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Connie Wear Hanging a May Basket

Date: 04 29 1947
Description: Connie Wear, 332 Lakewood Boulevard, hanging a bright green May Basket that she made in Marjorie Deakman's nursery school, Lakewood.
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Four members of the University of Wisconsin Dames Club doing textile painting. Left to right are Mrs. William E. Peterson (standing), chairman of the grou...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Three members of the University of Wisconsin Dames Club making Christmas gifts. Left to right are Mrs. Marvin D. Whitehead, Mrs. John S. Boyle (standing),...
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: June (Mrs. Robert O.) McLean, and her children Roderick and Gwen, putting the finishing touches on a Gingerbread House.
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Farmers Union Ladies Quilting

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Description: Farmers Union ladies quilting. A sign in the background reads, "Mt. Pelia". In Weakley County.
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Weaving Class

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Description: Girls' weaving class at the University of Wisconsin.
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University League

Date: 10 14 1948
Description: The University League committee members, wives of University of Wisconsin faculty, make table decorations for the Centennial luncheon at the Memorial Union...
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Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross

Date: 11 01 1948
Description: Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross teaching jewelry-making to a group of patients at the Mendota hospital for the mentally ill. Gray Ladies, shown at...
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Grace Episcopal Church Christmas Fair

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: Members of the Grace Episcopal Guild prepare for their annual Christmas fair held at the church's Guild hall. Pictured left to right: Mrs. Marvin B. (Lois)...
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Naval Officers and Wives Club

Date: 11 16 1948
Description: Naval Officers and Wives Club annual Christmas dinner dance featuring a Hawaiian Christmas theme, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Loraine. Making tabl...
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Naval Officers and Wives Club

Date: 11 16 1948
Description: Naval Officers and Wives Club annual Christmas dinner dance featuring a Hawaiian Christmas theme, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Loraine. Mrs. Robert...
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J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1907
Description: Portrait of the photographer J. Robert Taylor sitting at a table smoking a pipe and possibly woodworking.
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Bosnian Woman

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a woman in "native" Bosnian costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set created as a...
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University of Wisconsin Students Prepare for Winter Carnival

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin students Bob Steinhagen, Milwaukee, Connie Prentice, West Bend, and John Williams, La Crosse, making some of the elaborate decorati...
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4-H Club Week

Date: 02 26 1949
Description: Gene Ryberg, member of Silver Badgers 4-H Club, using a saw while working on a handicraft project.
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Classroom at Christmastime

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view, with desks in the foreground, of an elementary classroom decorated with a Christmas tree near the blackboard, and other holiday decorations,...
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Magda Herzberger and Kindergarten Class

Date: 1932
Description: Magda Moses Herzberger (front row, far right) and her kindergarten class dressed in Romanian folk dress in Cluj, Romania. They are wearing caps or scarves ...
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Quilts at Hobby Show

Date: 05 13 1939
Description: A hobby show with quilts hanging on the wall, as well as tables with other crafted goods in a room with a high ceiling.
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Craft Objects at Hobby Show

Date: 05 13 1939
Description: Wooden tables and other crafts on display at a craft show in a room with a high ceiling.
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Quilts and Rugs in Hobby Show

Date: 05 13 1939
Description: A hobby show with quilts hanging from the wall. Rugs are draped over radiators. There are also bedside tables, lamps, a bookshelf, and a rocking chair. A s...

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