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The quilt was photographed by Sears Roebuck & Co. in black and white. \r\n\r\nDr. William Rush Dunton, Jr. visited the exhibit and took notes about the quilts. He wrote about this quilt: \"Yellow Rose - yellow festoon, stuffed rosebuds, scalloped border.\"","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Yellow Rose","OverallLengthF012b":" ","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Selma","ProvStateF057d":"California (CA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","QuiltTopF054":"Walker, Carrie","CityF106a":"Selma","StateF107":"California (CA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-71/Sears1.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"YELLOW ROSE","Maker":"[\"WALKER, CARRIE\"]","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"099","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-52","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:28","updated_at":"2024-08-01 17:32:02"},"sort":["YELLOW ROSE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"9a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-63","description":"Wreath of Daisies kit quilt won a second place award at a Chicago Sears Store. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Wreath of Daisies","PredomColorsF014":["Green","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"UniqueF038h":"This quilt has not been found and the only known photo of this quilt was published in the Chicago Daily News, Friday, May 26, 1933. Any information about the colors, construction and quilting designs are based on suppositions.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DateInfoF023f":"It may be possible to date the quilt based on the date of the quilt kit.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Unknown"],"LocMadeF057a":"Oak Park","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern","Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Kit Co. not yet identified.","ExhibitListF067a":"Exhibited at Sears Store May 26, 1933 in Chicago.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","RelItemsF088a":"Newspaper article with captioned photo -- See Chicago Daily News, Friday May 26, 1933.","QuiltTopF054":"Ohlis, Mrs. J. J.","QuiltedByF055":"Ohlis, Mrs. J. J.","CityF106a":"Oak Park","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"SpouseF113":"Ohlis, J. J.","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"WREATH OF DAISIES","Maker":"[\"OHLIS, MRS. J. 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Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"World's Fair Quilt Kit","AltNameF011":"Century of Progress Quilt","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress","OverallWidthF12a":"74 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"88 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Brown","Gold","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline","Single parallel lines"],"DesignF052c":["Parallel lines"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message"],"ContInscripF020":"1833\r\nto \r\n1933","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"After 1933","DateInfoF023f":"This quilt kit was offered for sale on the World's Fair site in 1933 and maybe in 1934. (Oral interview pertaining to #066 World's Fair kit quilt.)","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Commemorative"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Kit manufacturer is not known.","RelItemsF088a":"See: Elizabeth Warren and Sharon Eisenstat Glorious Amrican Quilts: The Quilt Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art (New York: Dutton, 1996), 107.","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnerNameF082a":"American Museum of Folk Art","AddNotesF066":"Compare this quilt to #066 made with the same kit. The only differences are in the embroidery designs.","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"New York","OwnerStateF086":"New York (NY)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"WORLDS FAIR QUILT KIT","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"134","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Kit"],"QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was donated by Shelly Zegart in 1995.","InvenNumF075":"1995.26.1","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-47","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:25","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["WORLDS FAIR QUILT KIT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"5q1YWZEB8akQsUwezSNV","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"5-2-83","InstNameF003":["Illinois State Museum","Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection; Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"Waldvogel #107","InstInvContrNumF004a":"Illinois State Museum Acc. #1995.135","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Illinois State Museum","OwnerCityF084":"Springfield","OwnerStateF086":"Illinois (IL)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"DateFinishF023b":"1933","QuiltTopF054":"Billick, Helen (Nan) E.","QuiltedByF055":"Billick, Helen (Nan) E.","CityF106a":"Gary","StateF107":"Indiana (IN)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"AddNotesF132":"Quite a few quiltmakers chose to include the Sears Pavilion in their commemorative quilts. An artist's rendition of the building was easy to find in publications put out by Sears--even the contest brochure carried a building image.","AcquiredF058":"Purchase","ProvenanceF058a":"Illinois State Museum purchased this quilt in 1995.","IfQmakerF007a":["Made entire quilt"],"ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"OtherF060a":"Sears Century of Progress quilt contest","LocMadeF057a":"Gary","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"QuiltHistF059":"Quiltmaker made this quilt for the Sears Century of Progress quilt contest in 1933 but it didn't win any prizes. She kept a scrapbook with letters from Sears about the quilt and that is also in the Museum's collection.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","RelItemsF088a":"A photo of this quilt on display in 1934 is in Patchwork Souvenirs on pg 72. 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As a result, we have a pictorial record of this quilt and a few other commemorative quilts.\r\n
\r\nWhen this quilt was offered for sale in 1993, the photo in Patchwork Souvenirs (pg 72) proved its story. The name of the maker and her home town was made available when the quilt was acquired by the Illinois State Museum in 1995.\r\n
\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n Merikay Waldvogel","function":"Image - medium display (250-550 pixels)","file format":"jpeg","file medium":"image","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Resource Type":"StillImage","Publisher":"Quilt Index","GenderF098":["Female"],"OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 72.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"OthTopSourceF064a":"The design source was probably a printed brochure or even the Sears Catalog.","AddNotesF066":"Quite a few quiltmakers chose to include the Sears Pavilion in their commemorative quilts. An artist's rendition of the building was easy to find in publications put out by Sears--even the contest brochure carried a building image.","pbd":"IllinoisISM-a0a1h5-a","Pattern":"WORLDS FAIR BUILDING","Maker":"[\"BILLICK, HELEN (NAN) E.\"]","Date":"1930-1949","legacy_kid":"16-33-159","project_id":"5","form_id":"2","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 16:22:03","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:27:20"},"sort":["WORLDS FAIR BUILDING"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"wa5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-11","description":"Woman With Spinning Wheel pieced using red and white squares inspired by a cross-stitch pattern.","essay":"This quilt won a green merit ribbon on the Los Angeles regional round of the Sears Quilt Contest. \r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Woman Spinning (Green Merit Ribbon)","AltNameF011":"Lady At Spinning Wheel, Silhouette","SubjQuiltF025":"Colonial Revival Image - Lady Spinning","OverallWidthF12a":" 70 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"82 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Prescott","ProvStateF057d":"Arizona (AZ)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Other"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was included in the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nIn April 1984, quilts by Emma Andres were on display at the Teeter Huse at Heritage Square in Phoenix, AZ in conjunction with Emma Andres being named the state's Quilter of the Year.\r\n\r\n","ContestListF071a":"This quilt won a Green Merit Ribbon in the Sears National Quilt Contest, organizaed in conjunction with the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\n","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 22-23.\r\n\r\nBarbara Brackman \"Arizona Quilter of the Year: Emma Andres\" in Quilters Newsletter Magazine (April 1984), 8-9, 30.\r\n\r\nQuilters Journal","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of Emma Andres is on pg 23, Patchwork Souvenirs. \r\n\r\nSee the Joyce Gross Quilt History Collection for correspondence and ephemera related to Emma Andres and her quilts.","AddNotesF132":"Emma Andres spent her entire life in Prescott, Arizona. Reading magazines and newspapers for sale in her father's cigar store, she discovered the world outside Prescott. When she sent to a women's magazine for an applique quilt kit, it marked the beginning of a lifetime interest in quiltmaking and quiltmakers. Through a newspaper article, she discovered Charles Pratt, a quiltmaker famous for pictorial quilts made of tiny squares of colored silk. For years they maintained a friendship through letters. This quilt, with 3630 pieces, simulates Pratt's quilt designs.\r\n\r\nEmma Andres developed lifelong friendhsips with quiltmakers such as Florence Peto and Carrie Hall. She proudly displayed scrapbooks of correspondence from these famous quilters along with her own prize-winning quilts in her \"Happiness Museum\" the name she gave to her father's store when she became the owner. \r\n\r\nIn the 1933 Sears Contest, she entered this quilt in the Los Angeles region and she won a green merit ribbon. She kept the correspondence concerning the quilt contest from the Sears contest organizers.","QuiltTopF054":"Andres, Emma Mary Martha","CityF106a":"Prescott","StateF107":"Arizona (AZ)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Andres","BirthDateF099":"8/18/1902","DeathF100":"4/28/1988","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"EthnicF101":"Emma’s mother, Anna Mary Waldhart Andres, was born in Bregenz, Austria on the border of Switzerland. Emma’s father, Matthew Andres, was born in Alsace-Lorraine between France and Germany. Matthew Andres immigrated to America in 1886. 1930 census, says he spoke German.","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"5-20 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"Briscoe Center for American Study, University of Texas-Austin","AddNotesF066":"The Joyce Gross Quilt History collection has the tissue paper pattern.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Austin","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"W2h007.013.2008","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-11/Dmwc056.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-11/Zmwc056.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"WOMAN SPINNING GREEN MERIT RIBBON","Maker":"[\"ANDRES, EMMA MARY MARTHA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"068","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OthTopSourceF064a":"A small tissue paper pattern of this design was the inspiration for this full quilt.","GenderF098":["Female"],"CustomsF131":"Emma made other pictorial quilts inspired by Charles Pratt's quilts. Instead of tiny silk squares, she used cotton squares for her quilt \"Ninety and Nine\" depicting Jesus carrying a little lamb on his shoulders. At Pratt's death, she was given four of his quilts. ","OwnerReservF085a":"Texas","IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"QuiltHistF059":"Joyce Gross acquired the quilt from Emma Andres in the 1980s. The Joyce Gross Quilt History Collection including this quilt was acquired in 2008 by the Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas-Austin.","DateObtainedF088c":"2008","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-17","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:58","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["WOMAN SPINNING GREEN MERIT RIBBON"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"3K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-38","description":"A Folk Art Design of the Century of Progress","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nSears offered a bonus prize for a quilt made in the theme of the Century of Progress.\r\n\r\nThis quilt by Zada Chapman of New Smyrna, Florida is probably the most exurberant design found to date. The local judges (Sears store may have been in Daytona or Orlando) gave it a green merit ribbon which is visible on the quilt so we know the quilt was entered.\r\n\r\nWith lots of references to Chicago and the message at the top \"Welcome to Chicago\" this quilt would have made an appropriate banner to hang at the Sears Pavilion. \r\n\r\nThe hands at the top of the quilt are said to be her grand children's hands. In the upper right, look for the State of Illinois in red fabric with a yellow star marking the home of Abraham Lincoln. \r\n\r\nShe also includes at the bottom left a pictorial applique of Mrs. O'Leary and her cow who it is said stumbled over a lantern and started the great Chicago Fire. \r\n\r\nAlso on the quilt is the entire Lord's Prayer at the right and left panels. And an image of George Washington who Cannot Tell A Lie.\r\n\r\nOne of the oddest messages EVER embroidered on any quilt is the history of the assasination attempt on the newly elected but not yet inaugurated president, Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami's Bayfront park on February 15, 1933. She relates the entire affair, notes that the shooter missed the president-elect, but hit and killed Chicago Mayor Cermak. Then she writes (on the quilt) that the killer was executed within days of the occurence.\r\n\r\nZada Chapman wrote an explanation of the events and messages on her contest entry. See below. She also said that she displayed it at her home before she entered it in the contest.\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Wheel of Progress","SubjQuiltF025":"Historical events, patriotic figures, religious sayings","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"90 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Green","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Multiple scrap","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique","Reverse Applique"],"ConstrucF038d":["Dimensional applique","Other novelty technique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"Scripted sayings are \"embroidered\" with a thin metallic braid that is couched. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting","Tied or tufted"],"DesignF052d":"Back of quilt is heavily quilted in colored threads; quilting does not appear on front of quilt. Quilt is tied to back with small pink ribbons which do not go through to the back.","DescBackF043":["Back art/design on quilt back","Solid/plain"],"ColorBackingF040b":["White"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message","Other"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery","In the quilting"],"ContInscripF020":"Quilted in inscription on quilt back: \"A Century of Progress Quilt -- made by Zada A. Chapman, New Smyrna, Fla Feb 12, 1933.\"\r\n\r\nEmbroidered Historical Event: \r\n\"Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago\r\nwas shot Feb 1933\r\nat Miami Fla Died Mar 6\r\nfive shots were fired by Giuseppe\r\nZangara\r\nat President Franklin Roosevelt\r\ndied in the electric chair Mar 20 at Raiford, Fla","DateInscripF020a":"1933","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"Lord's Prayer, Assasination attempt on Franklin Roosevelt","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"New Smyrna","ProvStateF057d":"Florida (FL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was located after the close of the nationally touring exhibit “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair.” \r\n\r\nIt was exhibited at the 2004 Spring International Quilt Festival \"The World's Fair of Quilts\" at Rosemont outside Chicago, IL on March 26-18, 2004. Curated by Merikay Waldvogel. Festival organized by Quilts, Inc. Houston, TX.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of the quiltmaker and her husband standing beside the completed quilt still on the frame. (Collection of owner).\r\n\r\nA written explanation of her quilt by Zada Chapman.\r\n\r\n\"Wheel of Progress Quilt\" Size 81 x 96\r\nDesigned and made by Zada A. Chapman of New Smyrna, Fla for Exhibition at Chicago 1933 work [sic] fair. \r\nthe quilt Illustrates te important historical events of the state of Ill and the U.S.\r\nThe center is a large cart wheel\r\nThe hub of wheel is an applique of A. Flag\r\nThe Rugged Cross, clock of time, horse shoe applique and embroidery protrait of George Washington, Hatchet and a small cherry tree. the liberty bell which tolled July 3-4 1776. Map of Illinois and home of A. Lincoln. \r\nChicago Fire 1871-Mrs. Riley [sic] and cow which kicked over the lantern causing the fire and loss of 250 lives.\r\nThe galleon which brought columbias [sic] to A. Oct 12-1492.\r\nAlong the side written in braid is the Lord's Prayer and Holy Bible\r\nDisplayed at her home, first Sunday in May 1933.\"","AddNotesF132":"Zada Chapman grew up in Fairfield, Illinois. She met her husband Herschel there. They married and moved to a farming community in Big Sandy, Tennessee. They also lived in New Smyrna, Florida and moved back to Tennessee at least once. ","QuiltTopF054":"Chapman, Zada","QuiltedByF055":"Chapman, Zada","CityF106a":"New Smyrna","StateF107":"Florida (FL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"Jan 1876","DeathF100":"10-1960","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Chapman, Herschel","AddNotesF066":"Every inch of the space on the quilt surface is filled with pictorial images, messages, and references to Chicago and its history.","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-38/Dmwc121.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-38/Zmwc121.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Merikay Waldvogel","verify":"yes","Pattern":"WHEEL OF PROGRESS","Maker":"[\"CHAPMAN, ZADA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"213","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"OccupationF115":"Farmer","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-30","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:13","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["WHEEL OF PROGRESS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Bq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-80","description":"This quilt \"Vases of Flowers\" was made by an expert quiltmaker named Alma Cummings. For her contest entry, she completed a quilt kit Bucilla #8099 \"Twin Vase\" published in 1932. As well as this quilt is made, it did not win a ribbon. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Vases of Flowers","AltNameF011":"Twin Vase (Bucilla kit 8099)","OverallWidthF12a":"72 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"86 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Brown","Gold","Green","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Vertical bands","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"The print fabric is a reproduction of earlier calico prints. It was said to reproduce old \"oil boil calicos.\"","ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch","Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"FeaturesF053":"The scalloped edge is finished with a print cotton binding. ","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"The quilt kit used by the quiltmaker was introduced by Bucilla in 1932.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry","Personal enjoyment"],"LocMadeF057a":"Scotch Ridge","ProvStateF057d":"Iowa (IA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Need to insert info here.","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled with the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 30-31.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of quiltmaker is on pg 31 of Patchwork Souvenirs.","AddNotesF132":"According to her grand-daughter, she made hundreds of quqilts. \"She learned to quilt from her mother Emma Hull when she was a very young girl. The family had heard that she won so many prizes at the Iowa State Fair that they told her to stop entering.\" Interview report with Barbara Brackman in 1983.","QuiltTopF054":"Cummings, Alma Irene Hull","QuiltedByF055":"Cummings, Alma Irene Hull","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Scotch Ridge","StateF107":"Iowa (IA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Hull","BirthDateF099":"08/09/1890","DeathF100":"08/09/1977","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Cummings, Homer","WhyQuiltF119":["Income","Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"more than 50","SellQuiltF127":"yes","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Grand-daughter","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1983 ","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-80/Dmwc013.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-80/Zmwc013.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"VASES OF FLOWERS","Maker":"[\"CUMMINGS, ALMA IRENE HULL\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"014","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","EmbellTechF038f":"No","QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PattSourceF065":["Kit"],"OccupationF115":"Farmer","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman (1983) and Waldvogel (1993-94)","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-6","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:30","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["VASES OF FLOWERS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"w65kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-13","description":"Silhouette appliqué quilt of a multitude of modes of transportation from 1833 to 1933","essay":"This quilt with the dates 1833 and 1933 marking the century of progress celebrated in the 1933 Chicago World's Fair focuses on the theme of transportation. \r\n\r\nEvidence that it was finished in time is visible at the quilt's bottom right corner if you look closely. A tiny white fabric is left sewn to the binding. On closer examination, it is a portion of the original contest tag that all entrants were asked to affix to their quilts,\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe bonus prize of $200 prompted quiltmakers like Elizabeth Fitzgerald to take the time to make a one of a kind quilt. Unfortunatley, the judges did not choose such a quilt design for the top prize.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Transportation Quilt (Commemorative Quilt-Green Merit Ribbon)","SubjQuiltF025":"Modes of Transportation","OverallWidthF12a":"69 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"82 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"42","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"OtherSpaceF029a":"The block or design set is horizontal and vertical. ","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch","Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038d":["Dimensional applique"],"UniqueF038h":"The silhouettes of vehicles are exceptionally detailed using applique, folding and embroidery. The quilt top is sewn with running stitches.","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","BattLoftF048a":"Thin (Less than 3/16?)","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Meander/free motion"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Parallel lines"],"DesignF052d":"With her meandering quilting design, she often created a proper background for each mode of transportation--clouds around the airplanes, waves under the boats, etc. The quilting design in the body of the quilt is pictorial. Unevenly quilted.","NumStitchedF050":"3","ConstrucBindF046":["Hand sewn","Machine sewn","Straight grain"],"UniqueBindF045a":"The binding corners are mitered and butted.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"DescBackF043":["Reversible","Solid/plain"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Blue or Navy","Red"],"OtherFabF040a":"The back of the quilt has a Pinwheel pattern.","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Single"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"1833\r\n1933\r\nEliz Fitzgerald","DateInscripF020a":"1833, 1933","OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","FeaturesF053":"The quilter uses white quilting thread and takes long stitches which contrast with the red and blue squares. ","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"The quiltmaker was 35 when this quilt was made.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"OtherF060a":"This quilt depicts transportation of the century of progress. It was made for the Chicago World's Fair Quilt Contest for Sears, Roebuck, and Company. ","PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Highland Falls","ProvCountyF057b":"Orange","ProvStateF057d":"New York (NY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was included in the travelling exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"1933 Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair\r\n\r\nThis quilt was documented in the New York State quilt project. ","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 69-71.","RelItemsF088a":"Family owns also the printed materials Elizabeth kept from the contest including a copy of the brochure, a letter dated June 1,1933 from Sue Roberts saying her quilt had arrived safely. And another letter dated June 15 (Philadelphia) telling her she had not won a prize and the quilt was being returned. Letter also included the list of Regional and Mail Order Prize Winners in the Philadelphia region.","AddNotesF132":"Elizabeth Skelly was a single woman in 1933. She was a telephone operator and a school cook. When she read about the contest, she took the challenge of creating an original design to commemorate the Century of Progress. She researched transportation and tried to include every available mode of transportation. She sent her quilt to the Philadelphia mail-order center for judging, but her quilt did not win a prize.","QuiltTopF054":"Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Skelly","QuiltedByF055":"Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Skelly","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Skelly","BirthDateF099":"02/13/1898","DeathF100":"04/11/1985","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Fitzgerald, Jesse","AddNotesF066":"According to niece, the quiltmaker talked of pullng threads in the applique to make the portholes (for example). ","IdentPersonF006":["Daughter of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"This quilt was inherited by the present owner from her mother.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCityF084":"Highland Falls","OwnerStateF086":"New York (NY)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel; American Folk Art Museum, all rights reserved.","DateDataF006b":"1991","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-13/Dmwc058.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-13/Zmwc058.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson, date from record 49-142-1412 was added to this one, to eliminate duplicate records.","dateverified":"2024-08-15","dateverified_era":"CE","Pattern":"TRANSPORTATION QUILT COMMEMORATIVE QUILT-GREEN MERIT RIBBON","Maker":"[\"FITZGERALD, ELIZABETH SKELLY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project","American Folk Art Museum"],"InstProjNameF003a":"New York Quilt Project; Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"Waldvogel, 073; New York Quilt Project WWV-126","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique dates","EmbellTechF038f":"No","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman and Waldvogel; New York Quilt Project, LaRoe.","QuiltHistF059":"The quilt was owned jointly by her daughter and son.","DateObtainedF088c":"New York Quilt Project, 5/13/1989.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-19","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:59","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:42:14"},"sort":["TRANSPORTATION QUILT COMMEMORATIVE QUILT-GREEN MERIT RIBBON"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"_q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-72","description":"Century of Progress Quilt from Nebraska","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nSears offered a $200 bonus for an original design of the Century of Progress theme. This quilt is particularly charming since the quiltmaker appears to have made her own applique designs. