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| Date: | 04 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Ella M. Pickford (Mrs. Henry W. Pickford), 201 South Mills Street. Mrs. Pickford, who is 88 years old, does her own housework and despite poor ... |
| Date: | 06 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Charles C. (Alice) Long is shown with the flag she crocheted for her son, Lieutenant Commander H.W. Christensen, who is a surgeon, serving in the Paci... |
| Date: | 04 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Connie Wear, 332 Lakewood Boulevard, hanging a bright green May Basket that she made in Marjorie Deakman's nursery school, Lakewood. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the photographer J. Robert Taylor sitting at a table smoking a pipe and possibly woodworking. |
| Date: | 02 20 1951 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Mary Cashel is sitting on a sofa with a crocheted bedspread she made. It will be displayed at the Madison Catholic Women's Club hobby show. |
| Date: | 07 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Fred T. Cruse displays seven examples of her heavily decorated handmade velvet Christmas stockings, which she sells nation-wide and which retail for $... |
| Date: | 11 05 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Fern Fowler, WMTV show host, with Christmas candles that she made. |
| Date: | 05 1899 |
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| Description: | View of William Krueger sitting on a bench next to the house, weaving a willow basket and smoking a pipe. In the background is a pedal grinding/sharpening ... |
| Date: | 12 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Mary Gillin is sitting behind a table with a display of 21 pairs of mittens of various sizes with wrist stripes that she knitted to donate to The Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Elsey Ormsbee Bristol. Elsey was born May 27, 1783; married August 1, 1804 at Warwick, Massachusetts to Cha... |
| Date: | 05 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Luella Mortenson, women's director for bot... |
| Date: | 10 12 1959 |
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| Description: | Kate Schultz is shown with a sport coat she made for her husband from fabric that she wove. She also hooked the rug at her feet, upholstered the chair she ... |
| Date: | 05 13 1958 |
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| Description: | Annie Barnes displays a wide lace collar (called a bertha) that was part of her wedding dress. She had handmade it herself in six weeks using sewing needle... |
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