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Nursery School on Linden Drive

Date: 03 29 1945
Description: Man talking with four children at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Home Economics School, Child Development nursery school on Linden Drive.
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University of Wisconsin Home Economics High School Day

Date: 04 05 1952
Description: Four girls from Elroy High School are looking over an exhibit of children's clothing at the University of Wisconsin Home Economics High School Day, held in...
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University of Wisconsin Home Economics High School Day

Date: 04 05 1952
Description: Home Economics students at the University of Wisconsin served rolls and hot chocolate to more than 800 high school students from 57 schools who attended th...
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University of Wisconsin School of Home Economics West Wing Interiors

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Interior view of textile chemical laboratory at the new U.W. School of Home Economics west wing.
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U.W. School of Home Economics West Wing Interiors

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Interior view of stainless steel research kitchen at the new University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Home Economics west wing.
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University of Wisconsin School of Home Economics West Wing Interiors

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Interior view of a nutrition research laboratory at the new U.W. School of Home Economics west wing.
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Two-Way Speaker Connects School and Home

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: Jerry Novick sits at his kitchen table at home, taking part in his classes at East High School via two-way speaker. This will continue until he recovers fr...
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Mrs. Robert C. Pittenger and son, Mike, examine a new electric dishwasher at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East High School gymnasium.
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Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 01 1954
Description: Two examples of foods made with butter are on display during Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin School of Home Economics. At the left is an ...
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Eleanor Stoops trying out a new sewing machine at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East High School gymnasium.
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Home Run for East High School

Date: 05 03 1949
Description: Wendell "Windy" Gulseth, left, of Madison East high school's baseball team is crossing home plate for a three-run homer. Jim Smithback is the Central high...
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Mary C. Donahoe inspecting an antique gas range next to new model at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East High School gymnasium.
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Madison Vocational School Homecraft Program

Date: 04 24 1951
Description: An unidentified man sits at a jig saw making a bird house while receiving instruction in woodworking as a participant in the Madison Vocational School home...
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Madison Vocational School Homecraft Program

Date: 04 24 1951
Description: An unidentified man sits at a loom making a rug while receiving instruction in weaving as a participant in the Madison Vocational School home craft program...
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Madison High School Party Code

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Jerry Stich, East High School student, illustrates an important point in the "Madison High School Party Code" by telephoning his parents when unforeseen ci...
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Robert Muchlenbruch demonstrates a new ironer to Eleanor Stoops and her daughter Barbie at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show in the East High Schoo...
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Hosting High School Girl's Pot Luck Club

Date: 10 1955
Description: Madison High School girls hold a "Pot Luck Club" supper prior to a school event at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Radder, 4102 Council Crest. Shown from l...
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West Junior High School Girls Making Cookies

Date: 12 16 1952
Description: Nancy Rieter and Dianne Blanchard, students in the 8th grade home economics class at West Junior High School, mixing cookie batter. The class baked several...
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Madison West High School Mother-Daughter Night

Date: 04 15 1959
Description: Home economics students at Madison West High School wear clothing made at a Mother-Daughter Night. Left to right are: Jane LaCourt, Christine Anderson, Mau...
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Madison Home Appliance and Radio Show

Date: 04 07 1949
Description: Barbara Lampert, a University of Wisconsin senior, tunes a 1921 model radio next to her new radio-record player at the Madison Home Appliance and Radio Sho...

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