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Transportation Quilt","AltNameF011":"Century of Progress","SubjQuiltF025":"Changes in transportation from 1833 to 1933","OverallWidthF12a":" inches","OverallLengthF012b":" inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Cream","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"DesignF052a":["Grid square"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message","Place"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS\r\nCHICAGO\r\n1933","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","CountryF108":["United States"],"IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"2005","verify":"yes","Pattern":"TRANSPORTATION QUILT","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"231","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Front -- across the top of the quilt","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-53","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:28","updated_at":"2024-08-16 04:14:23"},"sort":["TRANSPORTATION QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"DK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-95","description":"Edith Morrow Matthews's dynamic quilt won first place in the Los Angeles regional contest with 1000 entries. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nEdith Matthews named it \"The Spectrum.\" The quilt went to Chicago for judging and was exhibited in both seasons of the Chicago World's Fair -- Summers of 1933 and 1934. She kept correspondence from the Sears Contest organizer which helps historians understand how the quilts were handled and exhbited. She was not the only prize winner who kept a box of treasured memories of this quilt contest experience.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"The Spectrum","OverallWidthF12a":" 76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"92 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Gold","Green","Lavender","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Broadcloth"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"UniqueF038h":"The swirling design is especially difficult to do, but it makes for a dynamic quilt. The white central orb with radiating spikes is appliqued to cover the point where the swirls come together. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Echo","Outline"],"DesignF052d":"In the center area, the quilting is in concentric circles (1\" apart) which expand out and cross over the swirling colors. At the outer areas, the quilting sometimes follows the curves of the swirls.","ConstrucBindF046":["Edges turned in/ no separate binding"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"DescBackF043":["Machine sewn","Solid/plain"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"NumPiecesF042":"3","WidthPiecesF042a":"10.5\"; 32.75\"; 33\"","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Signature"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["on back"],"ContInscripF020":"Edith Matthews 1933\r\nLater label: \"The Spectrum\"\r\nOwner's own\r\nLucille and Phi Kinnaman\r\n#035 3.5","DateInscripF020a":"1933","OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","FeaturesF053":"A traditional quilter might never attempt a design with curves and ponts that come together as they do in this quilt. Since it was her first quilt, she may not have known how difficult her chosen design would be.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Winnemucca","ProvStateF057d":"Nevada (NV)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"OthSourceF063a":"She used Sears \"Pastoral Cloth\" cotton fabric.","TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Quilt was exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair and also with the top winning quilts at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair. Exhibition site: The Sears Pavilion.\r\n\r\nWest Coast Quilter's Conference, Portland, OR, 1984.\r\n\r\nMissouri Quilt Conference, Columbia, MO, 1984?\r\n\r\nQuilt was also exhibited at a show organized by Joyce Gross of Mill Valley, CA.\r\n\r\nThe exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nThe Unbroken Thread, Quilt Show. Lane County Historical Museum, Eugene, OR. April 17-25, 2004.\r\n\r\nLane County Fair Quilt Exhibit, ?","ContestListF071a":"Century of Progress Quilt Contest, Los Angeles, CA, USA, May 1933\r\nPrizes or Awards Won: 1st place out of over 1,000 quilts entered. Won $210 and was given a large walnut sewing cabinet as a small token of appreciation from Sears.\r\n\r\nSears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 101, 104-105.\r\n\r\nNote: The color photo on pg 105 was reversed. The photo of the quilt on display in Los Angeles with its two ribbons showing is oriented correctly--with the swirls going clockwise.\r\n\r\nQuilters' Journal (ed. Joyce Gross), No. 27 cover, pp.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of quiltmaker standing in front of her quilt is on pg 104 of Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair.\r\n\r\nNews clippings of articles related to her winning quilt: Humboldt Star and Silver State (Winnemucca, Nevada). \"When she opened a letter she received today from Sears, Roebuck and Co., Los Angeles, a $200 check fell out of the envelope.\" [Note: amount is marked out -- it should have been $210 which means she probably won a lower level prize, too.] This article in her local paper included the information provided by Sears Roebuck & Co. announcing the 2 other regional winners and the three national winners.\r\n\r\n\"Mrs. R. Mathews of This City Sees Silver on Clouds\" in Humboldt Star and Silver State, June 23, 1933. \r\n\r\nCorrespondence to and from Sears includes:\r\n\r\nMrs. Ralph Matthews to Sears, Roebuck & Co. in Los Angeles (May 9, 1933) in which she declares hers is an original design she named \"The Spectrum.\" She added that she used \"your Pastoral Cloth. Your Pastoral Cloth is certainly wonderful cloth to work with.\"\r\n\r\nF. R. Henninger to Mrs. Ralph Matthews (June 19, 1933) informing her of her contest success. He mentions the two checks she won for first prize in both the Los Angeles Region and in the Los Angeles Mail Order House rounds.\r\n\r\nF. R. Henninger (Sears in Los Angeles) to editor of Humboldt Star and Silver State (June 19, 1933) telling of Mrs. Matthews winning quilt and including a photo and story to include.\r\n\r\nFritz Hooker of Stearns & Foster Co. to Mrs. Ralph Matthews (October 14, 1933) asking if she might have used Mountain Mist batting. He noted that Miss Caden, the grand prize winner, used a Stearns and Foster batting \"White Rose.\"\r\n\r\nSue Roberts to Mrs. Ralph Matthews (November 14, 1933) notifying the quiltmaker that her quilt was being returned to her by insured express.\r\n\r\nSue Roberts to Mrs. Ralph Matthews (August 7, 1934) expresses her appreciation for the loan of her quilt and she gave instructions for sending the quilt. Sears also offered to sell the quilt if she would provide a price.\r\n\r\nSue Roberts to Mrs. Ralph Matthews (August 21, 1934) Safe arrival of her quilt to the 1934 exhibit.\r\n\r\nSue Roberts to Mrs. Ralph Matthews (November 20, 1934) thanking her for the loan of her quilt for the 1934 exhibit. As a token of appreciation, they sent a walnut sewing cabinet.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"According to one newspaper account, the idea for this quilt came from her husband. She told the newspaper reporter that this was her first quilt. \"And there's another part of the story too. If you asked grandmother about making quilts, you would probably be led to believe that only the women of a bygone day knew how to make quilts.\r\n\r\n\"But Mrs. Mathews confesses that she never made a quilt before in her life. Prize winner that she is, grandmother would probably consider her still just a rank amateur.\r\n\r\n\" ' All it took,' says Mrs. Mathews. Was good hard work, five to eight [missing info]. Keep on seeing the rainbows, we might add. Source:\r\nHumboldt Star & Silver State (June 23, 1933). \r\n\r\nShe was known as the \" Bobcat Lady\" in Winnemucca because she used to walk her pet Bobcat on a leash.","QuiltTopF054":"Matthews, Edith Morrow","QuiltedByF055":"Matthews, Edith Morrow","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Winnemucca","StateF107":"Nevada (NV)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Morrow","BirthDateF099":"02/19/1884","DeathF100":"08/07/1971","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Matthews, Ralph","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"Darlene Fisher","IdentPersonF006":["Niece of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"The current owner is the great niece of the quiltmaker. She inherited the quilt from her father, Phinea Kinnaman.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerStateF086":"Oregon (OR)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1984","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-95/2012.LA.01.023R.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-95/2012.LA.01.023Z.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-95/2012.LA.01.023D1.JPG"],"Detail 1 Caption":"Center close-up","verify":"yes","Pattern":"THE SPECTRUM","Maker":"[\"MATTHEWS, EDITH MORROW\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project","Oregon Quilt Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"Waldvogel Collection #035; Oregon Quilt Project #2012.01.023","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","EmbellTechF038f":"No","OthTopSourceF064a":"Her husband supposedly came up with the design idea for the quilt. Source: Newspaper article.","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"OccupationF115":"Mechanical Engineer","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1984)","locationF007f":"Oregon Quilt Project location: Westminster Pres. Church","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-C","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:34","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["THE SPECTRUM"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"vq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-7","description":"Pictorial quilt rendered in appliqué and embroidery.","essay":"This quilt was made to commemorate a century of progress in industry, transportation and everyday life. Sears & Roebuck Co. offered a $200 bonus prize if the grand prize winning quilt was an original design depicting the theme of the Fair--A Century of Progress.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"The Rebenstorff Quilt","AltNameF011":"The Historical Quilt","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress","OverallWidthF12a":" 78 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"96 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan","Brown","Cream"],"OverallColorF14b":["One color/monochromatic"],"LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"Peter Pan (brand) cotton fabric","ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"DesignF052a":["Single parallel lines"],"DesignF052d":"Quiltmaker reported in 1983 that she had not finished the quilt in time. She sent it on the contest without it being quilted. When it came back without a ribbon, she put it away. Years later she quilted it.","ColorBackingF040b":["Beige or Tan"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Multiple Names"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"There are hundreds of names embroidered in the borders. They include both known and well-known people in arts, sciences, politics, and industry. \r\n\r\nJohn Holland\r\nAlbert Einstein\r\nMichael Faraday\r\nW. D. MacMillan\r\nWm. Stanley\r\nElmer Sperry Williams\r\nSimon Lake\r\nGeorge Pullman\r\nOrville Wright\r\nLowell Smith\r\nLuther Burbank\r\nJames Cooper\r\nHarry Steenback\r\nLeonie Adams\r\nWm Perkins\r\n\r\nSigmund Freud\r\nCalvin Coolidge\r\nAbe Lincoln\r\nWm Duffey\r\nTheo Roosevelt\r\nCol. E. Drake\r\nWm Taft\r\nWoodrow Wilson\r\nHelen Keller\r\nWarren Harding\r\nHugh burgers\r\nClark Mills\r\n\r\nC. A. Parson\r\nChas Steinmetz\r\nThos Edison\r\nCharles Mosher\r\nChas Schwab\r\nHenry Ford\r\nGottlieb Daimler\r\nRudolph Diesel\r\nChas Lindbergh\r\nWill Rogers\r\nRalph Emerson\r\nCrus McCormick\r\nStephen Babcock\r\nJohn Fiske\r\n\r\nreginal Fessenden\r\nChas Lanthrop\r\nBabe Ruth\r\nRichard Sears\r\nColonel House\r\nJohn D. Rockefeller\r\nHerbert Hoover\r\nCars gilbert\r\nFranklin Roosevelt\r\nMarie Montessori\r\nClarence Darrow\r\nGutson Borglum\r\n\r\nHarriet Hosner\r\nJohn Paine\r\nDavid Griffith\r\nJas Whistler\r\nJohn Sargent\r\nLeopold Damrosch\r\nHenry Longfellow\r\nEdgar Allen Poe\r\nGabliemo Marconi\r\nEugene Lauste (?)\r\nWm Coolidge","DateInscripF020a":"1833 - 1933","FeaturesF053":"The shading required to give depth and contour to the faces is a remarkable feat. It had to be planned out as the pictorial images evolved.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Stevens Point","ProvStateF057d":"Wisconsin (WI)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt traveled with the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Entered in the Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993). pp. 65-69.\r\n\r\n\"Museum exhibits area's best quilts\" in The Sentinel (Carlisle, PA) June 16, 2001, A5.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of Linda and Clarence Rebenstorff in 1939 is on pg 65 of Patchwork Souvenirs.\r\n\r\nWisconsin Historical Society taped an interview of the Rebenstorffs at their home in Caroline, WI on May 5, 1975. Interviewer: Joan Severra of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Typed copy of interview is with quilt file in Waldvogel Collection.","QuiltTopF054":"Rebenstorff, Linda","QuiltedByF055":"Rebenstorff, Linda","OthPeopleF056":"Rebenstorff, Clarence (designer)","RelnQuiltF007":["Participated in design of the quilt","Quiltmaker","Quilt owner"],"IfOtherF007d":"Her husband Clarence created the pictorial designs. Together they did the research using library reference books.","CityF106a":"Stevens Point","StateF107":"Wisconsin (WI)","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"Linda (12/05/1898); Clarence (03/09/1899)","DeathF100":"Linda (02/1990); Clarence (02/07/1980)","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","AddNotesF066":"In a Mar 4, 1983 letter to Barbara Brackman, the quiltmaker answered questions about the making of her quilt for the Contest. \"Regarding the Historical quilt you inquired about, yes, I still have it. I saw in a newspaper that Sears Roebuck was sponsoring a quilt contest at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1933. They were after the greatest advancements from 1833 to 1933. Conventioinal quilt designs like Home Star or Flowers would not predict advancement in this century.\r\n\r\n\"Then the thought came, why not make a truly Historical quilt? One showing some of the changes in that time. Mr. Rebenstorff's hobby was painting and drawing pictures, so I asked him could, and would he help me design such a quilt. His answer was, 'I'm with you all the way.'\r\n\r\nWe spent six weeks researching events in library pamphlets and books. And what a wealth of information we found. Most of the drawings shown on the picture blocks are from library books. The four portraits were copied from newspapers and magazines.\r\n\r\n\"We then studied how large to make each block and how to arrange them to make a 80\" x 100\" quilt with a three tone border. We chose Peter Pan gingham for the top and the applique, with plain tan percale for the back of the quilt.\r\n\r\n\"I don't remember just when we started, but it took the better part of a year to make the quilt. Most of the work was done in the evenings as we had four small children ages 2, 3, 4 and 6.\r\n\r\n\"Mr. Rebenstorff would shade the drawings so I knew where each color went; eggshell, tan brown. I would transfer the designs on the materials using carbon paper.\r\n\r\n\"The center piece is Mr. Rebenstorff's idea. While at first he was going to use a winged Victory design, then he said, 'Seldom were women given credit for helping man achieve his dreams.' So, Clarence put a modern woman holding up a horn of plenty, etc. It usually was a mother, teacher, sweetheart or wife who fostered his ambitions and helped make his dreams a reality. The building is a replica of the Sears building at the Fair.\r\n\r\n\"All the work had to be your own on the quilt so we sent it in as made by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rebenstorff . . . My quiltng wasn't too professional and I couldn't finish it but sent it to Chicago as is. I knew before I sent it that no prize would it win. No, I didn't get to the Fair. Two friends who did said no where did they see our quilt so just assumed it wasn't entered in the contest. When the quilt was returned, I entered it in another contest and then packed it away. Twenty years later in 1953 after working with a church quilting group I decided to finish it. Took me a couple of months to quilt.\"","IdentPersonF006":["Quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"In 1993, when the quilt was loaned for the travelling exhibit, the quilt was owned jointly by descendants, but held by their grand-daughter.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1983 (Brackman); 1975 (Joan Severra); ","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-7/Dmwc044.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-7/Zmwc044.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"THE REBENSTORFF QUILT","Maker":"[\"REBENSTORFF, LINDA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"050","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","EmbellTechF038f":"No","OthTopSourceF064a":"The various images came from library books and newspapers.","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female","Male"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Made entire quilt"],"IfQownerF007b":["Made the quilt"],"PartDesF007c":["Designed the pattern"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-14","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:56","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["THE REBENSTORFF QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"-65kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-69","description":"This Blazing Star quilt won first place in Seattle region.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nEntered by Rose White of Clarkston, WA won first place in the Seattle region with a traditional pattern. However, she included motifs linked to the Century of Progress theme in the quilting designs in the open areas, in the borders and around the stars, hoping to win an extra $200 prize for it being linked to the Century of Progress theme of the Fair.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"The Chicago Fair Quilt","AltNameF011":"Blazing Star","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress","OverallWidthF12a":" 71 inches","OverallLengthF012b":" 81 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Cream","Gold","Green","Lavender","Pink","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The semi-scalloped edge is bound with a separate binding pieced of the star colors and then bound by hand. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Other"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Center: U. S. Capitol Building with the words \"SEARS\" below \"CHICAGO 1933.\r\nTop Border: two sail boats, battle ship, hot air balloon, Zeppelin. \r\nSide Borders: Floral motifs\r\nBottom: Ox cart, covered wagon, buggy, train, car and bus.\r\nSurrounding the center on white blocks: lamp, lantern, airplane, automobile, radio, phone, telephone, candle. \r\nOther areas: floral motifs.","ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"MethodInscripF021":["In the quilting"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"SEARS\r\n1933","FeaturesF053":"According to the quilt documenter, Nancy Rowley, the quilting is 10-12 stitches per inch with white thread. ","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Clarkston","ProvStateF057d":"Washington (WA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was exhibited at the Sears Pavilion on the Chicago World's Fair site in 1933 and 1934.\r\n\r\nIt was also exhibited at several shows within Latah County, ID and in an exhibit at the Latah Historical Society in 1982.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Won First Prize in the Seattle Regional Round and went on to the national round of judging in Chicago. ","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 108.","RelItemsF088a":"The caption card, presumably made when the quilt was on exhibit at the Latah County Historical Society in 1982, reads: \"This all-handmade quilt was designed and made by Mrs. M. W. White, Clarkston, Washington, especially for the Sears Century of Progress Contest-Chicago, 1933.\r\n\r\n\"2533 pieces of all-spun silk, and 1100 yards of thread were used in the work. The center and border designs depict the progress made in lighting, voice transmission, and land, water and air transportation.\"","QuiltTopF054":"White, Rose","QuiltedByF055":"White Rose","RelnQuiltF007":["Other"],"IfOtherF007d":"Quilt Historian documented the quilt for the Latah County Historical Society Museum","CityF106a":"Clarkston","StateF107":"Washington (WA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"White, M. W.","OwnerNameF082a":"Latah County Historical Society","IdentPersonF006":["Author/researcher"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Quilt Historian/Nancy Rowley","AcquiredF058":"Gift","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Moscow","OwnerStateF086":"Idaho (ID)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"72.19.1","AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"1982","verify":"yes","Pattern":"THE CHICAGO FAIR QUILT","Maker":"[\"WHITE, ROSE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"063","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"At center of quilt","GenderF098":["Female"],"QuiltHistF059":"The quilt was donated in 1972 by the quiltmaker, Rose White.","OwnerAddressF083":"327 E. Second Street","OwnerZipF087":"83843","DateObtainedF088c":"July 1995","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-50","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:28","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["THE CHICAGO FAIR QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"1q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-32","description":"Appliqué pictorial medallion quilt depicting Chicago's history from 1833 to 1933--from Teepees to Temples. ","essay":"This quilt has not been located. Only a May 20, 1933 Chicago Tribune article about the non-traditional quilts entered in the contest (including a photo with this quilt in the background) provides proof that the quilt was entered in Chicago, but the reporter did not provide the quiltmaker's name.\r\n\r\nThe accompanying photo (used with permission by the Sears Archives) was taken probably in 1934 by Sears when a small exhibit of commemorative quilts was hung at the Sears Pavilion during the second run of the Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nWhen Sears offered a bonus prize of $250 for an originally designed quilt, they prompted the making of the 20th century's first \"art\" quilts. Unfortunately, the grand prize went to a traditional star quilt design. \r\n\r\nImagine what this quilt looks like in color! \r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nSee Photo: Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg64.\r\n\r\nRead further: Rhea Seeger \"Modern Quilt Patterns Vie With Favorites\" Chicago Daily Tribune (May 20, 1933). \r\n\r\nAn excerpt in which Rhea Seeger describes this quilt: \"The new patch quilts are strictly 1933 and as daring and as breezy as the new skyline of the Century of Progress buildings are stunning . . . [a] quilt, depicting the spirit of the times, is patched with skill and great imagination and artistry. It illustrates the history of Chicago . . . around the edge, the tepees and arrowheads of Chicago's first blue blooded redskins . . . then the pattern of the famous stockade around Fort Dearborn . . . inside that realistic fence are the scarlet flames of the great Chicago fire, each clever patch showing the blackened silhouette of church, homes and stores against the devastating flames.\"","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Teepees to Temples","SubjQuiltF025":"Chicago History","OverallWidthF12a":" ","LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"DesignF052d":"From the photo, quilting was used to highlight and add to the applique pictorial designs -- in the log stockade and in the central oval to accent skyscrapers, water, clouds, etc.","FeaturesF053":"Notice how the concentric borders tell the history of Chicago--teepees, arrowheads, stockade, buildings on fire, and finally a modern city. Notice the white Sears Pavilion is at the center as well as the three towers of the World's Fair Administration Building. The statue of the woman in the front represents the 1893 Coloumbian World's Exposition held in Chicago.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Chicago","ProvCountyF057b":"Cook","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","QuiltTopF054":"Unknown","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Sears Roebuck & Co. Archives","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-32/Dmwc138.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-32/Zmwc138.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"TEEPEES TO TEMPLES","Maker":"[\"UNKNOWN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"106","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"QuiltHistF059":"The current owner of this quilt is not known.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2B","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:10","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["TEEPEES TO TEMPLES"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"665kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-53","description":"Tea Rose appliqué quilt won First Place in the Minneapolis Region.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe only known photo of this quilt is a b/w photo taken by Sears Roebuck & Co. in 1934 when the ten regional first place winners were invited to exhibit at the 1934 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nThe whereabouts of this quilt is not known. Further information about the quiltmaker Minnie Gau is not known. According to the winner list, she lived at 1455 Lagoon Avenue in Minneapolis.\r\n\r\nSears published patterns for a few of the prize winning quilts. This was one they chose. They named it \"Tea Rose.\" ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Tea Rose","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Minneapolis","ProvCountyF057b":"Hennepin","ProvStateF057d":"Minnesota (MN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Traditional pattern variation"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 97, 108, 109.","RelItemsF088a":"This quilt is at the far right in the B/W photo of the Regional Winners on display in the Sears Building in 1934. See pg 97 in Patchwork Souvenirs.\r\n\r\nAdvertisement announcing the winners in Minneapolis newspaper (undated) in scrapbook. ","QuiltTopF054":"Gau, Minnie","QuiltedByF055":"Gau, Minnie","CityF106a":"Minneapolis","StateF107":"Minnesota (MN)","CountyF106":"Hennepin","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"AddNotesF066":"Noted quilt historian Dr. William Rush Dunton, Jr.visited the display in 1933. His comments about this quilt: \"Antique Rose. Prints seem old.\"","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-53/D215.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-53/z215.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"TEA ROSE","Maker":"[\"GAU, MINNIE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"215","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"1455 Lagoon Avenue","QuiltHistF059":"The whereabouts of this quilt and its maker are not known. ","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-40","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:22","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["TEA ROSE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"v65kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-8","description":"County Map of the State of Illinois in cotton prints","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"State of Illinois (Commemorative Contest Category)","SubjQuiltF025":"Illinois as Host of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OverallWidthF12a":"66 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"82 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Multiple scrap"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Strip/string Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"1833 1933\r\nCENTURY OF PROGRESS\r\nWORLD'S FAIR CHICAGO","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"The Illinois map is divided into counties which the quiltmaker has covered with different cotton prints. Notice the orange star at the site of the World's Fair in the Northeast corner and the blue outlines depicting the rivers bordering the state.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Nashville","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Sewing scraps"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The quilt was chosen to travel in the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. It did not win a prize.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp 4-5.