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Memorial Union Smorgasbord

Date: 04 03 1951
Description: Raymond Rowley, roasting and meat chef, carves one of the twelve turkeys prepared for the Smorgasbord at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union.
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Table Setting

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Description: Table prepared by Wisconsin Farmers' Institute instructor, Edith Clift. There are four place settings, a beef tongue (?), gravy boat, side dishes, and a ce...
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Memorial Union Smorgasbord

Date: 04 03 1951
Description: Paul Cleary gets instructions on how to decorate a baked ham from head chef Maurice Comos for the Smorgasbord at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union...
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Rennebohms Restaurant

Date: 1979
Description: A group of men, all in shirt sleeves and ties, sit at a table at the Rennebohm Drug Store No. 6 restaruant in the First Wisconsin Bank on Capitol Square. A...
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Oscar Mayer's Test Kitchens

Date: 02 26 1964
Description: Rose Kepler demonstrates how easy it is to cut a boneless ham developed in Oscar Mayer's test kitchens in Madison.
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Outdoor Cooking

Date: 06 09 1954
Description: Doctor Lawrence V. Littig cooking a steak on a grill while his wife Sally and seven-year-old son Norman look on.
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Madison Vocational School Cooking School

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Student Warren Olsen flipping over a roast in the cooking school at the Madison Vocational School.
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Cooking Class Preparing a Turkey

Date: 11 19 1952
Description: Close-up of a students' hands at a Vocational School cooking class sewing up a turkey after stuffing it with dressing. Another person is standing in the ba...
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Vocational School Cooking Class Preparing a Turkey

Date: 11 19 1952
Description: Mrs. Margot Nelson, the teacher, is showing students Bertha Haack and Josephine Scheerer the technique of stuffing the body cavity of a turkey at a Vocatio...
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Men Who Cook

Date: 05 22 1956
Description: Jack L. Savidusky stands in his yard wearing a chef's hat and apron while barbecuing his specialty, "Mexican Barbecued Beef." His son Michael, 11, looks on...
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Brothers Jim and Tom cooking hot dogs during a picnic of the Professor Frank J. Remington family in their backyard.
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Navy Cooks and Bakers Group

Date: 09 09 1943
Description: Ten Navy cooks and bakers watching meat carving demonstration by Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef. Soldiers include Robert W. Merryman, Vernon R....
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Outdoor Cooking

Date: 06 09 1954
Description: Stanley V. Kubly preparing a steak on a grill while his family is looking on. Watching, from left to right, are Dan, 12; Trudi, 17; and Stan's wife, Evelyn...
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Table Set for Dinner with Oscar Mayer Ham

Date: 09 17 1931
Description: Table set for dinner with Oscar Mayer ham.
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Oscar Mayer Co., Breakfast Display

Date: 09 16 1931
Description: Oscar Mayer Co., breakfast table, display of sausages and wheatcakes.
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Oscar Mayer Kitchen

Date: 09 09 1931
Description: A woman slicing ham in the Oscar Mayer kitchen.
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Cook's Choice

Date: 03 19 1964
Description: A chef wearing a toque removes a roast from the oven.
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"Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Three attendees in the foreground watch a demonstration on meat cooking at the three-day "Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School at the Orpheum Theater. Weari...
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Man with Wrapped Turkeys

Date: 12 01 1941
Description: Man standing behind desk with fifteen dressed and wrapped turkeys stacked on top.
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Poultry Dinner

Date: 1897
Description: Interior view of the Henry Schildhauer home, located on West Washington Avenue. A table is set for a poultry dinner.

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