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They might have worked on the quilt.","QuiltTitleF009":"Century of Progress","LocMadeF057a":"Knoxville","ProvCountyF057b":"Knox","ProvStateF057d":"Tennessee (TN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","QuiltTopF054":"Wise, Samantha Allison","BirthDateF099":"1859","BirthplaceCityF098a":"Rural Vale","BirthplaceStateF098b":"Tennessee","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"United States","DeathF100":"1937","SpouseF113":"Wise, John R.","RelAffF103":"Methodist","QuiltedByF055":"Wise, Samantha Allison","RelItemsF088a":"Merikay Waldvogel Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1990), 42.","MaidenF097b":"Allison, Samantha","GenderF098":["Female"],"MarriageF099b":"1878","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OccupationF115":"Owner of manufacturing company.","OverallWidthF12a":"71 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"92 inches","NumBordersF033":"1","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OwnerNameF010":"Century of Progress","SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"AddNotesF066":"The quilt design was based on the theme of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair--A Century of Progress. This quiltmaker includes pictorial scenes related to the history of Chicago, the World's Fair (Star Arcturus and the Sears Building)and advances in area of transportation (horse-drawn wagon, Greyhound bus, airplane, train, car, and rocket).","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress 1833-1933","LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","NumBlockF026":"12","ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"EmbellTechF038f":"Yes","ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Cream","Gray","White"],"ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Separated by plain sashing"],"ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"BattLoftF048a":"Thin (Less than 3/16?)","ConstrucBindF046":["Straight grain"],"FeaturesF053":"The amount of machine quilting is remarkable--and may indicate the quilt contest deadline was looming and quilt was not yet finished.","QuiltTechF049":["Machine quilting"],"WidthF051a":"1/4-inch apart in sashing","DesignF052a":["Grid square","Single parallel lines"],"ExhibitListF067a":"“Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and sponsored by the Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. \r\nKnoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (June 29-August 27, 1990); \r\nOklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK (September 16– November 11, 1990); \r\nGalleries of the Philharmonic Performing Arts Center, Naples, FL (March 3-April 28, 1991);\r\nWichita Falls Museum & Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas (May 26-July 21, 1991); \r\nDane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, KS (August 18– October 13, 1991); \r\nAlbany Museum of Art, Albany, GA (November 10, 1991-January 5, 1992); \r\nBergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI (February 2-March 29, 1992); \r\nChicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (April-May 1992); \r\nTennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN (June 21-August 16, 1992)","ContestListF071a":"1933 Sears National Quilt Contest-Local Round (Sears, Roebuck & Co. Store, Knoxville, TN); 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest-Regional Round\r\n(Sears, Roebuck & Co. Store, Atlanta, GA). Both contests held May 1933. Quilt won Merit Award ribbon.\r\n\r\n","InstNameF003":["Tennessee State Library and Archives"],"RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Made entire quilt"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"InvenNumF075":"1864a","ImageConF075a":"quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","DigDateF079a":"2004-09-04","DigDateF079a_era":"CE","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Quilts of Tennessee","CreditLineF080b":"Courtesy of Tennessee State Library and Archives","DistribRestF080d":"Contact Tennessee State Library and Archives","function":"Image - medium display (250-550 pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","file size":"37.82K","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","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/22-18-1831/TennesseeTSLA-a0a7m5-a_7865.jpg"],"verify":"yes","pbd":"TennesseeTSLA-a0a7m5-a","Pattern":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS","Maker":"[\"WISE, SAMANTHA ALLISON\"]","Date":"1930-1949","legacy_kid":"4C-83-A09","project_id":"22","form_id":"18","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 21:57:36","updated_at":"2024-08-15 17:59:06"},"sort":["[\"WISE, SAMANTHA ALLISON\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"WIEGAND, ELIZABETH M.\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"WHITE, 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":["[\"WETZEL, OLIVE THOMAS\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"WARD, INEZ\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"_a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-71","description":"Carrie Walker of Selma, CA won 2nd place in the Los Angeles region. Where is her 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\nCarrie Walker of Selma, California won 2nd place with a traditional applique design. 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":["[\"WALKER, CARRIE\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"WADE, FLORA SEXTON\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"7K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-54","description":"Appliqué quilt in traditional design and layout won third place in the Kansas City 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 applique quilt won third place in the Kansas City region and was exhibited at the Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nSears Roebuck and Co. took the b/w photo included with this quilt record. Look for the entry label attached in the bottom right corner. And also notice there is a tag \"Third Place/Kansas City Region\" amd a ribbon attached on the left side of the quilt. \r\n\r\nQuilt historian Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. visited the exhibit. His notes say the quilt was named \"Acorn\" which he might have gleaned from the entry tag on the bottom right corner. He described the colors as \"dark green and deep Turkey Red.\"\r\n\r\n\r\nA photo of this quilt on display in Kansas City with the two other winning quilts appeared in the Rotogravure section of a Kansas City newspaper. The quiltmaker C. W. Veasy of Idaho Falls, Idaho won $25 for the third place award. \r\n\r\nJudges in the Kansas City region were: Mrs. John L. McLaughlin, prominent in club and charity work; and Mrs. Charles M. Bush, president of the Woman's City Club. \r\n\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Acorn","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"DateInfoF023f":"Without looking closely at the actual quilt, it would be difficult to distinguish this red and green applique quilt from an antique quilt made in the mid 1800s. Sears discouraged antique quilts from being entered, but local judges might have overlooked that guideline. ","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Idaho Falls","ProvStateF057d":"Idaho (ID)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"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 108","QuiltTopF054":"Veasy, C. W.","QuiltedByF055":"Veasy, C. W.","CityF106a":"Idaho Falls","StateF107":"Idaho (ID)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Veasy","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-54/Dmwc098.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-54/zmwc098.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"ACORN","Maker":"[\"VEASY, C. W.\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"098","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":"The whereabouts of this 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-42","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":["[\"VEASY, C. 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A friend of the owner's mother made the quilt. It was made in Preston County. ","ReasonsF060":["Wedding"],"QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"OtherQDesignF061a":"The quilt was not used. It was preserved as a special quilt.","PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"ContestListF071a":"Century of Progress Contest sponsored by the Sears Roebuck & Compnay.\r\nIt \"won\" a Merit Award in 1933.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerNameF082a":"ON file","MaidenF097b":"Unknown","AddNotesF132":"Quiltmaker - unknown\r\nThe recipient of the quilt received it as a wedding gift and said that a friend made it. The recipient (mother of current owner) is Florence (maiden name Evans) and husband, Kenneth Bolyard, married 06-17-1933.","photocredit079a1":"EJW","DateF079":"2018-06-20","DateF079_era":"CE","AccessF080":"Open/Public Domain","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/26-22-523/WV80320_ReposFile.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/26-22-523/WV80320_Zoom.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/26-22-523/WV80320_Detail_1.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"Detail 1","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/26-22-523/WV80320_Detail_2.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"Detail 2","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/26-22-523/WV80320_Ribbon.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"Ribbon","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"JJL","dateverified":"2018-07-10","dateverified_era":"CE","Pattern":"MOTHERS WEDDING QUILT","Maker":"[\"UNKNOWN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University and Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"80320","ImageConF075a":"quilt, 2 details","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","legacy_kid":"50-8A-11EB","project_id":"26","form_id":"22","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 22:22:50","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:11:09"},"sort":["[\"UNKNOWN\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"UNKNOWN\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"UNKNOWN\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"565kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-49","description":"Commemorative Quilt at the 1934 Exhibit (Sears Archives). ","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":"Commemorative","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress","LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","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.","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","QuiltTopF054":"Unknown","QuiltedByF055":"Unknown","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-49/D101.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-49/z101.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Sears Roebuck & Co. Archives","verify":"yes","Pattern":"COMMEMORATIVE","Maker":"[\"UNKNOWN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"101","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 only record of this quilt is a b/w photo taken by Sears Roebuck & Co. probably at the time of the 1934 exhibit at the Sears Pavilion. ","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-3C","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":["[\"UNKNOWN\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"B65kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-82","description":"The quiltmaker of this quilt is not known, but the obvious links to the Chicago World's Fair theme \"A Century of Progress\" is evidence that the quilt was made as a contest entry. \r\n\r\nTo encourage quiltmakers to experiment with designs, the contest organizers at Sears Roebuck & Co. offered a bonus prize of $250. Several people took the challenge, but the $250 was not awarded. ","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":"Century of Progress","SubjQuiltF025":"History of Transportation at the Century of Progress Exposition","OverallWidthF12a":"77 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"88 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Orange","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch","Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Background is quilted in \"sun rays\" that radiate from the sun behind the central white building. Quilting is also used to highlight features on the pavilion building and in the transportation motifs.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"Contest was announced in Jan 1933.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was part of a 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":"The 1933 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 93.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo ofthe Contest entry brochure is on pg 93 in Patchwork Souvenirs. ","QuiltTopF054":"Unknown","QuiltedByF055":"Unknown","CountryF108":["United States"],"AddNotesF066":"The white building is the Sears Pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair. A b/w photo of the pavilion on the contest brochure was probably the source for this applique building design. Look for the same design in other \"theme\" quilts made for the contest.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner","Quilt collector"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1983","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-82/Dmwc015.