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| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Groups of children are sitting at tables for a Saturday morning sewing group at Neighborhood House, with a woman helping the children at each table. One bo... |
| Date: | 07 1903 |
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| Description: | Mary Krueger knitting in a rocking chair in the yard while her grandchildren are sitting on the ground beside her. Jennie Krueger is sitting to her right, ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A seated portrait of Catherine Orb Seipp sitting near a window, knitting. Her upholstered chair has carved wood accents. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A quilt made by Elda Strahm, a student at Farmer's Grove School, town of York and New Glarus, is displayed hanging outdoors on a clothes line. There is a ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | World War I poster featuring a young woman sitting in a chair knitting. The symbol of the Red Cross is in the upper left corner. The poster reads: "You can... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Patriotism on the roof veranda. Employees of a large store in Berlin using their free time to knit socks for our brave fighters. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Women are sitting on a bench outdoors using their free time to knit socks for soldiers at the front. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View of a flat weave pillow with geometric patterns and cord detail on the edges, and small tassels at the corners. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Clifford Frederick Messinger is sitting on a swinging bed with his wife, Gertrude Merker Messinger. He is holding the comics section of a newspaper; Gertru... |
| Date: | 11 19 1958 |
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| Description: | Mary B. Cowdin (Granny), Mary C. Metz and Ralph W. Metz financed and built a house at 4725 Lafayette Drive with a full apartment for Granny and the rest of... |
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