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Holiday Canned Food Drive

Date: 11 22 1955
Description: Thomas Constable (left) and Walter Medenski (right), pose in front of canned food gathered by pupils at the Center Street school for the Salvation Army's T...
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Young Man Buttering a Slice of Bread

Date: 1919
Description: A young man sitting at a table buttering a slice of bread.
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Maple Bluff Teenagers

Date: 11 12 1948
Description: Some of the young people who attended the first of a series of informal parties for teenagers living in Maple Bluff. The party was at the Lakewood school. ...
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Angel Food Cake Blue Ribbon Winner

Date: 1921
Description: High school student Harold Enge poses with his blue ribbon winning angel food cake during an International Harvester Company Short Course. Additional cakes...
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Cooking Class in the Kitchen

Date: 11 08 1984
Description: Students prepare a curried beef dinner in a Waukesha County Technical Institute cooking class led by Juanita Decker (right, in chef's hat).
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Orchard Ridge Community Club

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Teenagers from the Orchard Ridge neighborhood gather to make plans for their Teen Club activities. Sitting on the floor are Roberta Powers and Janet Gill. ...
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Linda Taylor babysits the three Charlton children: Mary Teresa, 4 years old; Brendan, 3 years old; and Delia, two years old.
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Neighborhood House: Boys in Meal Line at Camp

Date: 1929
Description: Group of boys standing in line, holding empty plates to be filled by a cook, wearing a chef's hat, who is standing behind a half-door with a pan in one han...
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Two Indigenous Women

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A young indigenous woman wearing a flower in her hair poses with an older woman who is balancing a basket on her head on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea...
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Entertaining American Field Service Students

Date: 06 27 1958
Description: Group portrait of American Field Service students on their way back to their native countries after having spent the past year in the area. They were enter...
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Esther A. Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Esther Elmer, 20, poses with jars of fruits and vegetables which she has canned. A fancy carpet is hanging behind her as a backdrop. She wrote on the rever...
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LeAnn Wenger, 1976 Buffalo County Honey Queen

Date: 1976
Description: LeAnn Wenger, the Buffalo County Honey Queen. Wenger's hometown is Fountain City, Wisconsin. She is standing in front of a honey display, wearing a Buffalo...
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Russell Greene

Date: 08 1916
Description: Russell Greene enjoying his dinner, which he is spooning from a can. He is standing by the river wearing a letter sweater.
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Gathering Blueberries

Date: 1911
Description: The boys gathering wild blueberries in the woods.
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Carl Has a Meal

Date: 1911
Description: Carl is sitting on a rock with a plate of food on his lap. His dog Diadem (Di) is at his side. One of the men is sitting behind them.
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Carl Eats a Meal

Date: 1910
Description: Carl standing outdoors eating food from a plate he is holding. There is a lake in the background beyond rocks and trees.
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Lunch Stop at Sand Point

Date: 1910
Description: The Gang stopping at Sand Point for a lunch break. The canoes are at the edge of the shoreline, while everyone is sitting on the ground eating. The canoe o...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: One of the dozens of Madison baby-sitters who give part of their earnings to the Empty Stocking Club is 13-year-old Julie Reynoldson, daughter of Mrs. and ...
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Breakfast on the Porch

Date: 1934
Description: The photographer's son, Herbert E. Brumder, enjoying breakfast on the east-facing screened porch of the family's summer home on Pine Lake. The family dog "...
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Klondike Flapjacks

Date: 05 1968
Description: A Boy Scout or Scout Leader, with "Madison Wis 101" on his shoulder patch, making pancakes in a skillet over an open fire. Beside the skillet is a coffee p...

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