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-82/Zmwc015.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS","Maker":"[\"UNKNOWN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"018","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","IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","DateObtainedF088c":"1993 ","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-7","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:31","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["[\"UNKNOWN\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"vK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-5","description":"This blue embroidered pictorial quilt made for the 1933 Contest expands on the theme of a Century of Progress by including both historical and scientific references.","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 made to compete with the special category of commemorative quilts for which Sears would have paid a bonus prize of $250. The maker's name is not known.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Album of Inventors","AltNameF011":"Roosevelt and Jackson Commemorative","SubjQuiltF025":"Inventors and History commemorating the Century of Progress 1833 to 1933","OverallWidthF12a":"72 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"89 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["One color/monochromatic"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"UniqueF038h":"Outline embroidery on all pictures and lettering.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052c":["Meander"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Multiple Names"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT 1933\r\nANDREW JACKSON 1833\r\n\r\nC. MCCORMACK\r\nO. MERGENTHALER\r\nCHARLES GOODYEAR\r\nF. ZEPPLELIN\r\nT. BLANCHARD\r\nC. L. SHOLES\r\nWM. MARCONI\r\nO. WRIGHT\r\nW. WRIGHT\r\nJ. ERICSSON\r\nMME. M. CURIE\r\nR. TILGHMAN\r\nG. WESTINGHOUSE\r\nS. MORSE\r\nT. EDISON\r\nE. HOWE\r\nW. RONTGEN\r\nA. G. BELL\r\n","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Commemorative","Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"ProvStateF057d":"North Carolina (NC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Unknown"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Newspaper"],"CommSourceF064b":"The images may have been published in newspapers.","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was offered for sale in the \"Shelly Zegart's Antique Quilt Exhibit\" in Paducah in 1991. There it was described as #26. Roosevelt and Jackson Commemorative. Sears Contest Quilt. Cotton pieced and embroidered quilt; 87 x 71; North Carolina, dated 1933; For Sale - $3500.\r\n\r\nThe 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).","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), pg 80-81.\r\n\r\nList of inventors and their inventions is on pg 81.","QuiltTopF054":"Unknown","QuiltedByF055":"Unknown","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Unknown","OwnerNameF082a":"Art Institute of Chicago","AddNotesF066":"Similar images that were embroidered appear on other quilts in this project. ","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt collector"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"Get access # for Art Institute of Chicago","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-5/Dmwc039.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-5/Zmwc039.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"ALBUM OF INVENTORS","Maker":"[\"UNKNOWN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"043","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":"A scientist or inventor's name is embroidered in the center of each Album Block.","EmbellTechF038f":"No","QuiltHistF059":"In 1993, at the time when the book and exhibit were being planned, this quilt was owned by Shelly Zegart. The quilt went to the Chicago Art Institute in what date?","InvenNumF075":"Need access #","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-12","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":["[\"UNKNOWN\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"xq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-16","description":"Applique quilt with clipper ship, airplanes, and birds.","essay":"Little is known about this quilt, but the Sears building evident at the bottom of the quilt and the log cabins at the top are strong clues to its being a contest entry.\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\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Clipper Ship","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress ","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"81 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery","Ink drawing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"ContInscripF020":"1833\r\n1933","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was chosen for the traveling 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), pg xv.","RelItemsF088a":"See Ladies Circle Patchwork Quilts for the original b/w photo of this quilt. [need to add magazine info]","QuiltTopF054":"Unknown","CountryF108":["United States"],"AddNotesF066":"When Sears offered a bonus prize for an original design, many quiltmakers made non-traditional quilts which years later in the 1980s would be called \"art quilts.\" This one is an especially sophisticated design. Unfortunately, because the judges did not generally appreciate these quilts, the onset of original designed art quilts was delayed.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1994","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-16/Dmwc068.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-16/Zmwc068.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CLIPPER SHIP","Maker":"[\"UNKNOWN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"080","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":["Original to maker"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"QuiltHistF059":"The owner bought it at a garage sale for $5.00. She exhibited it at a South Haven (MI) show. When Carter Houk was looking for Michigan quilts for an issue of Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts, someone referred her to the owner and Carter had it photographed in black-and-white. It appeared on pg 32. (Lady's Circle Patchwork Quilts ed. Carter Houck, #21 (1981), 32.","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-1C","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":["[\"UNKNOWN\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"UNKNOWN\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"TEKIPPE, ROSE\", \"TEKIPPE, MRS. FRED (MOTHER)\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"ZK1gWZEB8akQsUweiayw","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"12-8-6096","InstProjNameF003a":"Michigan Quilt Project; The Henry Ford Collection; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstNameF003":["Michigan State University Museum"],"InstInvContrNumF004":"13.0073","InstInvContrNumF004a":"33.361.1","OwnerNameF010":"American Pride","SubjQuiltF025":"Statue of Liberty","AddNotesF132":"Zemma Haynes Taylor (1886-1951) was the wife of Farmerville, Louisiana physician Jordan G. Taylor. She made this quilt for the quilt contest sponsored by Sears & Roebuck as part of the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. Later that year, Taylor sent the quilt to industrialist Henry Ford as a gift from \"the wife of a country doctor who appreciates the Ford car.\" Physicians were often the first to acquire automobiles in smaller towns and rural communities. Many doctors chose to drive a dependable Ford automobile to visit their patients—at a time when doctors still made house calls.\r\n\r\n","DateDataF006b":"2013","QuiltTopF054":"Taylor, Zemma Haynes","QuiltedByF055":"Taylor, Zemma Haynes","IfQownerF007b":["Received as a gift"],"LocMadeF057a":"Farmerville","ProvCountyF057b":"Union","ProvStateF057d":"Louisiana (LA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","DateFinishF023b":"1932-1933","OtherExDateF023d":"1932-1933","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"CityF106a":"Farmerville","CountyF106":"Union","StateF107":"Louisiana (LA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Haynes","BirthDateF099":"12-04-1886","BirthplaceCityF098a":"West Monroe","BirthplaceStateF098b":"Louisiana","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"United States","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"DeathF100":"07-12-1951","FatherNameF109":"Haynes, Green B.","BplaceF109a":"Georgia","MotherNameF111":"Haynes, Margret L. ","BplaceF111a":"Louisiana","MarriageF099b":"1915","SpouseF113":"Taylor, Jordan Grey","OccupationF115":"Doctor","NoChildF116":"4","NoFemF116a":"2","NoMaleF116b":"2","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OverallWidthF12a":"86 in","OverallLengthF012b":"93.25 in","ShapeEdgeF013":"Scalloped","ShapeCornersF013b":"Rounded","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Muslin"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"EmbellTechF038f":"Yes","ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"EmbMatF039":["Cotton thread"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"ColorBackingF040b":["White"],"DescBackF043":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Front turned to back"],"WidthBindF047":"less than a half inch","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","BattLoftF048a":"Medium","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting","Machine quilting"],"ThrTypeF049a":"Cotton","ThrColorF049b":"White","NumStitchedF050":"5 stitches per inch","WidthF051a":"1.5-2 inches","KnotsF051b":"yes","DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch","In-the-ditch"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair \r\n","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"OwnershipF082":"Private- Nonprofit Organization","OwnerNameF082a":"The Henry Ford","OwnerAddressF083":"20900 Oakwood Blvd.","OwnerCityF084":"Dearborn","OwnerCountyF085":"Wayne","OwnerStateF086":"Michigan (MI)","OwnerZipF087":"48124","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"OwnerPhoneF088":"313.982.6020","AcquiredF058":"Gift","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/12-8-6096/33.361.1-thum.JPG"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/12-8-6096/33-361-1.jpg"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","CopyRestF080c":"The Henry Ford","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Jeanine Head Miller","dateverified":"2013-07-26","dateverified_era":"CE","IfQmakerF007a":["Made entire quilt"],"Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","photocredit079a1":"The Henry Ford","HolderF080a":"The Henry Ford","CreditLineF080b":"From the Collections of The Henry Ford","DistribRestF080d":"The Henry Ford","DisplayResF080e":"The Henry Ford","LicenseF080f":"The Henry Ford","Pattern":"AMERICAN PRIDE","Maker":"[\"TAYLOR, ZEMMA HAYNES\"]","Date":"1930-1949","legacy_kid":"1E-3D-26EA","project_id":"12","form_id":"8","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 18:24:45","updated_at":"2024-08-15 17:54:40"},"sort":["[\"TAYLOR, ZEMMA HAYNES\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"1a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-31","description":"Commemorative Quilt featuring the spinning globe logo of the Century of Progress Exposition.","essay":"The Ida Stow quilt is a very important quilt in the evolution of 20th century quilt history. She entered an originally designed quilt which had a theme linked very closely to the Century of Progress Exposition. Sears had offered a bonus prize of $250 in addition to the top $1000 prize if the quilt was an original design. She was not alone. Today, these quilts stand out from other 1930s quilts due to their visual and literal messages. These were not traditional bed quilts made in Colonial Revival designs. The judges did not look favorably on these quilts. \r\n\r\nIda Stow wrote a letter of protest to Sears Roebuck and Co. staff. She wrote: \"I understand that the Century of Progress quilts or those featuring the progress of the last century are not being considered or given recognition over colonial designs, except that some are tagged Honorable Mention . . . Many of we exhibitors spent considerable time, thought and enery not to speak of the money, in our efforts to produce something worthwhile along the lines called for by your company to produce 'an unusual design to depict and commemorate the Century of Progress' and it is not with justice to us nor to your reputation to have the matter handled in this matter.\"\r\n\r\nHere is the postscript to Bertha Stenge: \r\n\r\nP.S. I just came across this envelope addressed to you which I neglected to mail you last Friday as I had intended. I went over this afternoon and got my quilt--the gray and blue--and did not neglect to tell Miss Wilford just how I felt and that I knew a number of the other exhibitors felt the same and that was that the C. of P. quilts did not have a fair judging. She said she had had not more than four complaints and many many delightful letters from others assuring her that they were much pleased and what a wonderful success it had been, and so on. I wondered if I am so unreasonable and unconsiderate as she tried to make me feel, but fail to realize that she was telling the whole truth or that we did not have a complaint coming. I still think there is room for investigation and seriously doubt that the full amount was paid out in prizes. How do you feel about it all.