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Ethel Miller Models Coat

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Sixteen-year old Ethel Miller models a coat her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.), made. The photograph was taken for an article about Elizabeth's seamstr...
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Ethel Miller Models Skirt

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Ethel Miller models a skirt made by her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller. The photograph was taken to accompany an article in the Wisconsin Sta...
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Elizabeth and Ethel Miller Modeling Clothing

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller and her daughter Ethel model dresses sewn by Elizabeth. The photograph was taken to accompany a Wisconsin State Journa...
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Vogue Fashion Show for Teens

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Beverly Richels, a student at Madison East High School, participates in the Vogue fashion show designed as a clinic for teenagers who like to sew. She mode...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Lucy Martinelli Sewing

Date: 1939
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Lucy Martinelli stitching a seam using an elaborately decorated electric sewing machine. Sewing cla...
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Two Indigenous Women

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: A young indigenous woman wearing a flower in her hair poses with an older woman who is balancing a basket on her head on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Classification for Teenagers

Date: 10 27 1958
Description: The Wisconsin State Journal has a new cookbook classification for teenagers. Diane Meyer, a senior at Stoughton High School, is the second place win...
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Esther A. Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Esther Elmer, 20, poses with jars of fruits and vegetables which she has canned. A fancy carpet is hanging behind her as a backdrop. She wrote on the rever...
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Elda Strahm

Date: 1935
Description: Elda Strahm, 13, poses outside her home with many prize ribbons which she won at the Green County and Wisconsin State Fairs. Another girl stands on the lef...
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LeAnn Wenger, 1976 Buffalo County Honey Queen

Date: 1976
Description: LeAnn Wenger, the Buffalo County Honey Queen. Wenger's hometown is Fountain City, Wisconsin. She is standing in front of a honey display, wearing a Buffalo...
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Wisconsin Honey Queen

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Description: Studio portrait of the Wisconsin Honey Queen holding a jar of honey from Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. She is wearing a tiara and a sash reading "Wisconsin Hon...
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Russell Greene

Date: 08 1916
Description: Russell Greene enjoying his dinner, which he is spooning from a can. He is standing by the river wearing a letter sweater.
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Carl Has a Meal

Date: 1911
Description: Carl is sitting on a rock with a plate of food on his lap. His dog Diadem (Di) is at his side. One of the men is sitting behind them.

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