\r\n\r\n200 Years of American Quilts in Illinois Private Collections (1980s publication).","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of quiltmaker is on pg 4 of Patchwork Souvenirs. ","AddNotesF132":"Olive Wait Thomas was born on Dec 23, 1877 in Belleville, Illiois across the Mississippi River from St. Louis. For high school, she was sent to Mary Institute in St. Louis. She later went to study at Vassar college, but her college career was cut short when she came home to nurse her mother through terminal illness. She remained with her father tending to him and her siblings. She surprised her family by eloping wih William Wetzel just days short of her 46th birthday. They moved to his farm in Beaucoup, Illinois. She lived there happily without indoor plumbing. She tended a garden and chickens on her small property. Her husband died in 1949, but she remained on the farm until her death in 1964 at the age of 86. ","QuiltTopF054":"Wetzel, Olive Thomas","QuiltedByF055":"Wetzel, Olive Thomas","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountyF106":"St. Clair","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Wait","BirthDateF099":"12/23/1877","DeathF100":"08/14/1964","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Wetzel, William","IdentPersonF006":["Niece of quiltmaker"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1991 (Waldvogel)","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-8/Dmwc054.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-8/Zmwc054.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"STATE OF ILLINOIS COMMEMORATIVE CONTEST CATEGORY","Maker":"[\"WETZEL, OLIVE THOMAS\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"062","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique","OccupationF115":"Farmer","GenderF098":["Female"],"CustomsF131":"In a biography Ann Fellner Spencer, niece of the quiltmaker, reported that Olive Wetzel's nieces do not remember making quilts except for her own use. But they remember the printed and flowered house dresses [with cloth similar to the sewing scraps in her quilt.]","interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-15","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:57","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["STATE OF ILLINOIS COMMEMORATIVE CONTEST CATEGORY"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"7q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-56","description":"State Flower Quilt made with Ruby McKim newspaper series published in 1931-32. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe contest organizers added a bonus prize of $200 if the grand prize winning quilt was in the theme of the Century of Progress. Some quilters simply embroidered a message to their quilt entry as the maker of this quilt did. \r\n\r\nIrene Schramm entered this quilt in the 1931-32 Ruby McKim State Flower Quilt Contest. A few months later with the words \"Century of Progress 1933\" embroidered across the top, she entered it in the Sears contest, hoping to win the $200 bonus prize. \r\n\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"State Flower Quilt","SubjQuiltF025":"State Flowers","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"78 inches","PredomColorsF014":["White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"Note also that every embroidered block has the initials of the state--as per the original McKim designs.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052b":["Cables"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Yellow"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"The embroidered message Century of Progress 1933 was not part of the State Flower series.","DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"This newspaper series of 48 blocks of State Flowers appeared in newspapers nationwide from 1931-32.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Art or personal expression","Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Study or teaching aid"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Owner has loaned it to exhibits and gives lectures about the 1933 Contest using this quilt as an example.","LocMadeF057a":"Gridley","ProvCountyF057b":"McLean","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Newspaper"],"CommSourceF064b":"Ruby Short McKim \"State Flower Quilt\"","ExhibitListF067a":"2004 Spring International Quilt Festival \"The World's Fair of Quilts\", Rosemont, Illinois, March 26-18, 2004. Organized by Quilts, Inc. Houston, TX.","ContestListF071a":"\"Ruby McKim series State Flower Quilt Contest, 1932.\r\n\r\nSears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair\r\n\r\n\"Fall Festival and Colt Show Gridley, Illinois August 29-31, 1940.\"","OtherSourceMat":"Obituary published in Daily Leader (Pontiac, Illinois) on March 8, 1974.","RelItemsF088a":"State Flower Series Quilt - overview and 48 daily blocks. Collection of Merikay Waldvogel.","AddNotesF132":"According to her obituary, Irene Schramm was known as \" 'Grandma Schramm' to hundreds of servicemen with whom she corresponded. Mrs. Schramm was a former reporter at Gridley for the Bloomington Pantagraph . . . She was a member of the United Methodist church, the Royal Neighbors of America and was past president of the American Legion Auxiliary.\"","QuiltTopF054":"Schramm, Irene","QuiltedByF055":"Schramm, Irene","CityF106a":"Gridley","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountyF106":"McLean","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Andrews","BirthDateF099":"27-07-1892","DeathF100":"03-07-1974","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"RelAffF103":"Methodist","SpouseF113":"Schramm, Frank L.","OwnerNameF082a":"Janette Dwyer","AddNotesF066":"Quilts made from this State Flower quilt series were entered in a 1932 national quilt contest. Quilts were judged at local and national levels. Emma Leonhard (see 031) won the national award. The huge response to that contest might have been the inspiration for the 1933 National Contest sponsored by Sears Roebuck & Co. \r\n\r\nThis quilt was created by Irene Schramm from the McKim series design which she collected and clipped from the Pantagraph newspaper of Bloomington, Illinois. The oral history surrounding this quilt is that it was entered in the 1931-32 \"State Flower Quilt Contest\" and then she turned around a few months later, added a top section to the quilt with the words \"Century of Progress 1933\" and entered it in the Sears contest. When the quilt was purchased, there was a blue ribbon attached to it that reads \"Fall Festival and Colt Show Gridley, Illinois August 29-31, 1940.\" This quilt was officially entered in three separate quilt events. ","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCityF084":"Atkinson","OwnerStateF086":"Illinois (IL)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Susan Wildemuth","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-56/Dmwc224.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-56/zmwc224.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Sue Wildemuth","verify":"yes","Pattern":"STATE FLOWER QUILT","Maker":"[\"SCHRAMM, IRENE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"224","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"On front at top border","OccupationF115":"Salesman in Hardware Store in 1930","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was purchased in El Paso, Illinois in Sept 2003.","DateObtainedF088c":"2011","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-44","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:23","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["STATE FLOWER QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"5q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-48","description":"Duplicate of the Grand Prize Winning Quilt - Star of Bluegrass entered by Margaret Caden, Lexington, KY","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe grand prize winning quilt was entered by Margaret Caden although she probably had professional quilters from Eastern Kentucky make the quilt.\r\n\r\nAs part of the honor of winning the $1000 top prize, the quilt was to be presented to the new first lady of the land, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt.\r\n\r\nAccording to the niece-in-law of Margaret Caden, this quilt is an exact duplicate of the prize winning quilt. Miss Caden was not pleased to learn that her quilt would be given to Mrs. Roosevelt and that she would never see it again. So she had a duplicate quilt made. It is not known who made this quilt or if it is made of the same fabrics because the original quilt entry has not been seen since it was given to Mrs. Roosevelt and only b/w photos were ever taken of the quilt.\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Star of the Bluegrass","PredomColorsF014":["Green"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The padded (or \"stuffed\") quilting is distinctive. The original quilt entered by Margaret Caden was stuffed in the same design.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Multi-leaf fern designs fill the non-pieced areas--in the solid blocks and in the outer border. ","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","PresUseF062":["Investment","Keepsake/memento"],"ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Another quilt"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was discovered too late to be included in the exhibition “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. \r\n\r\nThis duplicate quilt was added to the exhibtion at the Lexington, KY exhibition (Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996) at the University of Kentucky Art Museum.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"AddNotesF066":"This quilt design was added to the Mountain Mist pattern line in 1950. It is Pattern #100 \"Star of the Bluegrass.\"","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-48/Dmwc102.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-48/Zmwc102.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"STAR OF THE BLUEGRASS","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"130","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"After 1934","PattSourceF065":["Another quilt"],"QuiltHistF059":"It is assumed this duplicate quilt was made by professional quilters that Miss Caden employed on a regular basis, but their names are not known and its not clear if the same women worked on the original prize winning quilt.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-3B","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:19","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["STAR OF THE BLUEGRASS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"x65kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-17","description":"Star of the Bluegrass Quilt made from a 1948 Mountain Mist pattern based on the quilt pattern of the 1933 contest's grand prize winning quilt. ","essay":"The grand prize winning quilt entered by Margaret Caden of Lexington, KY is missing. It was named Star of the Bluegrass in honor of the quiltmaker's hometown.\r\n\r\nFollowing the contest, quiltmakers were eager to make their own quilt from the design. Sears put out a pattern as well as Cappers Weekly. It wasn't until 1948 that this Mountain Mist pattern was published.\r\n\r\nThis quilt is clearly not the grand prize winning quilt. Its fabrics appear to be of the late 1940s and early 1950s. And most importantly, the trapunto quilting for which the prize winning quilt was praised is not evident here.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Star of the Bluegrass","OverallWidthF12a":"77 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"90 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Green"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid square"],"DescBackF043":["Same fabric used throughout","Solid/plain"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Green"],"ContInscripF020":" ","FeaturesF053":"The original prizewinning quilt was notable for its \"trapunto\" quilting. This quilt does not have this type of quilting.","DateInfoF023f":"The copyright date for the pattern is 1948.","ReasonsF060":["Other"],"OtherF060a":"It was commissioned as a sample quilt to be exhibited at department stores or at fairs and other occasions.","PresUseF062":["Other collection"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Star of the Bluegrass Pattern 100 (Copyright 1948) Stearns & Foster Co.'s Mountain Mist Pattern Line","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was chosen for the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. \r\n\r\nAlthough the quilt was not entered in the contest, it provided the exhibit viewers an opportunity to see what the prize winning quilt looked like.\r\n\r\nThe Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp 50-51.","RelItemsF088a":"An advertising photo of the Star of the Bluegrass quilt on a bed is in the Waldvogel Collection.\r\n\r\nMountain Mist batting wrapper with Pattern #100 Star of the Bluegrass is in the Waldvogel collection.","QuiltTopF054":"Unknown","IfOtherF007d":"This quilt was made for the Stearns & Foster Co.'s corporate collection.","CountryF108":["United States"],"IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-17/Dmwc070.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-17/Zmwc070.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"STAR OF THE BLUEGRASS","Maker":"[\"UNKNOWN\"]","Date":"1950","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"082","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","featuredQuilt":"True","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"1950","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","IfQownerF007b":["Other"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1D","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:01","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["STAR OF THE BLUEGRASS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"-a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-67","description":"Margaret Caden of Lexington, Kentucky won the $1000 grand prize with a green traditional star quilt. The judges had so many other colorful, well-made quilts in traditional and original designs, it makes one wonder what they had in mind.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nMargaret Caden owned a fine linens shop in Lexington, Kentucky with her sister Miss A. M. Caden. They contracted with Eastern Kentucky quilters to make quilts that they sold through their Lexington, KY store as well as through hotel shops in Saratoga Springs, NY and Palm Beach, Florida.\r\n\r\nShe may have designed the quilt and instructed the women who worked on the quilt, but one would never say the quilt was \"entirely of her own making.\" And that is the statement she signed which was printed on the entry tag. Every entrant signed the same tag.\r\n\r\nGranted there are several examples of more than one person working on a contest entry in these records, but in this case, it is likely that Miss Caden did not put a stitch in the quilt.\r\n\r\nThe women who worked on the quilt saved pieces as proof of their participation.\r\n\r\nIf Margaret Caden had entered her quilt at her local quilt store, the judges there would have known her shop and probably would know that she had not made the entire quilt. \r\n\r\nInstead Caden bypassed the local round and sent her quilt to the Chicago mail order house. There she won first prize in the Mail Order division and went on to win the grand prize in the national round. \r\n\r\nAs per the contest informational brochure, the grand prize quilt was to be given to the new first lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the close of the World's Fair. There is a photo of Mrs. Roosevelt receiving the quilt. And in 1934, the top 10 regional winning quilts were invited to return to Chicago for the second summer's run of the Century of Progress Exposition. At the far left of the photo, the Caden quilt appears to be hanging on the wall.\r\n\r\nThe quilt has been been out of sight and missing ever since. Miss Caden had a duplicate of the quilt made possibly by the same women who worked on the original quilt. The duplicate has descended in the Caden family through Margaret's brother and his wife.\r\n\r\nIn 1948, Stearns & Foster Co. offered the quilt as Mountain Mist pattern #100 \"Star of the Bluegrass.\" It is not certain if Margaret Caden or her sister gave Stearns & Foster the rights to the pattern, but its description on the batting wrapper mentions the $1000 prize.\r\n\r\nStearns & Foster photographed a quilt in this pattern on a bed. This researcher has wondered if that quilt is the original grand prize winning quilt. Stearns & Foster staff looked for the quilt to no avail and searched the financial records.\r\n\r\nWhere is the quilt? It has been the subject of research among quilt historians for many years. In recent years, there has even been a novel written about the quilt and who might have received it from Eleanor. \r\n\r\nNo evidence of the quilt has been found in Roosevelt correspondence files or in the museum collections of the houses where Eleanor and Franklin resided. \r\n\r\nWhy did the quilt win? The extensive stuffed work designs of fern-like sprigs probably caught the eye of the judges. Following this contest, stuffed work (also known as \"trapunto\") was featured in women's needlework magazines. Bertha Stenge added trapunto quilting designs to her quilts. She went on to win many national prizes.\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Star of the Bluegrass","AltNameF011":"Unknown Star","PredomColorsF014":["Green"],"QuiltSpecColorF014a":["Nile Green"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038d":["Other novelty technique"],"UniqueF038h":"Stuffed (trapunto) fern sprig designs are incorporated throughtout the quilt on borders in open areas, etc.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Fern sprigs with three or five leaves are used in the trapunto designs.","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"ProvCountyF057b":"Owsley","ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Pieces of the Caden quilt toured with the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 32-33, 46-54, 49-55, 108.","RelItemsF088a":"Publicity photo of judges admiring the quilt (Sears Archives).\r\n\r\nPhoto of the quilt with an inset photo of Miss Caden appeared in the 1934 Sears Catalog along with the names of the winners and their home towns.\r\n\r\n","QuiltTopF054":"Rohrer, Ida","QuiltedByF055":"Price, Ruth","OthPeopleF056":"Black, Mattie","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SellQuiltF127":"yes","PriceF128":"Margaret Caden and her sister besides offering finished quilts as part of the needlework selection, they took orders to quilt customers' tops, a task subcontracted to rural quilters. Their gift shop also sold quilt patterns. Within a month of receiving her award, Margaret Caden was selling patterns and fabric for her contest quilt, which she now called the \"Star of the Bluegrass.\" She offered mail-order customers a choice of \"Scotch gingham like the prize quilt\" for $15.00\" or \"Ever-fast gingham for $8.50.\"","AddNotesF066":"The eight-pointed star quilt block is also known as \"Harvest Star.\" ","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-67/star_of_Bluegrass_Quilt.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"STAR OF THE BLUEGRASS","Maker":"[\"ROHRER, IDA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"235","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","QuiltHistF059":"The quilt has not been seen since 1934.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-4F","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:27","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["STAR OF THE BLUEGRASS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"4a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-43","description":"Star of France center medallion quilt, a Hubert Ver Mehren design","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Star of France","OverallWidthF12a":" inches","OverallLengthF012b":" inches","ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-43/Dmwc115.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-43/Zmwc115.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"STAR OF FRANCE","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"177","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-35","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:16","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["STAR OF FRANCE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"9K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-62","description":"Atlanta Regional First Prize Winner","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt by Susie Combs of Beattyville, KY won first place in the Atlanta region with a Star of France pattern designed by Hubert Ver Mehren of Des Moines, Iowa. A year before the contest was announced Ver Mehren put out a booklet named Colonial Quilts which contained a number of large center medallion pieced quilt patterns. They were also available as kits. \r\n\r\nJudges were dazzled by the color shadings and the intricate designs. The first placed winning quilt in the Philadelphia was also a Hubert Ver Mehren design.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Star of France","OverallLengthF012b":" ","PredomColorsF014":["Cream","Gold","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond","Outline"],"DesignF052b":["Wreaths"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"Pattern first appeared in 1932.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Unknown"],"LocMadeF057a":"Pebworth","ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern","Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Home Art Co. pattern by Hubert Ver Mehren ","ExhibitListF067a":"Atlanta Regional Round, Sears National Quilt Contest in mid May 1933.\r\n\r\nExhibited at the Sears Pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair in Summer 1933.\r\n\r\nExhibited at the Sears Pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair in Summer 1934.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 42., 57, 58, 97, 108, 110.","RelItemsF088a":"A b/w photo of the quilt on display at the Sears Pavilion in Summer 1934 is on pg. 97.\r\n\r\nSee Colonial Quilts booklet, p\r\n\r\nSee 1982 Quilt Engagement Calendar, Plate 36 for a color photo of a quilt in the same pattern although it is mis-identified as \"Desert Star.\"","QuiltTopF054":"Combs, Susie","QuiltedByF055":"Combs, Susie","RelnQuiltF007":["Other"],"CityF106a":"Pebworth","StateF107":"Kentucky (KY)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Jackson","BirthDateF099":"1904","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Combs, Dale","NumQuiltsF123":"20-50 quilts","SellQuiltF127":"yes","AddNotesF066":"Susie Combs probably used the kit and maybe the perforated quilting design. It is impossible to tell from the b/w photos of the quilt on display in 1934. \r\n\r\nHere is the description of the quilt in Colonial Quilts booklet:\r\n\r\nBeautiful Star of France Quilt\r\n\r\nThis beautiful quilt originated as a reproduction of the Military Decoration of France, from which it takes its name. It is a full size quilt measuring 84\" x 84\", when completed. It is worked up in four shades of yellow or may be worked up in four shades of orchid, blue or pink.\r\n\r\nOrder: No. 151. All materials for top of quilt stamped, ready to cut and join together. Best quality sateen in four shades of yellow, blue, pink or orchid. $5.95. State color wanted.\r\n\r\nComplete Cutting Guide, perforated quilting design, stamping power and color chart. Order: No. 151A $1.00.\r\n\r\nThe quilt was also illustrated in newspapers nationwide when the booklet was advertised in late 1932 and early 1933.\r\n\r\nHere is the description which varies only slightly from the text in the Colonial Quilts booklet:\r\n\r\nStar of France Quilt Pattern\r\n\r\nThis gorgeous quilt received its inception from the military decoration that Napoleon pinned on the breast of the heroes of France. This is a full-sized quilt measuring when completed, 84 by 84 inches and is usually made up in four shades of yellow sateen with a cream colored backgorund. This pattern can also be made up in four shades of orchid, blue or pink.\r\n\r\nA true cutting guide gives you full directions as to the color scheme and the number of pieces to cut for each color. Seams are allowed on all patterns.\r\n\r\nQuilting design No. 151Q known as the Royal French Peasant design, is recommended for use with the Star of France quilt. The pattern stamped for tracing, 10 cents each, or a perforated pattern, 50 cents. The border quilting design, No. 151QB, tracing pattern, 10 cents, perforated pattern, 20 cents.\r\n\r\nA 32-page book, showing in colors a variety of designs for quilts, patch work, embroidery, etc., is available to readers. The two patterns, or any other published in [newspaper name] will be sent free with the booklet, which is 25 cents. Single patterns are 10 cents each, three for 25 cents. Inclose clipping of design wanted when ordering. Send letter and coin to [newspaper name] Needle Art Department, 609 South Paulina Street, Chicago, Ill. \r\n\r\n","IdentPersonF006":["Niece of quiltmaker"],"OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"February 1992","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-62/Star_of_France_Quilt.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"STAR OF FRANCE","Maker":"[\"COMBS, SUSIE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"012","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Kit"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman","QuiltHistF059":"According to the quiltmaker's niece, the quilt went for $250 two or three years after the Fair. \r\n\r\nSince it was made from the same fabrics and with the same shades of yellow and gold, this Star of France quilt by Susie Combs would be hard to distinguish from other Star of France quilts made in the 1930s.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-4A","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:26","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["STAR OF FRANCE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"uq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-3","description":"Sears Pavilion applique quilt with pictorial quilting.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Sears Pavilion","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress, Sears Building","OverallWidthF12a":"66 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"77 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Gray","Green","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Background is clam shell quilting. Wheels with spokes alternate with wheels with balloon tires around the outer border. Feathered quilting fills in between wheels. A train with cars is quilted across the mid section below the applique building. Zepplins and bi-planes hover over the building.","TypeInscripF019":["Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery","In the quilting"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"SEARS (embroidered on building)\r\n\r\nCENTURY OF PROGRESS (in quilting)","FeaturesF053":"Exceptionally well quilted with pictorial images in the quilting related to changes in transportation over the 100 years commemorated by the Chicago World's Fair--A Century of Progress.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Fort Wayne","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled in the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 18-19.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of quiltmaker is on pg 19 of Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair","AddNotesF132":"Neighbors visited often in 1933 as she was making the quilt. She told her family the three elderly gentlemen judging the Fort Wayne quilts only liked \"yellow flowers on quilts.\" Source: 1982 Letter from Lora Lee Parrott to Barbara Brackman.","QuiltTopF054":"Montgomery, Lora McKinley","QuiltedByF055":"Montgomery, Lora McKinley","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Fort Wayne","StateF107":"Texas (TX)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"McKinley","BirthDateF099":"11/06/1896","DeathF100":"02/23/1989","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Montgomery, J. W.","OwnerNameF082a":"Lora Lee Montgomery","AddNotesF066":"Accordng to the quilter's daughter \"[My mother] got the idea of copying the proposed exhibit hall of Sears (Century of Progress). Pictures had been released of the building. She had an artist draw it to scale for the size of the quilt. she had great difficulty finding enough shadings of gray in fine cotton material. The quilting is of zepplins, bi-planes, railroad train, and the border of wagon wheels and balloon (auto) tires with the feather in it.\" (Lora Lee Parrott to Barbara Brackman 1982).","IdentPersonF006":["Daughter of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"When the quiltmaker went to a retirement home in Greenville, OH, the current owner (quilter's daughter) asked her for it. (Source 1982 letter to Barbara Brackman).","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1982 ","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-3/Dmwc035.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-3/Zmwc035.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"SEARS PAVILION","Maker":"[\"MONTGOMERY, LORA MCKINLEY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"038","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","featuredQuilt":"True","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Below the Building ","EmbellTechF038f":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"OccupationF115":"Minister","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"PartDesF007c":["Designed quilt motif"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1982) Waldvogel (1992)","DateObtainedF088c":"1992","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-10","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:54","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["SEARS PAVILION"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Da5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-96","description":"Third place winner of the Los Angeles round, Rosetta Scott of Prescott, AZ made a commemorative quilt focusing on the Sears Building at the 1933 Fair.