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University of Wisconsin Home Economics Class

Date: 10 28 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics student Charlene Bishop, making pancakes in a laboratory.
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Cooking Demonstration at Women's Building

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Description: Cooking demonstration in the Women's Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, featuring a cheese appetizer.
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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 23 1961
Description: This Horseradish Salad won second place in the salad category of the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest. The recipe was submitted by Mrs. John J. And...
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Home Economics Lab Class

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Description: Laboratory work in a University of Wisconsin home economics class.
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Wisconsin State Fair Exhibit

Date: 1926
Description: Demonstration booth in the Women's Building at the Wisconsin State Fair, showing electrical kitchen equipment.
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Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book Recipe Contest

Date: 07 27 1959
Description: Miss Loreen Jacobson, home economics director of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company, performs a test of a casserole entered in the annual Wisconsin S...
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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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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: 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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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 23 1961
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...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 23 1961
Description: "Caponata," an eggplant relish, won the first place prize in foreign cookery in the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest. The recipe was submitted by M...
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Mrs. Alice Ferguson and Miss Loreen Jacobson Will Judge Recipes for the 9th Annual Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book

Date: 06 30 1964
Description: Two well-known Wisconsin cooking experts, Mrs. Alice Ferguson (sitting) and Miss Loreen Jacobson (standing), will be the judges for the 9th annual Wisconsi...
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Carson Gulley and Louie Shepard Cooking Out

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Description: Carson Gulley and Louie Shepard cooking out along the Wisconsin River at Prairie du Sac.
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Bernice Pomainville

Date: 05 20 1965
Description: A woman is ladling something from a bowl onto a platter. Caption reads: "MRS. HAROLD G. [Bernice] POMAINVILLE, Wisconsin Rapids, put the creme chantilly on...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book Recipe Contest

Date: 07 27 1959
Description: Mrs. Alice Ferguson (left), home service director of Madison Gas and Electric Company, and Loreen Jacobson, home economics director of Wisconsin Power and ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 23 1961
Description: A new category, heirloom recipes, was added to the 1961 cookbook recipe contest sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal. The first place winner in this ne...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem's daughter, Peggy, a home economist with General Mills in Minneapolis, standing in the kitchen of Olin...
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1956
Description: Fern Thompson stands in her kitchen while preparing food for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She will be serving a chicken casserole, rol...

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