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Photograph

Mrs. Walter Goodland with Quilt

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: Madge Goodland, wife of Governor Walter Goodland, displaying a quilt with a patriotic design.
Photograph

Women at Work

Date: 
Description: At work at the Patriotic Women's Association in Berlin. 1. Miss von Hagen, 2. Miss M.L. Schmidt, 3. Mrs. Consul Staudt, 4. Mrs. Excellency Sydow, 5. Miss C...
Photograph

Emma Teckemeyer with Lap Robes

Date: 09 10 1951
Description: Emma (Mrs. W.J.) Teckemeyer poses with some of the 13 quilted lap robes which she has personally made for the patients at the new Veterans' Administration ...
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Japanese Woman

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a woman in "native" Japanese costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine. Part of a "Costumes of All Nations," set created as ...
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Japan

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of two women from Japan in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine.
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Spain "Sevilla"

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of a couple from Sevilla, Spain in "native" costume, posing near a Singer sewing machine. The man is holding a small glass of wine an...
Historical Essay

American History Through Christmas Cards - Image Gallery Essay

Learn about the history of Christmas cards and their various uses during World War I and II, and in postwar America.

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