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Entries were to highlight \"a century of progress,\" as determined by the quilter. Prize money was considerable ($1,000 during the Depression) and thousands of quilts were sewn and entered. This quilt includes an applique depiction of a \"modern,\" deco-style city (presumably Akron, Ohio) surrounded by appliqued dirigibles, airplanes and hot-air ballons. \r\n\r\n","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/12-8-6153/2004.122.1.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/12-8-6153/2004.122.1.jpg"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","CopyRestF080c":"The Henry Ford","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"A.M.Messer","dateverified":"2013-08-23","dateverified_era":"CE","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","ImageTypeF076":"Color","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":"1933 CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXHIBITION QUILT ","Date":"1930-1949","legacy_kid":"1E-3D-2720","project_id":"12","form_id":"8","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 18:25:42","updated_at":"2024-08-16 04:07:33"},"sort":["1933 CENTURY OF PROGRESS EXHIBITION QUILT "]},{"_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. 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","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":["1933 WORLDS FAIR"]},{"_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":["A CENTURY OF PROGRESS"]},{"_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. 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","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":["ACORN"]},{"_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":["ALBUM OF INVENTORS"]},{"_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":["ALL AMERICAN STAR"]},{"_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":["AMERICAN PRIDE"]},{"_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":["AUTUMN LEAVES"]},{"_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":["AUTUMN LEAVES"]},{"_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":["BIRDS EYE VIEW OF THE CHICAGO WORLDS FAIR"]},{"_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":["BLEEDING HEARTS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"_K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-70","description":"Mrs. M. A. Harvey of Springfield, MA won first place in the Boston 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\nMrs. M. A. Harvey of Springfield, MA won first place in the Boston region. Where is her quilt? Her is the only first place quilt that has not been located. \r\n\r\nMrs. Harvey's quilt was on display in 1933 at the Sears Pavilion along with the other 30 finalists. In 1934, her quilt hung with the ten top regional winners again at the Sears Pavilion. It was photographed there.\r\n\r\nDr. William Rush Dunton Jr. visited the exhibit and jotted down notes about most of the contest quilts. His comments: \"Bowl of Flowers blue and white scalloped edge.\"\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Bowl of Flowers","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","White"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Springfield","ProvStateF057d":"Massachusetts (MA)","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), 97, 108.","RelItemsF088a":"Photo of 10 regional winning quilts on p 97 Patchwork Souvenirs.","QuiltTopF054":"Harvey, Mrs. M. A.","CityF106a":"Springfield","StateF107":"Massachusetts (MA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-70/noimageavailable.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"BOWL OF FLOWERS","Maker":"[\"HARVEY, MRS. M. A.\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"097","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","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-51","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":["BOWL OF FLOWERS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"-q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-68","description":"This quilt made by Lois Hobgood Crowell won third prize at the Dallas regional round and was shown at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. The quiltmaker told us, \"I was teaching school in Paluxy, a little village in Texas. There wasn't much to do for entertainment. When the Sears catalog came with the contest announcement, although I'd never made a quilt, I said to myself, 'Well I can do anything anybody else can' and I told my friend 'I'm gong to enter that contest.' She said, 'You can't do that' but I said 'had two hands, don't I?' My girlfriend Florence Underwood helped me stitch on it and we sent it to the mail order house in Dallas. In the summer they sent me a letter and said I'd won and there were two checks inside so I gave the smaller check to my girl friend and with the bigger one I bought a cedar chest to keep the quilt in. That was a lot of money at that time.\"","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":"Bowl of Flowers","OverallWidthF12a":"65 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"85 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Coral","Green","Lavender"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch","Machine Applique"],"ConstrucF038d":["Dimensional applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Patches outlined/in the ditch"],"DesignF052b":["Floral"],"DesignF052c":["Other"],"FeaturesF053":"The stuffed applique flowers are a distinctive feature.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Unknown"],"LocMadeF057a":"Paluxy","ProvStateF057d":"Texas (TX)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"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. 36-39.","RelItemsF088a":"Lois saved the three ribbons she won along with the description card that hung on her quilt while in Chicago. It read: \"Third Prize Dallas Region.\" See photo of ribbons on pg 38 in Patchwork Souvenirs.","QuiltTopF054":"Underwood, Fay","OthPeopleF056":"Crowell, boyfriend","RelnQuiltF007":["Quiltmaker"],"CityF106a":"Paluxy","StateF107":"Texas (TX)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Hobgood","BirthDateF099":"04/29/1909","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Crowell, Mr.","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"SellQuiltF127":"no","TeachF129":"no","AddNotesF066":"Lois reported that she purchased Pastoral Cloth 100 per cent cotton (wash fast and boil fast)for her quilt entry. [Reported to Brackman in 1983.] \"Contest was advertised in Sears Spring Catalog 1933 promoting the use of a new line of cotton fabric called \"pastoral cloth\" a high quality silky textured cloth at 25 cents per yard. I quilted it along with the help of a 20 year old girl friend who had never quilted either. I had watched a professional quilter at work, and she had shown me some of the techniques of quilting.\" We worked for the pleasure of it. Even the young man I later married sometimes padded the flowers just to have something to do when he was visiting. Making it was more of a social event than it was a job. We just worked on it when we had nothing else that we had rather do.\" \r\n\r\nAsked where she got the pattern for the Bowl of Flowers design, by Brackman in April 1983, she replied: I knew that the pattern would really have to be outstandng so I saearched for patterns. I looked and looked. I saw patterns of flowers and I thought that it would be a good idea but I made my own; it's stirctly my own. I submitted my idea to Sears home decorator for advice. She gave me suggestions and it's a good thing she did. My original design had colors that had extreme contrasts. She showed me how to tone it down, blend the colors together. You know when I got my rating on that quilt I lost everything on quilting, it being my first quilt. But I got 100% on design and color and that's what won it for me.\" ","IdentPersonF006":["Quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Made by owner","ProvenanceF058a":"As of 1995, quiltmaker was the owner. ","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"May 1983 - Letter to Brackman","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-68/Dmwc009.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-68/Zmwc009.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"BOWL OF FLOWERS","Maker":"[\"CROWELL, LOIS HOBGOOD\", \"UNDERWOOD, FAY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"013","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","QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PattSourceF065":["Unknown"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Made entire quilt"],"IfQownerF007b":["Made the quilt"],"PartDesF007c":["Designed quilt motif","Designed the pattern"],"interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman","locationF007f":"Interview notes and letters photocopied. 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-5","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":["BOWL OF FLOWERS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"365kWZEB8akQsUwe91gM","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"36-34-718","InstNameF003":["International Quilt Museum"],"InstProjNameF003a":"International Quilt Museum Collection; Ardis and Robert James Collection; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"1997.007.0915","OwnerNameF010":"Calendar","AltNameF011":"Chicago World's Fair, Sears Century of Progress","description":"Pictorial; Commemorative","OverallWidthF12a":"94\"","OverallLengthF012b":"86.5\"","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","FamDateF023c":"c1933","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"UniqueF037b":"Calico","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Bias grain","Separate binding applied"],"NumStitchedF050":"7","QuiltTopF054":"Fordyce, Lillian Smith","LocMadeF057a":"Probably made in Pennsylvania","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ExhibitListF067a":"A New Deal for Quilts, The International Quilt Museum, Janneken Smucker, curator, Lincoln, NE, October 6, 2023 - April 20, 2024.","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"International Quilt Study Center and Museum","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"International Quilt Study Center and Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/36-34-718/1997_007_0915.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/36-34-718/1997_007_0915-zoom.jpg"],"verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","dateverified":"2017-02-02","dateverified_era":"CE","Pattern":"CALENDAR","Maker":"[\"FORDYCE, LILLIAN SMITH\"]","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","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"60-DC-3AC","project_id":"36","form_id":"34","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:33:15","updated_at":"2024-08-15 17:56:47"},"sort":["CALENDAR"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"2q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-36","description":"This quilt made of abstract designs is an original design.","essay":"The goals Sears had for its quilt contest are not clear, but this quiltmaker seems to have wanted to design a block (not a whole quilt pictorial design) to depict the spirit of the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition. \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\nThis quilt by Marie Frischkorn of Chicago did not win a prize. She was an expert embroiderer employed at Marshall Field's Department Store in downtown Chicago.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Century of Progress","OverallWidthF12a":"83 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"98 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan","Cream","Gray","Orange"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"Rays are machine-embroidered.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Echo","Outline"],"DesignF052d":"The overall feeling of the quilting design in the central field is of rays of light emanating from the skyscraper building.","FeaturesF053":"When the current owner purchased the quilt from the family, they said Marie Frischkorn worked for Marshall Fields as an embroiderer. In fact, the rays embroidered on the quilt were done by her with her machine.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Art or personal expression","Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Other collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Chicago","ProvCountyF057b":"Cook","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Spring Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois","ContestListF071a":"Sears NationalQuilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","AddNotesF132":"According to information provided by the owner, \"Marie Frischkorn was an embroiderer for Marshall Fields in the linens department. The chain stitching on her quilt was produced by the embroidery machine that she worked at. She was never married and worked at Fields until she was in her 50s. After that, she stayed at home to take care of her aging parents. The window in her work area looked out over the construction site for the Fair. Marie died in the 1980s while living in a nursing home. She was a life long needleworker. She did a lot of hand embroidery too, making pillow cases with crocheted and tatted edges.\" (Email March 24, 2003 from Chris Moline). ","QuiltTopF054":"Frischkorn, Marie","QuiltedByF055":"Frischkorn, Marie","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Frischkorn","BirthDateF099":"06-01-1878","DeathF100":"10-1965","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"AddNotesF066":"When the current owner purchased the quilt from the family, they said Marie Frischkorn worked for Marshal Fields as an embroiderer. In fact, the rays embroidered on the quilt were done by her with her machine.