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Watering the Laying Hens

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern in the hen house watering the laying hens.
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PTA Founders Day Dinner

Date: 01 24 1964
Description: Members of the Blessed Sacrament Parent Teachers Association prepare a dinner to celebrate the biennial Founders Day banquet. Left to right are: Jerry Emme...
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Zesto Malt Shop

Date: 1956
Description: Waiter making a malt in the Zesto Malt Shop at 658 State Street.
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At the Mailbox

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern picking up the mail at the roadside mailbox.
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen checking on bedridden Richard Pedracine.
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Mrs. Edna Kern

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Mrs. Edna Kern, a farm wife, standing in her kitchen holding a pie. Her husband is Ernest G. Kern.
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Hamburger Stand in Jefferson

Date: 05 31 2015
Description: View from inside looking out through a window. In the foreground is a table and a chair in front of the window, and the view through the window is of a man...
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Nakoma Welfare League Tea

Date: 09 27 1961
Description: Maxine Backer, Eleanor Pritchard and Mildred Zimdars admire a stuffed animal and an apron which were made by the Dane County Homecrafters, an organization ...
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Festival de France on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 09 29 1964
Description: Beatrice Forso is offering a free sample of French perfume to a passerby during Festival de France on the Capitol Square in Madison.
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Family Dinner

Date: 1956
Description: The Ernst G. Kerns family, with Edna, Nancy, Ernest, and Maribeth sitting at a table.
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Manual Training Images

Date: 1904
Description: A page from the book "What Hampton Graduates Are Doing" which includes two photographs. At the top center is an oval-framed portrait of Richard T. Coles. T...
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Visiting Nurse Health Aide Program

Date: 05 12 1964
Description: Marie Ackley gives the kitchen of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lund a woman's touch while Mr. Ackley prepares dinner. Mrs. Ackley works as a health aide in a new Vi...
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Visiting Nurse Health Aide Program

Date: 05 12 1964
Description: Marie Ackley is sweeping the floor of the apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lund. She is working as a health aide in a new Visiting Nurse Service program an...
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Man Under Awning

Date: 1969
Description: A man stands in the shade of an awning. He is wearing a hat, and an apron that reads, in part: "...RLD ...RNAL."
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Roasting Chickens

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: A man clad in a chef's apron tests a pan of chicken for doneness.
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Flipping Pancakes

Date: 06 11 1989
Description: Man flipping pancakes at "farm breakfast" as part of "June is Dairy Month" promotion in Washington County.
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Randall Elementary School Kindergarteners Making Applesauce

Date: 10 12 1949
Description: Randall Elementary School kindergartners are shown making applesauce under the supervision of their teacher Marguerite Drew. Stirring the pot is Patty Hurl...
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Henery Ullsvik, Grocer, Sells Norwegian Saithe Fish

Date: 03 03 1965
Description: Madison grocer, Henry Ullsvik, wearing an apron, vest and neck tie. He is holding a small box of a frozen Norwegian fish called 'saithe' and a copy of a "W...
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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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Goodland Pickling Pears

Date: 1946
Description: Governor Walter Goodland pickling pears.

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