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Spring Valley Cooking School
February 12, 1915
Room filled with women, some with children, attending a Farmers' Institute Cooking School class at Spring Valley, Wisconsin. There is a table with ingredients and utensils in the foreground.
Kitchen Wares Display
Table at a Farmers' Institute event with display of numbered kitchen tools and machinery.
Table Setting
Table prepared by Wisconsin Farmers' Institute instructor, Edith Clift. There are four place settings, a beef tongue (?), gravy boat, side dishes, and a centerpiece of lilacs.
Woman with Cook-Box
Woman in a long dress standing in kitchen with cook-box, a device to facilitate consistent results in cooking. There is a sideboard on the right.
Nellie Maxwell
Portrait of Farmers' Institute Instructor, Nellie Maxwell. On right border of print the word "WATER" is handwritten, vertically.
Exhibit of Adulterated Foods
1905
Shelves lined with cans, bottles, jars, etc. showing adulterated foods (e.g. maple syrup that contains no maple sap) at a Farmers' Institute Event.