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Sears Building (Third Place - Los Angeles)","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress Exposition","OverallWidthF12a":" Estimate 85 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"Estimate 85 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Black","Blue or Navy","Gray","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid square"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"The information provided is from viewing a color photograph of the quilt only. ","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"1833-1933\r\n\r\nTHE SEARS BUILDING\r\nAT THE CENTURY OF\r\nPROGRESS EXPOSITION\r\nCHICAGO - 1933","DateInscripF020a":"1933","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"Applique letters and numerals","FeaturesF053":"Pictorial applique motifs in the border include advances in transportation as well as electricity. Similar designs appear in other commemorative quilts entered in the contest. The source is not known.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Commemorative","Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Unknown"],"LocMadeF057a":"Prescott","ProvStateF057d":"Arizona (AZ)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Quilt may have been on display at the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, AZ. A photo exists, but the registrar said in 2002 email that the quilt was not in the museum's collection.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. \r\n\r\nThis quilt won third place at the Los Angeles round of the Sears Contest.","OtherSourceMat":"For background info and to see her name listed in contest, read: Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 108 and 113. ","RelItemsF088a":"Official List of 30 regional winners published by Sears Roebuck and Co. in their catalog.\r\n\r\nPhotograph of the quilt on display in an exhibit--assume it is at Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott, AZ.\r\n\r\nLetter from neighbor of quiltmaker.\r\n\r\nBishop D. Boyce Bryce to Merikay Waldvogel (May 30, 1994) \"My letter will be brief. I knew Rosetta Scott when she lived on Lincoln Ave. We lived across the street from her son Wesley and Wife Priscilla. Wesley and Priscilla died. They left an adopted son. If you could find him perhaps he might be able to tell you something about Rosetta Scott.\r\n\r\nRosetta (in early days) lived in Mexico. Pancho Villa and his men raided her home and took quite some of her possessions.\"","QuiltTopF054":"Scott, Rosetta","QuiltedByF055":"Scott, Rosetta","RelnQuiltF007":["Other"],"IfOtherF007d":"Quilt Appraiser","CityF106a":"Prescott","StateF107":"Arizona (AZ)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"EthnicF101":"Mexican","IdentPersonF006":["Other"],"AcquiredF058":"Unknown","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1996","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-96/Dmwc100.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-96/Zmwc100.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"SEARS BUILDING THIRD PLACE - LOS ANGELES","Maker":"[\"SCOTT, ROSETTA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"184","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique","EmbellTechF038f":"No","QDesignF060b":["Artwork/wall hanging"],"PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"interviewerF007e":"Stacie Seeger","DateObtainedF088c":"1996","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-D","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:35","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["SEARS BUILDING THIRD PLACE - LOS ANGELES"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"8q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-60","description":"Sears Building commemorative","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Sears Building","SubjQuiltF025":"Sears Pavilion at the Century of Progress Exposition","OverallWidthF12a":" ","OverallLengthF012b":" inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Lavender","Purple","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ContInscripF020":"The quilt has a piece of the original tag still visible that was sewn into the binding on the bottom right corner and then cut off. \r\n\r\nThe official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Sunbright","ProvStateF057d":"Tennessee (TN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was included in a special exhibition at the 2003 Spring International Quilt Festival “The Quintessential Quilt” at Rosemont outside Chicago, IL on April 10-13, 2003. Curated by Merikay Waldvogel. Festival organized by Quilts, Inc. Houston, TX. ","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","AddNotesF132":"In 1933 at the time of the contest, Alice Greer was the postmaster of Sunbright, Tennessee, a small town northwest of Knoxville. Later, she worked as a teacher for the county schools. After retirement, she went on to college, graduating in 1962. \r\n\r\nHer daughter remembers her mother's story of making the quilt and going on the train to Chicago to see the winning quilts.","QuiltTopF054":"Greer, Alice Summers","QuiltedByF055":"Greer, Alice Summers","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Sunbright","StateF107":"Tennessee (TN)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Summers","BirthDateF099":"1891","DeathF100":"1971","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"AddNotesF066":"The family story is that Alice used a drawing of the Sears Pavilion on the cover of the Sears Roebuck catalog that year for her quilt design and the one airplane on her quilt is Charles Lindbergh's \"Spirit of St. Louis.\"","IdentPersonF006":["Daughter of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-60/Dmwc176.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-60/zmwc176.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Merikay Waldvogel","verify":"yes","Pattern":"SEARS BUILDING","Maker":"[\"GREER, ALICE SUMMERS\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"176","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","locationF007f":"2003","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-48","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:25","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["SEARS BUILDING"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"-K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-66","description":"Century of Progress quilt made in Tennessee.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt made in East Tennessee many miles from the epicenter of excitement about the Chicago World's Fair still contains many images common to those from the Upper Midwest. \r\n\r\nHer pieced rendition of red and yellow airplanes pointed toward the center of the quilt is original. Putting the Sears Pavilion prominently in the center of her quilt is something other Century of Progress quilt designers also did. \r\n\r\nThe family still owns the Sears Contest brochure that includes an illustration of the Sears Pavilion's white tower. She traced the image and used it for her applique design. \r\n\r\nShe won a green merit ribbon. It is not known which store or mail order house she sent her quilt to. \r\n\r\nThe quiltmaker Addie Swofford Robnette of Pikeville, TN had previously entered an earlier national quilt contest The Eastern States Storrowton Contest in Massachusetts.\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Sears Building","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress in Transportation ","PredomColorsF014":["Cream","Pink","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Buildings (cabins) and Transportation (sailing ships, dirigibles, covered wagons)","TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"DateInscripF020a":"1933","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"Appliqued","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Pikeville","ProvStateF057d":"Tennessee (TN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Tennessee Bicentennial Celebration/Bledsoe County Quilt Airing and Show, June 1994.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","QuiltTopF054":"Robnette, Addie","QuiltedByF055":"Robnette, Addie","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Pikeville","StateF107":"Tennessee (TN)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Swofford","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Robnette,","IdentPersonF006":["Daughter of quiltmaker","Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","verify":"yes","Pattern":"SEARS BUILDING","Maker":"[\"ROBNETTE, ADDIE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"153","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"On front above the Sears Building","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-4E","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:27","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["SEARS BUILDING"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Cq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-87","description":"This pictorial quilt submitted by Thelma Burleigh Johnston of Long Lake, Minnesota won a green merit ribbon, but not a cash prize. The scenes she chose chronicle life in the Early America. The fort at the center is Fort Dearborn which was established in 1833, the beginning of the \"Century of Progress\" commerated by the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Scenes From Early America","SubjQuiltF025":"Early America","OverallWidthF12a":"68 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"82 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Orange","Pink","Red","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Print","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"Some of the same print fabrics appear on other pictorial quilts featured in this group. See Fort Dearborn #086, for example. Look especially at the green print fabrc in both.","ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Meander/free motion"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["None"],"DesignF052d":"The quilting adds to the contours of the applique scenes; some pictorial quilting such as an Indian chief is also visible.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Long Lake","ProvStateF057d":"Minnesota (MN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Other"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 87-88.\r\n\r\nInformation sheets filled out in 1989 for Brackman.","RelItemsF088a":"B/W photo taken in 1928 of Thelma Burleigh Johnston in her flight uniform is on pg 87 of Patchwork Souvenirs. Photo owned by Evelyn Crittenden. \r\n\r\nTo learn more about the \"99'ers\" read David Roberts \"Men didn't have to prove they couldfly, but women did\" in Smithsonian Magazine [undated].","AddNotesF132":"When she entered the contest, she and her husband were renting a small cottage (The Perry Cottage) on the shores of Long Lake, Minnesota.\r\n\r\nAt the time, Thelma was a housewife pregnant with her eldest daughter Leigh. She had been a pilot--in fact she was a charter member of the woman's flying club called \"The 99ers.\" Her husband was a \"jack of all trades.\" Work wasn't easy to get but he was hard worker and kept up a small farm while working at odd jobs in the community. \r\n\r\nIn this contest, she won an honorable mention ribbon which has since been lost. The owner did not know if it was entered in the Minneapolis region or not. \"I remember being told that Eleanor Roosevelt signed the quilt, but it seems more likely that she signed a ribbon or something.\" [Information Sheet completed by Evelyn Crittenden in Jan 1989].","QuiltTopF054":"Johnston, Thelma Burleigh","QuiltedByF055":"Johnston, Thelma Burleigh","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Long Lake","StateF107":"Minnesota (MN)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Burleigh","BirthDateF099":"1907","DeathF100":"1982","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker","Quilt owner"],"ProvenanceF058a":"When the quiltmaker died of Lou Gehrig's disease, her husband was suffering from Alzheimer's and to insure his care she left everything to her youngest child Lyric [?] who lived with them. When Leigh the oldest daughter wanted some mememto of her mother, she had to pay $100 for the quilt. It was the only thing she received of her parents. Leigh loaned the quilt to the quiltmaker's niece Evelyn Crittenden, who considers herself the caretaker of the quilt and was gathering as much information abut the quilt contest as possible to keep with the quilt. [Source: Jan 15, 1989 letter from Crittenden to Brackman].","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1989 and 1994","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-87/Dmwc020.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-87/Zmwc020.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"SCENES FROM EARLY AMERICA","Maker":"[\"JOHNSTON, THELMA BURLEIGH\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"026","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","EmbellTechF038f":"No","OthTopSourceF064a":"Scenes may have come from greeting cards, magazine photos, coloring books, etc. ","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"PartDesF007c":["Designed quilt motif"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1989) and Waldvogel (1994)","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-A","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:33","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["SCENES FROM EARLY AMERICA"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"6K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-50","description":"Sailing Ship applique quilt.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe contest organizers offered a bonus of $200 for an original design pertaining to the Century of Progress. This quilt may have been made as an original design. It does not have symbolism that other commemorative quilts in the contest had, but a replica of a sailing ship was anchored at the fair site. \r\n\r\nNotice on the right at mid point on the edge there is a ribbon. This quilt was probably photographed at the 1934 showing of commemorative quilts at the Fair. This is a Sears Archives photo.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Sailing Ship","ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.","ReasonsF060":["Commemorative","Challenge or Contest entry"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Probably exhibited at the Sears Pavilion at the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition during the summer months where it was photographed.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","QuiltTopF054":"Unknown","QuiltedByF055":"Unknown","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-50/D103.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-50/z103.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"SAILING SHIP","Maker":"[\"UNKNOWN\"]","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"103","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-3D","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:20","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["SAILING SHIP"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"6q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-52","description":"This quilt made by Lillie Belle Shaffer Carpenter of Hyndman, Pennsylvania won first place at the Philadelphia Regional round of judging and therefore was exhibited at the Sears Pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair in the Summer of 1933. It did not win one of the three top national awards. In 1934, when the organizers re-opened the Fair for a second season, Sears invited back the top 10 regional winners for a special exhibit. Mrs. Carpenter saved her ribbons, the correspondence with Sears, the listing of winners in the Philadelphia round, a newspaper account with photos of the top three winning quilts, and letters from people who attended the 1933 exhibit asking her for the pattern. The pattern named \"Rising Sun\" is a commercial pattern she bought from Hubert Ver Mehren. The family called it \"Sunburst.\"","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Rising Sun","OverallWidthF12a":" ","OverallLengthF012b":" ","PredomColorsF014":["Orange","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch","Outline"],"DesignF052b":["Feathering","Floral","Wreaths"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"FeaturesF053":"The four color shades light and medium yellow and medium and dark orange are repeated in the center medallion and in the four outer borders. This distinctive coloration in large central medallion designs is a hallmark of Hubert Ver Mehren designs. ","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"Commercial pattern was published in 1932-1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry","Gift or presentation"],"PresUseF062":["Unknown"],"LocMadeF057a":"Hyndman","ProvStateF057d":"Pennsylvania (PA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern","Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Hubert Ver Mehren c/o Needleart Co., 609 South Paulina St, Chicago, IL","ExhibitListF067a":"The quilt was one of only 30 quilts exhibited at 1933 National Sears Contest exhibit held at the Sears Pavilion on the grounds of the Chicago World's Fair in the summer of 1933. In 1934, Carpenter was invited to send her quilt for a special exhibit of the top 10 winning quilts held also at the Sears Pavilion. \r\n\r\nThis quilt did not travel with the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibition, but the full story appears in the book “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair.” \r\n","ContestListF071a":"1933 Sears Natioinal Quilt Contest","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 39-42.","RelItemsF088a":"Family owns a number of important documents related to the 1933 Sears Quilt Contest. Many were photocopied in 1992 for the quilt's story in Patchwork Souvenirs. These photocopied materials include: Philadelphia newspaper account with photos of winning quilts, and the three judges; a photo of Lillie Belle Carpenter c. 1910; List of Philadelphia Regional winners and their hometowns; Newspaper (probably Hyndman, PA) \"Hyndman Woman Wins in Quilting Contest\"; Two similar articles; Letter dated May 27, 1933 from Sears Contest organizer tellng her that she won first place of $200 in the Philadelphia reion; Letter dated June 22, 1933, from Sears Contest organizer announcing the top 3 national winners;\r\nLetter dated August 2, 1933 from Sears contest organizer saying the company planned to publish a booklet of the winning pattern designs; Letter dated November 14, 1933 from Sears contest organizer, telling Carpenter her quilt would be returned to her; Letter from Needleart Co referencing the commercial pattern; Letters from viewers inquiring about the source of pattern. ","AddNotesF132":"A poem was written by Mildred Carpenter in honor of Lillie Belle's quilting honor. \r\n\r\nHer Skillful Hands\r\n\r\nI see her sitting by a quilting frame;\r\nI see her shining needle weaving a pattern;\r\nShe does not think her work will make for her a name\r\nOr that a lot of money she might ear.\r\n\r\n'Twas just a bit of handwork for a brother;\r\n'Twas just another act of helpfulness and love;\r\n\"Twas just a bit from the dull life of a mother;\r\n\"Twas just another accomplishment to approve.\r\n\r\nI see her hands as they skillfully stitch, stitch, stitch.\r\nOh no, you would say, they are not very pretty,\r\nNot soft, tapering, and white like the idle rich\r\nbut hands of a farmer's wife who does her duty.\r\n\r\nIt is the old, old story proven once again,\r\nUsing one's intellect and one's hand for service;\r\nA fully rich, most abundant life you attain\r\nAnd thru the hardship comes the rising sun of bliss.\r\n\r\n","QuiltTopF054":"Carpenter, Lillie Belle Shaffer","QuiltedByF055":"Carpenter, Lillie Belle Shaffer","CityF106a":"Hyndman","StateF107":"Pennsylvania (PA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Shaffer","BirthDateF099":"1877","DeathF100":"1945","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Carpenter, Virgil","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"PriceF128":"She apparently parted with the prize winning quilt, but it is not clear if she received money for it. ","AddNotesF066":"This commercial pattern for both the piecing templates and the quilting designs was sold through a mail order catalog in 1932. The pattern was also available as a kit with the necessary fabrics in the correct color shading. It is likely Mrs. Carpenter used a kit for her original quilt as well as the duplicate. ","IdentPersonF006":["Son of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","ProvenanceF058a":"The quilt shown in this record is actually a duplicate of the winning quilt. Someone purchased the winning quilt and Lillie Belle Carpenter made a second for her son, Carl.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-52/Dmwc007.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-52/Zmwc007.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"RISING SUN","Maker":"[\"CARPENTER, LILLIE BELLE SHAFFER\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"008","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","EmbellTechF038f":"No","QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PattSourceF065":["Commercial pattern","Kit"],"CommSourceF065b":"Hubert Ver Mehren c/o Needleart Co., 609 South Paulina St, Chicago, IL","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Other"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1982) and Waldvogel (1992)","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","QuiltHistF059":"The whereabouts of the original quilt is not known. ","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-4","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:21","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["RISING SUN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"465kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-45","description":"Whimsical Quilt with a Century of Progress theme.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe contest organizers offered an incentive for quilters to make original designs in the theme of the Chicago World's Fair \"A Century of Progress.\" This is one of the most whimsical. These original designed quilts were not the favorites of local and regional judges, but two actually reached the final round and were judged at the Sears Pavilion. See #184 and #212\r\n\r\nThis quilt was included in the 1988 Quilt Engagement Calendar (Dutton). \r\n\r\nIt was exhibited in a exhibit at the Hoover Museum (West Branch, Iowa).","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Phoenix Rising","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress, Chicago History","OverallWidthF12a":"72 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"92 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Cream","Lavender","Purple","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"FeaturesF053":"Prairie Points surround the quilt's outer edge. ","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Exhibit","Investment"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"\"Patterns of the Past: A Century of American Quilting\" Jan 23, 2011 through ???, Herbert Hoover Museum, West Branch, Iowa.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","RelItemsF088a":"See photo in 1998 Quilt Engagement Calendar (Week of July 26).","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Nancy Pfutzenreuter","AddNotesF066":"The quilt's fanciful design commemorates the city of Chicago's efforts to overcome the Chicago Fire to become a world class city in 1933. Motifs that show up on other theme quilts for the contest are included also--a log cabin, a horse-drawn wagon, a modern automobbile, and an airplane. Compare this quiltmaker's \"Sears Pavilion\" in the upper left corner of the panel to others' designs that were traced.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-45/Dmwc120.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-45/Zmwc120.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"PHOENIX RISING","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"195","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"QuiltHistF059":"In 1998, the quilt was owned by the America Hurrah Collection. In January 1997, the quilt was in the collection of the Laura Fisher Galleries. ","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-37","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:17","updated_at":"2024-08-16 04:14:23"},"sort":["PHOENIX RISING"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"_65kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-73","description":"Ora Stanley of Oakdale, CA won the $5 Mail Order Prize in the Los Angeles region.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nNot much is known about the winners of the Los Angeles region except for the top three winners. The descendant of Ora Stanley still had the letter from Sears stating that she had won the $5 Mail Order prize.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Ocean Waves","OverallWidthF12a":"70 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"79 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Multiple scrap"],"DateBegunF023a":"1928","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Exhibit","Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Oakdale","ProvStateF057d":"California (CA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"1998 and 1999 Folsom Historical society Quilt show. ","ContestListF071a":"Los Angeles Regional Round, Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. She won the $5 Mail Order Award.","RelItemsF088a":"Letter dated June 19, 1933 from Sue Roberts, Home Advisor for Sears Roebuck and Co. to Mrs. Ora L. Stanley, Oakdale, California.\r\nRed Ribbon with metal clip - Century of Progress National Quilt Contest/Mail Order Division Award/1933.","AddNotesF132":"According to the quiltmaker's son, \"Her husband left her with $10 and five children to raise. She was a chicken farmer and an avid quilter. She made this quilt with scraps saved and worked on it for five years or more. when she heard of the Sears Quilting Contest in conjunction with the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago she hurried to have it finished. It won a small prize. She died in 1951 and this beautiful quilt keeps her memory alive.\" \r\n\r\nWhen her son Bernard Stanley and his wife moved to an assisted living situation, they found the 1933 letter from Sears which congratulates Ora Lee Stanley for winning the $5 Mail Order prize. ","QuiltTopF054":"Stanley, Ora Lee","QuiltedByF055":"Starley, Ora Lee","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Oakdale","StateF107":"California (CA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Bickel","BirthDateF099":"04-10-1881","DeathF100":"1951","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"IdentPersonF006":["Son of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"1999","verify":"yes","Pattern":"OCEAN WAVES","Maker":"[\"STANLEY, ORA LEE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"172","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-54","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:29","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["OCEAN WAVES"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Dq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-97","description":"Jeannette Morgan Longsworth of Racine, Ohio created a quilt with a bold design to catch the judge's attention and possibly win the bonus prize. The contest took place at the depths of the Great Depression and many people who would not otherwise have made a quilt, did so in the hopes of winning the $1000 grand prize.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Nineteen Hundred Thirty Three","SubjQuiltF025":"Commemorative Date of World's Fair","OverallWidthF12a":"61 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"81 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"MethodInscripF021":["In the quilting"],"ContInscripF020":"NINE\r\nTEEN\r\nHUNDRED\r\nTHIRTY\r\nTHREE","DateInscripF020a":"1933","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"Pieced Block Numbers","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Racine","ProvStateF057d":"Ohio (OH)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Ladies Art Co. had a set of alphabet blocks in their catalog. Hearth and Home also had a set.","ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 8-9.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of quiltmaker provided by her family is on pg 9 in Patchwork Souvenirs. ","QuiltTopF054":"Longsworth, Jeannette Morgan","QuiltedByF055":"Longsworth, Jeanette Morgan","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Morgan","BirthDateF099":"03/01/1881","DeathF100":"11/06/1964","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Longsworth, John","NumQuiltsF123":"20-50 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"Thorne Longsworth","AddNotesF066":"Quilting is an allover square grid with parallel lines quilted in the striped border.","IdentPersonF006":["Son of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Quilt was given to quiltmaker's eldest daughter Evelyn for safe keeping. Evelyn gave it to Thorne Longsworth (quilter's son) in Oct 1989 because she felt he would appreciate it since he remembered his mother making the quilt. ","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1985","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-97/Dmwc033.