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Singer Advertising Card — Filipino Pair

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a boy and a girl from Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, in "native" Filipino costume, posing next to a Singer sewing ma...
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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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Two Girls Sewing at Citizenship School

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Description: Two girls at Citizenship School learn to sew at Johns Island.
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Young Citizenship Group Sewing

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Description: Johns Island students discuss sewing and the first young citizenship group at Highlander Folk School.
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Singer Advertising Card - Zululand Group

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a group of people from "Zululand" in "native" costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations,...
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4-H Club Week

Date: 02 26 1949
Description: Peggy Meyer, member of the Silver Badgers 4-H Club, ironing a dress she is sewing.
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Nakoma Girl Scout Troop 107

Date: 04 20 1950
Description: Members of Nakoma Girl Scout Troop 107 displaying their needlework projects. Shown left to right are Katy Grimmer, 4018 Council Crest, holding the mittens ...
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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 26 1952
Description: Blue ribbon winners at the Dane County Junior Fair are Nancy Smith, left, Basco, and Julia Kirch, Mt. Horeb, wearing the dresses they made and modeled.
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Boys Learning to Sew

Date: 1913
Description: Boys learning to sew. Original caption reads: "Sewing Lesson for Boys of the 7th and 8th grades. These boys are learning how to sew on buttons."
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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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Group in Front of Log House

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Description: Standing in the yard in front of a log house is a man standing and holding crutches in the middle, a woman on the left holding a small girl who is perched ...
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Vogue Fashion Show for Teens

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Participating in the Vogue fashion show, designed as a clinic for teenagers who like to sew, is Nancy Pfeiffer, a student at Madison East High School. She ...
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Vogue Fashion Show For Teens

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Participating in the Vogue fashion show, designed as a clinic for teenagers who like to sew, is Donna Haesig, a student at Monroe High School. She is model...
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Vogue Fashion Show for Teens

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Beverly Richels, a student at Madison East High School, participates in the Vogue fashion show designed as a clinic for teenagers who like to sew. She mode...
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State Winners of Wool Sewing Contest

Date: 11 07 1959
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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099 - Campers Participating in Dramatization

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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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137 - Wartime Efforts at Joy Camps

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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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Norwegian Sewing Circle

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Description: Group portrait of a sewing circle of young girls and women wearing Norwegian costumes.
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Home Made Style Show at Van Hise Junior High School

Date: 12 15 1964
Description: Students from the 9th grade home economics class at Van Hise Junior High School model for their parents and classmates at a homemade style show at the scho...
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Sewing Class at Blessed Martin House

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Beatrice Braton straightening the dress she made for a doll at a sewing class at Blessed Martin House. The dolls will be sent to an orphanage overseas in J...

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