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Loggers Dining at Camp

Date: 1907
Description: Loggers at dinner in the woods north of Glen Flora. The man in the center is filing his saw.
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Beer and Sweet Corn

Date: 08 24 1968
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival.
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Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
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Lumberjacks Eating

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Description: Lumberjacks eating in a cook shanty; probably early twentieth century.
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Girl Scouts Making Punch

Date: 11 14 1966
Description: African American junior Girl Scouts pouring fruit juice into a punch bowl as they prepare to entertain their parents.
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First Thanksgiving

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Description: Thanksgiving dinner between Native Americans and early Pilgrim settlers in America.
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Tea Party

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: Mother pouring tea for her twins at the mother and daughter tea, sponsored by the Brookfield Woman's Club.
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McCormick Foreman's Banquet

Date: 04 17 1907
Description: Large group of men sitting and posing at long dining tables in the Club House of International Harvester's McCormick Works factory. The men are attending t...
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Men Sewing

Date: 01 08 1956
Description: Men sew as a joke at a party for a prospective bridegroom. Jack Bayliss, with bow tie, is facing the camera.
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Carving the Turkey

Date: 11 25 1965
Description: A man takes pleasure in the carving of the Thanksgiving turkey, with other food items in the foreground and vending machines behind him.
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Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
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Milwaukee Road Service Club Party

Date: 12 02 1945
Description: Milwaukee Road Service Club family party at E.R.A. Hall, with seven male officers in line being served food by three women, with a small boy looking on.
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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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State Building & Grounds Retirees Dinner

Date: 01 25 1944
Description: Group portrait of those in attendence at a dinner to honor 14 retiring employees of the Division of Buildings and Grounds of the Wisconsin Bureau of Engine...
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Mueller and Helminiak Wedding

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: Group portrait of twelve people sitting around the table at the Jeanne Mueller and Leonard Helminiak wedding dinner at the Madison Club.
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Buffet Table at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1941
Description: Two nurses and four elderly people sitting behind buffet table at St. Mary's Hospital, 720 South Brooks Street.
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Lions Club Meeting

Date: 03 31 1937
Description: Group portrait of Lions Club members seated around tables in the Neighborhood House, 768 W. Washington Avenue.
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Children's Birthday Party

Date: 02 19 1937
Description: Children's birthday party at 906 Brittingham Boulevard, with participants wearing party hats and sitting at a table with a birthday cake.
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Alpha Epsilon Phi Senior Breakfast

Date: 05 31 1936
Description: Group portrait of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority members standing around banquet tables at senior breakfast, 22 Langdon Street.
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Group of Women

Date: 12 15 1935
Description: Group portrait of seventeen women posing behind a dinner table, 24 W. Mifflin Street. Taken for Laura Anderson.

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