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Mitten-Knitter
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Mary Gillin is sitting behind a table with a display of 21 pairs of mittens of various sizes with wrist stripes that she knitted to donate to The Wisconsin State Journal's Empty Stocking Club.
December 13, 1957
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Mary Gillin
December 13, 1947
Portrait of Mrs. John L. (Mary) Gillin, 2211 Chamberlain Avenue, seated in a chair knitting for the State Journal Empty Stocking Club.
Nakoma Girl Scout Troop 107
April 20, 1950
Members of Nakoma Girl Scout Troop 107 displaying their needlework projects. Shown left to right are Katy Grimmer, 4018 Council Crest, holding the mittens and argyle socks she knit; Virginia Pochma...
East Side Women's Club Hobby Show
November 13, 1956
Marie Ellis knitting ski sweaters at the East Side Women's Hobby Show.
Madison Art Guild
January 7, 1957
Madison Art Guild members repair picture frames in Doris Brobst's recreation room at 211 Lathrop Street. Standing: Jean Johnson. Sitting on left: Ellsworth Mack. Sitting on right: Dorothy Angevine.
Madison Art Guild
January 7, 1957
Erdine Stamm is shown rosemalling a wooden plate at the Madison Art Guild workshop in the recreation room of the Brobst home, 211 Lathrop Street.
T.B. Luhman's Garden of Lilies
July 11, 1957
Outdoor portrait of T.B. Luhman in his garden of lilies.
