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Title: DMC Club
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported brand of French fancywork cotton crocheting , also know locally as the Damn Mean Crowd Club by outsiders. Probably taken at Charles J. Van Schaick's house. Behind them quilts are hung on a line from the edge of the house all the way across the background, and there are rugs on the ground. Identified by Joanne Dougherty. Mrs. Charles Van Schaick is seated on the far right.
Image ID: 94366
Creator
Name: 		Van Schaick, Charles
City, State: Black River Falls, Wisconsin
Collection
Name: 		Van Schaick, Charles : Photographs And Negatives, ca. 1880-ca. 1940*
Genre: Photographs
Additional
Information: 		See also Image ID: 3293. This image is part of a larger collection of over 6,000 negatives created by Charles J. Van Schaick. Van Schaick learned the art of photography after moving to Jackson County, Wisconsin. In 1885, he opened a studio in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. He was the town photographer for over 50 years. His work includes both studio portraits and richly varied and intimate snapshots of small-town, Wisconsin life.
Subjects: Trees
Handicraft
Dwellings
Yards
Outdoor photography
Women
Clubs
Quilts
Chairs
 

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