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| Date: | 12 20 1963 |
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| Description: | Four residents of the Barron County Nursing Home in Cumberland are making crafts around a table. A caption on the photograph reads: "This group in occupati... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Members of the Methodist Hospital Service League during their monthly day of service sewing linens to be used in the hospital. Standing left to right are: ... |
| Date: | 05 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Maria Johnson and Patty Poppa are looking on as Donna Harris is adjusting a sewing machine at Blessed Martin House. The girls in the sewing class made dres... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across State Street towards Singer, a fabric and sewing store in a small building. Signs in the window are advertising a sale, and a mannequin is wear... |
| Date: | 01 11 1935 |
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| Description: | Several women are sitting at sewing machines. Caption reads: "Milwaukee, Wis Jan 11, 1935. Women making new and repairing old clothing for relief families.... |
| Date: | 01 13 1959 |
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| Description: | Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk is shown at home on break seated at a sewing machine by windows. The caption reads: "Despite a daytime routine that is int... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One of two images under the headline: "Wives of Alaskan Pioneers Kept Busy Sewing, Making Tent Homes Neat and Clean." Original caption reads: "Mrs. Bud Hol... |
| Date: | 01 14 1918 |
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| Description: | Industrial sewing machine rigged with twine, used to stitch burlap bags. |
| Date: | 10 24 1962 |
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| Description: | A woman is using a sewing machine on a collection of scrap fabric. Caption reads: "FROM RAGS TO RUGS Our generation of grandparents make advancing age a... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Detail from original. Original caption reads: "A couple with three children posing in a yard. The woman has a sewing machine, the man has a table saw and l... |
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| Description: | A classroom of students at their desks. There is a woman sitting at a sewing machine and another woman sitting at a typewriter near the windows on the righ... |
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