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| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Sewing room at Lac du Flambeau U.S. Government School for Indian children. Female students posed at their sewing machines and work tables. |
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| Description: | Illustration of a Javanese woman sewing at a Singer Sewing machine while a Javanese man looks on. |
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| Description: | Women and girls sewing in a room at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix. |
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| Description: | Myles Horton visiting citizenship school sewing class for younger members; teacher, Bernice Robinson. "Modernage" sewing machine featured. |
| Date: | 01 1935 |
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| Description: | Sewing project for Milwaukee County women to make and repair clothing for relief families. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of a woman from Wurtemberg, Germany in "native" costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of a couple from Sevilla, Spain in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. The man is holding a small glass of wine an... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of a woman from Florence, Italy in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of a young woman from Manila in the Philippine Islands in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of an American woman, posing near a Singer sewing machine. Her daughter stands on a pillow, watching as her mother sews. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of two women from Japan in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of a woman from Boulogne-sur-mer, France in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of two girls from India in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph card of a woman from Dalarne, Sweden in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Cover of a box produced by The Singer Manufacturing Company, which holds "Costumes of All Nations" souvenir cards, created for the 1893 World's Columbian E... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Fennimore High School sewing class poses in classroom. Mathilda Monteith was the instructor. |
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| Description: | Woman standing at sewing exhibit that includes dresses, children's clothes, aprons, and hats. Mathilda Monteith was the instructor of the sewing class. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | "The Reader," an illustration of a woman reading while seated at a lace-covered sewing machine cabinet. The illustration was part of "The Universal Sewing ... |
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| Description: | A mother is cutting a pattern from display material on a table. |
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