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Drawing

Barman — Pete

Date: 1932
Description: Pete bartending at the Roxy Grill.
Photograph

Outdoor Country Feast

Date: 1915
Description: View down long table set up outdoors for a feast. Men are standing on both sides, and a young girl is standing between two men on the right.
Photograph

Two Mayors at the Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Mayor Carl Zeidler of Milwaukee and Mayor Leo J. Promen of Fond du Lac at the Wisconsin State Fair. Zeidler is sipping Coca-Cola from a bottle and Promen i...
Photograph

Robert Neal Serving Cornish Pasty

Date: 1942
Description: Robert Neal serving Cornish pasty at Pendarvis.
Photograph

Man with Tray of Airline Food

Date: 1970
Description: A man wearing a white chef cap and a suit and tie, is either placing trays of food on a cart, or taking them off for a Pan American World Airways Boeing 74...
Photograph

Last Day of School

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils at Strawberry School pose behind a table laden with food brought for the "last day of school" picnic. The children wear "good" clothes; two boys wit...
Photograph

Waving Man

Date: 
Description: Unidentified middle-aged man at a banquet, waving.
Photograph

Men Preparing a Feast

Date: 08 28 1930
Description: Gathering of men at a “Shport [sic] Outing”. The men are standing around a barbecue pit, preparing a feast of fish and corn.
Photograph

Three Men Tasting Honey

Date: 10 1969
Description: Three men standing in front of a window curtain sampling honey.
Print

Black Steer Wine List Menu

Date: 
Description: Wine list menu for The Black Steer, with a waiter holding a serving tray with a bottle and two glasses, and making an "okay" motion with his other hand; in...
Photograph

Eigthtieth Birthday Celebration

Date: 12 1913
Description: Eightieth birthday celebration for Harriet Millard Smith, mother-in-law to Dr. Joseph Smith. The family is gathered around the dinning room table, which is...
Photograph

Picnic Scene

Date: 1910
Description: Large group of people at a picnic under the trees at Lasley's Point along Lake Winneconne. Many individuals are in the process of turning toward the photog...
Photograph

Obey on Diplomatic Plane

Date: 1994
Description: Congressman David Obey on a diplomatic airplane with a group of seated colleagues. He is standing on the right.
Photograph

Obey and Nelson Shake Hands

Date: 1962
Description: Congressman David Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson shake hands as Joan Obey looks on. The occasion was a dinner, and a man and woman sit at a table with foo...
Print

R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam Dinner Menu

Date: 05 13 1948
Description: Dinner menu from the Holland-America Line ship R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, with "A Repast About 1830," with men, women, and a child gathered around a ta...
Photograph

Turvill Family Picking Strawberries

Date: 1897
Description: The Turvill family picking strawberries on their family farm. Five family members, men and women, are crouched in the field picking, and a young girl stand...
Photograph

Unknown Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 1899
Description: An unknown man is standing and feeding chickens in a farm yard. A barn is in the background on the left.
Photograph

Saloon of a Sailing Ship

Date: 1835
Description: An illustration of three men sitting at a table in a saloon on a steamboat.
Poster

"El bulin" (Love Nest) Film Poster

Date: 1969
Description: Argentine film poster. Illustrated image of several people, including three couples, about to walk through a door. On the other side of the door are drinks...
Photograph

Charley Pfister Retains His Pancake Eating Title

Date: 12 09 1961
Description: Charley Pfister, Verona, retained his pancake eating title by eating 21 6-inch pancakes in 15 minutes at the 3rd annual "Pancake Day" sponsored by the Madi...

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