\r\n\r\nI told Miss Wilford I did not think that Mrs. Roosevelt is on Charity or that she will appreciate the selection of the judges especially if she could have seen what they had to choose from. Of course she said she had no control over them.\r\n\r\nHoping I may some tme have the pleasure of meeting or taling with you again, I am \r\n\r\nSincerely\r\nIa M. Stow.\r\n\r\nPhotocopies of this letter have circulated through the quilt history groups since about 1980. She was the little mouse that roared. She did not get any respect from Sears Roebuck and Co., but she was heralded by quilt historians. \r\n\r\nBut who was she? What did her quilt look like? No one knew. Brackman and Waldvogel included the letter in the book Patchwork Souvenirs in the discussion of the Century of Progress quilts entered in the contest. The book was published in 1993. \r\n\r\nIn 1994, the quilt surfaced and lo an behold, it was one photographed by Sears in 1934. It was already in the book. Sears mounted a small exhibit of Century of Progress quilts to be hung in the Sears Pavilion in the second summer of the World's Fair. Did Sears do the exhibit to right an injustice? Did Ida Stow's letter have that much influence? That year (unlike in 1933), Sears photographed all the quilts. And one was Ida Stow's. \r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"A Century of Progress","SubjQuiltF025":"Chicago 1833 - 1933","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"91 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Gray"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Pictorial designs of cityscapes and the history of transporation are quilted in to the open areas of the quilt.","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Place"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label","Typewriter"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"The offical entry tag is still attached. \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.\r\n\r\nName: Ida M. Stow\r\nPattern Name: A Century of Progress\r\nWhen was quilt made: May 1933\r\nWilling to sell: No\r\nCertify to making it entirely alone: Ida M. Stow\r\nAddress: 163 W. Washington St. Chicago\r\nor \r\n200 Grand Blvd, Park Ridge\r\n\r\nCity: CHICAGO\r\nState: ILLINOIS","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"Ida Stow's explanation of her quilt: Typed.\r\n\r\nExplanation\r\n\r\nThere has been a request for a quilt of unusual, or other than colonial design which would depict and commemorate the Century. Therefore, this quilt is submitted for your consideration.\r\n\r\nThe colors blue and gray were chosen because they are the official colors of the Century of Progress. The design has for its center the authorized emblem of the Century of Progress--an emblem showing appropriately the world in its progress around the sun because such a design will be recognized and associated at once with the Century of Progress. Around that emblem is outlined one hundred years of achievements and advancements \r\nfrom the sailboat to the ocean liner,\r\nfrom the balloon to the airship and dirigible\r\nfrom the first steam engine to the great locomotive which crosses the continent in less than ___ or three days, and from Ft. Dearborn to the skyscrapers of 1933. (Collection of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.)","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Park Ridge","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 that lasted from 1994 to 1996. This quilt was exhibited only at the Knoxville Museum of Art, the final venue in May through July 1996.\r\n\r\nAt the International Quilt Study Center/Museum, the quilt was included in the exhibition entitled \"American Quilts in the Modern Age 1870-1940.\"","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), 43.\r\n\r\nMerikay Waldvogel \"Ida Mae Stow's quilt\" in Quilting Today (Issue 46).","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of Ida Stow was provided by Steve Stow, her grandson.\r\n\r\nNotes of telephone conversations with her son Lloyd Stow and her grand-daughter Phyllis Chaulfon are in the collection of Merikay Waldvogel.\r\n\r\nThe original letter Ida Stow sent to Sears Roebuck & Co. was copied by Ida and sent to another Chicago quiltmaker, Bertha Stenge, along with a post-script. That letter is in the Stenge collection at the Illinois State Museum.\r\n\r\nGreen Ribbon Merit, Typed Explanation, and a handkerchief and 1933 souvenir pin (International Quilt Study Center & Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln).\r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"Ida was born in Missouri in 1875. She attended Missouri Teachers College and started a teaching career. She met her husband in Missouri. They married in about 1900 or 1901. They had two children (born in 1903 and 1909). They moved to Illinois and eventually settled in a suburb northwest of Chicago, Park Ridge, Illinois. She did not continue teaching, but worked in the high school office as a secretary during World War I. She stayed on at the high school. \r\n\r\nHer mother lived with the family. They quilted together. According to her son, he thinks her mother might have worked on the Century of Progress quilt, too. Usually they would send their quilts to country quilters in St. James, Missouri, but this quilt they did their own quilting. Lloyd said she devoted one room to the quilt. She got all the profiles of the buildings and transferred them as quilting designs. He said, \"It was a massive job.\" She kept the quilt. It was still there when she died. She never entered another contst as far as he knew. It was on display at Marshall Field's. \r\n\r\nAccording to her grand-daughter, Ida and her mother quilted together. They made lots of quilts in standard patterns. \"She was a tough fighter. Her husband was easy-going.\"","QuiltTopF054":"Stow, Ida Mae","QuiltedByF055":"Stow, Ida Mae","OthPeopleF056":"Schulte, Carolyn","CityF106a":"Park Ridge","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Schulte","BirthDateF099":"1875","DeathF100":"1957","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"SpouseF113":"Stow, Henry J.","NumQuiltsF123":"20-50 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"International Quilt Study Center/Museum","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner","Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Lincoln","OwnerStateF086":"Nebraska (NE)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"1997.007.0947","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1994","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-31/Dmwc095.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-31/Zmwc095.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"A CENTURY OF PROGRESS","Maker":"[\"STOW, IDA MAE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project","International Quilt Museum"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"102","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 of quilt in bottom right corner","EmbellTechF038f":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"OccupationF115":"Elevator Installation and Maintenance","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"200 Grand Avenue","IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Waldvogel was contacted by a man from California who claimed to have purchased the Ida Stow quilt from Stow's grand-daughter. He purchased the quilt because of its art deco design. In researching quilts at the Chicago World's Fair, he came upon the book Patchwork Souvenirs and contacted the authors. At the time, Brackman and Waldvogel knew Ida Stow's name because she wrote a complaint to the Sears contest organizer saying that the Century of Progress quilts were not getting a fair judging. \r\n\r\nWhen he sent photos of the quilt, the quilt was familiar. In fact, it was already in the book, in a photo provided by Sears Archives (see pg 72). The owner was looking for a buyer. Waldvogel and Brackman wanted to include it in the travelling exhibit which had already begun. A buyer was found (Ardis and Robert James) who graciously agreed to loan it to the travelling exhibit. When the quilt arrived at the sponsoring museum's site (the Knoxville Museum of Art), the curators decided not to send it on the travelling exhibit due to its fragile state. The silk crepe was splitting. The quilt was shown only at the Knoxville Museum of Art when the exhibit opened. It was returned to the Jameses and eventually was donated to the International Quilt Study Center where it is available for viewing on their online quilt website.","OwnerAddressF083":"1523 N. 33rd Street","OwnerZipF087":"68583-0838","OwnerPhoneF088":"402-472-6549","InvenNumF075":"1997.007.0947","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-2A","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:09","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["[\"STOW, IDA MAE\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"STANTON, EMMA WOLGAST\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"STANLEY, ORA LEE\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"z65kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-25","description":"This quilt in Anne Orr design won third place at the Philadelphia region and was exhibited during the 1933 Chicago World's Fair at the Sears Pavilion.","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 goal of Brackman's original search was to find the top 30 regional winners whose names and home towns she gleaned from the listing of winners published in the Sears Catalog in 1934. However, the list did not name or describe the quilts. A Philadelphia newspaper published a collage type photo of the top three winning quilts and the three judges. The three quilts were Sunburst, Autumn Leaves and a Century of Progress theme quilt. Sunburst (#008) by Lillian Belle Shaffer is fully documented in Patchwork Souvenirs, but this quilt was not located until 2005. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Autumn Leaves","OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Buffalo","ProvStateF057d":"New York (NY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern","Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Autumn Leaves - Pattern and kit put out by Anne Orr Studios.","ExhibitListF067a":"In July 2009, at Waldvogel's induction to the Quilters Hall of Fame in Marion, Indiana, the daughter of the quiltmaker brought this quilt and a photograph of her mother which was the highlight of Waldvogel's public lecture.","ContestListF071a":"Philadelphia regional round and the national round at 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 108.","QuiltTopF054":"Snyder, Edith","QuiltedByF055":"Snyder, Edith","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Snyder","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Tessman","IdentPersonF006":["Daughter of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"2005","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-25/D157.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-25/z157.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"AUTUMN LEAVES","Maker":"[\"SNYDER, EDITH\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"157","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","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-24","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:06","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["[\"SNYDER, EDITH\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"MK1cWZEB8akQsUwetXIZ","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"9-6-1431","InstProjNameF003a":"Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstNameF003":["Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University"],"DateDataF006b":"2/19/1989","InstInvContrNumF004":"1860","QuiltTitleF009":"Our George's Cherry Tree","OwnerCityF084":"Wilson","OwnerStateF086":"Louisiana (LA)","ReasonsF060":["Other"],"OtherF060a":"Contest entry","QuiltTopF054":"Smith, Maggie Skipwith","BirthDateF099":"12/12/1974","DeathF100":"2/16/1957","SpouseF113":"Jodie R. Smith","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OverallWidthF12a":"83","OverallLengthF012b":"88","SizeBlockF027":"165 X 18","UniqueF038h":"Applique, Pieced","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Bias grain","Hand sewn","Machine sewn"],"NumBordersF033":"4","BordDescF034":"7.5 inches wide, Same Fabric, Single","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"PredomColorsF014":["Green","Pink","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"DescBackF043":["Solid/plain"],"NumStitchedF050":"6","ThrColorF049b":"white","DesignF052d":"Other, Rows, Cross-hatching","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","OverCondF015":"Excellent/like new","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/9-6-1431/LouisianaLARegionalFolklife-a0a6d5-a_21104.jpg"],"verify":"yes","RelItemsF088a":"This quilt was made for the Century of Progress Contest. Mrs. Smith, a former mayor of Wilso, LA, made it with the hopes that it would win first prize and be presented to Eleanor Roosevelt. She hoped it would remind the First Lady of our first president, and that it had been made by the First Woman Mayor of Louisiana. She detailed the efforts required to make the quilt in a letter to Dr. Tom Spec Jones, stating that it took 3630 hours of work to produce it.","FamDateF023c":"1933","OtherDateF023e":"Date estimated by Susan Roach","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"InvenNumF075":"4801","SourceF077":"Digital","HolderF080a":"Louisiana Regional Folklife Program","CreditLineF080b":"Louisiana Regional Folklife Program","CopyRestF080c":"Dr. Susan Roach\r\n\r\nLouisiana Regional Folklife Program\r\n\r\nEnglish Dept, P. O. Box 3162, T.S.