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| Description: | View of a sitting room decorated with Native American blankets and a totem pole. A stuffed bear is next to the stairs which go up to a landing that leads t... |
| Date: | 05 10 2015 |
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| Description: | Several figurines, starfish, and shells sitting on top of a lace runner on an end table. The figurines include: a young boy carrying two pails of milk, two... |
| Date: | 06 13 2015 |
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| Description: | Interior view of sheer curtains edged in lace covering a window. On the lace runner covering the ledge along the window are decorative items, including a c... |
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| Description: | Interior of Carl A. Johnson residence, showing an adjoining library and sitting room with upholstered arm chairs and wooden side chairs, table, lace draper... |
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| Description: | Interior of Carl A. Johnson residence, showing ornate parlor room with upholstered furniture (couch, arm chair and side chairs), end tables, patterned wall... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored lantern slide showing an Caid Belaïd, Tuareg interpreter for Alonzo Pond's 1925 Algerian expedition, sitting on pillows and rugs on the floor ... |
| Date: | 07 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Four ladies admire silk scarfs from India that were brought to the annual missionary tea by the speaker, Mrs. Milton Nichols of Reedsburg. The annual tea i... |
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| Description: | A quilt appliqued with a cherry tree design. The design includes orange and scarlet birds and bright red cherries. There are brown vines and red and yellow... |
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| Description: | A fabric, block-printed wall hanging featuring in its design a deer, the sun, and evergreen trees. |
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| Description: | Bandolier bag with loom-beaded panel and strap. Bag, pocket, and strap are constructed of off-white cotton layered with wool, and trimmed with dark red mil... |
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| Description: | Solid beaded bandolier bag. Appliqued seed beads on canvas and velvet cloth in a floral design. Yarn and loom beaded tabs at the bottom of the bag. Black v... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "The designs for draperies and wall hangings are cut into linoleum and backed with heavy ply-wood". |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "The material to be printed is stretched over a padded table". Another woman is working at a table in the background. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "The finished block is inked and carefully placed upon the cloth". |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "The imprint is secured by pounding upon the block with a wooden mallet". |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A woman is printing material stretched over a padded table. Another woman is working at a table in the background. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "The textile is now completed -- ready to be delivered to some tax supported institution". |
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| Description: | A fiber and buffalo bag, Stockbridge-Munsee, 19th Century. |
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| Description: | Small bandolier bag with minimal beadwork. Bag is constructed of black and blue wool. Pocket opens full width of bag and is lined with striped light brown ... |
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