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Manchester's Inc., Vogue Window Display

Date: 03 04 1946
Description: Manchester's Inc., Vogue "Spring Fabrics Fashion Show" window display featuring a Vogue Magazine cover, a mannequin, and fabrics.
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325 - 329 State Street

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: Singer Sewing Machine Company store, 325 State Street, and Sherwin Williams Paint and Wallpaper Store, 327-329 State Street, with a billboard on top of the...
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H.S. Manchester Inc., Sewing Notions Window

Date: 09 23 1947
Description: H.S. Manchester Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, display window promoting "National Notion Week" and displaying items (notions) used for sewing.
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Manchester's Vogue Show Window

Date: 10 01 1947
Description: H.S. Manchester Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, show window displaying the Vogue "1947 look" in women's clothing. Includes a mannequin dressed in the 1947 lon...
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Manchester's, Inc., Tipperary Fabric Window Display

Date: 05 25 1950
Description: Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, fabric display with Vogue patterns, one mannequin, and draped fabrics, "Tipperary, a completely washable soap'n ...
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Hill's Sewing & Needlework Window Display

Date: 02 22 1952
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, sewing display window including three female mannequins, fabric, dress patterns, and two signs stating "You Save...
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Manchester's, Inc., Frostman's Woolens Window Display

Date: 03 09 1953
Description: Frostman's woolens window display with two mannequins wearing suits in Manchester's, Inc., corner window #4, taken from East Mifflin Street.
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Manchester's, Inc., Frostman's Woolens Window Display

Date: 03 09 1953
Description: Frostman's woolens window display with two mannequins wearing suits in Manchester's, Inc., corner window #4, taken from Wisconsin Avenue.
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Manchester's, Inc., Fabric Window Display

Date: 02 13 1953
Description: H.S. Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, show window displaying Forstmann woolen fabric yard goods.
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H.S. Manchester's, Inc., Singer Sewing Machines Window Display

Date: 12 14 1956
Description: H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, 2 East Mifflin Street, show window display of Singer Sewing Machines, fabrics, mannequin, and Christmas wreath.
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Women at Sewing Bee

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Description: Seven women gathered at a sewing bee.
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Ludington Building

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Description: The Ludington Building, built in 1881 on the southeast corner of North Plankinton Avenue and West Wells Street, featuring the Singer Sewing Machine store.
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Outdoor Gathering

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Description: A group of women and girls and one man are sitting outside on benches and chairs sewing clothes and talking. On the right, a woman has a baby stroller besi...
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Fennimore Sewing Class

Date: 1913
Description: Fennimore High School sewing class poses in classroom. Mathilda Monteith was the instructor.
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Sewing Exhibit by the Sewing Class of Fennimore High School

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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.
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Graumann's Dressmaking Shop

Date: 1898
Description: Miss Graumann, far left, poses with four dressmakers in front of her shop. A sign on the right side of the door states "Dressmaking, Miss Annie Graumann"....
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Woman and Girls at Milliner Shop

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Description: View of a woman posing sitting on the porch of a wooden building and sewing a hat, probably a milliner in front of her shop. A small girl is sitting in a r...
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National League for Women's Service Float

Date: 1917
Description: Parade float on which ten women are standing, some posing with knitting needles or behind a sewing machine. Two men and one woman are standing on the groun...
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Girl Sitting on Chair Sewing Outdoors

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Description: A girl is sitting on a chair on a sidewalk, sewing something resting in her lap. Buildings are in the background. Lantern slide.
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Wm. Dittberner, Merchant Tailor and Millinery Store

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of the store with a false front. A sign along the porch on the left reads: "Millinery" and a sign in the center reads: "Wm. Dittberner, Merch...

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