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Chris Moline","DateDataF006b":"Sept 1997","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-36/Dmwc118.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-36/Zmwc118.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Chris Moline","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS","Maker":"[\"FRISCHKORN, MARIE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"193","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"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":" ","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2F","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:12","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["CENTURY OF PROGRESS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"5a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-47","description":"Commemorative Quilt (Sears Archives Photo)","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nSears offered a $200 bonus for an original designed quilt in the theme of the Century of Progress. If a quilter took the challenge, she/he had only four months to complete the design and execution of the quilt.\r\n\r\nIn the 21st century, these quilts would be considered \"art\" quilts. This one incorporates the Y representing the Chicago River which flows through Chicago. Small circular historical vignettes encircle the central Y. The rays emanating out from the central design look something like comet tails. \r\n\r\nLook closely at the bottom right corner, for the attached entry tag and an envelope. Also notice that a ribbon is attached at the midpoint on the right side. This quilt may have won a prize at a local level, but it did not reach the final round.\r\n\r\nIn 1934 Sears mounted a second quilt exhibit in the Sears Pavilion on the fair site. The top 10 regional winners were displayed along with about a dozen commemorative quilts. Sears photographed this quilt at that time. This is the only known image of the quilt.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Century of Progress","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress, Chicago History","LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052d":"From the b/w photo, cannot tell if quilting is by machine or hand.","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"The tag is attached to this quilt. With a magnifying glass, we may glean more information about the quilt and its maker.\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.","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"1933","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","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","RelItemsF088a":"Photograph (8 x 10 inches) of the quilt (labelled M446). Sears Archives.","IfOtherF007d":"Information about this quilt comes only from the Sears archive photo.","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-47/Dmwc127.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-47/Zmwc127.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Sears Archives","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"104","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique ","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Front","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"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-3A","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:18","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["CENTURY OF PROGRESS"]},{"_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":["CENTURY OF PROGRESS"]},{"_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":["CENTURY OF PROGRESS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"CK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-83","description":"To encourage quiltmakers to submit original 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. \r\n\r\nThis quiltmaker's husband designed her quilt in the Century of Progress theme in the hopes that his wife would win the bonus prize. Notice the official entry tag is still attached to right front corner. The quiltmaker's Honorable Mention ribbon from the Chicago Region remains with the 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.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Century of Progress","SubjQuiltF025":"The Sears Pavilion at the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, Transportation","OverallWidthF12a":"72 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"84 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Gray","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"Embroidery is designed to bring out the detail features of the airplane and dirigible as well as the architectural details of the Sears Pavilion Building. There are also tiny colorful flowers embroidered at lower portion of the pavilion design.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Quilting for the most part is cross-hatch quilting in foreground and in green lawn area. In the sky, meandering quilting creates clouds. Quilting follows the applique designs. Very little quilting is visible in the pieced border.","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Place"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"This quilt still has the official contest entry label attached which 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\nContents of label info:\r\nMrs. Anna Hansen, 1639 N. Avers Ave, Chicago Illinois Need to Add more!\r\n\r\n","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"The border design and corner blocks are noteworthy for their originality.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"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"],"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), pg 92.","RelItemsF088a":"The Honorable Mention (green ribbon attached to metal clasp) remains with the quilt. It reads:\r\n\r\nAnna Hansen (typed); Sears Roebuck & Co./Century of Progress/National Quilt Contest/Honorable Mention/Award/1933.\r\n\r\n","QuiltTopF054":"Hansen, Anna","QuiltedByF055":"Hansen, Anna","OthPeopleF056":"Hansen, Mr.","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"IfOtherF007d":"Quiltmaker's Husband designed the quilt.","CityF106a":"Chicago","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountyF106":"Cook","CountryF108":["United States"],"SpouseF113":"Hansen, Mr.","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Armstrong, Maxine and LeRoy","AddNotesF066":"According to 1980s interview, the owner said Mr. Hansen designed the quilt.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Other","ProvenanceF058a":"Quiltmaker to daughter and her husband. When husband went into a rest home near where he lived in Aurora, MO, he gave it to collector Maxine Armstrong (Crane, MO).","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1986 and 1993","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-83/Dmwc016.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-83/Zmwc016.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS","Maker":"[\"HANSEN, ANNA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"021","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Bottom right front corner","EmbellTechF038f":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"1639 N. Avers Avenue","IfQmakerF007a":["Made entire quilt top"],"IfQownerF007b":["Other"],"PartDesF007c":["Other"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1983) and Waldvogel (1994)","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","DateObtainedF088c":"1994","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-8","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":["CENTURY OF PROGRESS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"I65iWZEB8akQsUwe6hGu","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"22-18-1831","InstProjNameF003a":"Quilts of Tennessee; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"1864","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1864a","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","QuiltHistF059":"According to a grand-daughter, the quiltmaker had hired help--two women named Pincie and Nina. 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":["CENTURY OF PROGRESS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"za5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-23","description":"The quilt Century of Progress-World Without End is an original design submitted by Chicagoan Aurora See Dyer. It did not win a prize in the 1933 contest, but Waldvogel and Brackman chose it as the signature quilt for the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit where it was used for the cover design of the book and exhibit brochure.","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\nMany quilters spent extra time researching and designing a quilt that would exlemplify the spirit of the Century of Progress theme -- a birthday celebration, an historical review of technology and architure, and a hopeful image of the return to brighter, more healthy economic times. \r\n\r\nAlthough the quilt was not exhibited at the 1933 Fair, a special exhibit of the themed quilts was organized by Sears staff for the 1934 re-opening of the Fair. A b/w photo of the quilts on display in 1934 shows the edge of this quilt--proof that the quilt was displayed then. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Century of Progress - World Without End","SubjQuiltF025":"Chicago History 1833 - 1933","OverallWidthF12a":"70 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"80 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Gold","Green","Lavender","Red"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Echo","Outline","Patches outlined/in the ditch"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\r\n\r\nMrs. Edgar R. Dyer\r\n\"Century of Progress\" combined with \"World Without End\"\r\nMade: March 1933 to May 1933.\r\nMrs. Edgar R. Dyer\r\n7041 Parnell Av.\r\nChicago\r\nIllinois","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"March 1933","DateFinishF023b":"May 1933","FamDateF023c":"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":["Provided in a class"],"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).\r\n\r\nThe quilt was also included in an exhibit at Rosemont, IL curated by Merikay Waldvogel for International Quilt Festival.\r\n\r\n\"Patterns of Lives: Cultural Diversity and American Quilts\" at Riverside (CA) Municpal Museum, January-April 1992. Curator: Brenda Buller Focht. \r\n ","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), p. frontice page and p. xvi.","RelItemsF088a":"A photo of the quiltmaker in 1960 is on pg xiv of Patchwork Souvenirs. The contest entry label and two sketches of the quilt design are with the quilt.","AddNotesF132":"In 1933 Aurora Dyer was president of the Cook County Women's Christian Temperance Union. The organization planned a booth at the fair. With her club work and the making of her Sears Contest quilt, the family anticipated the opening of the fair with enthusiasm.\r\n\r\nHer son Robert remembers the making of the quilt. His mother had a frame set up in a second floor bedroom. \"We never got dinner that spring,\" he joked about her determination to win the contest. The colors are an unuausal combination, but she was going for the \"modern\" look.\r\n\r\nThe quilt won a green ribbon of honorable mention award at the Chicago staore contest.\r\n\r\nAccording to her son John, Aurora grew up in Hersher, Illinois near Kankakee. She went to school with Adlai Stevenson. Then she went to Illinois State for a teaching degree. She met her husband at the USO at a pavilion at the end of Navy Pier in Chicago. Her husband worked for the Post Office, and so did Aurora for ten years after her children had left home. They had 4 sons and 3 daughters. They retired and moved to California in 1955. Youngest son, John, was a teenager when they went to California. \r\n\r\nAurora was interested in entering contests. ","QuiltTopF054":"Dyer, Aurora See","QuiltedByF055":"Dyer, Aurora See","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Chicago","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountyF106":"Cook","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"See","BirthDateF099":"1895","DeathF100":"1969","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"SpouseF113":"Dyer, Edgar R.","AddNotesF066":"Two design sketches for the layout of the quilt remain with the family.","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1992","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-23/Dmwc090.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-23/Zmwc090.