\r\n\r\nLouisiana Tech University\r\n\r\nRuston, LA 71272\r\n\r\nPhone: 318/257-2728","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","pbd":"LouisianaLARegionalFolklife-a0a6d5-a","Pattern":"OUR GEORGES CHERRY TREE","Maker":"[\"SMITH, MAGGIE SKIPWITH\"]","Date":"1933","legacy_kid":"1B-3A-63C","project_id":"9","form_id":"6","owner":"0","created_at":"2020-04-25 17:22:38","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:13:12"},"sort":["[\"SMITH, MAGGIE SKIPWITH\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"3q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-40","description":"A Century of Progress Quilt made with patriotic images. The maker won only a green merit 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.\r\n\r\nSears offered a $200 bonus if the grand prize winning quilt was made in the theme of A Century of Progress. Many people took the challenge. Grace Skllestad added patriotic drawings to a red, white and blue Lone Star quilt and added the words \"Sears Century of Progress.\" ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"All American Star","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress- Historical Events","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Cream","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery","Painting"],"UniqueF038h":"Images on the quilt are made with crayon. These include: Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, an eagle with outspread wings, an American Flag, Pres. Roosevelt, the Statue of Liberty, the U.S. Capitol, and Uncle Sam.\r\n\r\nAt the right side is a traced trademark relating to the 1933 World's Fair -- which may have been a handkerchief design.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Message"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"SEARS CENTURY OF PROGRESS\r\nALL AMERICAN STAR\r\n\r\nA LINCOLN\r\nG WASHINGTON\r\nPRES ROOSEVELT\r\nWorld's Fair/LET'S GO!/1933/CHICAGO\r\nLIBERTY","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Union","ProvStateF057d":"Montana (MT)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. \r\nMinneapolis Round. Won a Green Merit Ribbon.\r\n\r\nDawson County Fair (Glendive, Montana) Blue Ribbon, c. 1958.","RelItemsF088a":"Envelope from Sears Roebuck and Co. (Minneapolis) Jun 21, 1933.\r\nList of Prize Winners in the Minneapolis region.\r\nGreen Merit ribbon with a note attached: \"Patriotic Quilt Made by Mrs. Skillestad to exhibit at World's Fair at Chicago in 1933. It won an Award of Merit among 45,000 quilts.\"\r\nRibbon (First Premium) no date, Dawson County Fair, Glendive, Montana. ","AddNotesF132":"According to her grand-daughter, Grace was living in Montana at the time of the contest. Her husband was a rancher and farmer. They had four sons. They lived their later years in Glendive, Montana. \"She was a beautiful artist. She did velvet painting, beading, embroidery. She taught 4-H sewing classes.\"","QuiltTopF054":"Skillestad, Grace Edith","QuiltedByF055":"Skillestad, Grace Edith","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Union","StateF107":"Montana (MT)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Aldrich","BirthDateF099":"02-22-1891","DeathF100":"12-28-1961","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Skillestad,","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Grand-daughter","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-40/Dmwc110.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-40/Zmwc110.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Merikay Waldvogel","verify":"yes","Pattern":"ALL AMERICAN STAR","Maker":"[\"SKILLESTAD, GRACE EDITH\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"117","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":"Rancher","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"Box 66","IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-32","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:14","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["[\"SKILLESTAD, GRACE EDITH\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"SCOTT, ROSETTA\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"SCHRAMM, IRENE\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"065kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-29","description":"This quilt depicting a bird's eye view of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair was designed by a man. It did not win a prize. ","essay":"Leading up to the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibition and book, Brackman and Waldvogel were eager to find this quilt that they had seen only in a b/w photo in the Sears Archives.\r\n\r\nUsing a microscope, they could easily read the entry tag attached to the bottom right corner of the quilt in the b/w photo. Waldvogel embarked on a genealogical search for any evidence of Mrs. Louise Rowley and her descendants--to no avail. \r\n\r\nSo when it came time for the book to be written in 1993, they decided to use the quilt photo to illustrate the layout of the 1933 World's Fair (see page 13). They had never seen the quilt in color and they still believed that the quilt was made by Louise Rowley.\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\nIt's important to realize that this elaborate quilt with very detailed layered applique was designed, appliqued, and quilted in just four months. And it did not even receive a green merit ribbon.\r\n\r\nNo newspaper accounts of the quilt were found. The b/w photo was probably taken in 1934 when Sears invited back the top ten quilt winners and put together a small exhibit of themed quilts that had been overlooked by judges.\r\n\r\nFive years after the book was published the actual quilt showed up an auction in North Georgia, a two-hour drive from Waldvogel's home. She wanted to see the quilt with her own eyes. It was a thrill to see the colors and detailed work up close. She bid on the quilt and won. The auctioneer gave her a hand-written note from a family member saying the quilt was not made by Mrs. Rowley, but by her son Richard Rowley who was an architectural draftsman in Chicago. The auctioneer did not tell her where the family lived.\r\n\r\nMany years of searching Chicago census records and City Directories ensued. She found a writing sample on Richard Rowley's Social Security Card application, which matched the handwriting on the contest entry form. This convinced her the story was probably true.\r\n\r\nShe wanted a photo of Richard Rowley. She wanted to know more about him. In 2010, a friend helped her search online genealogy records. This time they checked Georgia vital records -- and there was Richard Rowley's death record in North Georgia. Eventually, she was able to talk with family members. And she returned to the antique auction house to see a photo album that had not yet been auctioned. Inside, she found several photos of Richard Rowley a few years before he made the quilt. \r\n\r\nQuite a story! Questions remain. The fact that he was a draftsman is evident in the architectural renderings. But could a man have designed and executed the intricate applique and quilting designs? Did he have help in finishing it?\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Bird's Eye View of the Chicago World's Fair","AltNameF011":"A Century of Progress","SubjQuiltF025":"Site of the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition","OverallWidthF12a":"77 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"86 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan","Blue or Navy","Cream","Green","Lavender","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Print","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"The scallopped border both on the outer and inner edge is machine-sewn.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline","Other"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"The background quilting design over the wide blue expanse is slowly undulating horizontal lines. Architectural lines are quilted in. Across the lower bottom section there is a quilted message that is not easy to read. It says: \"A Century of Progress 1833 Chicago 1933\" in quilting. ","DescBackF043":["Machine sewn","Same fabric used throughout","Solid/plain"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Blue or Navy"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message","Other"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label","In the quilting"],"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. LOUISE ROWLEY\r\nPattern Name: A CENTURY OF PROGRESS\r\nWhen made: 1933\r\nWilling to sell it? No\r\nCertify the quilt is entirely made by: Mrs. Louise Rowley.\r\nAddress: 1333 THORNDALE AVE.\r\nCHICAGO\r\nILLINOIS\r\nEntered at STATE STR Store","DateInscripF020a":"1933","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"Contest entry label filled out by the quiltmaker is attached to the bottom right corner.","FeaturesF053":"According to a note that came with the quilt, \"Quilt made by Richard H. Rowley from an aerial photograph taken of the grounds of the Chicago World's Fair before it opened. Entered as an exhibit at the Fair in the name of Mary (?) Rowley, his mother. Design is registered as an original pattern. All buildings are depicted to scale and correct perspective.\" (Collection of Merikay Waldvogel).","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Exhibit"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Owner uses the quilt when lecturing about the 1933 contest.","LocMadeF057a":"Chicago","ProvCountyF057b":"Cook","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Spring Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois.\r\n\r\n\"Designing Tomorrow: America's World's Fairs of the 1930's\" National Building Museum, Washington, DC, October 2, 2010 through March 31, 2011. Exhibit lasted through July 10, 2011.","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), pg 13.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo scrapbook compiled by Richard Rowley in about 1930 shows his life and work in New York City working for an architectural firm. (Collection of Merikay Waldvogel).","AddNotesF132":"In 1917, he was an architectural draftsman with the Illinois Central Railroad. [Draft Registration 1917].\r\n\r\nIn 1933, he was a\r\ndraftsman for the Chicago architectural firm Quinn and Christiansen.\r\n\r\nIn 1936, he was living in Monee, IL and employed by Walgreens Inc. (no job title noted) when he applied for a Social Security number.\r\n\r\nIn 1950s, he is listed in Davis, CA telephone directories. According to his son, he was employed as an architect by the State of California and worked on several design projects for buildings on the UCLA campus.\r\n\r\nThe Social Security Death Index has his last residence as California. He died in 1968, but he had retired to N. Georgia prior to his death and probably had not updated his address.","QuiltTopF054":"Rowley, Richard Henry","QuiltedByF055":"Rowley, Richard Henry","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"04-04-1893","DeathF100":"11-1968","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Merikay Waldvogel","AddNotesF066":"Quilting adds to the visual impact of the design. Details such as a wake following the sailboat are quilted into the blue expanse of the lake. Architectural features are highlighted through quilting.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCityF084":"Knoxville","OwnerStateF086":"Tennessee (TN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-29/Dmwc046.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-29/Zmwc046.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR","Maker":"[\"ROWLEY, RICHARD HENRY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"052","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":"Quilted inscription at bottom of quilt","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Male"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"QuiltHistF059":"Quilt remained with the quiltmaker through at least two moves (from Chicago to California in the 1940s; and from California to N. Georgia in the 1960s). Quilt was offered to a local auction house in N. Georgia. The auction including a photo of this quilt was advertised in the Maine Antique Digest in late 1997. Waldvogel was alerted to the auction, inquired if the entry label was still attached--it was! She then decided to attend the auction to see the quilt with her own eyes. As the bidding progressed, she decided to bid and eventually got the quilt. When she went to pay for the quilt, the auctioneer gave her a hand-written note from the family saying the quilt was not made by Mrs. Rowley, but instead by her son, Richard Rowley. That news opened up a new avenue of investigation.","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-28","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:08","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["[\"ROWLEY, RICHARD HENRY\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"ROWBOTHAM, JULIA\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"ROHRER, IDA\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"ROBNETTE, ADDIE\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"REBENSTORFF, LINDA\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"PORTER, LELIA RAWLS\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"wK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-10","description":"Century of Progress quilt featuring Chicago symbolism and World's Fair buildings.","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 prize for Century of Progress entries. This is quite an example created by an immigrant who is obviously enamoured of her adopted city of Chicago.