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Parching Wild Rice

Date: 1907
Description: A Chippewa woman parching wild rice in Lac Vieux Desert. Lac Vieux Desert is a 4200 acre Michigan-Wisconsin boundary water in Vilas County.
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Finding Recreation in the Kitchen

Date: 11 18 1971
Description: Two women are working in a large industrial kitchen. One woman is holding a tray and smiling, and the other woman is reaching for bowls while holding a spa...
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Female Students of Northland College

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of seven female students at Northland College. A few of the women are holding donuts, and a woman in the center is getting ready to ...
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Picnic in the Forest

Date: 1938
Description: View looking down hill of two men and two women having a picnic at a table in the forest. Three automobiles are parked nearby. In the background are trees ...
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Woman with Infant in Wheelbarrow

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Description: A view of a woman feeding an infant with a bottle while outdoors. The infant is sitting in a wheelbarrow in front of her. A scattering of buildings are in ...
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Women Picnicking Under Trees

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Description: View towards of four women sitting and eating at a picnic table in the shade of trees.
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Two Women Picnicking

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Description: Outdoor view of two women posing sitting at a picnic table. A group of people are in the background at another picnic table.
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People Eating in a Classroom

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Description: Indoor group portrait of men and women posing sitting in a classroom and eating. Identified as a classroom in the high school building built in 1897.
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Blackhawk Country Club "Children's Day" Dress Up

Date: 07 06 1932
Description: Blackhawk Country Club dress up day for women titled "Children's Day." Women are dressed in children's costumes and are eating ice cream cones.
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Verona Fish Fry

Date: 06 10 1960
Description: A man, two women and a child are gathered around a table eating a fish fry. One of the women is standing in the center.
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Betsey Busied by Bossy's Butter

Date: 1905
Description: Woman churning butter.
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Picnic in the Woods

Date: 1920
Description: Three women and a small boy enjoy a picnic in a clearing near Cana Island. A dog poses in the foreground.
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Cranberry Cooking

Date: 02 1989
Description: Outdoor gathering of men, women and children cooking cranberries in a large kettle, perhaps at a winter festival.
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Making Cornish Pasties in a Small Restaurant

Date: 1953
Description: Three women stand at a table while making Cornish pasties in the kitchen of a small restaurant.
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Mrs. Raymond Sayre, Ackworth, Iowa, president of the Associated Country Women of the World, chatting with Miss Eva Belle (left), and Mrs. Walter Pierce, Ba...
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Basket Supper At Our Lady Queen of Peace

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Six women in ethnic dress are shown standing behind decorated lunch baskets. They are at the first social event held in Our Lady Queen of Peace's new scho...
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Luncheon for Returning Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Scene in a small city park showing a group of local women serving luncheon to soldiers recently returned from service in the first World War. Very possibly...
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Women Picnicking

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Description: Outdoor view of a large group of women sitting around a table under the shade of trees.
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University of Wisconsin Home Economics Class

Date: 10 28 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics student Charlene Bishop, making pancakes in a laboratory.
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Yellow Band Wiener Taste Testing

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Description: Slightly elevated view of men and women sitting around a table, sampling slices of Oscar Mayer meat products in the Oscar Mayer laboratory. A women in a lo...

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