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Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor Celebrates Birthday with His Staff

Date: 12 15 1960
Description: Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor celebrates his birthday with his staff at a luncheon at the Hotel Loraine. Proctor turns 69 on December 18, 1960. He has been...
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Bauhs Twins' Birthday

Date: 1948
Description: Two women smile and look at a cake; one is holding a knife. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1947-9. Two ladies known as the "Bauhs twins" on their 83rd birth...
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Annual Girl Scout Cookie Sale

Date: 03 03 1959
Description: Pat Parent and Vicki Vauk, members of Scout Mariner Ship No. 4, present a preview of the Girl Scout cookies to Annetta Evenson, a University of Wisconsin c...
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Local Homemakers Making Holiday Preparations

Date: 12 02 1958
Description: Margaret Stephan making a batch of her favorite "Almond Crisps" cookies.
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Recipe Contest

Date: 08 14 1958
Description: Agnes Tomlinson, Middleton, cuts a strawberry pie. She plans to enter the cookbook recipe contest for the Wisconsin State Journal.
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We Saw You . . . at the Junior Fair

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Mrs. Floyd Duffee, 3436 Blackhawk Drive, a judge at the Dane County Junior Fair, samples pecan jumbles cookies at the fair.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Mike frosting a cake in front of sister Ann during a family picnic in the backyard of the Professor Frank J. Remington home.
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Junior Red Cross Blood Drive Recruitment

Date: 05 29 1958
Description: Dick Johnson, center, with a birthday cake, being honored as the first blood donor recruited by the Junior Red Cross "18 Club. At left is Carla Helmus, Eas...
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Wisconsin State Fair Brochure

Date: 1986
Description: Brochure advertising the 1986 Wisconsin State Fair with cartoon images of a cow, a wheel of cheese, Ferris Wheel, musicians, and children with pie and crea...
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Last Call at Wittnebel's Tavern

Date: 04 17 1987
Description: Group of people inside the tavern. Standing are, left to right: Fred Kleba, a friend of the family and customer, Lorraine Wittnebel, and Roy Wittnebel on t...
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Final Touch

Date: 01 1973
Description: A baker puts the final touch on the frosting of a layer cake with a spatula. A pile of cake boards and an unfrosted cake are on the table in front of him.
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Bakery Delivery Truck

Date: 05 04 1927
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. A sign painted on the back of the truck reads: "New Yor Pie Baking Co." ...
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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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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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Janet Jordan and William Kommers Wedding

Date: 04 25 1944
Description: Wedding portrait of Janet Jordan and Ensign William Kommers, taken at St. Francis House, 1001 University Avenue, with bride and groom cutting cake.
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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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Emma Boyum Blowing Candles on Birthday Cake

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Description: Emma Boyum, Sid's mother, is sitting in a rocking chair in a living room. She is blowing out the candles on a birthday cake which is on a small table in fr...
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Emma Boyum with Birthday Cake

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Description: Emma Boyum, Sid's mother, is sitting in a rocking chair in a living room. A birthday cake with candles is on a small table in front of her.
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Webers Pastry Kitchen Window

Date: 02 13 1956
Description: Webers Pastry Kitchen, 118 North Fairchild Street, display window featuring a Valentine cake display, including five sweetheart cakes.
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Gordy's Bake Shop

Date: 09 15 1954
Description: Gordy's Bake Shop display window, 1409 University Avenue, alternate view.

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