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS - WORLD WITHOUT END","Maker":"[\"DYER, AURORA SEE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"095","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"],"OccupationF115":"Postal Worker","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"7041 Parnell Avenue","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-22","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":["CENTURY OF PROGRESS - WORLD WITHOUT END"]},{"_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":["CENTURY OF PROGRESS SECOND PLACE - PHILADELPHIA"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"ka1hWZEB8akQsUweD8bW","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"15-11-1938","InstNameF003":["Wisconsin Quilt History Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Wisconsin Quilt History Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"1220","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"DateDataF006b":"04-28-1990","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Beighley, Jody","locationF007f":"NTC-Wausau","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OwnerNameF010":"Century of Progress World's Fair Special","OverallWidthF12a":"68 in.","OverallLengthF012b":"89 in.","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"ContInscripF020":"1933","DateInscripF020a":"1933","MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"OtherLocInscripF022a":"front of quilt","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","LayFormatF024":"Nontraditional or art","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress","NumBordersF033":"1","BordDescF034":"pieced, blue","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"EmbellTechF038f":"Yes","ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"OtherFabF040a":"sateen","ColorBackingF040b":["Blue or Navy"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Edges turned in/ no separate binding"],"MatUsedF048":"Cannot tell","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch","Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"pictorial","QuiltTopF054":"Clark, Sophie Schoenike Krueger","QuiltedByF055":"Clark, Sophie Schoenike Krueger","LocMadeF057a":"Birnamwood","ProvStateF057d":"Wisconsin (WI)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","QDesignF060b":["Other"],"OtherQDesignF061a":"contest entry","TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Century of Progress Quilt Contest 1933","OtherSourceMat":"\"Wisconsin Quilts: Stories in the Stitches\" by Ellen Kort, Howell Press 2001, pages 146-147.\r\n\"Wisconsin Quilts: History in the Stitches\" by Ellen Kort & revised by Maggi McCormick Gordon, Krause Publications 2008, pages 158-159.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Hering, Helen","DateObtainedF088c":"04-28-1990","MaidenF097b":"Schoenike","GenderF098":["Female"],"BirthDateF099":"c.1908","DeathF100":"c. 1970","RelAffF103":"Lutheran","OccupationF104":"homemaker","FatherNameF109":"Schoenike, Julius","NoChildF116":"5","AddNotesF132":"Mr. Krueger was a logger, he lived in Shawano. They worked alongside the Indians, logging. Sophie was a midwife, had 5 children. She was very proud her son (Harry?) graduated from college and was a teacher at Horace Mann Jr. High School, Wausau. She loved to braid, make fringe, and quilt. She was at least 85 years old when she died about 15-20 years ago. ","DateF079":"1990-04-28","DateF079_era":"CE","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/15-11-1938/1220a.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/15-11-1938/1587843324.1220b.jpg"],"verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Sylvia Adair","dateverified":"2011-06-23","dateverified_era":"CE","Pattern":"CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLDS FAIR SPECIAL","Maker":"[\"CLARK, SOPHIE SCHOENIKE KRUEGER\"]","Date":"1930-1949","function":"Image -- master","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"1220a","ImageConF075a":"quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","DigDateF079a":"2011-06-23","DigDateF079a_era":"CE","CopyRestF080c":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","DistribRestF080d":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","DisplayResF080e":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","LicenseF080f":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","legacy_kid":"42-75-B5","project_id":"15","form_id":"11","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 19:35:24","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:00:34"},"sort":["CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLDS FAIR SPECIAL"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"1K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-30","description":"This Chicago History quilt designed by Bertha Stenge did not win a 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":"Chicago Fair","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"76 inches","ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","CountryF108":["United States"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-30/Dmwc049.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-30/Zmwc049.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CHICAGO FAIR","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"055","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-29","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":["CHICAGO FAIR"]},{"_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":["CLIPPER SHIP"]},{"_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":["COLONIAL ROSE"]},{"_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":["COMMEMORATIVE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"5K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-46","description":"A quilt made from a kit sold at the Fair. This quilt was not entered in the contest.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nSears offered a bonus prize of $200 if the grand prize winning quilt was in the Century of Progress theme. The grand prize went to a traditional pattern instead.\r\n\r\nSears published a book of patterns of the prize winning quilts that was probably sold at the Fair in 1933 and 1934. The date is not certain. \r\n\r\nSome other company (and possibly even Sears) sold a quilt kit of a Century of Progress commemorative quilt design. Two examples are in museum collections (Gene Autry Western Art Museum in Riverside, CA and the American Museum of Folk Art in New York City (see #134). Other examples have appeared on online auctions. Nothing is known about the quiltmakers, their hometowns, or dates made.\r\n\r\nThis quilt is the only exception. Its story supplies information that helps date the other quilt kits.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Contest Kit Quilt","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Brown","Green","Orange","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid square","Single parallel lines"],"DesignF052d":"Quilted light rays emanate behind the 1833 to 1933 and from behind the cityscape at bottom. Ray designs are also in the four corners of the white border.","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message","Multiple Names"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery","Other"],"ContInscripF020":"1833\r\nto\r\n1933\r\n\r\n1934 Cora Tussing\r\nRoger Tussing","FeaturesF053":"Blue dots stamped on the white cloth for quilting lines are still visible.","DateFinishF023b":"1934","FamDateF023c":"1934","DateInfoF023f":"The quilt kit was offered after the contest ended.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Commemorative"],"PresUseF062":["Other collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Cleveland","ProvStateF057d":"Ohio (OH)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"ExhibitListF067a":"A red ribbon for an Ohio State Fair was attached to the quilt when it was photographed. It may have been exhibited at that fair.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and ","IfOtherF007d":"The quilt owner when the quilt was examined was looking for a buyer. Since then, the quilt has been sold.","CityF106a":"Cleveland","StateF107":"Ohio (OH)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"October 1998","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-46/Dmwc124.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-46/Zmwc124.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Merikay Waldvogel","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CONTEST KIT QUILT","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"066","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 dates","OtherExDateF023d":"After 1933","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","PattSourceF065":["Kit"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"In an oral interview with Roger Tussing (age 90 in 1998) whose name is embroidered on the quilt, he related how his mother and father travelled to the Fair in the summer of 1933. She was particularly interested in seeing the quilts on display. He did not go with them. \"When they returned she had a box with a quilt kit. She bought it at the Fair. She made the quilt for me and embroidered my name on it.\"","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-38","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:18","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["CONTEST KIT QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"865kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-61","description":"Chicago World's Fair kit (one of two)","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt was not entered in the contest. Instead, it was made AFTER the contest with a quilt kit purchased at the 1933 Fair. \r\n\r\nSee #066 and for another quilt made from the same kit. This quilt top came directly from the collection of Sandra Mitchell, an Ohio Quilt Dealer who passed away in 2000. Other quilts in this kit surely will show up. \r\n\r\nIt is interesting to note that the only official quilt souvenir of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair that we know of is this kit. Cora Tussing (#066) reported buying the quilt kit at the Fair, not necessarily at the Sears Pavilion. \r\n\r\nThe symbolism represented in this quilt design-- At the center is Fort Dearborn, below the fort is the Chicago skyline, hovering over the fort is an eagle and seal; in the upper left is a log cabin and in the bottom right is the Travel & Transport Building, the first pavilion built on the Fair site. In the upper right is a covered wagon and team; in the bottom left is an airplane. Represented are the changes in architecture over 100 years and the advances in transportation.","TypeObjF008":"Quilt top with unfinished edge","QuiltTitleF009":"Contest Kit Quilt","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress","OverallWidthF12a":"88 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"96 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Brown","Green","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"DesignF052d":"This piece is not quilted.","TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"ContInscripF020":"1833 to 1933","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"This quilt could only have been made after the summer of 1933.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"OthSourceF063a":"Kit included the fabrics","TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"No information on the manufacturer of the kit","RelItemsF088a":"Two other quilt kits in this same design are in museum collections: American Museum of Folk Art (see Glorious American Quilts, p. 107) and the Western Heritage Museum (formerly the Gene Autry Museum) in Riverside, CA. Another one is in a private collection.","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"IfOtherF007d":"See www.illinoisqulithistory.com","CountryF108":["United States"],"AddNotesF066":"The manufacturer of this quilt kit remains a mystery. However, the owner found in between a seam on the back side of this quilt top--the following words stamped in orange ink: \"No. 3320 Century of Progress Quilt.\" According to the owner, there is more writing after that, but it is barely visible. This quilt kit could be Wurzburg, Buettner, Virginia Snow Studios or an unknown manufacturer. If you recognize this quilt kit and/or its manufacturer please notify the Quilt Index staff.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Susan Wildemuth","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-61/CenturyofProgressQuiltKit1933_000.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Susan Wildemuth","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CONTEST KIT QUILT","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"211","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique","PattSourceF065":["Kit"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt top came directly from the Collection of Sandra Mitchell Ohio Quilt Dealer and Folk Art Collector who passed away in 2000. The quilt owner, Susan Wildemuth, purchased it from Barbara Lemme of sign of the Whale Antiques, Glen Ellyn, Illinois. ","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-49","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:26","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["CONTEST KIT QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"mK1hWZEB8akQsUweD8bW","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"15-11-1945","InstNameF003":["Wisconsin Quilt History Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Wisconsin Quilt History Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"3335","IdentPersonF006":["Daughter of quiltmaker"],"DateDataF006b":"10-12-1991","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"IfQownerF007b":["Received as a gift"],"interviewerF007e":"Aleff, Bernice","locationF007f":"Mead Library, Sheboygan, WI","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OwnerNameF010":"Crossed T","AltNameF011":"Double T","BrackmanF011a":"1662c","OverallWidthF12a":"66 in.","OverallLengthF012b":"74 in.","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Signature"],"ContInscripF020":"Elaine Marshall Bornick\r\nSummer 1931","DateInscripF020a":"1931","LocInscripF022":["on back"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","FamDateF023c":"1931","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"NumBlockPatF030":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Broadcloth"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"EmbellTechF038f":"No","PaperF038i":"no","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Blue or Navy","Yellow"],"DescBackF043":["Solid/plain"],"MatUsedF044":["Cotton"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Machine sewn"],"MatUsedF048":"Cotton","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"NumStitchedF050":"8","DesignF052a":["In-the-ditch","Outline"],"QuiltTopF054":"Bornick, Eleanor Marshall","QuiltedByF055":"Bornick, Eleanor Marshall","LocMadeF057a":"Princeton","ProvStateF057d":"Wisconsin (WI)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","QuiltHistF059":"It was made in 1931 for competition at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, and sent to the fair in Chicago, Ill. It came back with a blue ribbon. The owner at the time had a 3 yr. old boy and was expecting a second boy that summer. I remember the quilt being used as a summer blanket at home and at our cottage.","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new","Other"],"OthSourceF063a":"Fabric was purchased at the Five and Dime store.","TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"PattSourceF065":["Public domain"],"ContestListF071a":"1933 Century of Progress Quilt Contest at the Chicago, Ill. World's Fair. Won a blue ribbon.","OwnershipF082":"Private","SourceInfoF088b":"Habermann, Elaine","DateObtainedF088c":"10-12-1991","MaidenF097b":"Marshall","GenderF098":["Female"],"BirthDateF099":"c. 1910","EthnicF101":"Polish/French","OccupationF104":"homemaker","CountryF108":["United States"],"FatherNameF109":"Marshall, Peter","MotherNameF111":"Marshall, Constance","SpouseF113":"Bornick, Walter","OccupationF115":"farmer","NoChildF116":"4","DateF079":"1991-10-12","DateF079_era":"CE","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/15-11-1945/3335a.