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Pastoral Needlework Scene

Date: 1800
Description: Needlework scene on silk worked in colored silk thread using running and crewel stitches. The hands and faces of the figures are watercolor on paper. Sce...
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Woman Using Spinning Wheel

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Description: Elderly woman using a spinning wheel to make yarn from wool.
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Spinning Wheel

Date: 1938
Description: Drawing of a woman seated at a spinning wheel.
Photograph

Fennimore Sewing Class

Date: 1913
Description: Fennimore High School sewing class poses in classroom. Mathilda Monteith was the instructor.
Photograph

Fern Fowler Makes Christmas Candles

Date: 11 05 1953
Description: Portrait of Fern Fowler, WMTV show host, with Christmas candles that she made.
Photograph

Fine Sewing and Lace Making

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Description: Young women practicing fine sewing and lace making at Wisconsin Home for the Feeble Minded.

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