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-97/Zmwc033.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY THREE","Maker":"[\"LONGSWORTH, JEANNETTE MORGAN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"036","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Pieced","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Quilt Top","EmbellTechF038f":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"OccupationF115":"Farmer","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman ","DateObtainedF088c":"1992","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-E","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:35","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY THREE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"va5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-6","description":"This quilt won 3rd place at the Minneapolis Regional Round. The family of quilters sent in 3 quilts by the mother and her 2 daughters, but her daughter Rose's quilt was the only one that won. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"New York Beauty (3rd Place in Minneapolis Region)","OverallWidthF12a":"79 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"79 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Cream","Orange","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Clamshell","Grid square"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Initials"],"MethodInscripF021":["In the quilting"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"\"TFQ\" \r\n\"May 2\"\r\n\"1932\"\r\n\"R. Tekippe\"","DateInscripF020a":"May 2, 1932","FeaturesF053":"According to Ada Schlick, \"We used Stiles Waxed Quiltng Thread that we ordered from some company out east (New Jersey I think, and this was a help in making the small stitches.\" Schlick to Brackman, Nov 23, 1982","DateFinishF023b":"05/02/1932","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Fort Atkinson","ProvStateF057d":"Iowa (IA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"New York Beauty - Stearns & Foster Co. Mountain Mist Pattern #","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was chosen to travel with an exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” that was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nThird Place Winner in Minneapolis Region of Sears Contest. Shown at the Sears Pavilion in Summer 1933.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp 52-53.","RelItemsF088a":"They once owned the Third Place ribbon as well as newspaper clippings, but they are now lost.\r\n\r\nPhoto of Rose Tekippe is on pg 53 of Patchwork Souvenirs ","AddNotesF132":"Rose Tekippe graduated from nurses' training in 1926 and passed her Iowa State Board exams soon after. She worked for a time at St. Joseph's Hospital in New Hampton, Iowa, but also took on privat5e cases. Rose began quilting after her mother was caught up in the 1930s quilt revival. They prided themselves on the tiny quilting stitches in this quilt. three quilts were sent to the Sears contest form Rose, her mother, and her sister, but only Rose's quilt won a prize. Because it won third place at the Minneapolis region, it was judged in the national round in Chicago and remained on display during the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.","QuiltTopF054":"Tekippe, Mrs. Fred (mother)","QuiltedByF055":"Twelve Faithful Quilters","MakerGroupNameF097":"Twelve Faithful Quilters","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Fort Atkinson","StateF107":"Iowa (IA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Tekippe","BirthDateF099":"1901","DeathF100":"1992","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"NumQuiltsF123":"5-20 quilts","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","ProvenanceF058a":"According to owner, \"I am rose Tekippe's youngest sister, 70 years now, and fortunately she gave me the quilt some 15 years ago while she was active and living o her own. rose never married. I am married and have 4 children. One is rose's godchild who will inherit the quilt from me.\" Schlick to Brackman, Nov 23, 1982.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1982 (Brackman)","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-6/Dmwc051.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-6/Zmwc051.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"NEW YORK BEAUTY 3RD PLACE IN MINNEAPOLIS REGION","Maker":"[\"TEKIPPE, ROSE\", \"TEKIPPE, MRS. FRED (MOTHER)\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"057","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman ","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","QuiltHistF059":"According to the owner, \"My mother belonged to 2 quilting clubs an done of them, T. F. Q., meaning 12 Faithful Quilters, stitched this New York. Beauty. the initials T. F. Q. are in one corner, Next is marked May 2, the year is in 3r corner, 1932, and R. Tekippe in 4th corner. Of all the ladies that worked on the quilt no difference can be seen or found in an of the stitches. They all averaged 10 to 12 stitches to the inch, which is very fine quilting.\" Schlick to Brackman, Nov 23, 1982.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-13","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:56","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["NEW YORK BEAUTY 3RD PLACE IN MINNEAPOLIS REGION"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"AK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-74","description":"Mountain Mist pattern \"New York Beauty\" was used for this quilt.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nAccording to the quiltowner, her great grandmother said she won Honorable Mention in the Chicago regional. There is evidence of stitching left from attaching the contest entry tag in the bottom right corner.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"New York Beauty","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Chicago","ProvCountyF057b":"Cook","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Mountain Mist, Stearns & Foster Co.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","RelItemsF088a":"Souvenir Key to 1933 World's Fair (Collection of quiltowner)","QuiltTopF054":"Stanton, Emma Wolgast","QuiltedByF055":"Stanton, Emma Wolgast","CityF106a":"Chicago","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Ammeson","BirthDateF099":"08-13-1874","DeathF100":"07-05-1944","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","verify":"yes","Pattern":"NEW YORK BEAUTY","Maker":"[\"STANTON, EMMA WOLGAST\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"227","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-55","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:29","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["NEW YORK BEAUTY"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"BK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-78","description":"This quilt was made from \"Mountain Star\" Pattern N of Mountain Mist pattern line published by Stearns & Foster Co. in 1932. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt entered by Junette Johnson is listed on the Minneapolis Regional Winners List. She won a $5 Mail Order Award and a red ribbon. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Mountain Star","OverallWidthF12a":"67 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"88 inches","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"UniqueF038h":"This star is an applique pattern--the rays are appliqued. The originial Mountain Mist pattern called for this unusual construction.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Rays are quilted outward from the star centers.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Wheaton","ProvStateF057d":"Minnesota (MN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"\"Mountain Star\" Pattern #N Mountain MIst","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 110.","RelItemsF088a":"Red Mail Order Ribbon - won by Junette Johnson.","QuiltTopF054":"Johnson, Junette","QuiltedByF055":"Johnson, Junette","RelnQuiltF007":["Other"],"IfOtherF007d":"Appraised the quilt.","CityF106a":"Wheaton","StateF107":"Minnesota (MN)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"AddNotesF066":"The Mountain Star pattern (published by Stearns & Foster Co.) carries a copyright of 1932.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"1997","verify":"yes","Pattern":"MOUNTAIN STAR","Maker":"[\"JOHNSON, JUNETTE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"188","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-59","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:30","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["MOUNTAIN STAR"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"2K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-34","description":"Embroidered Morning Glory Quilt with contest tag attached.","essay":"Without the attached label, there would be no reason to suspect this quilt was entered in the contest. Every contestant was asked to fill out the entry form and attach it to a bottom corner. Most probably removed the label when the quilts came back from the judging and exhibits. This quiltmaker did not. It provides a lot of interesting information.\r\n\r\nAccording to the label information, the quilt was entered at a Tulsa, Oklahoma Sears Store. It might be worth looking for mention (or photos) of the contest in a Tulsa newspaper. The fact that this quiltmaker did not sign the statement that the quilt was entirely of her own making may mean that it was made by a group. There were other quilts (even prizewinning quilts) that were not made by one person. \r\n\r\nThis quilt was purchased by Merikay Waldvogel through an online auction site in October 2000.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Morning Glory","OverallWidthF12a":"66 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"86 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Lavender","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Broadcloth"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"Various colored embroidery thread used.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["All-over-design"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Free-style waves and scroll-like designs.","DescBackF043":["Same fabric used throughout","Solid/plain"],"ColorBackingF040b":["White"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\r\n\r\nName? Mrs H. Mayer\r\nName of pattern? Morning Glory\r\nWhen made? 1932\r\n[Note: she did not offer a selling price nor did she sign certifying that the quilt was entirely of her own making.]\r\nAddress? Box 23\r\nCity? Chandler\r\nState: Oklahoma\r\nEntered at Tulsa Store.","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1932","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Exhibit"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Used for lectures and exhibits","LocMadeF057a":"Chandler","ProvStateF057d":"Oklahoma (OK)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Probably a set of stamped cloth blocks","ExhibitListF067a":"Spring Quilt Festival, Rosemont, IL, April 2004","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","QuiltTopF054":"Mayer, Mrs. H.","QuiltedByF055":"Mayer, Mrs. H.","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Chandler","StateF107":"Oklahoma (OK)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Mayer, H.","OwnerNameF082a":"Merikay Waldvogel","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Merikay Waldvogel","AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"12-12-2011","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-34/201MorningGloryfull.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateF079":"2011-12-12","DateF079_era":"CE","Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-34/201MorningGloryAttachedContestTag.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"Morning Glory - Sears Contest Tag","verify":"yes","Pattern":"MORNING GLORY","Maker":"[\"MAYER, MRS. H.\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"201","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"On front corner","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was purchased through an online auction.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2D","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:11","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["MORNING GLORY"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"y65kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-21","description":"This quilt won an Honorable Mention at a Chicago Sears Store contest. The maker Etelka Galbraith was a quilt designer for a small quilt kit manufacturer. She was an early quilt researcher, spoke to area women's groups about the history of quilting and was interviewed on a Chicago radio station. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"May Garden","OverallWidthF12a":"78 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"91 inches","OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Checked","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Multiple Names"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["on back"],"ContInscripF020":"May Garden\r\n1933\r\nEtelka Galbraith","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Hinsdale","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was selected for the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp 25-26.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of quiltmaker is on pg 26 of Patchwork Souvenirs. B/W photo of the quilt on an upright quilt frame, a small notebook in which quilter noted number of hours spent working on the quilt, and ribbon. ","AddNotesF132":"Throughout her lifetime Etelka Galbraith made fifty-five quilts and kept records and working sketches for most of them. Besides making, quilts, she researched the origins of quilting and other handwork. Her notebooks contain accounts of visits to museum textile collections to see quilts discussed in books by Marie Webster and Ruth Finley. In the mid-1930s, she gave lectures to Chicago women's clubs and often illustrated the talks with quilts from her own collection. In 1936, she presented a program entitled \"Quilts\" on a Chicago radio station.\r\n\r\nTestimonial: \"Mrs. Galbraith's program is both historical and practical, tracing the history of quiltmaking from older days to the present time. Her own display of quilts and manner of presentation add much to the hours of enjoyment. I am happy to recommend her charming personality, and splendid program for Women's clubs.\" --Mrs. Frank Staely, Illinois Federation of Women's Clubs.","QuiltTopF054":"Galbraith, Etelka Geisler","QuiltedByF055":"Galbraith, Etelka Geisler","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Hinsdale","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Geisler","BirthDateF099":"05-05-1888","DeathF100":"02-1875","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"SpouseF113":"Galbraith, Ralph","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"more than 50","AddNotesF066":"Etelka Galbraith made 55 quilts during her life. This one was made and designed especially for the Sears National Quilt Contest. \r\n\r\nHere is a note on the back of a photo in her own hand writing: \"My May Garden for Century of Progress started in Jan 1933. Had to be in Sears hands May 1st of that yr. The yr the Century of Progress opened. Made and quilted in 4 months. Had to be an Original. May Garden 84 x 98. Tulips-2 shades Pink. Iris 2 shades Blue. Daffodills 2 shades Yellow. Used 2 shades green and a small green check for Garden Path. My own design and every stitch mine. I did the quliting. Started quilting in Jan and it was was turned in May 1st 1933.\"","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Daughter-in-law","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"November 1992","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-21/Dmwc082.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-21/Zmwc082.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"MAY GARDEN","Maker":"[\"GALBRAITH, ETELKA GEISLER\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"091","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Cross-Stitched","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","EmbellTechF038f":"No","QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-20","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:04","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["MAY GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"965kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-65","description":"This quilt made with a Martha Vineyard's pattern in the Mountain Mist line.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nGeorgia Litsey of Leitchfield, Kentucky won second place in the Memphis regional with a Stearns & Foster pattern. It was sent to Chicago where it competed in the final round and it was displayed during the summer of 1933 at the Sears Pavilion.\r\n\r\nGeorgia Litsey is one of six Kentucky quiltmakers who reached the final round. \r\n\r\nFritz Hooker, Sales Manager of Stearns & Foster, visited the exhibition and followed up with letters to contestants who used Mountain Mist patterns. Georgia Litsey's response and her photo was printed in an advertisement for Stearns & Foster in the 1935 Mountain Mist Blue Book of Quilts.\r\n\r\nIn regards to her Martha's Vineyard quilt, she was quoted as saying: \"As for Mountain Mist Quilt Patterns, I'll just say this: I have used eight of them so far, and have taken prizes with four of them. My 'Martha's Vineyard' was a Century of Progress prize-winner in 1933. I know that these fine patterns were a marvelous help to me in securing prize-winning results.\"\r\n\r\nDr. William Rush Dunton Jr. visited the exhibit at the Sears Pavilion and took notes on the prize-winning quilts. About Georgia Litsey's quilt, he wrote: \"Martha's Vineyard -- same as 3rd prize Seattle.\"\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Martha's Vineyard","BrackmanF011a":"16.55 Encyclopedia of Applique","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Purple","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Other","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"FeaturesF053":"The actual quilt was sold in the 1960s; therefore, colors, fabrics, and quilting designs are only suppositions based on the Mountain Mist pattern instructions.","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"Copyright 1931 on the Martha's Vineyard Mountain Mist pattern.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Leitchfield","ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Martha's Vineyard, Mountain Mist pattern line, Stearns & Foster Co.","ExhibitListF067a":"The quilt was probably exhibited in Memphis, TN where it won second place in that regional contest. \r\n\r\nIt also was exhibited at the Sears Pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair during the summer of 1933.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 101, 104, 106","RelItemsF088a":"Mountain Mist Blue Book of Famous Quilt Designs (Cincinnati: Stearns & Foster, 1935).\r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"According to a letter from a close neighbor (Margaret Moorman) \"I do know that she had the Mountain ladies of Kentucky to do actual quilting finish which cost about $20.0 to $30.00 a quilt back in late 1920s and 1930s.\" \r\n\r\nThis same respondent reported in 1982 that Georgia Litsey did quilt tops for Cincinnati Mountain Mist Cotton establishment which supplied her with patterns and material to make quilts for herself too. (Sept 1, 1982 letter from Margaret Moorman to Barbara Brackman). \r\n\r\nMountain Mist routinely employed professional quilters to make the Mountain Mist patterns into quilts. These quilts became part of the Mountain Mist Collection which was used for many years for publicity at quilt events, state fairs, department store windows, etc. ","QuiltTopF054":"Litsey, Georgia","QuiltedByF055":"Wilson, Mrs. Blaine","IfOtherF007d":"In response to a letter Brackman sent to a Leitchfield, KY newspaper, several people who knew Georgia Litsey responded.","CityF106a":"Leitchfield","StateF107":"Kentucky (KY)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Helmsitter","BirthDateF099":"06-22-1882","DeathF100":"1964","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"RelAffF103":"Methodist","SpouseF113":"Litsey, George","WhyQuiltF119":["Income"],"NumQuiltsF123":"20-50 quilts","SellQuiltF127":"yes","SourceOtherF006a":"Friends who remembered the quilter.","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"1982","verify":"yes","Pattern":"MARTHAS VINEYARD","Maker":"[\"LITSEY, GEORGIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"033","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Commercial pattern"],"OccupationF115":"Farmer (Armstrong); Lawyer (Litsey)","GenderF098":["Female"],"FavesF130":"According to the testimonial published by Mountain Mist, she said \"I have been interested in quilts for years. Ever since Mountain Mist Quilting Cotton came out, I have insisted on it for the filling of my quilts. I knew when I first heard of it that it would bring an amazing improvement over other types of quilt filling. Mrs. blaine Wilson, of Travellers Rest, Kentucky who does the actual quilting of my tops for me, tells me that this filling is a great deal easier to use; and I know from experience that my Mountain Mist filled quilts wash perfectly, and have that evenly padded look that means so much to fine quilting.\" 1935 Blue Book of Mountain Mist Designs.","interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman","QuiltHistF059":"According to Martha Moorman of Leitchfield, KY (Letter to B Brackman, Sept 13, 1982), \"Mrs. Litsey died in January 1964 and a public sale was held later in theyear, so no on seems to know for sure just who did get the prize-winning quilt.\"","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-4D","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:27","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["MARTHAS VINEYARD"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"u65kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-4","description":"Floral applique quilt using a pattern named Magpie Rose designed and sold by Marie Webster of Marion, Indiana.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt made by \"Effie Mounts, Mrs. W. L. Mounts of Carlinville, IL was sold out of the family in 1989. Today it is part of the collection of the International Quilt Study Center. The story that it was a \"prize\" quilt may be true, but there is no evidence that the quilt was entered in the 1933 contest. In any case, it represents the kind of quilts the judges awarded prizes to. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Magpie Rose","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"87 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan","Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain","Striped"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Floral"],"ContInscripF020":".","DateInfoF023f":"Webster published the Magpie Rose pattern from 1914-1920.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Unknown"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Carlinville","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Marie Webster Design (Marion, IN)","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled with the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nAs part of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum collection, the quilt may also have travelled. ","ContestListF071a":"Supposed to have been entered in the Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 24.\r\n\r\nAlso check www.quiltstudy.org (website for IQSC collections).","RelItemsF088a":"There is no official reference to the quilt being entered in the 1933 contest. According to the daughter's answers to a 1994 questionnaire--\"She must have won something on this quilt for my mother mentioned several times to me that it was a \"prize\" quilt, so I presume she must have shown it elsewhere.\"","AddNotesF132":"According to her grand-daughter, \"My grandmother who was called \"Effie\" was born and reared in Carlinville. Her mother, Mary Jane Anderson, was also a very fine quilter and taught my grandmother. The family were bankers and owned extensive farm lands in and around Carlinville. My grandmother was sent off to private school in Nashville, TN. The school was named Ward's -- later known as Ward-Belmont. She was taught to sew at an early age and was excellent at it. She knitted, crocheted, cross-stitched, tatted and did much fine embroidery. I seldom remember her without having something in her hands to work on. She also played the piano and sang and painted china.\" Source: Questioinnaire filled out in 1994 by Nan M. Thomas, Sewanne, TN.","QuiltTopF054":"Mounts, Euphemia","QuiltedByF055":"Mounts, Euphemia","RelnQuiltF007":["Other"],"CityF106a":"Carlinville","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Anderson","BirthDateF099":"1864","DeathF100":"1953","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Mounts, William L.","OwnerNameF082a":"International Quilt Study Center and Museum\r\n","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","ProvenanceF058a":"Quilt was handed down from quiltmaker to her daughter to the quilter's grand daughter. ","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Lincoln","OwnerStateF086":"Nebraska (NE)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"1997.007.0407","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Feb 1994","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-4/Dmwc038.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-4/Zmwc038.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"MAGPIE ROSE","Maker":"[\"MOUNTS, EUPHEMIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"040","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"This quilt could have been made several years before the 1933 contest.","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","EmbellTechF038f":"No","QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PattSourceF065":["Commercial pattern"],"OccupationF115":"Lawyer. Also Mayor of Carlinville and Democratic State Senator. He was instrumental in starting the local high school--probably at my grandmother's insistence. (Source: Questionnair filled out by Nan M. Thomas, her grand daughter.","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1994))","locationF007f":"International Quilt Study Center Collection Files","QuiltHistF059":"According to Ardis James, this quilt was sold in Feb 1989 by granddaughter of quilter because her mother, just deceased, had never allowed her to touch it during her lifetime.\r\n\r\nJameses bought quilt in 1989 from Mary and Joe Koval. The quilt was part of the James Collection transferred to the International Quilt Study Center at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1997.","OwnerAddressF083":"1523 N. 33rd Street","OwnerZipF087":"68583","OwnerPhoneF088":"402-472-6549","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-11","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:55","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["MAGPIE ROSE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Ca5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-86","description":"This quilt \"Louisiana Rose\" by Celia Pardue Hyde of Crowley Louisiana won second prize in the Dallas regional contest and was shown at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair after the national round judging. \r\n\r\nAlthough this quilt did not receive one of the top national prizes, it received extensive publicity through national newspaper accounts. It was also chosen by Sears to be included in a book of the prize winning patterns. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Louisiana Rose","OverallWidthF12a":"81 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"84 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Cream","Green","Pink"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052b":["Feathering","Floral"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery","Other"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"1933 \r\nCHP","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"The meandering vine and bud border adds sophistication to the quilt layout. The three bands in shades of pink used for the border is an unusual touch which not only frames the quilt, but also echoes the colors of the floral medallions in the center of the quilt.\r\n\r\nThe quilting is exceptional with tiny stitches and dense quilting. It is not surprising that it won Second Place in the Dallas Region.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Bedding, special occasion"],"LocMadeF057a":"Crowley","ProvStateF057d":"Louisiana (LA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nExhibited also in Special Exhibit: \"1933 Chicago World's Fair Quilts\" in conjunction with The International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Illinois held in Rosemont, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003. This quilt was featured on pg 8 in the commemorative catalogue: The Quintessential Quilt edited by Karey Bresenhan.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Nancy Cabot newspaper column in Chicago Tribune: \"the Southland Offers Quilt of Fine Symmetry, Rich Colors.