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Century of Progress","SubjQuiltF025":"Chicago Symbolism, World's Fair Buildings, Arcturus Star","OverallWidthF12a":"66 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"88 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Black","Cream","Gold","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"Above the Century of Progress is a rendition of the world's fair logo--a spinning Earth. If you look closely, you can see where the quilter has embroidered a Star Arcturus and its rays landing on the Chicago site of the world's fair. The Star Arcturus was used as a symbol linking the city's previous world's fair in 1893 with the 1933 fair forty years later. Apparently, the light rays travelling at the speed of light coming from Arturus would take 40 years (the same length of time since the previous fair) to reach the 1933 event.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Place"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"A Century of Progress\r\nChicago\r\nI will\r\n1933\r\n[Name of World's Fair Building under each embroidered picture.]","DateInscripF020a":"1933","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":"Ths quilt was chosen to travel 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":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. It won a green ribbon.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp 10-12.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of quiltmaker is on pg 11 of Patchwork Souvenirs.\r\n\r\nNotes of telephone interview with quiltmaker's daughter are also available.\r\n\r\nSee: \"Putting the pieces together\" in Battle Creek Enquirer (August 6, 1994), Lifestyle section.","AddNotesF132":"According to her daughter, Marie was born in Czechoslovakia to Anton and Jenny Svec. She was 3 when they immigrated to the US and settled in Chicago. She was married in 1924. They lived in Chicago until 1943 when they moved to Michigan. She was an avid sewer. She could tackle anything. She was a professional seamstress and a milliner who could do all kinds of fancy work. She made other pieced quilts, but none like this Century of Progress quilt. She did not belong to a quilting group. \r\n\r\nWhen she did not win a prize for her quilt, she was disappointed. According to her daughter, \"The first prize quilt it was so ordinary. She would not have gone to the effort if she had known what the grand prize winner would be. She thought Sears was looking for something that was something unique--a souvenir of the Chicago World's Fair. It was just an ordinary pattern--something of little talent. It could be duplicated easily.\"\r\n\r\n\"My father said, she would sit up until 2 or 4 o'clock in the morning. It became an obsession. She kept on. He told her to stop. It was always on her mind.\"","QuiltTopF054":"Poetz, Marie Svec","QuiltedByF055":"Poetz, Marie Svec","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Chicago","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountyF106":"Cook","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Svec","BirthDateF099":"1899","DeathF100":"1969","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"EthnicF101":"Czechoslovakian","SpouseF113":"Poetz, Henry J.","NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"Norma Darling","AddNotesF066":"Where did she get the images of the buildings that she eventually embroidered? According to quiltmaker's daughter, Merle, who was born in 1928, \"I can remember her making the quilt. I remember the bars. She went down to the World's Fair site where the buildings were being built. And her brother was an electrician and he had a book of architectural drawings of the Fair.\" ","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1982 (Brackman)","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-10/Dmwc040.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-10/Zmwc040.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS","Maker":"[\"POETZ, MARIE SVEC\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"048","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","QDesignF060b":["Unknown"],"OccupationF115":"Wholesale meat dealer","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"7134 South Claremont","IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1982); Waldvogel (1991)","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt owner Norma Darling purchased the quilt in April 1978. She was born in 1933 and collects items from the Chicago World's Fair and, as she said, \"this quilt is one of a kind. And I am very proud to own it. The quilt was made by Marie Poetz. The design ofthe quilt is unusual. It depicts the buildings and theme of the chicago 1933-34 World's Fair. Marie sketchd the bulding of the Fair's coplex including the symbolic orange planet Arctur--commonly known as Job's star. Every stitch in this original quilt including the quilting was done by the late Mrs. Poetz . . . the quilt wonn Honorable Menton ribbon [probably a green merit ribbon] in the Sears National Contest 1933. Also a First Premium ribbon at the St. Joseph County Grange Fair, Centreville, Mich. 1943. [Darling to Brackman Feb 8, 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-16","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:58","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["[\"POETZ, MARIE SVEC\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"PLUME, FRIEDA\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"3a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-39","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","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"],"OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","QuiltTopF054":"Pederson, Florence Mace","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-39/Dmwc109.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-39/Zmwc109.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Maker":"[\"PEDERSON, FLORENCE MACE\"]","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"044","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-31","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:14","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["[\"PEDERSON, FLORENCE MACE\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"ORTT, AMY\"]"]},{"_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. J.\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"216","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":"Black and White","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-4B","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":["[\"OHLIS, MRS. J. J.\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"NORMANN, FANNY AND CHARLES\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"MOUNTS, EUPHEMIA\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"MONTGOMERY, LORA MCKINLEY\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"MERRILL, VERNA MARINDA\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"CK1eWZEB8akQsUweT5SR","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"11-37-7408","InstNameF003":["Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"7506","OwnershipF082":"Private","OverallWidthF12a":"61.5\"","OverallLengthF012b":"81\"","QuiltTopF054":"Meckstroth, Bertha A.","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CityF106a":"Chicago area","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"1875","BirthplaceStateF098b":"Minnesota","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"United States","OccupationF104":"nurse, teacher, artist","DeathF100":"1960 in Chicago area","EdBkgdF102":"graduated from Radcliffe College in 1906","MotherNameF111":"Hillsheim","BplaceF111a":"Germany","FatherNameF109":"Meckstroth","AddNotesF132":"see note for more biographical information provided by owner. Quilts displayed in an exhibit entitled \"The Singing Needle\" at the Century of Progress International Exposition in Chicago, IL, 1933-34","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"from mother-in-law","DateQuiltF023":"1901-1929","DateFinishF023b":"1928","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique","Reverse Applique"],"ShapeEdgeF013":"Scalloped","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"Plain weave","PredomColorsF014":["Cream","Green","Pink"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch","In-the-ditch"],"DesignF052d":"butterflies, leaves","NumStitchedF050":"7","ConstrucBindF046":["Separate binding applied","Bias grain","Front turned to back"],"MatUsedF044":["Cotton"],"FabStrucF045":["Plain weave"],"UniqueBindF045a":"Cream solid/plain fabric; scalloped edge with reverse applique","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","BattLoftF048a":"Thin","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"OtherFabF040a":"multi, plain weave","ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"DescBackF043":["Solid/plain"],"TypeInscripF019":["Signature","Single"],"ContInscripF020":"Made by Bertha A. Meckstroth\r\n\r\nCasa Tranquila\r\nGlencoe, IL\r\nNovember 1928\r\n\r\n\"July\" appliqued in the middle of the leaves","LocInscripF022":["on back"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"AltNameF011":"July Floral Applique","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/11-37-7408/7506.JPG"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/11-37-7408/7506z.JPG"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/11-37-7408/7506a.JPG"],"verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","dateverified":"2022-06-27","dateverified_era":"CE","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"All Rights Reserved - Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MASS Quilts","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","Pattern":"JULY FLORAL APPLIQUE","Maker":"[\"MECKSTROTH, BERTHA A.\"]","Date":"1901-1929","project_id":"11","form_id":"37","owner":"7","created_at":"2022-06-27 21:22:03","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:08:57"},"sort":["[\"MECKSTROTH, BERTHA A.\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"qK5iWZEB8akQsUwesweS","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"21-17-2415","InstNameF003":["North Carolina Museum of History"],"InstProjNameF003a":"North Carolina Quilt Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"EC37","InstInvContrNumF004a":"EC037","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Grandchildren","DateDataF006b":"02-08-1986; Nursing Home, Salisbury, NC","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"IfQownerF007b":["Received as a gift"],"TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OwnerNameF010":"Flower Garden","AltNameF011":"Grandmother's Flower Garden","BrackmanF011a":"160","OverallWidthF12a":"67.5\"","OverallLengthF012b":"77.5\"","ShapeEdgeF013":"Scalloped","ShapeCornersF013b":"Rounded","OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"OverCondF015":"Unknown/Not Rated","RepairHistF018":"Unused; Unwashed","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","FamDateF023c":"About 1934","OtherExDateF023d":"1930s","OtherDateF023e":"Not specified","LayFormatF024":"One patch or allover","BlockStyleF030a":["Hexagons"],"SashWidthF032":"None","NumBordersF033":"None","BordDescF034":"No border","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Other"],"OtherFabF040a":"Domestic, pieced","WidthPiecesF042a":"34\"","UniqueBindF045a":"Applied binding; Green","ConstrucBindF046":["Bias grain"],"WidthBindF047":"less than a half inch","BindWidthF047a":"1/4\"","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrTypeF049a":"Single thread","ThrColorF049b":"White","NumStitchedF050":"10","NumStitchF051":"Uneven","DesignF052a":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Follows top design","FeaturesF053":"Backing: Vertical seams","QuiltTopF054":"McFeely, Elsie","QuiltedByF055":"Shuping, Margaret","LocMadeF057a":"Slippery Rock","ProvCountyF057b":"Butler County","ProvStateF057d":"Pennsylvania (PA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","QuiltHistF059":"This is her first quilt. Sent away in 1930s to Sears contest and won a ribbon. Ribbon sewn to quilt showing Sears Century of Progress National Quilt Contest Merit Award, 1933.","ReasonsF060":["Unknown"],"SourceMatF063":["Sewing scraps"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Magazine"],"OthTopSourceF064a":"Or neighbor","AddNotesF066":"Bard's Department Store","ExhibitListF067a":"Yes, exhibited","OtherSourceMat":"Photo of quiltmaker, with owner","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCityF084":"Salisbury","OwnerCountyF085":"Rowan County","OwnerStateF086":"North Carolina (NC)","OwnerZipF087":"28144","MaidenF097b":"Burger","GenderF098":["Female"],"BirthDateF099":"1899","BirthplaceCityF098a":"Pittsburgh","BirthplaceStateF098b":"Pennsylvania","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"United States","DeathF100":"1969","EthnicF101":"German","RelAffF103":"Catholic","OccupationF104":"Housewife","CountyF106":"Butler County","CityF106a":"Slippery Rock","StateF107":"Pennsylvania (PA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"FatherNameF109":"Burger, Nicholas","BplaceF109a":"Pittsburgh, PA","MotherNameF111":"Margaret","BplaceF111a":"Pittsburgh, PA","SpouseF113":"McFeeley, William J.","OccupationF115":"Crane man","NoChildF116":"4","AddNotesF132":"Made many other quilts, Slippery Rock, PA, Hanover, MD and Hobart, WA; Children: Mary, William, James, Raymond","photocredit079a1":"North Carolina Quilt Project","DateF079":"1986-02-08","DateF079_era":"CE","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"North Carolina Museum of History","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/21-17-2415/quiltiNCMH-a0e0u1-a_21560.