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/15-11-1945/1587843329.3335b.jpg"],"verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Sylvia Adair","dateverified":"2011-06-28","dateverified_era":"CE","Pattern":"CROSSED T","Maker":"[\"BORNICK, ELEANOR MARSHALL\"]","Date":"1930-1949","function":"Image -- master","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"3335a","ImageConF075a":"quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","DigDateF079a":"2011-06-28","DigDateF079a_era":"CE","CopyRestF080c":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","DistribRestF080d":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","DisplayResF080e":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","LicenseF080f":"Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts","legacy_kid":"42-75-BC","project_id":"15","form_id":"11","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 19:35:28","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:02:00"},"sort":["CROSSED T"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"xa5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-15","description":"Pieced Quilt in Crown of Thorns (or New York Beauty) design typical of many quilts entered in the contest. ","essay":"Lelia Rawls Porter won a green merit ribbon for this quilt.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Crown of Thorns","AltNameF011":"New York Beauty","OverallWidthF12a":"78 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"79 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Echo"],"FeaturesF053":"This pattern in the South in the late 1800s and early 1900s was called \"Crown of Thorns\" or \"Rocky Mountain.\" It is similar to a 1930s pattern put out by Stearns and Foster Co. named New York Beauty. Originally, the museum named it New York Beauty. The curators of this exhibit chose to name it Crown of Thorns, but the family's name for it was \"Rocky Mountain.\"","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Hollins","ProvStateF057d":"Alabama (AL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled in the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 60-61.","RelItemsF088a":"There is a photo of the quiltmaker on pg 61 of Patchwork Souvenirs.\r\n","AddNotesF132":"Lelia Rawls was born in Geneva, Alabama and came to Hollins, Alabama as a depot agent for the railroad. She met her husband in Hollins. According to her daughter, \"she was a very good mother, very thrifty, always entered contests, read a lot and quilted a lot. She lived to be 82. Her health got bad. she made beautiful clothes.\" Interview Aug 5, 1992 with Waldvogel.","QuiltTopF054":"Porter, Lelia Rawls","QuiltedByF055":"Porter, Lelia Rawls","OthPeopleF056":"A Ladies Club","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"IfOtherF007d":"Information about the quilt was provided by curators at the Birmingham (AL) Museum of Art. Waldvogel also had a telephone conversation with the quiltmaker's daughter in 1992.","CityF106a":"Hollins","StateF107":"Alabama (AL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Rawls","BirthDateF099":"1883","DeathF100":"1964","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Porter","NumQuiltsF123":"5-20 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"Birmingham Museum of Art","AddNotesF066":"Per an interview with Marguerite Fulbright, the quiltmaker's daughter, she remembered \"We had the pattern, but it got lost in the move. She belonged to a club. She made the quilt, but she got sick as the deadline approached. The Ladies Club helped her finish. It might have been a Home Demonstration Club. She worried about the size of the stitches. She sent it off. Her quilt won a green ribbon, but no cash prize.\"","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Birmingham","OwnerStateF086":"Alabama (AL)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"1985.384 Birmingham Museum of Art","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-15/Dmwc066_1.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-15/Zmwc066_1.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"CROWN OF THORNS","Maker":"[\"PORTER, LELIA RAWLS\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"076","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"QuiltHistF059":"In 1985, the quilt was purchased by the Birmingham Museum of Art with funds from the Fashion Group, Inc. in memory of Mary S. Faust.","OwnerAddressF083":"2000 Eighth Avenue North","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1B","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:00","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["CROWN OF THORNS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"0q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-28","description":"Delectable Mountains, a pieced pattern made by Frieda Plume won third Place in the National Round.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt entered by Frieda Plume of Evanston won third place in the final round of judging. Although photographs of the quilt appeared in 1933 Chicago newspapers, the actual quilt was not located until after the 1995 travelling exhibit was underway. \r\n\r\nThe quilt had travelled from Chicago to the Northeast. The quilt and a box of ephemera related to the quilt and the contest was given to a friend of the family. When Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit was on display at the Museum of Our National Heritage in Lexington, MA, the quilt owner read that Waldvogel and Brackman would be at the museum to do a program. They were all surprised to see the quilt -- no one knew it was red and white. The large size was also striking, but it was the contents of the box that was the most satisfying.\r\n\r\nIncluded were clippings with photos of a store-contest she won; a copy of the entry tag; a letter from Sears contest organizer; the Nancy Cabot quilt pattern based on Frieda Plume's Delectable Mountains, and a Jan 28, 1933 letter from Mary McElwain offering to have her quilted by her professional quilters. \r\n\r\nWhat's interesting is that Mary McElwain was one of the final round judges. And this quilt was awarded third place. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Delectable Mountains","PredomColorsF014":["Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Evanston","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was not found until the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit was underway. \r\n\r\nIt was exhibited at the State Street Sears Store in Chicago, May 26 - 30, 1933. And then at the Sears Pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair during the summer of 1933.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 43, 97.","RelItemsF088a":"Receipt for the contest quilt (dated May 15 1933 and signed by Mae G. Wilford at the Sears Loop Store).\r\n\r\nLetter May 20, 1933 from O. A. Howard to Frida Plume--congratulating her for winning the first prize for the quilt at their store. He said her quilt would be judged for the chicago Regional prizes on June 1. \r\n\r\nLetter January 28, 1933 from Mary A. McElwain to Mrs. F. V. Plume, in which she said she had talked with Mae Wilford and learned that Plume wanted someone to quilt her contest entry. McElwain replied that her prices vary from $10 to $21 depending on how much work she puts on the quilt. She wrote, \"I have a very wonderful group of women and only one quilter works on one quilt, so your stitches are uniform. It may take from 12 to 14 spools of thread, depending on the type of work.\" (Collection of quilt owner--photocopy in Waldvogel Collection)\r\n\r\nContest brochure (Collection of the owner and a photocopy in Waldvogel collection). Note: Rule #1: Anyone may enter by submitting a complete patchwork quilt of his or her own making, which has never been previously exhibited.\r\n\r\nNewspaper Clipping (Chicago Daily Tribune May 20, 1933) Written by Rhea Seeger: Quilts Depict Progress: Modern Quilt Patterns Vie with Favorites. Excerpt: \"Delightful old fashioned names are perpetuated in these 1933 quilts . . . for instance, a prize winning beauty called \"Delectable Mountain,\" an eye filling model exquisitely patched with scarlet patches that look like the summits of far-away mountains against a snowy white background.\r\n\r\nNewspaper Clipping: Chicago Daily News, Friday, May 26, 1933: Winners in World's Fair Quilt Contest (photo of Delectable Mountains and two other winning quilts). \r\n\r\nClipping (undated) Chicago Tribune, Nancy Cabot Quilt Column: Pyramid Mountains, row on Row. Make Trip Prize Winning Quilt.","QuiltTopF054":"Plume, Frieda","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Evanston","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"AddNotesF066":"In a letter written to Mrs. Carpenter whose quilt was also shown at the Chicago World's Fair, Frida Plume wrote: \"Dear Mrs. Carpenter: Thank you for your congratulations. My quilt is pieced of solid red and white Peter Pan gingham, an all over pattern.\"\r\n\r\nRe: the pattern name: Although Delectable Mountains is an old traditional pattern, the layout in this quilt may have been the maker's only design. \r\n\r\nChicago Tribune published the pattern in this arrangement in its Nancy Cabot quilt column (date?). Here is the description: \r\nTitle: Pyramid Mountains, Row on Row. Make Triple Prize Winning Quilt: Delectable Mountains one of the most noteworthy patterns presented in these columns, recently won three prizes in a nation-wide quilt contest. The design was created long ago in New Jersey by the invalid wife of a clergyman; during her long years of confinement to bed and chair she designed and made many quilts, but considered this her masterpiece. Its history since indicates that her belief was well founded. One interesting fact about it is that its name has remained unchanged.\"\r\n\r\nMrs. Scioto Danner of Emporia, Kansas sold quilt patterns in the 1930s. In Book 1 (a mult-page sales catalog), she wrote about seeing this quilt: \"Delectable Mountains: I saw the quilts in Chicago before they were taken to the Fair. Among them was the only quilt of this design that I have ever seen. It was of the same shade that I have used in mine [shown in a b/w quilt photo]. It would be equally pretty in another color. And I've noticed that every quilt that has tiny triangles in the construction is a pretty quilt. This is so clean and clear cut. It would do splendidly for a boy's or man's room or for one with modernistic furniture. Pattern with quilting, 50 cents.\" (\"Mrs. Danner's Quilts Book 1 (Emporia, KS, self-published: 1934), 35.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-28/Dmwc094.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-28/Zmwc094.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS","Maker":"[\"PLUME, FRIEDA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"096","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"On front","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"708 Dobson","IfQownerF007b":["Received as a gift"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-27","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:08","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"wK1hWZEB8akQsUweedxS","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"18-14-19","description":"This quilt, dated 1933 and bearing Gasperik's appliquéd initials, as well as the embroidered words "Century of Progress" on the back, may be the first quilt Mary completed. Its thick batting and lines quilted right across applique leaves perhaps betray a novice quilter's inexperience. It is clear that this quilt employed a commercial pattern or kit. Two very similar quilts are offered for sale by Cindy Rennels Antiques in January 2013. Rennels' website states both of these came from Indiana, but that the seller does not know the source of the pattern.
