Photograph
Dane County Homecrafters
Herman Skolas sits in a wheelchair while weaving on his loom as his eight-year-old granddaughter, Deborah Culham of Stoughton, looks on approvingly. Skolas, who had been severely crippled for 15 years with rheumatiod arthritis, prepares crafts to sell at the annual spring fair of the Dane County Homecrafters, an organization of handicapped adults. |
Image ID: | 91357 |
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Creation Date: | 03 06 1956 |
Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
City: | Cottage Grove |
County: | Dane |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | negative, original |
Original Format Number: | PH 6442.6000B |
Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
1 of 2 images published in the "Wisconsin State Journal," March 12, 1956. |
Handicrafts |
Clothing and dress |
Dresses |
Fund raising |
Aged |
Children and adults |
Family |
Indoor photography |
Persons with disabilities |
Wheelchairs |
Manual work |
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