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Woman Sewing with Machine

Date: 1923
Description: A woman using a foot-pedal sewing machine while working with a piece of fraying fabric.
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Violette Wartzok

Date: 02 11 1954
Description: Violette Wartzok demonstrates a procedure in the drapery-making class at the Madison Vocational and Adult School.
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Brides at Home

Date: 06 25 1957
Description: Joanne Peters Rothe sitting in the living room of her home while hemming a drape for a nearby window. The photograph is one of a series showing how newlywe...
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Jessie Jack Hooper

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Description: Jessie Jack Hooper sitting in a rocking chair at her home at 669 Algoma Street in front of two windows with heavy drapes and lace curtains. She is stitchin...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, right, Iowa County home agent, with Mrs. John Harrison looking at draperies made by her for her new home.

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