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\r\nOn all three quilts (The Gasperik version and the two Indiana versions) the green and red triangles comprising the vertical borders are appliqued, not pieced. The two Indiana versions do not have the solid red and solid green border strips Gasperik added to the top and bottom of her quilt. The Rennels' quilt I purchased is a summer spread. Gasperik's version has thick batting and is more than twice as densely quilted. If it can be assumed that the summer spread made by the unknown person displays the quiltING design proposed by the pattern (or kit) commercial source, then it can be said that Gasperik HAD to make changes, because the quilted lines on the summer spread do not connect and look incomplete along the two vertical borders. It appears that although Gasperik used a commercial pattern, she could not rely on it for complete quiltING instructions. It is interesting that even in what is likely to be Gasperik's first completed (cotton) applique quilt, she practiced two things which became a hallmark of almost all Gasperik quilts: she altered or added to a pattern or kit she was given or purchased, AND she placed special emphasis on creating and executing a complete and detailed quiltING design.","essay":"With the help of a local group, the Tuley Park quilt club, Mary very quickly learned expert technique. But it is not clear to Salser if her grandmother made this quilt before or after she joined the Tuley Park group. The Chicago Park District had a booth at the Century of Progress Fair, in its own quilt display area. The Chicago Tribune on May 20, 1934 published in a column called "Notes of a Century of Progress", on page 12, the following notice: "The Chicago Park District will hold a quilt contest, which will be conducted in connection with its exhibit at A Century of Progress. Members or former members of any park quilting club may enter this contest tomorrow or Tuesday, May 21 and 22. The quilts will be on display at the exhibit in the Hall of States. Prizes will be given at the end of the Fair." At the time she began to make quilts, Gasperik may have believed that "Century of Progress 1933" should be appliqued to all quilts, and not just those made IN 1933 for that occasion. Late in life, Mary asked her daughter Elsie to NOT keep this quilt, probably because she did not wish it to be associated with her work. Instead, Elsie brought it to her daughter Susan. Although red, green and white are the national colors of several European countries, it is interesting that Mary selected colors of the Hungarian flag to make this, perhaps her first, quilt.","InstNameF003":["Mary Gasperik Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Mary Gasperik Private Collection; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"041","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Double Trellis","OwnerNameF010":"Double Trellis M. G.","OverallWidthF12a":"72 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"91 inches","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Red","White","Yellow"],"OverCondF015":"Excellent/like new","DamageF016":["Stains","Other"],"OtherDamageF016a":"single brownish stain of unknown origin in central area of quilt","TypeInscripF019":["Initials","Other"],"ContInscripF020":"Century of Progress 1933","DateInscripF020a":"1933","LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"OtherLocInscripF022a":"M.G. on the front. Century of Progress on the back.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateInfoF023f":"Estimated date is based on embroidered date, but it might also refer to the 1933 Century of Progress quilts that she saw at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Other quilts she made have the same dates. Nevertheless, this is one of her first quilts. ","LayFormatF024":"Vertical bands","SpacingF029":["Strippy or vertical bands (in vertical rows separated by plain vertical bars)"],"BordDescF034":"Plain borders at top and bottom. Applique borders at right and left sides. ","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"UniqueF038h":"Oddly, piecing was not used as a construction technique to make this quilt. Even though the red and green triangles, arranged on strips LOOK like piecing, they are in fact appliqued.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"ColorBackingF040b":["White"],"NumPiecesF042":"3","WidthPiecesF042a":"7\", 32.5\", 32.5\"","DescBackF043":["Solid/plain"],"MatUsedF044":["Cotton"],"FabStrucF045":["Plain weave"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Bias grain"],"WidthBindF047":"less than a half inch","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"white","NumStitchedF050":"6","NumStitchF051":"7","WidthF051a":"1","KnotsF051b":"yes","DesignF052a":["Echo","Grid diamond"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"FeaturesF053":"In terms of construction, this quilt is Gasperik's crudest quilt. In fact, when Salser's mother brought her the quilt, as a gift, she told Susan that her mother had asked that she throw out the quilt and NOT keep it. Elsie couldn't bring herself to throw it out. Neither could Susan.","QuiltTopF054":"Gasperik, Mary","QuiltedByF055":"Gasperik, Mary","LocMadeF057a":"Chicago","ProvCountyF057b":"Cook County","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","QuiltHistF059":"When Elsie Krueger gave this quilt to Susan she explained that her mother had in fact not wanted it kept. At that point, during Gasperik's final illness, Elsie was distributing some of her mother's best quilts, so it is not surprising that Gasperik did not wish this one to be considered a gift. It was a surprise to Susan to even see it, because she doesn't recall it being included in the occasional \"quilt turning\" events at her grandmother's house.","ReasonsF060":["Unknown"],"QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Mary's grandchildren regard her quilts as a unique collection to be preserved and appreciated.","SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Unknown"],"AddNotesF066":"The source or sources are a mystery to Salser. Although the monogram \"M\" and \"G\" at first appeared to resemble one of the letter styles included in \"The Wonder Package\" (a box of patterns which is a source Gasperik used on some other quilts) in fact the patterns don't quite match.","ExhibitListF067a":"The Quilts of Mary Gasperik, Ravenswood Historic Site, Livermore, CA, March 14-15, 1992.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)102-103. \r\n

\r\nMerikay Waldvogel \"One American Dream Comes True\", Quilters Newsletter Magazine, March 2008, 46-49.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerNameF082a":"Susan Krueger Salser","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner","Relative of quiltmaker","Author/researcher"],"RelnQuiltF007":["Grandmother"],"IfOtherF007d":"Grand-daughter Susan Salser began this research effort in 1991, after she and her two sisters divided up the quilts which belonged to their mother (Elsie Gasperik Krueger) who died in 1988. Her ongoing research has been fruitful and interesting. ","MaidenF097b":"Mihalovits, Maria","GenderF098":["Female"],"BirthDateF099":"01/25/1888","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"Hungary","MarriageF099b":"11/18/1906","DeathF100":"05/25/1969","EthnicF101":"Hungarian","EdBkgdF102":"Elementary School","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"StAddressF105":"9314 Cottage Grove","CityF106a":"Chicago","CountyF106":"Cook","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"FatherNameF109":"Mihalovits, Istvan","BplaceF109a":"Hungary","EthBkgrndF110":"Hungarian","MotherNameF111":"Mihalovits, Vidoszava","BplaceF111a":"Hungary","EthBkgrndF112":"Hungarian","SpouseF113":"Gasperik, Stephen","EthBkgrndF114":"Hungarian","OccupationF115":"Milk Dealer/Grocery Store Owner/Butcher","NoChildF116":"3","NoFemF116a":"1 (Elsie 1909-1988)","NoMaleF116b":"2 (Elmer and Stephen)","LearnedToQuiltF117":["From guild or club member","Self-Taught"],"WhenQuiltF118":["Age 40-49"],"WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure","Other"],"OtherF119a":"At the time she made this particular quilt Gasperik was, apparently, teaching herself how to make quilts. The fact that later in life she asked her daughter to NOT keep this quilt suggests that she knew this was a beginner's effort and she did not want it to be regarded as representative of her work. Subsequently, Mary Gasperik made quilts because it was her life passion and greatest talent. As opportunities arose, she entered contests and exhibited them publicly. She also made special quilts for her family. ","NameGroupF120":"Tuley Park Quilt Club","LocGroupF121":"Chicago, IL","SpecialGroupF122":"Group showings of quilts and quilting demonstrations.","NumQuiltsF123":"more than 50","SellQuiltF127":"no","TeachF129":"no","AddNotesF132":"See introductory essay.","ImageConF075a":"whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"CD-ROM","DateF079":"1992-03-01","DateF079_era":"CE","photocredit079a1":"Don Gonzalez","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Hank Finn","function":"Image - medium display (250-550 pixels)","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","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/18-14-19/48-7C-2A.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/18-14-19/48-7C-2A-1.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Salser,Susan","dateverified":"2013-01-26","dateverified_era":"CE","pbd":"quiltiGasperik-a0a0b6-a","Maker Associator":"18-47-2","Pattern":"DOUBLE TRELLIS","Date":"1930-1949","Maker":"[\"GASPERIK, MARY\"]","legacy_kid":"48-7C-2A","project_id":"18","form_id":"14","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 20:01:39","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:51:04"},"sort":["DOUBLE TRELLIS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"4q5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-44","description":"Patriotic quilt that won a prize in the Seattle region.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis patriotic quilt made by Verna Merrill won a Blue Ribbon given to winners in the Mail Order Division. In her region, three other quilts won the top regional prizes and were sent on to Chicago for judging in the final round.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Eagle and Swags","SubjQuiltF025":"Patriotism","OverallWidthF12a":" ","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"UniqueF038h":"Swag border","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052d":"Stars in the quilting design","ColorBackingF040b":["Gold"],"DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Owner (quilter's daughter) has exhibited the quilt at local exhibits.","LocMadeF057a":"Grace","ProvStateF057d":"Idaho (ID)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Exhibited at the Seattle Regional site in June 1933.\r\n\r\nExhibited in Salt Lake City, UT at the Tribune-Telegraph exhibition in 1937.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Won Blue Ribbon in Mail Order Division/Seattle","RelItemsF088a":"Blue Ribbon (Mail Order Division) with a metal holder which has her name typed on a paper name plate.\r\n\r\nBox the quilt was returned in. The quilt owner still keeps it in the original box.\r\n\r\nThere is a small square piece of silk-- on which she wrote: \"this is my own work.\"\r\n\r\nNewspaper clipping (Seattle Times, May 15, 1933) advertising the Seattle contest and an exhibit to follow.\r\n\r\nAn undated news clipping (probably in the Grace, Idaho newspaper) reads:\r\n\r\nA Beautiful Quilt Being Made by Mrs. R. D. Merrill\r\n\r\nMrs. R. D. Merrill will exhibit through a Seattle organization at \"The Century of Progress\" at Chicago that may finally become the property of Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt. It is a beautiful creation, quality of material, artistry and symbolism combining to qualify it as a worthy treasure for \"the First Lady of the Land.