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"FLOWER GARDEN","Maker":"[\"MCFEELY, ELSIE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","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":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","SourceSizeF078":"35 mm","CreditLineF080b":"North Carolina Quilt Project","CopyRestF080c":"North Carolina Museum of History","pbd":"quiltiNCMH-a0e0u1-a","legacy_kid":"4B-82-9D8","project_id":"21","form_id":"17","owner":"0","created_at":"2020-04-25 21:34:23","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:05:34"},"sort":["[\"MCFEELY, ELSIE\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"MAYER, MRS. H.\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"MATTHEWS, EDITH MORROW\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"MAACK, GLADYS CECILIA\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"LONGSWORTH, JEANNETTE MORGAN\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"LITSEY, GEORGIA\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"LEONHARD, EMMA MAE\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"6a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-51","description":"One of only two Century of Progress quilts to reach the final round at the Sears Pavilion at the 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.\r\n\r\nSears contest organizers offered a $200 bonus prize if the prize winning quilt was a Century of Progress quilt. \r\n\r\nThis quilt was one of only two \"Century of Progress\" quilts selected for the final round. See #184 for a record of the other Century of Progress theme quilt. \r\n\r\nThis quilt won a $75 second place award in the Philadelphia Regional Round. She also won $10 and a ribbon for being one of the top five quilts in the Philadelphia Mail Order Division.\r\n\r\nEdna Leitzel lived in a small town in Pennsylvania far away from Chicago and the excitement of the Century of Progress exposition. While most quilters in the Midwest region who entered a theme quilt included symbolism specific to Chicago history, the fair theme, its logo, or the fair buildings, Edna's messages pertain to her home state of Pennsylvania. \r\n\r\nThe message at the top refers to the number of days it took to go from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh in 1849 by covered wagon. The message at the bottom refers to the airplane that can now travel around in the world in less than nine days.\r\n\r\nWhat makes this story even more interesting is that the quiltmaker made another quilt exactly the same except for a slight change in the message at the bottom of the quilt. The duplicate reads \"less than eight days\" instead of \"less than nine days.\" What was the reason for the correction?\r\n\r\nThe family still owns both quilts and a box of ephemera including letters from Sears concerning her regional prizes and the display of her quilt in Chicago. They also have her ribbons, news clippings, and letters from admirers who saw her quilt at the fair.\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Century of Progress (Second Place - Philadelphia)","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress in Transportation","LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Floral"],"DesignF052d":"The four-lobed petal applique design is repeated in the quilting design in the outer white border.","ColorBackingF040b":["White"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"ContInscripF020":"Philadelphia\r\nto Pittsburgh\r\nin twenty days\r\nCentury of Progress\r\nAround the World\r\nin less than nine days","FeaturesF053":"The pictorial panel includes an intricately embroidered covered wagon pulled by horses. And a globe showing the Western Hemisphere with a red airplane flying around it.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Hummel's Wharf","ProvCountyF057b":"Snyder","ProvStateF057d":"Pennsylvania (PA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair in the Sears Pavilion (June 1 - Nov 1, 1933). \r\n\r\nAlso exhibited at the Philadelphia Regional site of the Sears National Quilt Contest in late May 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), 71, 108.","RelItemsF088a":"Philadelphia newspaper--name and date not known. Clipping in Collection of H. M. Carpenter. See pg 71 Patchwork Souvenirs for full image.\r\n\r\nFamily owns epehemera saved by the quiltmaker:\r\nDesign templates used for the two quilts.\r\nCorrespondence with Sears contest organizers.\r\nBooklet: Sears Quiltmaking Patterns\r\nRibbons: Two\r\nNewspaper clippings:\r\n \"Quilt of Wharf Woman at Fair\"\r\n \"Mrs. Leitzel's quilt displayed at Fair\"\r\nLetters from people who saw the quilt at the Fair\r\nLetter from Edna Leitzel thanking Sears for the honor and the invitation to attend the display in Chicago, but she would not be able to.\r\n","AddNotesF132":"According to her son, who was about 5 years old in 1933, \"quilting was done in the dining room and that it was illuminated by a ceiling light that seemed very large and bright to him at the time. Two of the quiltmaker's four sisters lived locally and he assumed they were part of the team who helped with the quilting. He recalled, too, that they quilted from a large frame.\" (Email Nov 27, 2008 to Merikay Waldvogel).\r\n\r\nHer grand daughter described the quilter as a very humble woman. \"My father mentioned that she didn't make a big deal of her recognition.\"","QuiltTopF054":"Leitzel, Edna Beatrice","QuiltedByF055":"Leitzel, Edna Beatrice","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Hummel's Wharf","StateF107":"Pennsylvania (PA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Jarrett","DeathF100":"1983","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Leitzel, G. Raymond","NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"Michelle Arcuri","AddNotesF066":"According to the grand-daughter (the current owner), the quiltmaker made two quilts, almost identical in nature for the contest. The duplicate replaces the word \"eight\" for \"nine\" in the message on the original quilt \"around the world in less than nine days.\" ","IdentPersonF006":["Other"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Maker to her son (Eugene S. Leitzel) and then to his daughter Michelle.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"11-27-2008 and 05-29-2011","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-51/D212.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-51/z212.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS SECOND PLACE - PHILADELPHIA","Maker":"[\"LEITZEL, EDNA BEATRICE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"212","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","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"OccupationF115":"Butcher","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay 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-3E","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:20","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["[\"LEITZEL, EDNA BEATRICE\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"0K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-26","description":"Winner of the second place national prize by Mabel Langley of Dallas, Texas. She used a pattern published by the St.Louis Fancy Work Company of St. Louis Missouri. ","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 Mabel Langley of Dallas epitomizes the highest quality of quilting and applique being done in the 1930s. It rose through local and regional judging rounds to the final round where it won second place. The pattern, Colonial Rose, is a commercial pattern based on the traditional Rose of Sharon applique design. \r\n\r\nThis quilt was not available for inclusion in the travelling exhibit, but detail slides of the quilting were provided. The top three quilts were photographed along with the judges by Sears in 1933. The photograph appeared in newspapers throughout the United States following the May 1933 judging. \r\n\r\nThe actual quilt has not been examined by Brackman or Waldvogel. The information included in this record comes only from the photographic images and from a photocopied letter sent by Langley to quiltmaker Mrs. Virgil Carpenter (see #008).","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Colonial Rose","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Pink","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond"],"DesignF052b":["Feathering"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DamageF016":["Fading"],"DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Dallas","ProvStateF057d":"Texas (TX)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"#1213 Colonial Rose, St. Louis Fancy Work Co., St. Louis, MO","ContestListF071a":"Dallas Local and Regional Contests and National Round of 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 29, 43 and 108.","AddNotesF132":"Mabel Langley replied to another prize winner, Mrs. Carpenter, who asked about the pattern Miss Langley used for her quilt. Mrs. Carpenter kept the letter.\r\n\r\nJuly 14, 1933 Dallas, Texas\r\n\r\nDear Mrs. Carpenter:\r\n\r\nThank you kindly for your congratulation. Am sorry your quilt failed to win a prize. Am sure it was lovely. \r\n\r\nSorry I don't have the pattern of mine but am sending a picture of it. You can obtain the pattern by sending 10 cents to \"St. Louis Fancy Work Co.\" St. Louis Mo. Ask for \"Colonial Rose\" pattern #1213.\r\n\r\nMade mine of good grade of sateen in colors I'm enclosing. Am sure your Rsing Sun is lovely. Would sure like to have the pattern. I won first prize in Regional Contest here also first in local. If not too much trouble woul you please send me your pattern. \r\n\r\nSincerely,\r\nMabel Langley\r\n3013 No. Fitzhugh","QuiltTopF054":"Langley, Mabel","QuiltedByF055":"Langley, Mabel","CityF106a":"Dallas","StateF107":"Texas (TX)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Langley, Mabel","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-26/Dmwc022.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-26/Zmwc022.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"COLONIAL ROSE","Maker":"[\"LANGLEY, MABEL\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"028","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":"3013 North Fitzhugh","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-25","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:06","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["[\"LANGLEY, MABEL\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"4K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-42","description":"Commemorative Quilt found in the Wisconsin State Quilt Survey","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 of $200 if the prize-winning quilt was made with an original design commemorating the World's Fair theme -- A Century of Progress. This quilter appears to have reworked applique motifs meant for a sophisticated quilt. \r\n\r\nAccording to the family, the quilt won a ribbon, but no prize money. Not many originally designed quilts were favored by the contest judges. \r\n\r\nIn the end, she created her own design which was documented in the Wisconsin Quilt Project. A photo of this quilt and the quiltmaker is in the book about the survey: Ellen Kort. Wisconsin Quilts: Stories in the Stitches (Charlottesville, VA: Howell, Press, 20010, 148.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"1933 World's Fair","AltNameF011":"World's Fair Wreath","SubjQuiltF025":"Chicago World's Fair","OverallWidthF12a":"78 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"91 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Green","Orange","Pink","Red","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch","Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"ContInscripF020":"1933 WORLD'S FAIR\r\nCHICAGO ILL. U.S.A.","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Unknown"],"LocMadeF057a":"Appleton","ProvStateF057d":"Wisconsin (WI)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","RelItemsF088a":"Kort, Ellen Wisconsin Quilts: Stories in the Stitches (Charlottesville, VA: Howell Press, 2001), 148.","QuiltTopF054":"Konitzer, Pearl Pauline","QuiltedByF055":"Konitzer, Pearl Pauline","OthPeopleF056":"Konitzer, Louise M.","CityF106a":"Appleton","StateF107":"Wisconsin (WI)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Berton","BirthDateF099":"07-111-1888","DeathF100":"10-31-1944","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Konitzer, Antone","AddNotesF066":"Pearl's 20-year-old daughter, Louise, helped stitch the letters inorder to meet the contest deadline. ","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Grand-daughter","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-42/Dmwc114.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-42/Zmwc114.