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| Description: | The G. Thompson family posing in front of their wooden house. One woman is sitting at a sewing machine working on a quilt while another is working at a kn... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Siri Rustebakke, center, sits in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning wheels. Original negative c109. Compare with D31... |
| Date: | 09 19 1876 |
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| Description: | Left to right: Johannes Brenum (father), Peter, Bernt, Ole, Maria, Ingeborg (mother), Mrs. Margaret Larson (neighbor in plaid dress). Little girl is Minnie... |
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| Description: | The G. Thompson family poses in front of their wooden house. One woman sits at a sewing machine working on a quilt while another works at a knitting machin... |
| Date: | 11 22 1955 |
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| Description: | Daughters of Demeter members piecing and tying a patchwork quilt to give to a welfare agency. Pictured left to right are: Naomi Price, Mildred Froker, Carr... |
| Date: | 08 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Women from the Unitarian Church with dolls for the war-blighted children of Europe and Asia. In the foreground is Mrs. F.H. (Ruby) King, one of Madison's o... |
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| Description: | Six women sewing by hand and with a sewing machine. A dog is in the room and the calendar on the wall shows December 1901. |
| Date: | 01 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Helen Johnson, tailoring instructor, and Mrs. Edwin (Gertrude) Johnson, student, at Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, 211-213 North Carroll St... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i... |
| Date: | 01 18 1949 |
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| Description: | Florence Brewer, seated, from England, learning sewing from Helen John, with Richard W. Bardwell, director of Madison Vocational and Adult Education School... |
| Date: | 02 26 1949 |
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| Description: | Peggy Meyer, member of the Silver Badgers 4-H Club, ironing a dress she is sewing. |
| Date: | 03 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Earle S. (Edith) Metcalf sewing a Rainbow Star quilt at her home at 3905 Council Crest. It is her nineteenth quilt. |
| Date: | 04 12 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. C.H. Nordberg, 44 Nygard Street, looks on as Mrs. Frank G. Miller, 1950 Koster Street, demonstrates her sewing machine skills. They are both members o... |
| Date: | 11 01 1949 |
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| Description: | Pictured are three members of the sewing problems group of the Junior Division of the University League as they met at the home of Mrs. Robert W. (Charlott... |
| Date: | 06 15 1950 |
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| Description: | World War II war relief services. Woman using sewing machine. |
| Date: | 10 31 1950 |
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| Description: | Mrs. George M. (Mary) Extrom of 2121 Fox Avenue served as chairman of the Zor Shriners' sewing project that raises funds for the Shriners' nursing hopsital... |
| Date: | 01 22 1952 |
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| Description: | The junior division of the University of Wisconsin Service League for faculty wives has a number of interest groups including the sewing group, shown prepa... |
| Date: | 02 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Pictured is the Madison Theater's Guild's costume designer who uses only the name Loie. |
| Date: | 02 26 1952 |
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| Description: | An actor from the Madison Theater Guild tries on a costume. |
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