\" [undated clipping--estimated date 1934).\r\n\r\n\"Sears Century of Progress in Quilt Making\" -- see pattern Louisiana Rose, p 19 (undated--Estimated date 1934).\r\n\r\nMerikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 45-46.\r\n\r\nCommemorative Catalogue for 2003 International Quilt Festival/Chicago Illinois - “The Quintessential Quilt” edited by Karey Bresenhan, (Houston, TX: 2003, 8).\r\n","RelItemsF088a":"Photograph of Celia Pardue Hyde is on pg 46 Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair.\r\n\r\nQuiltmaker's personal history (typed one page.)","AddNotesF132":"Cecelia Pardue (Celia) was born March 14, 1881 near Downsville, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. She graduated from Downsville High School and later from Louisiana State Normal College, which is now Northwestern Louisiana University, in 1903. \r\n\r\nShe taught in a number of public schools in Louisiana for many years, the last one being in Crowley. In 1917 she entered and graduated from Tyler Commercial College in Higher Accounting and Secretarial work. She was employed as secretary to the State Home Demonstration Agent of the State of Texas at Texas A&M University. \r\n\r\nIn December 1918 she married Dr. Wendel Hyde and moved back to Crowley, Louisiana where she lived until 1969, moving to Welsh, Louisiana to live with her niece.\r\n\r\nMrs. Hyde's hobbies, from early childhood, were all phases of needlework, embroideries, tatting, crocheting, quilt and quilting.\r\n\r\nIn the early 1950s her at long last desiere to paint, both in oil and water color were realized. She had no special training in this field. Being a lover of nature and a very close observer, especially of flowers and birds, these were her favorite subjects for sketching and painting.\r\n\r\nShe was always interested in the social, business and political activities of Crowley as well as the State of Louisiana.\r\n\r\nMrs. Hyde died March 11, 1972, three days before her 91st birthday in Welsh, Louisiana.\r\n\r\nProvided by Marjorie Malone (niece) in 1985.","QuiltTopF054":"Hyde, Celia Pardue","QuiltedByF055":"Hyde, Celia Pardue","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"StateF107":"Louisiana (LA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Pardue","BirthDateF099":"03/14/1881","DeathF100":"03/1/1972","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Hyde, Wendel","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","AddNotesF066":"The quilt design was included in the Sears Quilt Pattern Booklet sold after the contest's conclusion. Although the block is similar to a Rose of Sharon design, it is her own design which she named after her home state of Louisiana. ","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Quiltmaker to her niece, Marjorie Malone. At Marjorie Malone's death in 2010, the quilt descended to her daughter, Boofie Beakey.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1985 and 1994","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-86/Dmwc017.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-86/Zmwc017.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LOUISIANA ROSE","Maker":"[\"HYDE, CELIA PARDUE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"024","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Bottom left corner","EmbellTechF038f":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Other"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"PartDesF007c":["Other"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1985)","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","QuiltHistF059":"Marjorie Malone loved her aunt and loved owning this quilt. Along with her daughter, Boofie, she attended a number of the museum sites when her quilt travelled with the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit. ","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-9","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:32","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["LOUISIANA ROSE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Aa5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-75","description":"Home Art Studio pattern \"Lone Star\" used for this quilt made in Mendota, MN.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe entry tag is still attached to this quilt which was made by Mrs. G. M. Bell of Mendota, Minnesota. The pattern in shades of yellow and gold is no doubt a Hubert Ver Mehren design published by Home Art Co. of Des Moines, IA. These patterns were popular with contestants as well as the judges. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Lone Star","BrackmanF011a":"4005","OverallWidthF12a":"81 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"93 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Gold","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond"],"DesignF052b":["Wreaths"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\"\r\n\r\nInfo: Mrs. G. M. Bell\r\nName of Pattern: Lone Star\r\nMade: 1931\r\nNot for sale\r\nSigned: Mrs. G. M. Bell\r\nP. O. box 64\r\nMendota, MN\r\n","FamDateF023c":"1931","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Mendota","ProvStateF057d":"Minnesota (MN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Home Art Studio","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","QuiltTopF054":"Bell, Mrs. G. M.","QuiltedByF055":"Bell, Mrs. G. M.","CityF106a":"Mendota","StateF107":"Minnesota (MN)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Bell, G. M.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LONE STAR","Maker":"[\"BELL, MRS. G. M.\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"239","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-56","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:29","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["LONE STAR"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"2a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-35","description":"Nine Patch Quilt with contest entry tag attached.","essay":"This quilt represents the thousands of simple quilts made and entered in the hopes that it would win the grand prize of $1000. Without its tag attached, the quilt's maker would not be known.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Little Nine Patch","OverallWidthF12a":" inches","OverallLengthF012b":" inches","PredomColorsF014":["Lavender","Pink","Red","Turquoise or Teal"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Other"],"MethodInscripF021":["Ink"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\r\n\r\nQuilt Name; Little Nine Patch\r\nMade in 1930.\r\n\r\nName: Mrs. F. P. Hair\r\nAddress: 1839 Jarboe\r\nCity/State: Kansas City, MO\r\n\r\nShe would sell it for $50.00.\r\nStore entered: 1041?","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"1930","DateFinishF023b":"1930","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Exhibit","Investment"],"LocMadeF057a":"Kansas City","ProvCountyF057b":"Jackson","ProvStateF057d":"Missouri (MO)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Sewing scraps"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Spring Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","AddNotesF132":"According to information provided by the quilt owner: Minnie Hair was born April 21, 1882 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, to Parents Oscar Larson and Fredricka Lunn. Oscar and Fredricka emigrated to the U.S. from Sweden in 1880, and became naturalized citizens in 1890. Minnie was not their only child.\r\n\r\nMinnie married Franklin Pierce Hair, a dentist, on 18 July 1904. Franklin was born 21 Feb 1872 at Fort Riley, Riley County, Kansas, into a large family. He attended Dental College in Kansas City, and began practice there upon his graduation in 1907. Franklin maintained a dental office in the Hair home from 1907 until his retirement in 1937.\r\n\r\nMinnie and Franklin had one child, a son, John W. Hair, in about 1913. John worked for a local dry goods store (later to become Macy's) at the time Minnie made her quilt. John had five children, and is thought to have died in 2001. \r\n\r\nMinnie was a housewife and mother, and lived within only a few miles of her parents and birthplace all of her life. Her husband died in March 1959 at age 87. Minnie lived another 18 years and died in a care center in 1977, at age 94. ","QuiltTopF054":"Hair, Minnie","QuiltedByF055":"Hair, Minnie","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Kansas City","StateF107":"Missouri (MO)","CountyF106":"Jackson","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Larson","BirthDateF099":"04-21-1882","DeathF100":"1977","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Lori East","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner","Quilt collector"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Jan 2004","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-35/Dmwc210.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-35/zmwc210.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LITTLE NINE PATCH","Maker":"[\"HAIR, MINNIE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"210","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Dentist","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"1839 Jarboe","IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Purchased at an antique mall in Southwest Missouri in August 2001.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2E","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:12","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["LITTLE NINE PATCH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"0a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-27","description":"The Lincoln Quilt, made from an Anne Orr pattern, won first place in the Memphis Region.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nAnne Orr was one of the final round judges. Her needlework column in the January 1933 Good Housekeeping Magazine featured several quilt pattern designs that eventually found their way to the final round of judging. This is one of them. Others were: Autumn Leaves (see #022 and # ) and Iris (see #085)\r\n\r\nInez Ward received $210 for winning first place in the Memphis regional round. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Lincoln's Favorite Quilt","AltNameF011":"The Lincoln Quilt","PredomColorsF014":["Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color","Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch","Outline"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Horse Cave","ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Anne Orr Studio (Nashville, TN)","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was exhibited in the Sears Pavilion during the summer of 1933 at the world's fair site in downtown Chicago.\r\n\r\nIn 1934, the world's fair opened for a second summer and Sears Roebuck & Co. decided to call back the top 10 regional winners. This quilt was displayed in that exhibit. ","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. ","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1990), 44-45.\r\n\r\nMerikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), p. 97.","RelItemsF088a":"Blue Ribbon (Memphis Region) in collection of family.\r\n\r\nLetter of Congratulations (dated June 15, 1933) from Sears Roebuck & Co. (Memphis Region) General Manager W. L. Heroyd to Mrs. Louis Ward in collection of the quiltmaker's family.\r\n\r\nLetter (June 13, 1933) from contest judge Jacqueline Hall to Inez Ward in collection of family.\r\n\r\nMemphis, TN\r\nJune 13, 1933\r\n\r\nMy dear Mrs. Ward:\r\n\r\nIt was my privilege and pleasure to help judge the Sears-Roebuck quilt contest recently held. All three judges agreed in your quilt for first place and there were 862 quilts, you know. You have every reason to feel happy and justly proud over your winning.\r\n\r\nHad I known while judging that yours was a Kentucky quilt, you would have perhaps been even more sure of the first place for the quilt. I happen to be a Kentuckian and a graduate of K. U.\r\n\r\nMy first thought when I examined your quilt was, if you would make one for someone and what you would charge for doing so. I know the price for making one exactly like yours would be considerable but there are other good patterns less tedious to make that would please me.\r\n\r\nIf you are interested in anything of the kind, you may write me sometime whether I can afford a quilt or not.\r\n\r\nSincerely yours,\r\n(Miss) Jacqueline Hall\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPhoto of quilt on display in 1934 at the Sears Pavilion is on p. 97 of Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nObituary published in Glasgow, KY newspaper and online December 15, 2007:\r\n\r\nHORSE CAVE--Inex Melloan Ward, 96, passed away Thursday, Dec. 13, 207, at N.H.C. Healthcare in Glasgow (KY)\r\n\r\nShe was a Hart county native, member of Green's Chapel Church of Christ, a 1927 graduate of Memorial School and a member of the girls basketball team. Her favorite hobbies include quilting, needlepoint and rug braiding. A quilt she made was entered in the Sears & Robuck [sic] contest at the 1933 Worlds Fair in Chicago and won awards and recognition in the Sears catalog.\r\n\r\nShe was preceded in death by her parents, Walker Smith Melloan and Nettie Crain Melloan, and her husband, Louis Ward in 1982. \r\n\r\nfuneral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 . . . burial in the Horse Cave Municipal Cemetery. \r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"Inez Ward lived her entire life in Horse Cave, Kentucky. At age seventeen, she married Louis Ward. Her husband worked for the state of Kentucky, but Inez's father wanted him to work on the family farm. Although her husband had not done farm work before, he agreed. When Inez received the news that she had won the first place Memphis regional prize of two hundred dollars in the Sears National Quilt Contest, her husband and father were plowing out in the cornfield. \"I remember I ran out to them and told them. They were so excited. They brought the team to the house and decided that was enough work for the day.\" Inez had drawn off the pattern for her prize winning quilt from a friend's pattern. She cut the templates out of heavy paper. It was her first \"fancy\" quilt. (Interview of Inez Ward by Barbara Brackman in 1983)\r\n\r\nWhen Brackman asked what she did with the prize money, she said \"We'd been married since 1928. We just didn't have anything. My husband was working on the farm and I said I'd love to have a baby. We'd probably have starved if we weren't living with my folks.\"\r\n\r\n\"I just liked the quilt. I just decided to enter it. I didn't think anything about winning.\"\r\n\r\n\"I won $210. Back then it was a log of many. I have just one son. I didn't make any more quilts.\"\r\n\r\nShe told Brackman, that Sears sent her a wooden sewing cabinet as a thank-you gift when she sent her quilt to the 1934 exhibit.","QuiltTopF054":"Ward, Inez","QuiltedByF055":"Ward, Inez","CityF106a":"Horse Cave","StateF107":"Kentucky (KY)","CountyF106":"Hart","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Moelloan","BirthDateF099":"05-08-1911","DeathF100":"12-13-2007","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Ward, Louis","NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","AddNotesF066":"The quiltmaker said she borrowed this pattern from a friend.","IdentPersonF006":["Quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Louis Ward Jr.","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-27/Dmwc053.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-27/Zmwc053.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Louis Ward Jr.","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LINCOLNS FAVORITE QUILT","Maker":"[\"WARD, INEZ\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"061","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Worked for the State of Kentucky and Farming","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Made entire quilt"],"IfQownerF007b":["Made the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1983)","QuiltHistF059":"In 2007, Inez Ward died. It is assumed the quilt was passed on to her son Louis Ward Jr.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","CreditLineF080b":"Ovada Ward Photography","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-26","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:07","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["LINCOLNS FAVORITE QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"yK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-18","description":"Iris appliqué quilt made from an Anne Orr Studio kit quilt. ","essay":"This quilt entered by Flora Wade of Knoxville, Tennessee, won a second place ribbon in the Atlanta region and consequently went on to the national round of judging in Chicago. It remained in Chicago for the length of the 1933 Fair.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nInterestingly, Anne Orr was one of the final round judges. Several quilts made in her pattern and kit designs were entered, but none of them received one of the top three honors.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Iris (Second Place - Atlanta Region)","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"89 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Orange","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DateInfoF023f":"This kit quilt was available in 1933. It was featured in Anne Orr's Good Housekeeping article (Jan 1933) in which she announced she would be judging the final round of the Sears National Quilt Contest.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Knoxville","ProvCountyF057b":"Knox","ProvStateF057d":"Tennessee (TN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Anne Orr Studio - Iris","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was chosen for the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. \r\n\r\nThe goal of the exhibit was to include as many of the top 30 regional winning quilts as possible. This quilt had not been seen since 1933 when we began the search to find it. The quilt was described as yellow and orange Iris quilt in the Atlanta newspaper account of the regional contest. Waldvogel was not surprised when the quilt was finally found in South Carolina to learn that the quilt was an Anne Orr kit.\r\n\r\nAnne Orr was well-known nationally but especially in Tennessee. When it was learned that she was a national judge, some quiltmakers made her kits. \r\n\r\nOthers that won were \"Autumn Leaves\" entered by two people in the final round, \"Lincoln Quilt\" entered by a woman from Kentucky, and this one by Flora Wade.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 27-28.","RelItemsF088a":"Anne Orr Studio pamphlet of kit quilts.\r\n\r\nGood Housekeeping Magazine (Jan 1933) article by Anne Orr.","AddNotesF132":"Flora Sexton was born in Friendsville, Tennessee, a Quaker community. Trained as a nurse, she took a job at a nearby Knoxville hospital. One night injured and badly burned passengers and workers from a railroad accident arrived at the hospital in ambulances. One of her patients was Joe Wade. They fell in love, married and lived on Scott Street in Knoxville for the rest of their lives. His hobby was woodworking. hers was quilting. A group of friends quilted regularly at her house since she could keep a quilt frame up because she had no children. ","QuiltTopF054":"Wade, Flora Sexton","QuiltedByF055":"Wade, Flora Sexton","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Knoxville","StateF107":"Tennessee (TN)","CountyF106":"Knox","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Sexton","DeathF100":"1968","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"SpouseF113":"Wade, Joe","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"At her death, the quilt went to family members. A great niece owned the quilt in 1994 at the time of the exhibit. ","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1992","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-18/Dmwc073.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-18/Zmwc073.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"IRIS SECOND PLACE - ATLANTA REGION","Maker":"[\"WADE, FLORA SEXTON\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"085","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"Scott Avenue","IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1E","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:02","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["IRIS SECOND PLACE - ATLANTA REGION"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"165kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-33","description":"Century of Progress Message in Pieced Blocks","essay":"This quilt is cleverly constructed with a message welcoming visitors to the Century Of Progress Exposition. Made of cotton fabrics from the turn of 20th century, one might suspect it was made by a quiltmaker who was in her 50s or 60s at the time of the contest in 1933.\r\n\r\nIt was probably made hoping to win the bonus prize of $250. The center shield carries Chicago symbolism. \r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"I Will Quilt","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress Exposition","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"81 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Brown","Cream","Maroon","Pink","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Wool"],"FabPrintF037":["Conversation Prints","Multiple scrap"],"ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"This quilt is basically a Postage Stamp style utility quilt made of leftover scraps. The batting is a used blanket. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting","Machine quilting"],"DesignF052a":["In-the-ditch"],"DesignF052d":"There is minimal hand quilting. Quilting is \"stitch in the ditch\" to outline the letters and straight lines in remainder of the quilt. ","DescBackF043":["Same fabric used throughout"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"TypeInscripF019":["Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"Right Vertical Message:\r\nWELCOME\r\nLeft Vertical Message:\r\nVISITORS\r\nHorizontal Messages Top to Bottom:\r\nCENTURY\r\nOF\r\nPROGRESS\r\nEXPOSITION\r\n19 33\r\nI\r\nWILL\r\nCHICAGO\r\nILLINOIS","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"Without the references to the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition, this quilt might be dated to the late 1800s or early 1900s based on the type of print fabrics it contains. \r\n\r\nThe Shield in the center carries Chicago's city logo \"I Will,\" the Y refers to the Chicago River, and the two red stars represent the Chicago Fire and the 1893 World's Fair. Note, a third red star was added to the Chicago Flag to represent the 1933 World's Fair. ","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Other"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Used for exhibits and owner's lectures","LocMadeF057a":"Moline","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Sewing scraps"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Spring Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Information about the quiltmaker comes from the 1930 United States Census. In 1930, Amy Ortt (age 60, widow) is listed as head of household with three adult children. She is renting. ","RelItemsF088a":"Published articles:\r\n\r\nAntique Week (Central Edition) April 7, 1997.\r\n\r\nSusan Wildemuth \"A Quiltmaker Uncovers Buried Treasure\" in QUILT (Spring 1997), 60-61, 195.","QuiltTopF054":"Ortt, Amy","QuiltedByF055":"Ortt, Amy","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"York Township","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountyF106":"Carroll","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"1870","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Janette Dwyer","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCityF084":"Atkinson","OwnerStateF086":"Illinois (IL)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Sept 1995","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-33/Dmwc111.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-33/Zmwc111.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Merikay Waldvogel","verify":"yes","Pattern":"I WILL QUILT","Maker":"[\"ORTT, AMY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"160","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Pieced Block Letters","EmbellTechF038f":"No","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","QuiltHistF059":"Janette Dwyer of Atkinson, Illinois acquired the quilt for $24 at an estate auction in Cambridge, Illinois in 1995. As reported in Antique Week-Central Edition (April 7, 1997), \"She thought at the time the quilt was 'just a scrappy patchwork thing,' but says now the find has changed her life. \r\n\r\n\"'It has taken me on quite an odyssey. In addition to reading everything I can find about the Century of Progress Exposition, I have turned into a World's Fair junkie,' she noted. \r\n\r\n\"The estate auction disposed of the household goods of a former Compton, Illinois resident who died childless. \r\n\r\n\"And the Century of Progress quilt was one of two 'absolutely filthy' quilts rolled up and stuffed beneath a table,' Dwyer said.\r\n\r\n\"'I was quite surprised to see them treated like that because auctioneers generally know the value of old quilts,' she said. 'But these two quilts were really, really dirty. That may have been the reason they were not recognized for the treasures they are.'\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Dwyer pulled the quilts from under the table, checked them over and liked what she saw. Knowing her fabrics, she realized the quilts were made of materials from the 1860s to about 1930.\r\n\r\n\"She bid on the quilts and got them at $24 each.\"\r\n\r\n\"Later at home, she and her sister carefully went over both quilts. They first found the words, VISITORS WELCOME, worked vertically. Then they made out the wording on which the design was centered--CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 CHICAGO ILLINOIS.\"","DateObtainedF088c":"2011","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2C","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:10","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["I WILL QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"xK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-14","description":"Silk quilt with applique motifs related to the history of Chicago.","essay":"This quilt was entered in the contest--obviously with the hopes of winning a bonus prize for its original design. The contest entry form (and the quilter's explanation of the symbolism) were separated from the quilt when it was sold sometime in the 1980s, but they were reunited when a memorabilia collector noticed that his World's Fair items connected to the I Will quilt photographed in Patchwork Souvenirs. \r\n\r\nThe quilt did not win a prize despite the quiltmaker's extra efforts in design and research.\r\n\r\nIn 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"I Will","SubjQuiltF025":"The quiltmaker named this quilt \"The Chicago Quilt\". After the book Patchwork Souvenirs was published, a World's Fair memorabilia collector whose wife happened to be a quilter bought the contest tag and the quiltmaker's description of her quilt. Only then did we find out the maker's name. Here is what she wrote about the symbolism of her quilt: \"The Spirit of Chicago Quilt\" As the title indicates, this Quilt is designed to show the remarkable progress which has transformed a struggling frontier settlement into one of the foremost cities of the world. The center typifies the militant spirt of progress which the Century of Progress Exhibition commemorates, the shield borne by the figure bearing the slogan \"I Will\". Striking points in the history of the city are displayed in each corner of the quilt, and the two insets of the world in progress are carried out in the quilted design of the inner border.About the border of the quilt are one hundred green points commemorating the one hundred years of Chicago's existence as an organized community.\" ","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"89 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Cream","Orange","Purple"],"FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch","Hand Applique"],"UniqueF038h":"\"All applique work is outlined with embroidery floss sewed in.\" This handwritten notation is on the Quilt description card that belongs to this quilt. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Parallel lines"],"DesignF052d":"The spinning earth logo is used to fill out the inner purple border. This quiltmaker made her own rendition of the World's Fair logo. Notice she also used it in two applique motifs.","TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\r\n\r\nOn this tag: Elizabeth M. Wiegand named her quilt \"The Chicago Quilt\". She'd been working on it since January 1933. She would sell it for $250.00. She entered it at the State Street Store. She signed it and gave her address as Lakewood, Michigan, Muskegon County.","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"Applique","DamageF016":["Tears or holes"],"ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Lakewood","ProvCountyF057b":"Muskegon","ProvStateF057d":"Michigan (MI)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled in the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","QuiltTopF054":"Wiegand, Elizabeth M.","QuiltedByF055":"Wiegand, Elizabeth M.","CityF106a":"Lakewood","StateF107":"Michigan (MI)","CountyF106":"Muskegon","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Chicago Historical Society","AddNotesF066":"The center image is of the \"I Will Lady\" from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. I Will is the motto of Chicago and it reflects the city's efforts throughout its history to overcome calamaties (such as the raid on Fort Dearborn and the Chicago Fire). The marble bust of the I Will Lady was a popular souvenir of the 1893 fair. And this quiltmaker decided to use it in her quilt. See pg 81 (Patchwork Souvenirs) for a photo of the I Will Lady bust.