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Do-nut Queen Advertisement

Date: 10 17 1944
Description: Donut queen posed for advertising campaign. The female model is holding a box of donuts and is sitting on a large clock bearing the slogan: "It's Always Do...
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Triplets' Birthday

Date: 03 13 1961
Description: Second birthday party of Judy, Robin, and Linda Constantineau of 8106 W. Euclid Ave. All three girls are eating cake.
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Triplets with Birthday Cake

Date: 12 26 1954
Description: Triplets blowing out the candles of their birthday cake.
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Army Medical Corps Anniversary

Date: 1957
Description: Army Signal Service Corps cuts cake to honor its 40th birthday. The corps consisted of about 4,100 members of whom 300 to 400 are pharmacists in commission...
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Baking Christmas Cookies

Date: 12 20 1958
Description: Mother and children enjoy baking, decorating, and eating Christmas cookies.
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New York Life Insurance Co. Group Portrait

Date: 04 12 1944
Description: Group of seven men and one woman of the New York Life Insurance Company posing behind a cake celebrating a company milestone at the Pompeiian Room in the L...
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New York Life Insurance Co. Group Portrait

Date: 04 12 1944
Description: Group of employees of the New York Life Insurance Company posing behind a cake celebrating a company milestone in the Pompeiian Room of the Loraine Hotel.
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Beatrice Gulley's Birthday Party

Date: 01 09 1934
Description: Beatrice Gulley's (Mrs. Carson Gulley) birthday party. Group portrait of family and friends posing around a small table with birthday cake and flowers.
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Children's Birthday Party

Date: 09 25 1930
Description: Eleven little girls in party hats sit around a dining table set with a birthday cake and candles, and party favors.
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Children's Birthday Party

Date: 09 25 1930
Description: Group portrait of children at a birthday party. Taken for Mrs. Griffith. Eleven children are sitting in child-sized chairs around a table with a birthday c...
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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, Merrie Barney

Date: 1959
Description: Merrie Barney, the 1959 Alice in Dairyland, helps a young boy eating a cream puff, always a favorite treat at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Cream Puff Concession

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Description: Four female bakers are holding up large trays laden with fresh cream puffs at a State Fair midway concession stand, while an eager crowd stands waiting in ...
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Cake Cutting at the Wisconsin Garden Club Jubilee

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Margaret E. Garnett (Mrs. A.C.), of Madison, program chair of the convention, and Mrs. Linus Boehm of West Salem, president of the state federation, cuttin...
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Girls Baking Cookies

Date: 12 16 1952
Description: Susie Kamm and Nancy Miles putting cookies into the oven. The girls are members of the 8th grade home economics class at West Junior High School. The class...
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Corporal Duane Haralson and Parents

Date: 02 16 1944
Description: Corporal Duane Haralson with his parents, Rufus and Naomi, in the kitchen of their home at 604 Schiller Court. He was home after two years service in the M...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sales

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: Mrs. Austin T. Breyer (Daisy), 2730 Lakeland Avenue, ordering Girl Scout cookies from Scouts Mary Ripp, left, 2202 Lakeland Avenue, a member of Troop 12 of...
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Pilgrim Congregational Church

Date: 01 23 1947
Description: Seven ladies of the Women's Guild of Pilgrim Congregational Church, 953 Jenifer Street, holding trays and standing around a reception table, observing the ...
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Marvin B. Rosenberry and Cub Scouts

Date: 02 12 1948
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry receiving a birthday cake from two Boy Scouts of the Four Lakes council in Lincoln Day ceremoni...
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L.A. Toner Cutting Cake

Date: 01 17 1949
Description: L.A. Toner,of Miami, Florida, is shown in his Wisconsin General hospital bed cutting his surprise birthday chocolate cake as his wife looks on. Mrs. Toner ...

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