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"1933 WORLDS FAIR","Maker":"[\"KONITZER, PEARL PAULINE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"170","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":"Appliqued","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Front","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"1326 W. 8th Street","IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-34","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:16","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["[\"KONITZER, PEARL PAULINE\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"zK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-22","description":"This quilt \"Bleeding Hearts\" by Frances Klemenz was one of only 30 quilts that reached the final round of judging at the Sears Pavilion at the World's Fair site as a result of it winning 1st place at a local Sears store in Louisville, KY and winning third place in the Chicago regional round. ","essay":"The newspaper account of the Louisville judging and exhibit is a wonderful piece of quilt history. Not only does the reporter describe the three top prize winning quilts and gives the quiltmakers' names and addresses, but he/she also describes the exhibit itself (\"495 quilts arranged on racks forming six aisles with quilts shown on both sides, the equivalent of twelve rows. The two side walls and the back wall of the huge Crystal Ballroom at a downtown hotel) and lists all 495 entrants. \r\n\r\nMuseum Atmosphere: \r\n\"There was about this exhibit all the atmosphere of a trip to a celebrated art museum. Each visitor was supplied with a numbered index or program and [all] the winners had been designated by number, the visitors could ascertain identity of each by consulting the index. All in all the exhibit eclipsed those staged in former years here at the Kentucky State Fair. And that is saying something!\" Louisville Herald Post May 20, 1933.\r\n\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":"Bleeding Hearts","OverallWidthF12a":"69 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"88 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Pink"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038d":["Other novelty technique"],"UniqueF038h":"The applique is stuffed (or \"padded\"). The quilting too has a high loft although it is not stuffed.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Cables","Other"],"DesignF052c":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Heart shapes are quilted in the background. ","ColorBackingF040b":["Pink"],"DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Louisville","ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was selected for the travelling 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 98-99.","RelItemsF088a":"A 1945 photo of Frances Klemenz is on page 98 of Patchwork Souvenirs. \r\n\r\nSee \"Unemployed Seamstress' Quilt Wins First Prize in City Handiwork Contest\" Louisville Herald Post May 20, 1933. Article has photo of her quilt with the four local judges and an inset photo of Frances Klemenz herself.","AddNotesF132":"At the time of the contest, Frances Klemenz, a seamstress had been unemployed for some time. She started work on her prize-winning quilt about February 15 and finished it a week before the deadline. She worked some days from 8:00 am to 11 pm. Her brother remembers going with the whole family to see the quilt on display at the fair. \"We were very proud. As a family we shared the limelight.\" \r\n\r\nLater in life she was secretary to the Vice-President of Standard Oil in Louisville. She married twice -- to Adloph Muckler in 1952. After he died in 1957, she married Grant Christiansen on Sept 18, 1971.","QuiltTopF054":"Klemenz, Frances","QuiltedByF055":"Klemenz, Frances","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Louisville","StateF107":"Kentucky (KY)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Klemenz","BirthDateF099":"12-02-1908","DeathF100":"01-14-1987","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"WhyQuiltF119":["Income"],"NumQuiltsF123":"5-20 quilts","SellQuiltF127":"yes","PriceF128":"She worked as a professional quilter for Regina, Inc. of Louisville.","AddNotesF066":"According to the owner (niece of quiltmaker), \"Frances Klemenz worked for Regina Inc. (Louisville, KY) at the time of the contest. They were hand quilters. Marguerite Kleinjohn was the President. As I said [Frances] designed the quilt herself and her father made her quilting frames. Her favorite colors were pink and lavender and that is why the quilt is the color it is.\" -- February 14, 1992 Letter to Merikay Waldvogel from owner.","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Jan 1992","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-22/Dmwc085.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-22/Zmwc085.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"BLEEDING HEARTS","Maker":"[\"KLEMENZ, FRANCES\"]","Date":"1933","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"092","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":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"724 Cedar Grove Court","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-21","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":["[\"KLEMENZ, FRANCES\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"JOHNSTON, THELMA BURLEIGH\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"JOHNSON, JUNETTE\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"HYDE, CELIA PARDUE\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"cq1iWZEB8akQsUweW_s0","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"20-16-1914","InstNameF003":["Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives"],"InstProjNameF003a":"The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"25-018-01","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner","Relative of quiltmaker"],"DateDataF006b":"05/13/1989 ","IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Mariner's Compass","OwnerNameF010":"Mariner's Compass","OverallWidthF12a":" 78 inches","OverallLengthF012b":" 83 inches","ShapeEdgeF013":"Scalloped","ShapeCornersF013b":"Scalloped","PredomColorsF014":["Coral","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Excellent/like new","DamageF016":["Stains"],"OtherLocInscripF022a":"May have HQPNJ label on back","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","FamDateF023c":"1933","OtherExDateF023d":"1930 - 1940","OtherDateF023e":"Hart, Natalie S.","LayFormatF024":"Other","NumBlockPatF030":"one","BlockStyleF030a":["Squares"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"EmbellTechF038f":"No","PaperF038i":"no","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"DescBackF043":["Same fabric used throughout"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Bias grain"],"MatUsedF048":"Cannot tell","BattLoftF048a":"Medium (3/16?)","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"NumStitchedF050":"fine, exceptional quilting","DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052d":"stencil designs ","FeaturesF053":"Rated 5 (outstanding) on HQPNJ's scale for visual effect.\r\n\r\n","QuiltTopF054":"Hunter, Eva","QuiltedByF055":"Hunter, Eva","LocMadeF057a":"Greenville","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Quilt was made by owner's great-great aunt. The quiltmaker lived to be over 100 years old. She was a maiden aunt, never married, but raised the owner's grandfather. \r\n\r\nQuilt was made for the 1933-34 Chicago World's Fair, and supposedly won a first or second prize as an entry in the 1933 Century of Progress exhibit. ","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"TopSourceF064":["Unknown"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Was an entry and possible winner in the 1933 Century of Progress exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair. ","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerStateF086":"New Jersey (NJ)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"HQPNJ Quilt Registration Form","DateObtainedF088c":"05/13/1989 ","GenderF098":["Female"],"BirthDateF099":"1860","MarriageF099b":"never married","DeathF100":"1960","photocredit079a1":"Marti Porreca","DateF079":"1989-05-13","DateF079_era":"CE","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/20-16-1914/NewJerseyRutgersSCUA-a0a6u1-a_7233.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/20-16-1914/4A-7F-8A0-224-NewJerseyRutgersSCUA-a0a6u1-b_7233.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Schaffer, Barbara","dateverified":"2009-01-28","dateverified_era":"CE","Pattern":"MARINERS COMPASS","Maker":"[\"HUNTER, EVA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","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","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"25-018-01","ImageConF075a":"full view","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","DigDateF079a_era":"CE","DigDateF079a":"2007-06","CreditLineF080b":"The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.","CopyRestF080c":"Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections/University Archives, New Brunswick, NJ 08901","DistribRestF080d":"Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections/University Archives, New Brunswick, NJ 08901","DisplayResF080e":"Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections/University Archives, New Brunswick, NJ 08901","LicenseF080f":"Rutgers University Libraries, Special Collections/University Archives, New Brunswick, NJ 08901","pbd":"NewJerseyRutgersSCUA-a0a6u1-a","legacy_kid":"4A-7F-8A0","project_id":"20","form_id":"16","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 20:59:50","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:09:53"},"sort":["[\"HUNTER, EVA\"]"]},{"_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":["[\"HUGHES, ISABEL\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"zq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-24","description":"Appliqué Quilt in Anne Orr design that won Fourth Prize in 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 by Mary Hilliker of Missouri won Honorable Mention (the equivalent of Fourth Prize) at the national judging. It was photographed by Sears in 1934 when the quilt was included in the smaller exhibit of regional winners at the Sears Pavilion. \r\n\r\nWaldvogel and Brackman tried diligently to locate the quilt for inclusion in the Patchwork Souvenirs book and exhibit, but were unsuccessful. Later, a quilt dealer purchased the quilt from the quilter's descendants and has since allowed it to be photographed and exhibited in Nashville.\r\n\r\nInterestingly, this Autumn Leaves pattern was designed by Anne Orr, who was one of the final round judges. Another quilt in the same pattern reached the final round, too. See #157. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Autumn Leaves","PredomColorsF014":["Pink"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond"],"DesignF052b":["Cables"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"FeaturesF053":"Prairie Points are added to the edges.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Investment"],"LocMadeF057a":"Carl Junction","ProvStateF057d":"Missouri (MO)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern","Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Autumn Leaves by Anne Orr Studios. The design was offered as a pattern and a kit.","ContestListF071a":"Kansas City regional contest and the national round judging of 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 44 and 108.","RelItemsF088a":"B/W photo of the quilt is included in Patchwork Souvenirs, pg 44 (Permission Provided by Sears Archives). \r\n\r\nSears Catalog page listing Regional Prize Winners - see pg 108 Patchwork Souvenirs.","QuiltTopF054":"Hilliker, Mary","QuiltedByF055":"Hilliker, Mary","CityF106a":"Carl Junction","StateF107":"Missouri (MO)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Hilliker","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-24/Dmwc022.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-24/zmwc022.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"AUTUMN LEAVES","Maker":"[\"HILLIKER, MARY\"]","Date":"1933","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"022","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","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-23","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:05","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["[\"HILLIKER, MARY\"]"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"YK1gWZEB8akQsUweia2w","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"12-8-6350","InstProjNameF003a":"Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstNameF003":["Michigan State University Museum"],"InstInvContrNumF004":"13.0045","InstInvContrNumF004a":"2013:70.1","description":"I Pay Tribute to My Flag
\r\nRegina Hengesbach
\r\nWestphalia, Clinton County, Michigan
\r\n1933
\r\nCollection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#2013:70.1","essay":"This quilt was made for the 1933 Sears Century of Progress National Quilt Competition. The original design is a flag flying on a flag pole. The pole fabric has faded and is hard to see. Below the flag in the quilting is this inscription: "I pay tribute to my flag and the country for which it stands"
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\r\nDonor Gene Hengesbach recalls:
\r\nWhen the Sears and Roebuck Company sponsored its “Century of Progress National Quilt Competition” in early 1933, our mother created a flag quilt and stitched in it, “I pay tribute to my flag and the country for which it stands.” It received a merit award green ribbon. My brother and I were very aware of the quilt as we grew up. We saw the pride she took in it and the care she gave it; washing it every year, air drying it out of doors, and carefully preserving its ribbon. She stored it in an oak blanket chest.