\"\r\n\r\nMrs. Merrill is entering it in competition with others, which, too, have been created out of the ambition of makers that Mrs. Roosevelt will be the owner. The prize quilt under contest rules will be presented to the wife of the President of the United States.\r\n\r\nMrs. Merrill's quilt is of her own design and is constructed of silk. The theme of patriotism is expressed through the American eagle, gorgeous feather coloring looming impressively. The field of the quilt is of pure white, varied details of design contributing for the sum total of beauty. The back of the quilt is of golden color.\"","AddNotesF132":"She was born in Utah, but followed her husband to the little town of Grace, Idaho. The quiltmaker was a milliner in Grace, Idaho. She made drapes, wedding dresses, etc. According to her daughter, she was an artist. The quilt is all her own design. She dyed some of the fabric and quilted it herself.","QuiltTopF054":"Merrill, Verna Marinda","QuiltedByF055":"Merrill, Verna Marinda","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Grace","StateF107":"Idaho (ID)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Skidmore, Verna Marinda","BirthDateF099":"1899","DeathF100":"1986","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Merrill, Royal D.","IdentPersonF006":["Daughter of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"July 1997","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-44/Dmwc116.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-44/Zmwc116.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"EAGLE AND SWAGS","Maker":"[\"MERRILL, VERNA MARINDA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"190","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-36","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:17","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["EAGLE AND SWAGS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"8K5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-58","description":"This quilt won Second Place in the Minneapolis regional round and was exhibited at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nThis Feathered Star pattern was published by Hubert Ver Mehren for his Home Art Studio quilt pattern line. The quilt first appeared in 1932 in the booklet (name?)","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nIsabel Hughes of Linn Grove, Iowa won second place of $75 in Minneapolis round. Her quilt then went to the national round where it did not win a prize but it was displayed at the Sears Pavilion of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nQuilt historian Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. visited the exhibit and jotted these notes down about the quilt: \"Feathered Star -- very effective.\"","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Feathered Star","PredomColorsF014":["White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052d":"Star design quilted in large white squares.","DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Linn Grove","ProvStateF057d":"Iowa (IA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Hubert Ver Mehren design for Home Art Studio","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair\r\n\r\nQuilt was judged either at a local store or at the mail order house. The quilt won second place at the regional round in Minneapolis and went to the national round in Chicago where it did not win a prize.","QuiltTopF054":"Hughes, Isabel","QuiltedByF055":"Hughes, Isabel","CityF106a":"Linn Grove","StateF107":"Iowa (IA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Grand-daughter-in-law","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-58/Dmwc023.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-58/zmwc023.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"FEATHERED STAR","Maker":"[\"HUGHES, ISABEL\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"023","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Published material"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"FavesF130":"Grand-daughter-in-law reported that she owns two quilts by Isabel Hughes--Double Wedding Ring (double-bed size) and String of Beads (a king size applique quilt).","CustomsF131":"According to the family, Isabel used her $75 in prize money to pay for a portion of her daughter's college education.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-46","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:24","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FEATHERED STAR"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"1a1hWZEB8akQsUweedxS","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"18-14-41","description":"This unfinished quilt begun in 1933 combines a Wurzburg quilt kit Formal Garden #3555 and the border of The Tulip Quilt offered by H. Ver Mehren/Home Art Studios of Des Moines, IA. Formal Garden kit #3555 was the most popular kit produced by Wurzburg, which was itself the largest producer of art needlework kits during the period 1920-1940. The two double-rose motifs at the top of the quilt were not included in the original kit.","essay":"In this early quilt, it is evident that Gasperik had available to her many popular quilt patterns and kits. Colonial Quilts, published by Home Art Studios in 1932, was a popular source for patterns and quilting designs. This booklet and Wurzburg kits were on the market just prior to the Sears Quilt Contest. Several quilters won prizes for quilts made from these sources. A version of 'Formal Garden' was made by noted Kansas quilter Josephine Craig and later donated by her grandson to the Kansas Historical Society. According to Gay Bomers, the owner of Sentimental Stitches which is the successor to her grandfather's Wurzburg Company, Formal Garden was the company's most popular quilt kit.
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\r\nGasperik used several patterns offered in this this catalog to make the quilt we call the unfinished Century Of Progress Bouquet. In fact this very early quilt is something of an album of the kind of quilt-making experimentation Gasperik engaged in from the very beginning of her interest in making quilts. Examples from Colonial Quilts which can be seen on this quilt include: Image/Page 22 of the 36 images from Colonial Quilts offered on The Quilt Index, the 'patchwork tulip border'; Image/Page 30 of 36 pattern 533-Q, the quilted tulip basket; Image 30 of 36 pattern 532-Q, which is offered in the Colonial Quilts catalog as a quiltING pattern was transformed into an applique pattern by Gasperik to make the two appliqued pink and yellow rose units at the top of this quilt [it should be noted that this same pattern transformation can be seen on the 1935 Gasperik quilt called Laurel Wreath; Image 34 of 36, feather border pattern 508-QB is quilted into the corners of the unfinished Century of Progress Bouquet; and finally Image 34 or 36, floral corner quilting pattern Q517B is seen in this same quilt (as well as in 4 other Gasperik quilts: Colonial Quilting Bee, Double Feather Star - Susan, Double Feather Star - Doris and Wholecloth Baby quilt - Joanne). The Colonial Quilts catalog pages are something of a visual feast for viewers interested in learning the sources of Mary Gasperik's wonderful quiltING designs. It should be noted that many of these patterns could also be found in other commercial quilting pattern catalogs. I single out this source - the Colonial Quilts catalog reproduced by The Quilt Index Ephemera collection - because Needleart Guild's patterns (which might in fact have been the source of many of the quilting patterns found in Ver Mehren's Colonial Quilts catalogs) cannot be seen on The Quilt Index and are more difficult for the quilt researcher to find and look at. It is clear that Gasperik used both of these pattern sources - both Home Art Studios AND Needleart Guild. A third Gasperik source for many of the patterns found on this quilt, is a quilting manual written by the director of Chicago's park district quilting clubs, named Alice Beyer. Many of the patterns in Beyer's book also are found in Colonial Quilts, and in Needleart Guild catalogs. Gasperik was a member of Chicago's Tuley Park quilting club, and as such she would have used Alice Beyer's book and the mimeographed patterns Beyer prepared for use by Chicago park quilting clubs. Alice Beyer's book, entitled Quilting, was published by the Leisure Hobby Series in 1934. This series of how-to hobby instruction manuals was created for use nation-wide by urban park recreation programs eager to serve and acculturate America's burgeoning immigrant population. Quilting was one of the many hobbies selected for inclusion, and Chicago's Alice Beyer created the manual for it. The original book is a very inclusive and basic explication of how to make quilts. It includes many quilt and quiltING patterns also offered by Home Art Studios and Needleart Guild. It also included an interesting two-page bibliography at the end. A California group called the East Bay Heritage Quilters reprinted Beyer's book in 1978, but unfortunately they failed to include that bibliography. Many pages in Quilting relate to the Mary Gasperik quilt collection. I cite the following examples: Image 2 of 82 specifically connects the Tuley Park Quilting Club to the Beyer Quilting manual, Image 3 of 82 discusses how this book was specifically written, by simplicity of its English and its emphasis on illustrations and diagrams, to be accessible to non-English-speakers, Image 17 of 82 includes a Hosanna quilt block pattern (Gasperik made such a quilt, #020), Image 27 of 82 includes the Water Lily pattern (from Nancy Cabot) which Gasperik used (partially) in her Laurel Wreath applique dated 1935, Image 29 of 82 include Cabot's Tulip Basket block, a quilt Gasperik made 1933-34 (#060), Image 29 of 82 also includes Rose Beauty, a Nancy Cabot design quilted by Gasperik around Laurel Wreath's border, Image 46 of 82 center row left star block links to the quilts Gasperik specifically tied to "The Century of Progress" Chicago Fair, including the unfinished Century of Progress Bouquet, the 1933-34 Tulip Basket and Star Arcturus (#048) dated 1934, Image 48 of 82 lower left block has the double rose seen on the unfinished Century of Progress Bouquet, Laurel Wreath and Bridal Bouquet - Karen (#064), and, finally, Images 60 and 61 of 82 drawings of snow crystals probably link to Gasperik's undated quilt called Snowflakes (#053). Although this quilt (and five other Gasperik quilts) are embroidered "Century of Progress," it is not suggested that they were included in any contest or exhibit associated with the 1933 Chicago World's Fair known as "The Century of Progress Exposition." However, it is obvious she was inspired and motivated to embark on a quilting adventure as a result of the Century of Progress.","InstNameF003":["Mary Gasperik Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Mary Gasperik Private Collection; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"004","TypeObjF008":"Quilt top with unfinished edge","QuiltTitleF009":"Floral Bouquet","OwnerNameF010":"Unfinished Century of Progress Bouquet","AltNameF011":"Formal Garden, Bouquet","BrackmanF011a":"82.25","OverallWidthF12a":"78 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"88 inches","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Rounded","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Cream","Gold"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor","Bright or primary colors"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","RepairHistF018":"Gasperik ran out of the binding. When she attached a border made for a square scalloped-edged quilt to a panel for a straight-sided rectangular kit quilt, the kit-supplied binding was too short to accommodate the arrangement. ","TypeInscripF019":["Message"],"OtherTypeInscripF019a":"Commemoration or Remembrance","ContInscripF020":"M. G. A Century-of-Progress -1933 -","DateInscripF020a":"1933","MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["on back"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","OtherExDateF023d":"1933 based on date of kit.","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateInfoF023f":"This is a kit quilt known as Wurzburg's No. 3555 Formal Garden manufactured in Grand Rapids, MI, but the kit was offered in mail order catalogs such as Herrschner #4197 Fall-Winter 1932-33 Catalog. ","LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","SubjQuiltF025":"Bouquet of Flowers","NumBordersF033":"One","BordDescF034":"Curvilinear border selected by the quiltmaker is not from the original kit border for Formal Bouquet. She incorporated a border advertised in the 1932 Colonial Quilts booklet of Home Art Studios, designed by company owner Hubert Ver Mehren, Des Moines, Iowa. Name of border-Tulip Quilt.