Date: | 1934 |
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Description: | A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933... |
Date: | 1895 |
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Description: | Sewing room at Lac du Flambeau U.S. Government School for Indian children. Female students posed at their sewing machines and work tables. |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran... |
Date: | 04 17 1957 |
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Description: | A Girl Scout crocheting doilies at a senior citizens' care center with her "adoptive grandmother." |
Date: | 1925 |
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Description: | A Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman preparing splints for basket making. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbilt, the fir... |
Date: | 1941 |
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Description: | Side view of German grandmother using spinning wheel to spin yarn. |
Date: | 04 24 1945 |
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Description: | Portrait of Ella M. Pickford (Mrs. Henry W. Pickford), 201 South Mills Street. Mrs. Pickford, who is 88 years old, does her own housework and despite poor ... |
Date: | 06 27 1945 |
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Description: | Mrs. Charles C. (Alice) Long is shown with the flag she crocheted for her son, Lieutenant Commander H.W. Christensen, who is a surgeon, serving in the Paci... |
Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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Description: | Members of the Junior Red Cross of Madison making Christmas cards, tray favors, Christmas tree ornaments, and recreation hall decorations for service units... |
Date: | 03 26 1947 |
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Description: | University of Wisconsin Women's Self Government style show committee members Dorothy Proudfoot, Wilmette, Illinois, chairman of decorations, Margaret Pesut... |
Date: | 11 11 1947 |
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Description: | Four members of the University of Wisconsin Dames Club doing textile painting. Left to right are Mrs. William E. Peterson (standing), chairman of the grou... |
Date: | 11 11 1947 |
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Description: | Three members of the University of Wisconsin Dames Club making Christmas gifts. Left to right are Mrs. Marvin D. Whitehead, Mrs. John S. Boyle (standing),... |
Date: | 12 16 1947 |
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Description: | June (Mrs. Robert O.) McLean, and her children Roderick and Gwen, putting the finishing touches on a Gingerbread House. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Farmers Union ladies quilting. A sign in the background reads, "Mt. Pelia". In Weakley County. |
Date: | 10 14 1948 |
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Description: | The University League committee members, wives of University of Wisconsin faculty, make table decorations for the Centennial luncheon at the Memorial Union... |
Date: | 11 01 1948 |
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Description: | Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross teaching jewelry-making to a group of patients at the Mendota hospital for the mentally ill. Gray Ladies, shown at... |
Date: | 11 11 1948 |
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Description: | Members of the Grace Episcopal Guild prepare for their annual Christmas fair held at the church's Guild hall. Pictured left to right: Mrs. Marvin B. (Lois)... |
Date: | 11 16 1948 |
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Description: | Naval Officers and Wives Club annual Christmas dinner dance featuring a Hawaiian Christmas theme, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Loraine. Making tabl... |
Date: | 11 16 1948 |
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Description: | Naval Officers and Wives Club annual Christmas dinner dance featuring a Hawaiian Christmas theme, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Loraine. Mrs. Robert... |
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