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| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Edna Leonard, a student at Northey School, posing in front of shrubs near a building. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "Belongs to a local 4-H ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | An autumn exhibit and fair has been set up in the Centerville School. A post supports streamers which extend to the walls, and examples of needlework and c... |
| 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: | Actors portraying I.M. Singer and his friend George Zieber with the first sewing machine. |
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| Description: | Actors portray I.M. Singer and George Zieber examining an early sewing machine. |
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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; there is an empty space where a third photograph was once included. The top photograph shows a ... |
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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... |
| Date: | 02 09 1956 |
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| Description: | Two women, one standing, and the other sitting by a sewing machine "are examining some of the men's shirts which have been converted into bed jackets for a... |
| Date: | 02 09 1956 |
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| Description: | Three women prepare "materials used in the making of cancer dressings." The women include Eleanor Britt, Florence Anderson, and Marcia Udelhofen. The orig... |
| Date: | 02 09 1956 |
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| Description: | Four women are sitting together behind a low table containing small bundles of cloth and a scissors while making slippers for the children staying at a Mad... |
| Date: | 02 09 1956 |
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| Description: | Three women and a girl are sitting and chatting at a table while making toys for a Madison hospital. Shown as they sew and stuff cloth toys, are (left to r... |
| Date: | 02 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Attending a tea honoring long time members of Christ Child Club Circles are, left to right, Jeanette Foran, Mary Gox, Margaret Straub, and Rachel McKee. Th... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Group of Ladies' Sewing Club women posing under a tapestry at Neighborhood House. |
| Date: | 09 1899 |
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| Description: | Outdoor family portrait of Mary Turvill McConnell, Elizabeth Turvill Wood, and Jessie Turvill Thwaites. They are sitting on a porch in front of windows wit... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a sewing circle of young girls and women wearing Norwegian costumes. |
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