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University Practice Kitchen

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Description: Interior view of a University of Wisconsin Home Economics Department practice kitchen demonstrating orderly shelf usage.
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Nellie Maxwell

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Description: Portrait of Farmers' Institute Instructor, Nellie Maxwell. On right border of print the word "WATER" is handwritten, vertically.
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Exhibit of Adulterated Foods

Date: 1905
Description: Shelves lined with cans, bottles, jars, etc. showing adulterated foods (e.g. maple syrup that contains no maple sap) at a Farmers' Institute Event.
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Kitchen Wares Display

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Description: Table at a Farmers' Institute event with display of numbered kitchen tools and machinery.
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Cooking School Instructors

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Description: Misses Armstrong, Stout, and Norton, and Mister Adams posed on steps before the door of a building hosting a Farmers' Institute Cooking School.
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Kitchen Interior

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Description: Interior view of a kitchen showing sink, stove, counter, and shelves. Apparently to demonstrate effective kitchen organization.
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Spring Valley Cooking School

Date: 02 12 1915
Description: Room filled with women, some with children, attending a Farmers' Institute Cooking School class at Spring Valley, Wisconsin. There is a table with ingredie...
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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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Woman with Cook-Box

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Description: Woman in a long dress standing in kitchen with cook-box, a device to facilitate consistent results in cooking. There is a sideboard on the right.
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Exhibit of Adulterated Foods

Date: 1905
Description: Shelves lined with cans, bottles, jars, etc., showing adulterated foods (e.g. maple syrup that contains no maple sap) at a Farmers' Institute Event.

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