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Pastoral Needlework Scene

Date: 1800
Description: Needlework scene on silk worked in colored silk thread using running and crewel stitches. The hands and faces of the figures are watercolor on paper. Sce...
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One-Armed Woodworker

Date: 02 14 1958
Description: Elmer J. Schmidt makes furniture and toys in his woodshop even though he has only one arm to work with.
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Classroom Valentines

Date: 01 30 1958
Description: A teacher answers a student's question as the other students cut hearts from construction paper to make valentine cards.
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Three Men Working at Crafts Projects

Date: 12 02
Description: Jobless workers in the Vocational School class working on their crafts projects, O.W. Smith, Lewis A. Russett, Rudolph Beckman.
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Handicraft Sales at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Handicrafts, including wicker furniture and rugs on display at the sales display room in Wisconsin Memorial Hospital, on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota M...
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Rug Weaving, Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: A military veteran learns rug weaving at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell Point, adjoining Mendota Mental Health Hospital as part of his rehabilitati...
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Precise Cuts

Date: 1950
Description: A jigsaw in the hands of Harry Westphal makes smooth curves on the end of a piece of wood.
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Mrs. Kohler Examines Rental Art Works

Date: 03 20 1951
Description: Charlotte Kohler, the governor's wife, examining several works of art which she has chosen to rent for display in the Governor's Residence from the Madison...
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Suzie Redhorn Selling Beads

Date: 1941
Description: Suzie Redhorn at her stand at Dells Park selling her beads to tourists.
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Governor Goodland and Little Friends of America School Children

Date: 03 23 1944
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of Governor Goodland signing a scrapbook prepared by the Little Friends of America, Baraboo children's organization, for t...
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Community Chest Budget Committee Visit

Date: 04 21 1950
Description: Members of the Community Chest budget committee are shown craft work done by three boys at Neighborhood House. Members of the committee, left to right, are...
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Constructive Workshops For Older Adults

Date: 11 27 1951
Description: Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly-retired men and women. Pictured le...
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Man Working at Loom

Date: 09 1951
Description: A man seated at a loom in Jaipur, India.
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 04 1953
Description: A scene from YWCA's day camp at Camp Wakonda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. During craft time, Gerald Peck, James Foster, and Russell Bright paint sm...
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United Givers Campaign

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: Tim Robbins and John Christensen show their craft projects at the YMCA to Robert W. Anthony (right), the associate chairman of the 1954 United Givers Campa...
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Dane County Homecrafters

Date: 03 06 1956
Description: Harold W. Rucks, of Edgerton sits in a wheel chair while working at a table jig saw. Rucks, who had been severely crippled for 17 years with rheumatiod art...
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Richard Marshall Jr.

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Richard Marshall Jr. holds a cribbage board made from a walrus tusk, and has a pair of sealskin and fox fur moccasins his lap. Marshall served 18 months wi...
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W.J. and Charlotte Haight

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Mr. W.J. Haight and his wife Charlotte of Cambridge are sitting in front of their fireplace. Mr. Haight, chairman of the Cambridge Community Red Cross Driv...
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Grace Episcopal Church Harvest Festival

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Edward Persen, left, and M. Earl Moore, 717 Pickford Street, looking at the items in the "white elephant" booth at the Harvest Festival, Grace Episcopal Ch...
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Madison Art Association's 2nd Annual Art Fair to be Held on Capitol Grounds

Date: 07 02 1965
Description: The Madison Art Association's 2nd annual Downtown Sidewalk Art Fair is held on the Capitol grounds. Shown admiring art work to be displayed is Governor War...

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