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\r\nOur mother quilted all her life until health and age intervened. As was common in her day, her mother taught her to quilt at a very early age. The oldest example I saw and handled was a small, seriously worn white and yellow, pieced quilt that I believe she kept because it was one of her earliest efforts. Her last goal was to make a quilt as a wedding gift for each of her grandchildren as they married. She succeeded in making quilts for the three older grandchildren but lamented that she was unable to do so for the younger three.
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\r\nOur mother always had a wooden floor quilt frame which we helped erect and take down. At times it remained set up for days or even weeks until a project was completed. Enclosed is a photograph take in the early 1980s in the dining area of her kitchen in her home in Westphalia, Michigan. It shows her, seated third from the left, together with relatives and friends and a quilt they prepared as a prize at the local annual 4th of July Festival. Several groups in Westphalia made similar prizes every year.
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\r\nAlso enclosed is a photograph of our mother, the quilter, taken in the middle of the Sear’s quilt competition’s four month time frame-late February 1933. It also seems to fit the theme of the flag quilt as she was married on Washington’s Birthday of that year.
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\r\nHer sons Gene and Fred Hengesbach hereby proudly offer the quilt and its ribbon to the Michigan Quilt Project for preservation as an integral part of Michigan history.","QuiltTitleF009":"I Pay Tribute to My Flag","DateDataF006b":"10/15/2013","QuiltTopF054":"Hengesbach, Regina","QuiltedByF055":"Hengesbach, Regina","IfQownerF007b":["Received as a gift"],"LocMadeF057a":"Westphalia","ProvCountyF057b":"Clinton","ProvStateF057d":"Michigan (MI)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"CityF106a":"Westphalia","CountyF106":"Clinton","StateF107":"Michigan (MI)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Martin","BirthDateF099":"10/28/1902","BirthplaceCityF098a":"Westphalia","BirthplaceStateF098b":"Michigan","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"United States","DeathF100":"9/25/1993","EthnicF101":"German American","EdBkgdF102":"8th grade","RelAffF103":"Roman Catholic","OccupationF104":"Homemaker","FatherNameF109":"Martin, Ferdinand","BplaceF109a":"Martin, Catherine Schaefer","MarriageF099b":"2/22/1933","SpouseF113":"Hengesbach, Aloysius","OccupationF115":"Farmer","NoChildF116":"2","NoMaleF116b":"2","LearnedToQuiltF117":["From Relative"],"WhenQuiltF118":["Age 11-19"],"NumQuiltsF123":"20-50 quilts","SellQuiltF127":"no","TeachF129":"no","NameGroupF120":"local ladies","SpecialGroupF122":"personal projects, and created prizes for the local for 4th of July Festivals","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OverallWidthF12a":"74\"","OverallLengthF012b":"80\"","ShapeEdgeF013":"T-cutout","ShapeCornersF013b":"Rounded","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Red","White"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","OtherDamageF016a":"The flag pole has faded. Some wear, the quilter washed and ironed it each year.","ContInscripF020":"I pat tribute to my flag and the country for which it stands","MethodInscripF021":["In the quilting"],"LocInscripF022":["on block"],"NumBlockF026":"1 American flag on a flag pole","SizeBlockF027":"38 1/2” x 26 3/4”","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","NumBordersF033":"4","BordDescF034":"From outer to inner: the first border, 9”, is made of red triangles on a white background with larger blue triangles in each corner; the second border is 1 3/4” red; the third border is 2” white; and the fourth border is 1 3/4” blue.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"NumPiecesF042":"2","MatUsedF044":["Cotton"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Separate binding applied","Bias grain"],"BindWidthF047a":"Bias Curved Machine stitched bias tape.","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"NumStitchedF050":"11","NumStitchF051":"8","SourceOtherF006a":"Museum employee","OwnershipF082":"Public- Michigan State University Museum","OwnerNameF082a":"Michigan State University Museum","OwnerCityF084":"East Lansing","OwnerCountyF085":"Ingham","OwnerStateF086":"Michigan (MI)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Michigan State University Museum","AcquiredF058":"Gift","ProvenanceF058a":"Gene received the quilt from his mother in 1990. She knew he and his wife would take good care of it. She told them to wash and iron it annually as she had.","QuiltHistF059":"This quilt was made for the Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nRegina Hengesbach’s Flag Quilt and Ribbon from the Sear’s Quilt Competition of 1933\r\nWhen the Sears and Roebuck Company sponsored its “Century of Progress National Quilt Competition” in early 1933, our mother created a flag quilt and stitched in it, “I pay tribute to my flag and the country for which it stands.” It received a merit award green ribbon. My brother and I were very aware of the quilt as we grew up. We saw the pride she took in it and the care she gave it; washing it every year, air drying it out of doors, and carefully preserving its ribbon. She stored it in an oak blanket chest.\r\n\r\nOur mother quilted all her life until health and age intervened. As was common in her day, her mother taught her to quilt at a very early age. The oldest example I saw and handled was a small, seriously worn white and yellow, pieced quilt that I believe she kept because it was one of her earliest efforts. Her last goal was to make a quilt as a wedding gift for each of her grandchildren as they married. She succeeded in making quilts for the three older grandchildren but lamented that she was unable to do so for the younger three.\r\n\r\nOur mother always had a wooden floor quilt frame which we helped erect and take down. At times it remained set up for days or even weeks until a project was completed. Enclosed is a photograph take in the early 1980s in the dining area of her kitchen in her home in Westphalia, Michigan. It shows her, seated third from the left, together with relatives and friends and a quilt they prepared as a prize at the local annual 4th of July Festival. Several groups in Westphalia made similar prizes every year.\r\n\r\nAlso enclosed is a photograph of our mother, the quilter, taken in the middle of the Sear’s quilt competition’s four month time frame-late February 1933. It also seems to fit the theme of the flag quilt as she was married on Washington’s Birthday of that year.\r\n\r\nHer sons Gene and Fred Hengesbach hereby proudly offer the quilt and its ribbon to the Michigan Quilt Project for preservation as an integral part of Michigan history.","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/12-8-6350/13.0045.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/12-8-6350/13.0045.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/12-8-6350/2013.70.3small.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"Entry ribbon","AccessF080":"Restricted","CopyRestF080c":"Image cannot be copied without permission","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Donaldson, Beth","dateverified":"2014-06-03","dateverified_era":"CE","function":"Image -- master","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","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","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","photocredit079a1":"Pearl Yee Wong","HolderF080a":"MSU Board of Trustees","CreditLineF080b":"Courtesy of MSU Museum","DistribRestF080d":"Image cannot be distributed without permission","DisplayResF080e":"Image cannot be displayed without permission","LicenseF080f":"Image cannot be licensed without permission","Pattern":"I PAY TRIBUTE TO MY FLAG","Maker":"[\"HENGESBACH, REGINA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","legacy_kid":"1E-3D-27EB","project_id":"12","form_id":"8","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 18:28:44","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:04:59"},"sort":["[\"HENGESBACH, REGINA\"]"]}]}}

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