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Production still of Marguerite Clark knitting.

Date: 1917
Description: Silent film actress Marguerite Clark sits in a wicker chair and knits on a set for "Bab's Burglar." Behind her is a Pathé 35mm motion picture camera on a t...
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West Side Garden Club Flower Show

Date: 10 21 1959
Description: Three members of the West Side Garden Club preparing for the annual "Holiday House" Christmas flower show by making holiday decorations using natural mater...
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West Side Garden Club Flower Show

Date: 10 21 1959
Description: Oak leaves, berries, milkweed pods, and other natural materials are grouped together to make a decorative wall hanging to be used as decoration ideas at th...
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West Side Garden Club Flower Show

Date: 10 21 1959
Description: Three medallions, made of gilded pineapple shells or pine cones, will be used as Christmas decoration ideas at the West Side Garden Club's annual "Holiday ...
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Designing Christmas Cards

Date: 10 27 1959
Description: Ardis Thvedt, assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin's agricultural journalism department, studies a design she'll use for making her Christmas...
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St. John's Lutheran Church Christmas Workshop

Date: 11 17 1959
Description: Mrs. Betty Warber puts the finishing touches on a bonbon wreath which will be displayed at the Christmas workshop of the women of St. John's Lutheran Churc...
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065 - Several Campers Working on Arts and Crafts Projects

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Description: Four campers are sitting at a wooden picnic table alongside a building. They are all working on camp arts and crafts projects. Another camper is standing a...
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066 - Young Woman Weaving with Table Loom

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Description: Close-up of young woman weaving with a table loom. She is sitting at a table outdoors next to a building. A lake and shoreline are in the background.
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067 - Campers Working on Arts and Crafts Projects

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four campers seated at a wooden table and two campers standing behind them. They are working on camp arts and crafts projects.
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077 - Camper Working Outdoors on Pressing a Flower

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Description: A young camper is seated at an outdoor wood table arranging a flower on a sheet of paper. On the table near her are spread out all the supplies she is usin...
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School Children Celebrating Thanksgiving

Date: 11 1953
Description: Robert Jamieson and Patricia Tallard, children in Mrs. V. B. Roberts' nursery school, color and cut out paper turkeys as part of a Thanksgiving project.
Historical Object

131 - Scenes from Joy Camps Pageant

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Description: Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying four photographs. These images capture various scenes from a pageant staged outdoors, with a lake and distant sh...
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Girl with Origami Peace Crane

Date: 09 20 1989
Description: Melodie Albritton holds up an origami crane she folded at St. Nicholas School.
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Conklin Park Parade

Date: 07 08 1954
Description: Judy Moore (right) watches intently as Gale Cnare snips off pieces of crepe paper to be used in decorating the vehicles for the children's parade in Conkli...
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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 10 1954
Description: Old wood and pieces of inner tubing are painted and used to make animal decorations. This was a project of Mrs. Charles Watson and her family shown at the ...
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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 11 1954
Description: A woman wears a necklace made by Erdine Stamm for the Art Guild holiday exhibit. It is made from a strip of velvet cording, two fishing corks, sequins, bea...
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Girl with Origami Peace Crane

Date: 09 20 1989
Description: Janine Dagons resting her chin on a table with an origami peace crane sitting in front of her.
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Hand-Painted Sayings

Date: 2013
Description: Lois Wason displaying her hand-painted saying about grandmothers, with flowers, on a board at Becker Plaza. She is wearing a light blue work shirt over a t...
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Two Girls Working with Paper

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of two girls in kimonos kneeling on a floor, bent over a low table working with paper. Behind them is a decorated folded room sc...
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University League

Date: 09 15 1961
Description: Mrs. Jerome Schwartzbaum (left) and Gertrude Kimbrough look at decorative hookings made by members of the handicrafts group of the Junior Division of the U...

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