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Kitchen Interior
Interior view of a kitchen showing sink, stove, counter, and shelves. Apparently to demonstrate effective kitchen organization.
Spring Valley Cooking School
February 12, 1915
Room filled with women, some with children, attending a Farmers' Institute Cooking School class at Spring Valley, Wisconsin. There is a table with ingredients and utensils in the foreground.
University Practice Kitchen
Interior view of a University of Wisconsin Home Economics Department practice kitchen demonstrating orderly shelf usage.
Cooking School Instructors
Misses Armstrong, Stout, and Norton, and Mister Adams posed on steps before the door of a building hosting a Farmers' Institute Cooking School.
Table Setting
Table prepared by Wisconsin Farmers' Institute instructor, Edith Clift. There are four place settings, a beef tongue (?), gravy boat, side dishes, and a centerpiece of lilacs.
Exhibit of Adulterated Foods
1905
Shelves lined with cans, bottles, jars, etc. showing adulterated foods (e.g. maple syrup that contains no maple sap) at a Farmers' Institute Event.