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Marian Dolan 4-H Champion Sewing

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan, of the Maple Knoll 4-H club north of Sun Prairie, 1931 National 4-H champion, sewing.
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Tiffany's Dressmaking Shop

Date: 12 03 1930
Description: View of the interior of Tiffany's dress making shop (Creators of Claire Tiffany Frocks, 546 State Street), showing women cutting and sewing dresses at long...
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Sewing Group

Date: 05 31 1964
Description: A circle of women talk, sew and thread needles around a Singer sewing machine.
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Dressmaking Instruction

Date: 1922
Description: Dressmaking instruction outdoors, with one woman serving as a model.
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Dressmaking Specialist

Date: 1922
Description: Dressmaking instructor conducting an outdoor dressmaking class.
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G. Thompson Family and Domestic Machines

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Description: The G. Thompson family posing in front of their wooden house. One woman is sitting at a sewing machine working on a quilt while another is working at a kn...
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Inkle Looms

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Description: Two girls seated on a bench outdoors and working inkle looms.
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Seamstresses

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Description: Alma(?), Wis. Studio portrait of group of women seamstresses and two young children.
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Siri Rustebakke with Women and Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Siri Rustebakke, center, sits in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning wheels. Original negative c109. Compare with D31...
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Women and Men around House

Date: 1876
Description: Four women in yard, one holding a doll with a woman sitting on the porch behind frame house. There is a man holding a shovel and two children are standing ...
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Group Outside of House

Date: 1876
Description: Twenty-eight people and one dog are posed in the yard of a wood frame house. A lap dog is sitting on a chair balanced on top of a fence post. A woman at th...
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Family in Yard around Table

Date: 1878
Description: Family in yard around table, and a man standing with tool on the right. Behind the group is a Greek Revival house that has a sewing machine on the porch. T...
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Brenum Family with Minnie Klatter

Date: 09 19 1876
Description: Left to right: Johannes Brenum (father), Peter, Bernt, Ole, Maria, Ingeborg (mother), Mrs. Margaret Larson (neighbor in plaid dress). Little girl is Minnie...
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Females Sewing at the Pima Agency

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Description: Women and girls sewing in a room at the Pima Agency, near Phoenix.
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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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Pfaff Sewing Machine Company Sales Meeting

Date: 02 18 1953
Description: Group portrait of Pfaff Sewing Machine Company sales meeting at the Park Hotel, 22 South Carroll 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 East Mifflin Street.

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