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Katherine Quinney

Date: 1915
Description: Katherine (Kate) Quinney, Richard Quinney's great aunt, crocheting while seated on the running board of a Ford Model T in the yard of her family's farm.
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Counted Thread Embroidery

Date: 08 04 1964
Description: A counted thread embroidery of a rooster, created by Elinor Schnore.
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Counted Thread Embroidery

Date: 08 04 1964
Description: Elinor Schnore with her counted thread embroidery of a totem pole mounted in a frame.
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Summer Projects for Bored Children

Date: 08 01 1961
Description: Kathleen Hall, 10, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hall of 4321 Hegg Avenue, creates a design with colored toothpicks as a summer project in answer to the...
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Summer Projects for Bored Children

Date: 08 01 1961
Description: Seven year old Melissa Hall, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hall of 4321 Hegg Avenue, creates a colored placemat using crayon shavings as a summer projec...
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Summer Projects for Bored Children

Date: 08 01 1961
Description: Nine year old Kevin Hall, son of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Hall of 4321 Hegg Avenue, creates a splatter painting as a summer project in answer to the question: ...
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Girl Scouts From Troop 33 with Bird Feeders

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Janet Hirsch, 12, 601 Pickford Street, on a ladder, and Nan Newhall, 12, 4818 Woodburn Drive, seventh graders from Troop 33 at Cherokee Heights School, han...
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Grace Episcopal Church Harvest Festival

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Mrs. C.J. (Kath) Key, 423 North Carroll Street, left, and Mrs. Olive, MacKay, 2115 Madison Street, hand-crafted Christmas trees at the Harvest Festival at ...
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Making Dolls

Date: 07 17 1957
Description: A young woman helps a girl make toy dolls out of cloth.
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Red Cross Volunteers Fill Rosemaled Box

Date: 08 22 1961
Description: Two teen girls examining the contents of large rosemaled (painted decorations) wooden box. The original caption states: "Norwegian rosemaling on a American...
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University League

Date: 10 14 1948
Description: The University League committee members, wives of University of Wisconsin faculty, make table decorations for the Centennial luncheon at the Memorial Union...

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