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| Date: | 01 23 1957 |
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| Description: | Harriet Langsdorf and Nellie Westmont of the Antioch temple, Daughters of the Nile, admire some of the sewing which members have made for the Shrine Hospit... |
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| Description: | Standing in the yard in front of a log house is a man standing and holding crutches in the middle, a woman on the left holding a small girl who is perched ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Image from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with girls sitting at a table sewing, Mary Lee Griggs standing and helping, and another woman standing by t... |
| Date: | 06 25 1957 |
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| Description: | Joanne Peters Rothe sitting in the living room of her home while hemming a drape for a nearby window. The photograph is one of a series showing how newlywe... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a group of women cutting patterns, sewing by hand and machine, pressing a garment, and checking the ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Group of girls in a summer sewing group at Neighborhood House, posing in their finery with Gay Braxton (back row, center, under ceiling lamp), head residen... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with three women working on sewing pattern pieces: two women are sitting at a table with a box of patter... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a woman standing over a table, pinning a sewing pattern piece to cloth. An ironing board and bookca... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with a woman using a sewing machine to sew a large piece of cloth patterned with four-leaf clovers. Anot... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Groups of children are sitting at tables for a Saturday morning sewing group at Neighborhood House, with a woman helping the children at each table. One bo... |
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| Description: | Young women practicing fine sewing and lace making at Wisconsin Home for the Feeble Minded. |
| Date: | 12 10 1958 |
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| Description: | Mrs. O.H. (Lauraine) Jensen of 2317 East Mifflin Street, chairman of the Women's Club of Madison's orthopedic work, and Mrs. Gertrude Kepke, 2354 Commonwea... |
| Date: | 12 24 1958 |
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| Description: | Margaret Kronenberg sits under a Christmas tree while modeling a Christmas skirt she decorated herself. The skirt is made of white felt and was hand-decora... |
| Date: | 07 15 1959 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Alvin Derr (left), Marshall, and Mrs. Edner Norland, Belleville, check in 2,098 clothing entries at the Dane County Junior Fair. |
| Date: | 07 15 1959 |
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| Description: | The 1959 Dane County Junior Fair home economics building is the center for 1,000s of entries made by girls of Dane County in the clothing and food categori... |
| Date: | 11 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Winners of the Wisconsin "Make It Yourself with Wool" contest are shown with their work. At left is Kay Lyon, junior winner (ages 14 - 17); on the right is... |
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| Description: | A logo for Singer Sewing Machine Company. Over the backdrop of a globe and clouds is written "The Sign of Singer Service Throughout the World." In the cent... |
| Date: | 05 15 1961 |
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| Description: | Barbara Blaedel, Sylvia Graf, and Mary Woelfel wear hats they designed and made, and will model at the University League brunch and program. |
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| Description: | Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying two photographs and two captions with extensive details of the camp's war efforts. Several campers in each photo... |
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| Description: | Jessie Jack Hooper sitting in a rocking chair at her home at 669 Algoma Street in front of two windows with heavy drapes and lace curtains. She is stitchin... |
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