\r\n\r\nBecause at the time of the exhibition the curators did not have the information on the contest entry form and the quiltmaker's own description, Waldvogel named it \"I Will\" quilt.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-14/Dmwc062.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-14/Zmwc062.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"I WILL","Maker":"[\"WIEGAND, ELIZABETH M.\"]","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair; Chicago Historical Society Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"074","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was purchased by Marilyn M. Woodin for the Kalona (IA) Quilt and Textile Museum. She loaned the quilt to the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit. Afterwards, she donated it to the Chicago Historical Society.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1A","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:00","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["I WILL"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"7a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-55","description":"Historic USA","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Historic America","SubjQuiltF025":"USA History and Presidents","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"93 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Cream","Red","White"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery","Painting"],"DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Art or personal expression","Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"ProvCountyF057b":"Burnet","ProvStateF057d":"Texas (TX)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ContestListF071a":"This quilt was made for the 1933 Sears Quilt Contest, but was not entered.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 72-74.","RelItemsF088a":"News photo in scrapbook (Collection of Wilene Smith)","QuiltTopF054":"Normann, Fanny and Charles","StateF107":"Texas (TX)","CountyF106":"Burnet","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"c. 1903","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Star of the Republic Museum, Washington, TX","AddNotesF066":"According to Fanny Normann (who wrote to Karey Bresenhan in 1986), \"We married in '28--just prior to the drop-out depression--while Mr. Normann was teaching art and doing reproductions at Bradford Paint Company on Ninth and Colorado in Austin. He was a sensitive, experimental traveler, trying to become quickly American after having arried in Minnesota in '22, at age 19, from Norway. He was making his way on a day-to-day basis with an extreme proficiency in fine art. He sometimes managed to do as many as three Old Master's reproductions in a day at three dollars each for which 'his employer' might easily obtain fifty dollars each. Yet nine dollars a day . . . was a better than average wage in '28. When Sears offered $1,000 first prize for best quilt at Chicago's Exposition, we hopped-to with a determination to win that, regarless! Mr. Normann put his best expertise to work on a design and procedure, and we stitched away, eighteen hours a day for three months, by the light of a derosene lamp after the sun went down--the two of us at my father's farm in Burnet County, with a baby daughter to care for on the side. At last, we had finished! Just six weeks after FDR's first inaugural. \r\n\r\n\"Tony Kutalek, builder of fine furnishings for the elite of Austin, insisted that we bring the quilt down at the first possible moment and let Austin see it. We must conquer Austin first, high style! Even Governor Miriam A. Ferguson was invited to the showing. And the Statesman reporter dared to say this could be the New Deal that could make it for Artist Normann. We had to win! But we didn't. Somehow our quilt was barred from entering the contest we'd made it for--maybe because Sears and Company had other fine art in mind when they offered the prize to their customers.\"","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Washington","OwnerStateF086":"Texas (TX)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-55/Dmwc108.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-55/Zmwc108.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"HISTORIC AMERICA","Maker":"[\"NORMANN, FANNY AND CHARLES\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"042","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Male"],"OwnerAddressF083":"PO Box 317","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Star of the Republic Museum, Washington, TX","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-43","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:23","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["HISTORIC AMERICA"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Ba5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-79","description":"This Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt won a $10.00 Mail Order House prize. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt won a $10.00 Mail Order House prize. Her competition (Margaret Rogers Caden) went on to win the Chicago Regional First Prize and the Grand National Prize.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Grandmother's Flower Garden","AltNameF011":"Grandmother's Flower Garden","OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Single"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"Gladys Wyse Maack\r\n1933","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Harvard","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Winner: Mail Order $10 Prize/Chicago Regional Round.\r\n","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 111.","RelItemsF088a":"Blue Ribbon with metal holder.","AddNotesF132":"According to the quilt owner, who is the maker's niece, Gladys Maack was born on a dairy farm, worked as a cosmetologist most of her life in Rockford, Illinois.","QuiltTopF054":"Maack, Gladys Cecilia","QuiltedByF055":"Maack, Gladys Cecilia","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Harvard","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Wyse","BirthDateF099":"1912","DeathF100":"02-1981","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Maack, Raymond","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Julia Zgliniec","DateDataF006b":"March 2010","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-79/maackfull.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Julia Zgliniec","verify":"yes","Pattern":"GRANDMOTHERS FLOWER GARDEN","Maker":"[\"MAACK, GLADYS CECILIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"237","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Cross-Stitched","OtherLocInscripF022a":"On front at right edge","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","CreditLineF080b":"Julia Zgliniec","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-5A","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:30","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["GRANDMOTHERS FLOWER GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"yq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-20","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1922 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Garden Kaleidoscopes","OverallWidthF12a":" 73 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"86 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Coral","Cream","Green","Lavender","Pink","Red","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"ContInscripF020":"'33 in two places at center of quilt.","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"c. 1933","DateFinishF023b":"c. 1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Woodford","ProvStateF057d":"Oklahoma (OK)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"OthSourceF063a":"According to daughter, \"Her mother chose Sears best sunfast all cotton fabric for the contest quilt.\"","TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nQuilt has also been exhibited at Woodward, OK museum in 1985 and at a craft fair in Taloga, OK.","ContestListF071a":"Made to enter the Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair, but she did not finish it in time.\r\n\r\n","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), xvi-xvii.","RelItemsF088a":"Quiltmaker's photo appears in Patchwork Souvenirs (p. xvi). Quilt was also featured in exhibit catalog: \"Quilts, Cars, and Trains\" Enid, OK, April 12-21, 1985.","AddNotesF132":"She had 7 years of art at Greeley Colorado College prior to her marriage. she knew color and design fairly well.","QuiltTopF054":"Barnfield, Mayme Heltman","QuiltedByF055":"Barnfield, Mayme Heltman","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"StateF107":"Oklahoma (OK)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Heltman","BirthDateF099":"03/27/1875","DeathF100":"07/31/1945","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"The pictorial embroidered design was added after the contest when the quilt was given to quilter's daughter and current owner in the early 1940s.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"c. 1980","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-20/Dmwc002.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-20/Zmwc002.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"GARDEN KALEIDOSCOPES","Maker":"[\"BARNFIELD, MAYME HELTMAN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"002","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","EmbellTechF038f":"Yes","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman","locationF007f":"Correspondence","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:03","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["GARDEN KALEIDOSCOPES"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"765kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-57","description":"Second Place Winner in Boston Regional. \r\n\r\nThis Garden Bouquet quilt was made from a Nancy Page Quilt Club design by Florence LaGanke that appeared in newspapers in 1931-1932.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThere was nothing that would disqualify a quilt entry made a few years prior to the contest deadline. The contest organizers did not want antique quilts. Quilts from the late 1920s and early 1930s reached the national round. We know when this quilt was made because these blocks appeared at the same time in newspapers throughout the nation in 1931-193.\r\n\r\nIt won second place in the Boston Regional Round and was shown at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Garden Bouquet","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan","Blue or Navy","Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Print","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1932 or 1933","DateInfoF023f":"Garden Bouquet, a Nancy Page Quilt Club series pattern, appered in newspapers nationwide at the same time from Fall 1931 to Spring 1932.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry","Fundraising"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"New Haven","ProvStateF057d":"Connecticut (CT)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Newspaper"],"CommSourceF064b":"Nancy Page Quilt Club column","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair\r\n\r\nProbably entered in New Haven, Connecticut where it won a top prize. In the regional round in Boston, it won second place.","OtherSourceMat":"See another quilt made by Grace Bentley in the Quilt Index. #2166 Connecticut Quilt Search.","RelItemsF088a":"List of Winners in Sears Catalog, see p. 108 Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair.\r\n\r\nSet of \"Garden Bouquet\" series blocks designed by Florence La Ganke (editor of the Nancy Quilt Club) are in the collection of Merikay Waldvogel.","QuiltTopF054":"Bentley, Grace May","QuiltedByF055":"Bentley, Grace May","CityF106a":"New Haven","StateF107":"Connecticut (CT)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Rand","BirthDateF099":"12/19/1871","DeathF100":"1955","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"AddNotesF066":"Exhibit notes by Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. in 1933, on seeing this quilt \"Bird 16 urns-flowers & 2 birds\" \r\n","IdentPersonF006":["Other"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Quilt Historian","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"2003","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-57/Dmwc120.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-57/zmwc120.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"GARDEN BOUQUET","Maker":"[\"BENTLEY, GRACE MAY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"120","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"QuiltHistF059":"This story was excerpted from notes taken by the quilt historian: \"Not only was her quilt chronicled at the World's Fair, on its triumphant return to its home state, Connecticut, it was used as a fund raiser for her local church. On November 30, 1933, her local paper stated, \"this quilt, a wonderfully lovely design of birds and flowers and a central urn, a marvel of taste and patient endeavor, together with other lesser but also fine specimens of the patchwork art, will be on exhibition at the Parlors of the Westville Methodist Church . . . . The Woman's Home Missionary Society invite the public (a small admission fee) to view these beautiful reminders of what can be done by that most wonderful of all machines, The Human Hand.\"","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-45","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:24","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["GARDEN BOUQUET"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"C65kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-90","description":"Emma Mae Leonhard named her quilt \"From 1833 to 1933.\" She created a block which she thought depicted the theme A Century of Progress 1833 to 1933. The block features a small log cabin overshadowed by towering skyscrapers. And she repeated the block 9 times. The theme is further carried out in the background and at the borders in appliqued and embroidered images as well as in the quilting designs. It's important to remember the women who took the challenge to make something original only had five months to finish their quilts. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"From 1833 To 1933","SubjQuiltF025":"History of costumes, war, transportation and youth organizations from 1833 to 1933.","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"84 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Cream","Lavender","Pink","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052b":["Cables","Feathering","Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Lots of pictorial quilting designs in the open areas--including one in which Santos of the Apaches is shakin hands with General Howard. There's a train with coal tender and several cars at bottom of the quilt. There are also airplanes, ships, and other modes of transportation quilted into the quilt.","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"Dates are embroidered with roses at quilt top. Dates appear under each costumed woman. Dates appear under each military represented. Other inscriptions pertain to trnsportarion","DateInscripF020a":"Various dates ranging from 1833 to 1933","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Virginia","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"October 1984 exhibited at the Quilt Festival in Houston and on December 8, 1984 at the Star of Texas Show. [Source: Quilters Newsletter Magazine (Feb 1984), 7.\r\n\r\nThe exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nAdd IQSC exhibits with this quilt.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. There is no proof such as a label, ribbon or newspaper clipping that proves the quilt was actually finished and judged.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp 75-78.\r\n\r\nAlso add Japanese exhibit catalog.","RelItemsF088a":"Explanation of the Meaning of the Designs.\r\n\r\nFamily History compiled by J. Charles Leonhard (one-page typed).\r\n\r\nPhoto of Emma Mae Leonhard on pg 75 of Patchwork Souvenirs.\r\n\r\nThe State Journal (Springfield, IL) article (Dec 15, 1932) pertaining to Miss Leonhard winning first prize in a national contest of State Flower Quilts using a Ruby McKim design.\r\n\r\nNewspaper article: \"Quilts bring record prices at Auction\" in Journal Courier (Jacksonville, IL)(August 14, 1983).\r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"In 1933 Emma Mae Leonhard was a high school English teacher and an early environmentalist. This quilt and her accompanying explanation of the designs are a tribute to a teacher's desire to look for the positive and communicate it to others. She reminds the viewer that tru progress, as great as inventions and discoveries might be, is based on sacrifice, service and concern for the world. (Waldvogel, Patchwork Souvenirs, 77).\r\n\r\nShe never married. She taught English at Jacksonville (IL) High School for 45 years according to the family history notes compiled by J. Charles Leonhard.\r\n\r\nShe was involved in the Campfire Girls organization and served as a Red Cross volunteer during World War I. In her later years she led birding expeditions to various laces in the United States and served as president of the Audubon Society of Illinois. A wildlife sanctuary by the lake at Jacksonville is named in her honor. (Source 1992 interview by Waldvogel with Floyd Leonhard, quiltmaker's brother). ","QuiltTopF054":"Leonhard, Emma Mae","QuiltedByF055":"Leonhard, Lillie Simms","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Virginia","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Leonhard","BirthDateF099":"12/05/1890","DeathF100":"01/24/1976","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.","AddNotesF066":"A three-page typed explanation of the meaning of the quilt blocks and the quilting design was compiled by Miss Leonhard. ","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Lincoln","OwnerStateF086":"Nebraska (NE)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"1997.007.0368","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1983","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-90/Dmwc024.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-90/Zmwc024.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"FROM 1833 TO 1933","Maker":"[\"LEONHARD, EMMA MAE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"031","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","EmbellTechF038f":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1983)","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was purchased at an auction by Tom and Marie Foster in 1983 for $5,300 in Jacksonville, Illinois. Other quilts by Leohard were offered for sale at the auction and all brought high prices. \r\n\r\nThe Fosters sold the quilt to Ardis and Robert James who transferred it to the International Quilt Study Center along with other collected quilts in 1997.","OwnerAddressF083":"1523 N. 33rd Street","OwnerZipF087":"68583","OwnerPhoneF088":"402-472-6549","DateObtainedF088c":"Quilt was acquired in 1996 as part of the Ardis and Robert James Collection.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-B","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:33","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FROM 1833 TO 1933"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"A65kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-77","description":"The third prize winner in the Boston Regional Round was a \"Friendship Ring\" also known as Dresden Plate made by Mabel Hammond. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe Boston Regional round winners went on to Chicago for the final judging. The third place winner entered by Mabel Hammond of Plattsburg, New York was a Dresden Plate quilt, described by Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. as \"Friendship Ring, no border, modern prints.\" In an interview with family members, they described it as \"Dresden Plate.\"","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Friendship Ring","AltNameF011":"Dresden Plate","PredomColorsF014":["Pink"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Solid/plain"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond"],"FeaturesF053":"The actual quilt has not been examined by Waldvogel. She talked with grand-daughters about the quilt and the quiltmaker.","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Plattsburg","ProvStateF057d":"New York (NY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Entered in the Boston Regional Round where it won third place. ","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 108.","RelItemsF088a":"Grand-daughter has news clipping from Plattsburg newspaper which mentions the prize. Grand-daughter also has the ribbon. ","AddNotesF132":"Quiltmaker was also an excellent rugmaker. She collected old wool and made them into strips for her rug hooking. She sold rugs to well-known people. She married in 1934. She died in Glen Falls, NY in 1992.","QuiltTopF054":"Hammond, Mabel","QuiltedByF055":"Hammond, Mabel","CityF106a":"Plattsburg","StateF107":"New York (NY)","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"1909","DeathF100":"1992","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","verify":"yes","Pattern":"FRIENDSHIP RING","Maker":"[\"HAMMOND, MABEL\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"137","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"QuiltHistF059":"Quiltmaker gave the quilt to her son's wife (Marge). Marge gave it to current owner.\"","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-58","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:29","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FRIENDSHIP RING"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"ya5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-19","description":"Pictorial quilt depicting Fort Dearborn in 1833","essay":"Several quilts documented used some sort of image of Fort Dearborn in their quilts to depict the 1833 beginnings of Chicago. This quilt also portrays the scene of the confrontation between Indians and soldiers protecting the Fort. \r\n\r\nThis quilt did not win a prize in the contest, but the maker often used the quilt in her quilt lectures she gave in the years following the World's Fair.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Fort Dearborn Quilt (Green Merit Ribbon)","SubjQuiltF025":"The seige of Fort Dearborn is depicted in this quilt. The scene shows Fort Dearborn, the white residents' log cabin just outside the fort, and Indians confront soldiers. Flying above the fort is an eage with outspread wings holding Chicago's flag--here with only two stars. A third star was added for the 1933 Exposition and remains the official city flag. ","OverallWidthF12a":"80 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"80 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Green","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid square"],"DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Chicago","ProvCountyF057b":"Cook","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was included in the nationally travelling exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nExhibited also at The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum May and June 1997, \"Houses in Quilts: The Fabric of Our Lives, Architectural Interpretations in Fabric.\"\r\n\r\nAlso exhibited at Spring International Quilt Festival at Rosemont, IL April 11-13, 2003.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993, pp. 84-86.","RelItemsF088a":"Newspaper clipping (Chicago Tribune May 1949: \"Widow, 83, Sows Seeds of Art in Fancy Sewing: Puts Fort Dearborn on a Quilt\" \r\n\r\nPhoto of quiltmaker is on pg 84 of Patchwork Souvenirs. ","AddNotesF132":"Mary O'Halloran was educated at a convent school in Rensselaer, Indiana. There she learned quilting, lace making, crewel, and needlepoint. After schooling, she took a job as a nanny. While walking the children in a park, she met a young police officer, Thomas Fitzgerald. They were married in 1892 and had three children of their own.\r\n\r\nIn 1924 Mary Fitzgerald won a major contest in Aurora, Illinois with an applique quilt. Her Sears contest entry, Fort Dearborn, won a green ribbon of honorable mention at a Chicago store, but it was not among the finalists shown at the fair. Following the fair, she promoted quiltmaking by organizaing quiltign clubs in the Chicago area and lecturing about quilts. ","QuiltTopF054":"Fitzgerald, Mary O'Halloran","QuiltedByF055":"Fitzgerald, Mary O'Halloran","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"O'Halloran","BirthDateF099":"1866","DeathF100":"1957","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"SpouseF113":"Fitzgerald, Thomas","NumQuiltsF123":"5-20 quilts","AddNotesF066":"Notice the layering of small strips of fabric to create realistic log buildings. ","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1992","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-19/Dmwc075.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-19/Zmwc075.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"FORT DEARBORN QUILT GREEN MERIT RIBBON","Maker":"[\"FITZGERALD, MARY O'HALLORAN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"086","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Police Officer","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1F","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:02","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["FORT DEARBORN QUILT GREEN MERIT RIBBON"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Aq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-76","description":"A Green Merit Ribbon winner improvised with a quilt kit design.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nIt is not known how many green merit ribbons were presented, but if the ribbon is with the quilt, it is strong evidence that the quilt was entered and judged at a local level.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Formal Garden","OverallWidthF12a":"91 inches","OverallLengthF012b":" 99 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Cream","Green","Pink","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Clamshell"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Floral quilting motifs added in wide floral border; spider web designs above the floral border; concentric clamshell quilting in wide outer border.","ContInscripF020":"Green merit ribbon is attached:\r\n\"SEARS\r\nCENTURY OF PROGRESS NATIONAL QUILT CONTEST MERIT AWARD\r\n1933","DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1933","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Libertyville","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Wurzburg No. 3555 \"Formal Garden\" made in Grand Rapids, MI","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","AddNotesF132":"According to her grandson, the quilt owner, \"My grandmother did the needlepoint and applique. She told me the actual quilting was done by some woman in the Ozarks, I think. My memory may not be reliable, but it seems to me she paid something like $25 for the quilting labor. We have no record of the person who did the quilting.\"\r\n\r\n\"Mildred was a resident of Libertyville, IL until retired, then Phelps, WI and then Clearwater FL. Mildred was married to Arthur Llewellyn Ball and everyone called him \"Mike.\" Her friends called her \"Kate\" and her husband called her \"Cherie.\" He was a WWI vet, came home with dysentery and spent a lot of time in France. Mildred grew up in South Dakota. She told me that as a child she went fishing for catfish in the creek using a shot gun. She remodeled a farm in Libertyville and ran the family business (farm drainage) when my Grandfather was overseas. She said she cleared big rocks from the field with a team of horses pulling a 'stoneboat.'\" ","QuiltTopF054":"Ball, Mildred","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Libertyville","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Malcolm","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Ball, Arthur Llewellyn","OwnerNameF082a":"Chris Ball","AddNotesF066":"Although the center panel is the same as the quilt kit, the quilt maker designed the scroll border that frames the panel and she created the wide floral applique border made with flowers that are not exactly like the quilt kit's floral appliques.","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-76/20110603091348.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"FORMAL GARDEN","Maker":"[\"BALL, MILDRED\"]","Date":"1933","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"192","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Kit"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-57","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:29","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FORMAL GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"365kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-41","description":"Flower Garden Quilt","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis Flower Garden quilt represents the thousands of well-made quilts that did not reach the final rounds of judging.