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF039a":"It is interesting that Gasperik added applique wheat to this very early quilt. On subsequent quilts she embroidered the wheat sprigs, which are something of a favored Gasperik quilt motif. Wheat is not an easy choice for applique construction.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"DescBackF043":["Solid/plain"],"MatUsedF044":["Cotton"],"WidthBindF047":"less than a half inch","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"KnotsF051b":"no","DesignF052a":["Grid square","Patches outlined/in the ditch","Single parallel lines"],"DesignF052b":["Feathering","Floral","Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch","Parallel lines"],"DesignF052d":"Tulip border, feather plumes, tulip bouquet. A floral unit is quilted inside each border scallop.","FeaturesF053":"Gasperik turned Ver Mehren/Colonial Quilts quiltING block pattern #532-Q into an applique pattern to make the two pink and yellow rose sprigs on this quilt. A picture of this block pattern is also found in Alice Beyer's 1934 book Quilting, the manual used by Gasperik's Tuley Park quilting group). Although this book is copyright 1934, Beyer supervised the Chicago Park District's quilting clubs and she wrote and distributed the clubs' instructional materials. Although quilting became more popular after the Chicago Fair and the Sears national quilt contest, the clubs in fact existed before that.\r\n

\r\nThe Wurzburg kit used a palette of 6 different pastel fabrics. Gasperik's added flowers and use of bright colors indicate she contributed patterns and fabrics from her personal collection. Where the kit supplied a single color, Gasperik employed several different shades of that same color, greatly increasing the number of different fabrics (from six to about 2 dozen). Comparing the Gasperik quilt with an old (undated but probably from the 1930s) Wurzburg Formal Garden #3555 kit, it is not clear if Gasperik used ANY of the kit's fabrics. She did not used its proposed quiltING designs either. Her addition of an applique sprig of wheat, is a very personal and Hungarian added touch. The kit includes fabric for making an inter rectangular border of flowers, which Gasperik did not use, choosing instead to substitute/add the previously mentioned elaborate Ver Mehren Tulip Quilt border. The Wurzburg kit does not have a separate border, the white ground simply extends to the edge of the quilt and no binding is supplied. ","QuiltTopF054":"Gasperik, Mary","QuiltedByF055":"Gasperik, Mary","LocMadeF057a":"Chicago","ProvCountyF057b":"Cook County","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Doris Gasperik selected this quilt in a division of quilts with Gasperik's daughter Elsie after Mary Gasperik's death. Upon Elmer and Doris Gasperik's death the quilt was inherited by their children.","ReasonsF060":["Other"],"OtherF060a":"Although this quilt IS a work of art and personal expression, the occasion for its making was surely the Sears Quilt Contest and Chicago Century of Progress Worlds Fair of 1933. ","QDesignF060b":["Unknown"],"PresUseF062":["Exhibit","Keepsake/memento"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Mary's grandchildren regard her quilts as a unique collection to be preserved and appreciated.","SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern","Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"OthTopSourceF064a":"The pink and yellow double rose at the top of the quilt is an applique translation of a portion of block pattern 532Q from Colonial Quilts /Hubert Ver Mehren","CommSourceF064b":"Wurzburg kit #3555 Formal Garden Applique.

Border pattern is \"Tulip Border\" from Hope Winslow (p22) or Colonial Quilts (p 20).

Applique pansies added to Wurzburg bouquet are probably taken from Nancy Cabot pattern called \"Pansy Block\" ","PattSourceF065":["Kit","Published material"],"CommSourceF065b":"Five quilting designs from Ver Mehren's booklet Colonial Quilts: 533-Q (the tulip bouquet), 508-QB (feather border), QB546 (the quilted chain of tulips), Q517B (corner floral unit), and 401 (8-pointed star).","AddNotesF066":"This Wurzburg kit Formal Garden No. 3555 was advertised: \"This pattern has taken first prize in several National Contests.\" Perhaps that is why Mary Gasperik wanted to try her hand at this particular quilt pattern. It was also Wurzburg's most popular kit [see Michigan State University Museum Newsletter Winter 2001, pp 3-4 \"Quilter's Profile Garrett Raterink and Gay Bomers].","ExhibitListF067a":"Quilts from Chicago World Fairs 1893 and 1933, curated by Merikay Waldvogel, International Quilt Festival, Rosemont, IL, Spring 2004. \r\n

\r\nNote: This quilt was NOT exhibited in Quilts of Mary Gasperik at the Ravenswood Historic Site, Livermore, California March 14-15, 1992. \r\n","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)102-103. \r\n

\r\nMerikay Waldvogel \"One American Dream Comes True\", Quilters Newsletter Magazine, March 2008, 46-49.","RelItemsF088a":"Quilt Kit Booklet Heirloom Quilts from Needleart Guild, 826 E. Fulton St. Grand Rapids, MI. \r\n

\r\nWurzburg kit Formal Garden Number 3555, collection of Susan Salser\r\n

\r\nPair of Formal Garden quilts made by unknown quilter, collection of Kathy Jacob. These quilts shows many elaborations of the kit design, perhaps even more than does the Gasperik quilt. \r\n

\r\nBooklets Hope Winslow's Quilt Book, Colonial Quilts and Aunt Mary Jacob's Album of Favorite Quilting Designs from Home Art Studios, Des Moines, Iowa. \r\n

\r\nQuilting, Alice Beyer, Leisure Hobby Series, South Park Commissioners, Chicago, 1934.\r\n

\r\nA color family photograph (circa 1965) shows three generations looking at this quilt in Gasperik's East Hazelcrest front yard: the quilter, Mary Gasperik, her daughter Elsie Krueger, and her great-granddaughter, Lorna MacLachlan. ","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerNameF082a":"Elmer Gasperik heirs (contact Kathy Jacob)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Susan Salser","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker","Author/researcher"],"RelnQuiltF007":["Grandmother"],"IfOtherF007d":"Grand-daughter Susan Salser began this research effort in 1991, after she and her two sisters divided up the quilts which belonged to their mother (Elsie Gasperik Krueger) who died in 1988. Her ongoing research has been fruitful and interesting. ","MaidenF097b":"Mihalovits, Mariska","GenderF098":["Female"],"BirthDateF099":"01/25/1888","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"Hungary","MarriageF099b":"11/18/1906","DeathF100":"05/25/1969","EthnicF101":"Hungarian","EdBkgdF102":"Elementary School","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"StAddressF105":"9314 S. Cottage Grove","CityF106a":"Chicago","CountyF106":"Cook","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"FatherNameF109":"Mihalovits, Istvan","BplaceF109a":"Hungary","EthBkgrndF110":"Hungarian","MotherNameF111":"Mihalovits, Vidoszava","BplaceF111a":"Hungary","EthBkgrndF112":"Hungarian","SpouseF113":"Gasperik, Stephen","EthBkgrndF114":"Hungarian","OccupationF115":"Milk Dealer/Grocery Store Owner/Butcher","NoChildF116":"3","NoFemF116a":"1 (Elsie 1909-1988)","NoMaleF116b":"2 (Elmer and Stephen)","LearnedToQuiltF117":["From guild or club member","Self-Taught"],"WhenQuiltF118":["Age 40-49"],"WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure","Other"],"OtherF119a":"She made quilts to exhibit in shows and contests. Later in life, she made quilts especially for her children and grandchildren. In short, she made quilts because it was her life passion and her greatest talent. \r\n","NameGroupF120":"Tuley Park Quilt Club and Detroit News Quilt Club","LocGroupF121":"Chicago, IL and Detroit, MI","SpecialGroupF122":"Chicago group met to quilt and held periodic quilt shows; Detroit group held national exhibits and contests, ","NumQuiltsF123":"more than 50","SellQuiltF127":"no","TeachF129":"no","InvenNumF075":"004","ImageConF075a":"whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"CD-ROM","DateF079":"1992-03-01","DateF079_era":"CE","photocredit079a1":"Don Gonzalez","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Hank Finn","function":"Image - medium display (250-550 pixels)","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","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/18-14-41/48-7C-4.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/18-14-41/48-7C-4-224-quiltiGasperik-a0a0a4-b_13049.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"Although this quilt (and five other Gasperik quilts) are embroidered \"Century of Progress,\" it is not suggested that they were included in any contest or exhibit associated with the 1933 Chicago World's Fair known as \"The Century of Progress Exposition.\" ","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/18-14-41/FloralBouquet.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"Floral Bouquet photographed on a clothesline.","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/18-14-41/FloralBouquet-2.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"Family photograph (c1965) shows three generations looking at this quilt in Gasperik's East Hazelcrest front yard: the quilter, Mary Gasperik, her daughter Elsie Krueger, and her great-granddaughter, Lorna MacLachlan.","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Salser, Susan","dateverified":"2018-01-26","dateverified_era":"CE","pbd":"quiltiGasperik-a0a0a4-a","Maker Associator":"18-47-2","Pattern":"FLORAL BOUQUET","Date":"1930-1949","Maker":"[\"GASPERIK, MARY\"]","legacy_kid":"48-7C-4","project_id":"18","form_id":"14","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 20:01:54","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:51:21"},"sort":["FLORAL BOUQUET"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"265kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-37","description":"Each quilt entry was required to have an official entry form affixed to the quilt's bottom right corner. This quiltmaker also attached the judging point guidelines--as a reminder to the judges. This quilt in an original design was disqualified according to the family's story because French knots had worked through the silk.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Floridian Garden","SubjQuiltF025":"Floral Medallion at Center of Quilt. Smaller floral design at top of quilt.","OverallWidthF12a":"68 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"90 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy"],"OverallColorF14b":["One color/monochromatic"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"UniqueF037b":"The attached lace was made by the quiltmaker.","ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"The family story of why the judges disqualified the quilt is that the French knots had worked through the silk. Another reason was that some of the penciled pattern lines were visible. According to grand-daughter Eleanor Alford, \"I cannot believe that these reasons would have disqualified, rather, would have dropped the quilt back in prize position. My own theory is that the quilt was the worng size, which would indeed disqualify it. No one knows for sure.