Date: | 12 02 1932 |
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Description: | Man weaving at Reed Manufacturing loom, in the Vocational School crafts class at Brayton School, 301 E. Washington Avenue. |
Date: | 03 22 1945 |
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Description: | Cyril Morrison, who is blind, weaving rag rugs for the Dane County homework shops which employ persons with disabilities. |
Date: | 01 23 1951 |
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Description: | Two Junior Division University League members are shown with a trainee at the League's homecrafters' program at Truax Field. Seated at a weaving loom is t... |
Date: | 03 10 1952 |
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Description: | Matt Esser is learning how to weave under Mrs. Mina Dutton's direction. Mrs. Dutton is one of the instructors at the Wisconsin Homecraft Training center, ... |
Date: | 11 13 1956 |
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Description: | Anna Runstrom and her granddaughter, Erica Leigh Runstrom, demonstrate her spinning wheel at the East Side Businessman's hobby show. Erica is wearing a Swe... |
Date: | 02 03 1958 |
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Description: | Attendees look at displays of hand-loomed placemats and tablecloths at Farm and Home Week at the University of Wisconsin. They include, left to right: Mrs.... |
Date: | 02 03 1958 |
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Description: | Mary Jean Stoddard demonstrates the art of weaving at the UW Farm and Home Exhibit. Watching her work (left to right) are: Mrs. Theodore Herwig (North Free... |
Date: | 10 08 1959 |
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Description: | Mary Paulick sitting on the floor while working on a large braided rug. |
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... |
Date: | 10 12 1959 |
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Description: | Kate Schultz is shown with a sport coat she made for her husband from fabric that she wove. She also hooked the rug at her feet, upholstered the chair she ... |
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. |
Date: | 09 15 1961 |
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Description: | Mrs. Jerome Schwartzbaum (left) and Gertrude Kimbrough look at decorative hookings made by members of the handicrafts group of the Junior Division of the U... |
Date: | 12 22 1964 |
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Description: | Henry Hinze, age 83, working on a hooked rug to give to his children. He has been hooking rugs since he had a heart attack ten years ago. |
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... |
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