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Flower Garden","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"80 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Coral","Cream","Green","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"FeaturesF053":"The center medallion arrangement using traditional Flower Garden units is created by carefully selecting the contrasting colors. An antique quilt in this arrangement was published in Ruth Finley's 1930 book \"Old Quilts.\" The antique quilt is still in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Expert quilters attempted to duplicate the layout.","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"DeSmeth","ProvStateF057d":"South Dakota (SD)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition.\r\n\r\nAlthough this quilt was not included in the original group, it was added to the exhibit at the Rock County Historical Society (Janesville, WI), when the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit was on display there Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 ","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","AddNotesF132":"According to the family member, \"Julia quilted for other people to supplement their income. Most of the time she would have a quilt on frames in their living room. She raised a family of five, three girls and two boys also two grandchildren whose parents died at an early age. George and Julia were perfect companions enjoying life together for 72 years. They died 10 days apart reaching the ages of 90 and 98.\"","QuiltTopF054":"Rowbotham, Julia","QuiltedByF055":"Rowbotham, Julia","CityF106a":"DeSmeth","StateF107":"South Dakota (SD)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Rowbotham, George","SellQuiltF127":"yes","AddNotesF066":"According to the owner, \"Julia read about the contest and wanted to enter but could not afford the material. Her daughter ordered the material from a Sears catalogue. Every stitch was her own from piecing to quilting. The quilt was mailed to Sears Roebuck in Minneapolis.\"","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-41/Dmwc113_1.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-41/Zmwc113_1.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"FLOWER GARDEN","Maker":"[\"ROWBOTHAM, JULIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"162","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Ran a cream and egg inspection station.","GenderF098":["Female"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-33","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:15","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FLOWER GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"265kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-37","description":"Each quilt entry was required to have an official entry form affixed to the quilt's bottom right corner. This quiltmaker also attached the judging point guidelines--as a reminder to the judges. This quilt in an original design was disqualified according to the family's story because French knots had worked through the silk.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Floridian Garden","SubjQuiltF025":"Floral Medallion at Center of Quilt. Smaller floral design at top of quilt.","OverallWidthF12a":"68 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"90 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy"],"OverallColorF14b":["One color/monochromatic"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"UniqueF037b":"The attached lace was made by the quiltmaker.","ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"The family story of why the judges disqualified the quilt is that the French knots had worked through the silk. Another reason was that some of the penciled pattern lines were visible. According to grand-daughter Eleanor Alford, \"I cannot believe that these reasons would have disqualified, rather, would have dropped the quilt back in prize position. My own theory is that the quilt was the worng size, which would indeed disqualify it. No one knows for sure.\" Alford to Brackman, January 20, 1983.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Ferns, flowers, doves in flight, birds on a nest, a pelican, etc.","ColorBackingF040b":["Blue or Navy"],"TypeInscripF019":["Place","Signature","Other"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"Mrs. LOUELLA BITTER, \"Floridian Garden\", Month of March 1933, $100. Original Design. Mrs. Louella Bitter, 1180 State Street, Quincy, Ill. Chicago Sears Store 1020.","DateInscripF020a":"1933","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited perviously\" to which the quilter signed her name.","FeaturesF053":"Prairie Points backed with white lace edging is attached on all four sides.","DateBegunF023a":"March 1933","DateFinishF023b":"March 1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Art or personal expression","Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Quincy","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 47-48. \r\n\r\n\"Observe Golden Wedding\" Quincy Herald Whig Paper, March 17, 1936. \r\n\r\nObituary: \"Mrs. Bitter Dies: Widow of Former Prominent Doctor\" [Quincy newspaper], Jan 3, 1954. \r\n\r\nPhotocopies of b/w family photos provided by Eleanor Alford include photos of winter home in St. Petersburg, FL. One of Mrs. Bitter with her daughters Eleanor, Agnes, and Laura in 1936.","RelItemsF088a":"1936 photo of Dr. and Mrs. Bitter, Quincy, IL on p. 48 Patchwork Souvenirs. ","AddNotesF132":"Her full name was Joanna Louella Beatty. She grew up in Maysville, MO, but was born in West Virginia. She came to Quincy to attend Chaddock College where she met her future husband. They were married in Maysville on March 17, 1886. He was on the staff of St. Mary Hospital. Her chief interests were her home and family. she was a talented artist and whenever possible coninued to study art at the Notre Dame academy in Quincy. ","QuiltTopF054":"Bitter, Louella Beatty","QuiltedByF055":"Bitter, Louella Beatty","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Quincy","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Beatty","BirthDateF099":"12/24/1861","DeathF100":"01/03/1954","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Dr. J. W. Edward Bitter","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","SellQuiltF127":"no","OwnerNameF082a":"Chicago Historical Society","AddNotesF066":"According to the owner (the quiltmaker's grand-daughter), her grandparents had a winter home in St. Petersburg, Florida for many years and both loved Floridian life. Grandmother was an accomplished artist (oils, charcoal, and pastels) so her talents were used to design the quilt. Among the quilting pattern itself can be seen many flowers, ferns, a pair of doves in flight, a cardinal and a pelican. Detail in the center floral design shows a pair of bluebirds flying to their nest containing two nestlings. Also can be seen butterflies in among the flowers. She loved nature.\" (Eleanor Alford to Barbara Brackman, January 20, 1983).","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Quilt descended through family to Eleanor Alford (grand-daughter) who, with the consent of other family members, donated the quilt to the Chicago Historical Society where it currently resides.","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Chicago","OwnerCountyF085":"Cook","OwnerStateF086":"Illinois (IL)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"c. 1990","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-37/Dmwc003.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-37/Zmwc003.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"FLORIDIAN GARDEN","Maker":"[\"BITTER, LOUELLA BEATTY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair; Chicago Historical Society Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"003","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Bottom right corner","QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"OccupationF115":"Medical Doctor","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"1130 State Street","FavesF130":"Baby quilt with stork design made for grand-daughter Eleanor Alford. Two full-size quilts -- one lavender and white \"Fool's Puzzle\" design.","IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1983) and Waldvogel (1990-93)","locationF007f":"Correspondence 1983-1992","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was donated to the Chicago Historical Society after the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibition ended.","OwnerAddressF083":"Get info","OwnerZipF087":"Get info","OwnerPhoneF088":"Get info","SourceInfoF088b":"Letter of intent to donate.","DateObtainedF088c":"c. 1996","InvenNumF075":"Get the info!","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-3","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:13","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FLORIDIAN GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"8K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-58","description":"This quilt won Second Place in the Minneapolis regional round and was exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nThis Feathered Star pattern was published by Hubert Ver Mehren for his Home Art Studio quilt pattern line. The quilt first appeared in 1932 in the booklet (name?)","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nIsabel Hughes of Linn Grove, Iowa won second place of $75 in Minneapolis round. Her quilt then went to the national round where it did not win a prize but it was displayed at the Sears Pavilion of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nQuilt historian Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. visited the exhibit and jotted these notes down about the quilt: \"Feathered Star -- very effective.\"","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Feathered Star","PredomColorsF014":["White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Star design quilted in large white squares.","DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Linn Grove","ProvStateF057d":"Iowa (IA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Hubert Ver Mehren design for Home Art Studio","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair\r\n\r\nQuilt was judged either at a local store or at the mail order house. The quilt won second place at the regional round in Minneapolis and went to the national round in Chicago where it did not win a prize.","QuiltTopF054":"Hughes, Isabel","QuiltedByF055":"Hughes, Isabel","CityF106a":"Linn Grove","StateF107":"Iowa (IA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Grand-daughter-in-law","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-58/Dmwc023.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-58/zmwc023.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"FEATHERED STAR","Maker":"[\"HUGHES, ISABEL\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"023","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Published material"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"FavesF130":"Grand-daughter-in-law reported that she owns two quilts by Isabel Hughes--Double Wedding Ring (double-bed size) and String of Beads (a king size applique quilt).","CustomsF131":"According to the family, Isabel used her $75 in prize money to pay for a portion of her daughter's college education.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-46","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:24","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FEATHERED STAR"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"4q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-44","description":"Patriotic quilt that won a prize in the Seattle region.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis patriotic quilt made by Verna Merrill won a Blue Ribbon given to winners in the Mail Order Division. In her region, three other quilts won the top regional prizes and were sent on to Chicago for judging in the final round.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Eagle and Swags","SubjQuiltF025":"Patriotism","OverallWidthF12a":" ","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"UniqueF038h":"Swag border","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052d":"Stars in the quilting design","ColorBackingF040b":["Gold"],"DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Owner (quilter's daughter) has exhibited the quilt at local exhibits.","LocMadeF057a":"Grace","ProvStateF057d":"Idaho (ID)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Exhibited at the Seattle Regional site in June 1933.\r\n\r\nExhibited in Salt Lake City, UT at the Tribune-Telegraph exhibition in 1937.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Won Blue Ribbon in Mail Order Division/Seattle","RelItemsF088a":"Blue Ribbon (Mail Order Division) with a metal holder which has her name typed on a paper name plate.\r\n\r\nBox the quilt was returned in. The quilt owner still keeps it in the original box.\r\n\r\nThere is a small square piece of silk-- on which she wrote: \"this is my own work.\"\r\n\r\nNewspaper clipping (Seattle Times, May 15, 1933) advertising the Seattle contest and an exhibit to follow.\r\n\r\nAn undated news clipping (probably in the Grace, Idaho newspaper) reads:\r\n\r\nA Beautiful Quilt Being Made by Mrs. R. D. Merrill\r\n\r\nMrs. R. D. Merrill will exhibit through a Seattle organization at \"The Century of Progress\" at Chicago that may finally become the property of Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt. It is a beautiful creation, quality of material, artistry and symbolism combining to qualify it as a worthy treasure for \"the First Lady of the Land.\"\r\n\r\nMrs. Merrill is entering it in competition with others, which, too, have been created out of the ambition of makers that Mrs. Roosevelt will be the owner. The prize quilt under contest rules will be presented to the wife of the President of the United States.\r\n\r\nMrs. Merrill's quilt is of her own design and is constructed of silk. The theme of patriotism is expressed through the American eagle, gorgeous feather coloring looming impressively. The field of the quilt is of pure white, varied details of design contributing for the sum total of beauty. The back of the quilt is of golden color.\"","AddNotesF132":"She was born in Utah, but followed her husband to the little town of Grace, Idaho. The quiltmaker was a milliner in Grace, Idaho. She made drapes, wedding dresses, etc. According to her daughter, she was an artist. The quilt is all her own design. She dyed some of the fabric and quilted it herself.","QuiltTopF054":"Merrill, Verna Marinda","QuiltedByF055":"Merrill, Verna Marinda","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Grace","StateF107":"Idaho (ID)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Skidmore, Verna Marinda","BirthDateF099":"1899","DeathF100":"1986","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Merrill, Royal D.","IdentPersonF006":["Daughter of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"July 1997","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-44/Dmwc116.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-44/Zmwc116.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"EAGLE AND SWAGS","Maker":"[\"MERRILL, VERNA MARINDA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"190","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-36","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:17","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["EAGLE AND SWAGS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"0q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-28","description":"Delectable Mountains, a pieced pattern made by Frieda Plume won third Place in the National Round.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt entered by Frieda Plume of Evanston won third place in the final round of judging. Although photographs of the quilt appeared in 1933 Chicago newspapers, the actual quilt was not located until after the 1995 travelling exhibit was underway. \r\n\r\nThe quilt had travelled from Chicago to the Northeast. The quilt and a box of ephemera related to the quilt and the contest was given to a friend of the family. When Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit was on display at the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, MA, the quilt owner read that Waldvogel and Brackman would be at the museum to do a program. They were all surprised to see the quilt -- no one knew it was red and white. The large size was also striking, but it was the contents of the box that was the most satisfying.\r\n\r\nIncluded were clippings with photos of a store-contest she won; a copy of the entry tag; a letter from Sears contest organizer; the Nancy Cabot quilt pattern based on Frieda Plume's Delectable Mountains, and a Jan 28, 1933 letter from Mary McElwain offering to have her quilted by her professional quilters. \r\n\r\nWhat's interesting is that Mary McElwain was one of the final round judges. And this quilt was awarded third place. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Delectable Mountains","PredomColorsF014":["Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Evanston","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was not found until the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit was underway. \r\n\r\nIt was exhibited at the State Street Sears Store in Chicago, May 26 - 30, 1933. And then at the Sears Pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair during the summer of 1933.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 43, 97.","RelItemsF088a":"Receipt for the contest quilt (dated May 15 1933 and signed by Mae G. Wilford at the Sears Loop Store).\r\n\r\nLetter May 20, 1933 from O. A. Howard to Frida Plume--congratulating her for winning the first prize for the quilt at their store. He said her quilt would be judged for the chicago Regional prizes on June 1. \r\n\r\nLetter January 28, 1933 from Mary A. McElwain to Mrs. F. V. Plume, in which she said she had talked with Mae Wilford and learned that Plume wanted someone to quilt her contest entry. McElwain replied that her prices vary from $10 to $21 depending on how much work she puts on the quilt. She wrote, \"I have a very wonderful group of women and only one quilter works on one quilt, so your stitches are uniform. It may take from 12 to 14 spools of thread, depending on the type of work.\" (Collection of quilt owner--photocopy in Waldvogel Collection)\r\n\r\nContest brochure (Collection of the owner and a photocopy in Waldvogel collection). Note: Rule #1: Anyone may enter by submitting a complete patchwork quilt of his or her own making, which has never been previously exhibited.\r\n\r\nNewspaper Clipping (Chicago Daily Tribune May 20, 1933) Written by Rhea Seeger: Quilts Depict Progress: Modern Quilt Patterns Vie with Favorites. Excerpt: \"Delightful old fashioned names are perpetuated in these 1933 quilts . . . for instance, a prize winning beauty called \"Delectable Mountain,\" an eye filling model exquisitely patched with scarlet patches that look like the summits of far-away mountains against a snowy white background.\r\n\r\nNewspaper Clipping: Chicago Daily News, Friday, May 26, 1933: Winners in World's Fair Quilt Contest (photo of Delectable Mountains and two other winning quilts). \r\n\r\nClipping (undated) Chicago Tribune, Nancy Cabot Quilt Column: Pyramid Mountains, row on Row. Make Trip Prize Winning Quilt.","QuiltTopF054":"Plume, Frieda","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Evanston","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"AddNotesF066":"In a letter written to Mrs. Carpenter whose quilt was also shown at the Chicago World's Fair, Frida Plume wrote: \"Dear Mrs. Carpenter: Thank you for your congratulations. My quilt is pieced of solid red and white Peter Pan gingham, an all over pattern.\"\r\n\r\nRe: the pattern name: Although Delectable Mountains is an old traditional pattern, the layout in this quilt may have been the maker's only design. \r\n\r\nChicago Tribune published the pattern in this arrangement in its Nancy Cabot quilt column (date?). Here is the description: \r\nTitle: Pyramid Mountains, Row on Row. Make Triple Prize Winning Quilt: Delectable Mountains one of the most noteworthy patterns presented in these columns, recently won three prizes in a nation-wide quilt contest. The design was created long ago in New Jersey by the invalid wife of a clergyman; during her long years of confinement to bed and chair she designed and made many quilts, but considered this her masterpiece. Its history since indicates that her belief was well founded. One interesting fact about it is that its name has remained unchanged.\"\r\n\r\nMrs. Scioto Danner of Emporia, Kansas sold quilt patterns in the 1930s. In Book 1 (a mult-page sales catalog), she wrote about seeing this quilt: \"Delectable Mountains: I saw the quilts in Chicago before they were taken to the Fair. Among them was the only quilt of this design that I have ever seen. It was of the same shade that I have used in mine [shown in a b/w quilt photo]. It would be equally pretty in another color. And I've noticed that every quilt that has tiny triangles in the construction is a pretty quilt. This is so clean and clear cut. It would do splendidly for a boy's or man's room or for one with modernistic furniture. Pattern with quilting, 50 cents.\" (\"Mrs. Danner's Quilts Book 1 (Emporia, KS, self-published: 1934), 35.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-28/Dmwc094.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-28/Zmwc094.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS","Maker":"[\"PLUME, FRIEDA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"096","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"On front","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"708 Dobson","IfQownerF007b":["Received as a gift"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-27","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:08","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"xa5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-15","description":"Pieced Quilt in Crown of Thorns (or New York Beauty) design typical of many quilts entered in the contest. ","essay":"Lelia Rawls Porter won a green merit ribbon for this quilt.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Crown of Thorns","AltNameF011":"New York Beauty","OverallWidthF12a":"78 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"79 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Echo"],"FeaturesF053":"This pattern in the South in the late 1800s and early 1900s was called \"Crown of Thorns\" or \"Rocky Mountain.\" It is similar to a 1930s pattern put out by Stearns and Foster Co. named New York Beauty. Originally, the museum named it New York Beauty. The curators of this exhibit chose to name it Crown of Thorns, but the family's name for it was \"Rocky Mountain.\"","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Hollins","ProvStateF057d":"Alabama (AL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled in the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 60-61.","RelItemsF088a":"There is a photo of the quiltmaker on pg 61 of Patchwork Souvenirs.\r\n","AddNotesF132":"Lelia Rawls was born in Geneva, Alabama and came to Hollins, Alabama as a depot agent for the railroad. She met her husband in Hollins. According to her daughter, \"she was a very good mother, very thrifty, always entered contests, read a lot and quilted a lot. She lived to be 82. Her health got bad. she made beautiful clothes.\" Interview Aug 5, 1992 with Waldvogel.","QuiltTopF054":"Porter, Lelia Rawls","QuiltedByF055":"Porter, Lelia Rawls","OthPeopleF056":"A Ladies Club","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"IfOtherF007d":"Information about the quilt was provided by curators at the Birmingham (AL) Museum of Art. Waldvogel also had a telephone conversation with the quiltmaker's daughter in 1992.","CityF106a":"Hollins","StateF107":"Alabama (AL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Rawls","BirthDateF099":"1883","DeathF100":"1964","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Porter","NumQuiltsF123":"5-20 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"Birmingham Museum of Art","AddNotesF066":"Per an interview with Marguerite Fulbright, the quiltmaker's daughter, she remembered \"We had the pattern, but it got lost in the move. She belonged to a club. She made the quilt, but she got sick as the deadline approached. The Ladies Club helped her finish. It might have been a Home Demonstration Club. She worried about the size of the stitches. She sent it off. Her quilt won a green ribbon, but no cash prize.\"","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Birmingham","OwnerStateF086":"Alabama (AL)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"1985.384 Birmingham Museum of Art","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-15/Dmwc066_1.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-15/Zmwc066_1.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CROWN OF THORNS","Maker":"[\"PORTER, LELIA RAWLS\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"076","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"QuiltHistF059":"In 1985, the quilt was purchased by the Birmingham Museum of Art with funds from the Fashion Group, Inc. in memory of Mary S. Faust.","OwnerAddressF083":"2000 Eighth Avenue North","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1B","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:00","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["CROWN OF THORNS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"865kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-61","description":"Chicago World's Fair kit (one of two)","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt was not entered in the contest. Instead, it was made AFTER the contest with a quilt kit purchased at the 1933 Fair. \r\n\r\nSee #066 and for another quilt made from the same kit. This quilt top came directly from the collection of Sandra Mitchell, an Ohio Quilt Dealer who passed away in 2000. Other quilts in this kit surely will show up. \r\n\r\nIt is interesting to note that the only official quilt souvenir of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair that we know of is this kit. Cora Tussing (#066) reported buying the quilt kit at the Fair, not necessarily at the Sears Pavilion. \r\n\r\nThe symbolism represented in this quilt design-- At the center is Fort Dearborn, below the fort is the Chicago skyline, hovering over the fort is an eagle and seal; in the upper left is a log cabin and in the bottom right is the Travel & Transport Building, the first pavilion built on the Fair site. In the upper right is a covered wagon and team; in the bottom left is an airplane. Represented are the changes in architecture over 100 years and the advances in transportation.","TypeObjF008":"Quilt top with unfinished edge","QuiltTitleF009":"Contest Kit Quilt","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress","OverallWidthF12a":"88 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"96 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Brown","Green","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"DesignF052d":"This piece is not quilted.","TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"ContInscripF020":"1833 to 1933","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"This quilt could only have been made after the summer of 1933.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"OthSourceF063a":"Kit included the fabrics","TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"No information on the manufacturer of the kit","RelItemsF088a":"Two other quilt kits in this same design are in museum collections: American Museum of Folk Art (see Glorious American Quilts, p. 107) and the Western Heritage Museum (formerly the Gene Autry Museum) in Riverside, CA. Another one is in a private collection.","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"IfOtherF007d":"See www.illinoisqulithistory.com","CountryF108":["United States"],"AddNotesF066":"The manufacturer of this quilt kit remains a mystery. However, the owner found in between a seam on the back side of this quilt top--the following words stamped in orange ink: \"No. 3320 Century of Progress Quilt.\" According to the owner, there is more writing after that, but it is barely visible. This quilt kit could be Wurzburg, Buettner, Virginia Snow Studios or an unknown manufacturer. If you recognize this quilt kit and/or its manufacturer please notify the Quilt Index staff.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Susan Wildemuth","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-61/CenturyofProgressQuiltKit1933_000.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Susan Wildemuth","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CONTEST KIT QUILT","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"211","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique","PattSourceF065":["Kit"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt top came directly from the Collection of Sandra Mitchell Ohio Quilt Dealer and Folk Art Collector who passed away in 2000. The quilt owner, Susan Wildemuth, purchased it from Barbara Lemme of sign of the Whale Antiques, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. ","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-49","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:26","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["CONTEST KIT QUILT"]}]}}
