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| Date: | 01 30 1958 |
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| Description: | Schoolgirls showing one another the valentines they are making in class to celebrate the holiday. |
| Date: | 01 30 1958 |
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| Description: | A teacher answers a student's question as the other students cut hearts from construction paper to make valentine cards. |
| Date: | 12 17 1948 |
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| Description: | Horizontal view of angels and clouds made from meshed foil, created by East Side High School student. The materials were provided by Research Products mate... |
| Date: | 11 12 1956 |
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| Description: | Mayme Peterson (Mrs. Alf), seated at table at East Side Women's Club hobby show with her handicrafts, including a pine needle basket. |
| Date: | 12 10 1956 |
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| Description: | Monona Grove High School students, David Thuesen and Gene Kleinsmith, making Christmas decorations and cards. |
| Date: | 12 20 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. E.J. Dalrymple and children James, Karen, and Steven, 5006 Flambeau Road, with the family Nativity creche. Mrs. Dalrymple painted all of the figurines... |
| Date: | 12 20 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Philip Falk with daughter Carol, displaying their Christmas table centerpiece made by Mrs. Falk which was inspired by the family Christmas card. |
| Date: | 07 29 1945 |
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| Description: | Eight Junior Red Cross young children (Mary Schaaf, Josephine Federicks, Nancy Fowlkes, Maralyn Savage, Bonnie Anderson, Peggy Huiskamp, Ruth Mary Noland, ... |
| Date: | 12 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Members of the Allis School Pre-School and Kindergarten club in the school auditorium refinishing old toys and making other Christmas gifts for sick and ne... |
| Date: | 12 1971 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth and Katherine Davey and Curtis Liposcak use their creative talents to wrap Christmas gifts under the supervision of Peggy Davey, a member of Wome... |
| Date: | 12 04 1951 |
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| Description: | Four members of the West Side Garden Club examining Christmas holiday table decorations at their Holiday House Tea. Left to right are Mrs. Wilfred J. Harr... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Ornaments from a "Whitney's Valentine Material" kit. These were combined with the "folders" (cards) and paper lace to create personalized Valentine's Day c... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | A Christmas tree stand made by Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917), a cigarmaker, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is probably made of cigar boxes. Written on back:... |
| Date: | 11 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Women's Catholic Order of Foresters Court 597 at Madison's Our Lady Queen of Peace bazaar committee admire articles that will be on sale. From left are: an... |
| Date: | 12 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Louise Frye and her three children prepare for Christmas by making Christmas tree decorations. Left to right: Timothy, age 9; Jeffery, age 7; Louise and El... |
| Date: | 12 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Four-year-old Tommy, son of Robert and Mary Ela, makes a candle holder from modeling clay as a Christmas gift for his mother. |
| Date: | 01 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Charles Watson is shown with her rosemaled plate during the Madison Art Guild Crafts Group exchange. |
| Date: | 10 22 1957 |
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| Description: | A decorated pumpkin serves as a table centerpiece. It is decorated with a face, a hat made of fresh flowers, and attached leaves for hair. |
| Date: | 01 06 1959 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Frederic E. Mohs (left), Mrs. Carl Dutton, Mrs. A.R. Curreri, Mrs. Alfred J. Stamm, and Mrs. Virgil E. Herrick prepare Norwegian dolls to decorate the... |
| Date: | 12 1931 |
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| Description: | The Briggs School is decorated for Christmas with colored chalk drawings of the Nativity story on the blackboards. The section shown depicts the Three Magi... |
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