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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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Sheep Shearing

Date: 08 1948
Description: Two men sheering sheep on a stage surrounded by a crowd of fair-goers, possibly in a competition at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition.
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Youth Display Sheep

Date: 08 1948
Description: Elevated view of a number of young boys, and one girl, each crouched next to a sheep, displaying it to the crowd gathered around a pen at the Wisconsin Cen...
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 13 1957
Description: Camille Mathias, the third grand prize winner in the Wisconsin State Journal's second annual recipe contest, preparing her recipe entry, Chicken Noodle Piq...
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"Jacks" Tournament at University of Wisconsin Sorority

Date: 03 27 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin student, Dave Hubbard, from Rockford, Illinois, is playing jacks while kneeling on the floor. He is competing in a tournament at th...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: Mrs. S.J. Chakelan is in her kitchen preparing a Beef Tenderloin with Bordelaise Sauce. The recipe won the third grand prize in the Wisconsin State Journal...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Recipe Contest

Date: 08 14 1958
Description: Agnes Tomlinson, Middleton, cuts a strawberry pie. She plans to enter the cookbook recipe contest for the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Antique Ford Car

Date: 08 09 1948
Description: Tom Reese and Raleigh Williams, juniors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with their 1913 Ford car which they plan to drive to Milwaukee for the Stat...
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Wisconsin State Journal Recipe Contest

Date: 10 11 1957
Description: Mrs. Harry Flemming preparing a seafood and wild rice luncheon. She is the grand prize winner of the casserole category in the Wisconsin State Journal's se...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book Recipe Contest

Date: 07 27 1959
Description: Mrs. Margaret Nelson, teacher-coordinator at the Madison Vocational and Adult School, looks over entries in the Wisconsin State Journal's annual cook book ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book Recipe Contest

Date: 07 27 1959
Description: Mrs. Alice Ferguson, home service director of Madison Gas and Electric Company, tests a pie entered in the Wisconsin State Journal's annual Cook Book Recip...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book Recipe Contest

Date: 09 15 1959
Description: Mrs. Robert E. Benedict of Baraboo holding her top grand prize winning cornmeal rolls at the Wisconsin State Journal's annual Cook Book Recipe Conte...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 08 22 1961
Description: Betty Anderson is serving her daughter Lori a piece of the "500 Cake" which won the Grand Prize in the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest.
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Recipe Contest Winner Lea Gunderson

Date: 02 16 1949
Description: "Wisconsin State Journal" recipe contest winner Lea Gunderson holds a platter of her pineapple covered upside-down ham loaf.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two of the more than 100 racers crossing the finish l...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book Recipe Contest

Date: 07 27 1959
Description: Group portrait of three judges for the Wisconsin State Journal's annual Cook Book Recipe Contest. Left to right are Mrs. Alice Ferguson, home servic...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book Recipe Contest

Date: 08 15 1959
Description: Mrs. Mary Pratt of Madison was the second grand prize winner in the Wisconsin State Journal's annual Cook Book Recipe Contest. Her recipe is for Fes...
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Louise Zieske

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: Louise Zieske in her kitchen demonstrating how to make her cheese-rice casserole, which was selected as best of 517 entries in the "Wisconsin State Journal...
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Madison Spelling Bee Pronouncer

Date: 04 21 1950
Description: Paul W. Gauger, speech instructor at Wisconsin High School, who is to be the master pronouncer at the spelling championship for the 21 Madison schools.
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Madison Newspaper Carriers

Date: 03 27 1951
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carrier boys, participants in the journal's annual subscription contest. Taken in Felly's re...

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