of the Silver Dale Resort at Devil's Lake. In the background three open doors lead into the d... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of dining room tables placed at an angle along a row of windows. The tables are set with silverware, plates, cups, pitchers, and menus. On the back wa... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Cottage, with a spinning wheel on the porch, at the Bonnie View Resort near Devil's Lake. |
| An intimate look at family, architecture, interiors and fashion in Victorian Wisconsin between 1885 and 1900 |
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| Learn about the lives of upper-middle class Wisconsinites in the Victorian period between 1885 and 1900. |
| Date: | 08 23 1961 |
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| Description: | The recipe for Savory Cabbage submitted by Mrs. Elmer Elsing, Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, was the second place winner in the vegetable category of the Wisco... |
| Date: | 05 1968 |
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| Description: | A Boy Scout or Scout Leader, with "Madison Wis 101" on his shoulder patch, making pancakes in a skillet over an open fire. Beside the skillet is a coffee p... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Rock Springs Memorial Community Center, Auditorium, Dining Room, Snack Bar." A collage of 4 images of the Community Center. One exter... |
| Date: | 09 1969 |
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| Description: | Actors Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow posing while seated on the grass with plates of food and drinks. They appear to be in costume. Caption reads: "Liv Ull... |
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