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Mrs. Rena Gigous

Date: 04 26 1953
Description: Mrs. Rena Gigous made 200 cancer dressings in January. The dressings are displayed at Baron's and Yost Kessnichs department stores.
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Emma Ketel Sewing

Date: 1900
Description: Emma Ketel sits on a sofa sewing with a cat curled up next to her.
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Embroidery Class

Date: 1920
Description: Girls sitting around a long table while embroidering white cloth stretched through embroidery hoops. A woman, probably an instructor, is standing at left. ...
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Power Sewing Class

Date: 01 16 1967
Description: Instructor Ida Mussa (left) assists student Victoria Vega in a power sewing class at Milwaukee Vocational School. Vega is sewing an apron on a Singer sewin...
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Woman Sewing with Machine

Date: 1923
Description: A woman using a foot-pedal sewing machine while working with a piece of fraying fabric.
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Woman Sewing with Machine

Date: 06 1923
Description: A woman using an electric sewing machine while sitting at a table with latticed sides.
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Elizabeth Miller Modeling Suit

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller models a French-style suit she made. The photograph was taken to accompany an article about Elizabeth's seamstress work f...
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Ethel Miller Models Coat

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Sixteen-year old Ethel Miller models a coat her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.), made. The photograph was taken for an article about Elizabeth's seamstr...
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Ethel Miller Models Skirt

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Ethel Miller models a skirt made by her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller. The photograph was taken to accompany an article in the Wisconsin Sta...
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Elizabeth and Ethel Miller Modeling Clothing

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller and her daughter Ethel model dresses sewn by Elizabeth. The photograph was taken to accompany a Wisconsin State Journa...
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Beth Israel Annual Bazaar

Date: 10 21 1953
Description: Nine women are sitting around a table while sewing in preparation for the Beth Israel sisterhood's annual bazaar at 1406 Mound Street.
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World Community Day

Date: 09 26 1953
Description: Six members of the social relations group of the Guild of the First Baptist Church work on making blankets, curtains, bed linens, and other needed article...
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Violette Wartzok

Date: 02 11 1954
Description: Violette Wartzok demonstrates a procedure in the drapery-making class at the Madison Vocational and Adult School.
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 04 03 1954
Description: Frances Larson putting the final touches on a formal dress modeled by her daughter Laurie, age 14. Frances, labeled a "modiste" or one who makes fashionabl...
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Farm Building: Wooden House

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of a wooden house, with a family, including a man, woman, dog and child on the porch. The woman is using a sewing machine near the open front...
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North Central Airline Stewardesses

Date: 11 10 1954
Description: Stewardess Mary Ogle models a wool suit she made. Looking on is Bill Domres, formerly a steward for North Central who became a station agent when the airli...
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Sears Fabric and Pattern Department

Date: 11 25 1954
Description: Fabric and pattern department of the new Sears store, located at 1101 East Washington Avenue.
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Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker repairs the sole of a boot using a sewing machine.
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Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker repairs the sole of a boot using a sewing machine.
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Boot Repair

Date: 1970
Description: A shoemaker in his shop at work.

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