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| Date: | 02 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, sewing display window including three female mannequins, fabric, dress patterns, and two signs stating "You Save... |
| Date: | 11 13 1956 |
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| Description: | Marie Ellis knitting ski sweaters at the East Side Women's Hobby Show. |
| Date: | 06 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Friede (?) sits in a chair while crocheting a doily. |
| Date: | 11 08 1900 |
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| Description: | Consecration of Bishop Weller as Bishop Coadjutor, Diocese of Fund du Lac. Three Bishops seated, l to r: Bishop Nicholson of Milwaukee; Bishop Grafton of F... |
| 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Ada Bass sitting in a rocking chair while crocheting. Sitting across from her is a woman identified as Llora, who is reading. There is a replica of a cat p... |
| Date: | 12 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mrs. John L. (Mary) Gillin, 2211 Chamberlain Avenue, seated in a chair knitting for the State Journal Empty Stocking Club. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Child's slippers, with ribbon ties, knitted of ecru and blue wool yarn. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Alice F. Jackson of Madison, sitting in a chair and crocheting. |
| Date: | 10 11 1948 |
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| Description: | Two sorority volunteers knitting for hospital patients that are unable to do handiwork themselves, but desire hand-made articles to give as gifts or to use... |
| Date: | 11 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Members of the Temple Beth El Sisterhood prepare for the second annual bazaar. Left to right: Mrs. Sidney Schwartz, gift committee; Mrs. Sidney Rosenfeld, ... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | E.W. and Mary Brandel relax together in their home in front of a brick fireplace. They are both wearing eyeglasses; he is reading a newspaper and she is kn... |
| Date: | 05 13 1939 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 05 13 1939 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 15 1949 |
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| Description: | Doris Trameri of 568 Park Lane, previously diagnosed with tuberculosis, posing in her former room at Lake View Sanatorium while knitting argyle socks. She ... |
| Date: | 04 20 1950 |
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| Description: | Members of Nakoma Girl Scout Troop 107 displaying their needlework projects. Shown left to right are Katy Grimmer, 4018 Council Crest, holding the mittens ... |
| 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: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An elderly woman in an old-fashioned dress sits and knits by a table in front of a painted backdrop. |
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