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Schlitz Train Celebrating End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:...
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Churning Butter

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Ellen (Mrs. William) Lacy, of Sunny Slope farm, 5810 Lacy Road, south of Madison, sitting in the farmyard and turning a barrel butter churn.
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Civil Works Service Employee gives out a Check

Date: 02 10 1934
Description: A Civil Works Service employee with a check and equivalent in groceries.
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Baking Contest

Date: 08 15 1963
Description: Two women examine a prizing winning chiffon cake.
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Red Dot Potato Chip Bagging Machine

Date: 1939
Description: A woman operates the bagging machine at the Red Dot potato chip factory.
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Corben Christening

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: RKO motion picture actress Raquel Torres christening the new model airplane manufactured in Madison by Orland Corben. Corben had flown the airplane that br...
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Red Dot Potato Chip Plant

Date: 1939
Description: Women workers bag and process potato chips for shipping at the Red Dot Potato Chip plant.
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Prescription Pharmacy

Date: 08 01 1944
Description: Interior of Prescription Pharmacy at 20 Carroll Street.
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Oscar Mayer and Co. Telephone Operator

Date: 01 19 1944
Description: A telephone operator wearing a headset sits in front of a switchboard at the Oscar Mayer Co.
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Shopping at Kroger's

Date: 07 1943
Description: A woman shopping in the meat department at the Kroger store at Union Corners, 2541 Winnebago Street. She is there to promote the wartime Oscar Mayer Health...
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Cathryn Haight Milking Cow

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Cathryn (Mrs. Ben) Haight sitting on a stool milking a cow by hand on the Capitol View Farm, 5380 Lacy Road.
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Blackhawk Country Club "Children's Day" Dress Up

Date: 07 06 1932
Description: Blackhawk Country Club "Childrens Day," women's dress up golf event. Four women are wearing children's dresses and eating lollipops.
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Kitchen Work

Date: 10 07 1931
Description: U.W. co-ed, Maybelle Goodyear of Sauk City, earns money to pay for school by preparing a meal in the kitchen of Dr. and Mrs. C.R. Mooney, at 306 Virginia T...
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Woman Nursing Lambs with Bottles

Date: 1946
Description: Mrs. Floyd French of Newton, Iowa feeds two orphaned lambs using beer or soda bottles. A Farmall tractor is in the background. According to the original ca...
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Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire

Date: 1952
Description: Margaret McGuire, named the first Alice in Dairyland in 1948, promotes Wisconsin cheese.
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1956
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Doris Olsen, holds a cream puff, always a favorite Wisconsin State Fair treat, as she talks with two bakers at the fair.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Hopkins

Date: 1973
Description: Autographed portrait of Mary Hopkins, the 1973 Alice in Dairyland, wearing her sash and crown.
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Alice in Dairyland, Marilyn Draeger

Date: 1963
Description: Marilyn Draeger, originally from Fort Atkinson, the 1963 Alice in Dairyland wearing a crown and her Alice sash.
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Alice in Dairyland Dress Sketch

Date: 1948
Description: A sketch of the winning dress designed by Betty Lou Jahn of Milwaukee for the first Alice in Dairyland in 1948. Not only was the design worn by the first A...
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Alice in Dairyland, Marjean Czerwinski

Date: 1951
Description: Marjean Czerwinski, the 1951 Alice in Dairyland, wearing her crown, and taking a drink of milk while winking at the camera.

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