\" Alford to Brackman, January 20, 1983.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Ferns, flowers, doves in flight, birds on a nest, a pelican, etc.","ColorBackingF040b":["Blue or Navy"],"TypeInscripF019":["Place","Signature","Other"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"Mrs. LOUELLA BITTER, \"Floridian Garden\", Month of March 1933, $100. Original Design. Mrs. Louella Bitter, 1180 State Street, Quincy, Ill. Chicago Sears Store 1020.","DateInscripF020a":"1933","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited perviously\" to which the quilter signed her name.","FeaturesF053":"Prairie Points backed with white lace edging is attached on all four sides.","DateBegunF023a":"March 1933","DateFinishF023b":"March 1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Art or personal expression","Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Quincy","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 47-48. \r\n\r\n\"Observe Golden Wedding\" Quincy Herald Whig Paper, March 17, 1936. \r\n\r\nObituary: \"Mrs. Bitter Dies: Widow of Former Prominent Doctor\" [Quincy newspaper], Jan 3, 1954. \r\n\r\nPhotocopies of b/w family photos provided by Eleanor Alford include photos of winter home in St. Petersburg, FL. One of Mrs. Bitter with her daughters Eleanor, Agnes, and Laura in 1936.","RelItemsF088a":"1936 photo of Dr. and Mrs. Bitter, Quincy, IL on p. 48 Patchwork Souvenirs. ","AddNotesF132":"Her full name was Joanna Louella Beatty. She grew up in Maysville, MO, but was born in West Virginia. She came to Quincy to attend Chaddock College where she met her future husband. They were married in Maysville on March 17, 1886. He was on the staff of St. Mary Hospital. Her chief interests were her home and family. she was a talented artist and whenever possible coninued to study art at the Notre Dame academy in Quincy. ","QuiltTopF054":"Bitter, Louella Beatty","QuiltedByF055":"Bitter, Louella Beatty","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Quincy","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Beatty","BirthDateF099":"12/24/1861","DeathF100":"01/03/1954","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Dr. J. W. Edward Bitter","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","SellQuiltF127":"no","OwnerNameF082a":"Chicago Historical Society","AddNotesF066":"According to the owner (the quiltmaker's grand-daughter), her grandparents had a winter home in St. Petersburg, Florida for many years and both loved Floridian life. Grandmother was an accomplished artist (oils, charcoal, and pastels) so her talents were used to design the quilt. Among the quilting pattern itself can be seen many flowers, ferns, a pair of doves in flight, a cardinal and a pelican. Detail in the center floral design shows a pair of bluebirds flying to their nest containing two nestlings. Also can be seen butterflies in among the flowers. She loved nature.\" (Eleanor Alford to Barbara Brackman, January 20, 1983).","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Quilt descended through family to Eleanor Alford (grand-daughter) who, with the consent of other family members, donated the quilt to the Chicago Historical Society where it currently resides.","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Chicago","OwnerCountyF085":"Cook","OwnerStateF086":"Illinois (IL)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"c. 1990","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-37/Dmwc003.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-37/Zmwc003.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"FLORIDIAN GARDEN","Maker":"[\"BITTER, LOUELLA BEATTY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair; Chicago Historical Society Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"003","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Bottom right corner","QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"OccupationF115":"Medical Doctor","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"1130 State Street","FavesF130":"Baby quilt with stork design made for grand-daughter Eleanor Alford. Two full-size quilts -- one lavender and white \"Fool's Puzzle\" design.","IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1983) and Waldvogel (1990-93)","locationF007f":"Correspondence 1983-1992","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was donated to the Chicago Historical Society after the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibition ended.","OwnerAddressF083":"Get info","OwnerZipF087":"Get info","OwnerPhoneF088":"Get info","SourceInfoF088b":"Letter of intent to donate.","DateObtainedF088c":"c. 1996","InvenNumF075":"Get the info!","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-3","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:13","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FLORIDIAN GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"365kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-41","description":"Flower Garden Quilt","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis Flower Garden quilt represents the thousands of well-made quilts that did not reach the final rounds of judging.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Flower Garden","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"80 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Coral","Cream","Green","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"FeaturesF053":"The center medallion arrangement using traditional Flower Garden units is created by carefully selecting the contrasting colors. An antique quilt in this arrangement was published in Ruth Finley's 1930 book \"Old Quilts.\" The antique quilt is still in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Expert quilters attempted to duplicate the layout.","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"DeSmeth","ProvStateF057d":"South Dakota (SD)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition.\r\n\r\nAlthough this quilt was not included in the original group, it was added to the exhibit at the Rock County Historical Society (Janesville, WI), when the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit was on display there Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 ","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","AddNotesF132":"According to the family member, \"Julia quilted for other people to supplement their income. Most of the time she would have a quilt on frames in their living room. She raised a family of five, three girls and two boys also two grandchildren whose parents died at an early age. George and Julia were perfect companions enjoying life together for 72 years. They died 10 days apart reaching the ages of 90 and 98.\"","QuiltTopF054":"Rowbotham, Julia","QuiltedByF055":"Rowbotham, Julia","CityF106a":"DeSmeth","StateF107":"South Dakota (SD)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Rowbotham, George","SellQuiltF127":"yes","AddNotesF066":"According to the owner, \"Julia read about the contest and wanted to enter but could not afford the material. Her daughter ordered the material from a Sears catalogue. Every stitch was her own from piecing to quilting. The quilt was mailed to Sears Roebuck in Minneapolis.\"","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-41/Dmwc113_1.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-41/Zmwc113_1.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"FLOWER GARDEN","Maker":"[\"ROWBOTHAM, JULIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"162","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Ran a cream and egg inspection station.","GenderF098":["Female"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-33","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:15","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FLOWER GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"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":["FLOWER GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Aq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-76","description":"A Green Merit Ribbon winner improvised with a quilt kit design.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nIt is not known how many green merit ribbons were presented, but if the ribbon is with the quilt, it is strong evidence that the quilt was entered and judged at a local level.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Formal Garden","OverallWidthF12a":"91 inches","OverallLengthF012b":" 99 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Cream","Green","Pink","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Clamshell"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Floral quilting motifs added in wide floral border; spider web designs above the floral border; concentric clamshell quilting in wide outer border.","ContInscripF020":"Green merit ribbon is attached:\r\n\"SEARS\r\nCENTURY OF PROGRESS NATIONAL QUILT CONTEST MERIT AWARD\r\n1933","DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1933","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Libertyville","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Wurzburg No. 3555 \"Formal Garden\" made in Grand Rapids, MI","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","AddNotesF132":"According to her grandson, the quilt owner, \"My grandmother did the needlepoint and applique. She told me the actual quilting was done by some woman in the Ozarks, I think. My memory may not be reliable, but it seems to me she paid something like $25 for the quilting labor. We have no record of the person who did the quilting.\"\r\n\r\n\"Mildred was a resident of Libertyville, IL until retired, then Phelps, WI and then Clearwater FL. Mildred was married to Arthur Llewellyn Ball and everyone called him \"Mike.\" Her friends called her \"Kate\" and her husband called her \"Cherie.\" He was a WWI vet, came home with dysentery and spent a lot of time in France. Mildred grew up in South Dakota. She told me that as a child she went fishing for catfish in the creek using a shot gun. She remodeled a farm in Libertyville and ran the family business (farm drainage) when my Grandfather was overseas. She said she cleared big rocks from the field with a team of horses pulling a 'stoneboat.'\" ","QuiltTopF054":"Ball, Mildred","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Libertyville","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Malcolm","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Ball, Arthur Llewellyn","OwnerNameF082a":"Chris Ball","AddNotesF066":"Although the center panel is the same as the quilt kit, the quilt maker designed the scroll border that frames the panel and she created the wide floral applique border made with flowers that are not exactly like the quilt kit's floral appliques.","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-76/20110603091348.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"FORMAL GARDEN","Maker":"[\"BALL, MILDRED\"]","Date":"1933","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"192","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Kit"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-57","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:29","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FORMAL GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"ya5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-19","description":"Pictorial quilt depicting Fort Dearborn in 1833","essay":"Several quilts documented used some sort of image of Fort Dearborn in their quilts to depict the 1833 beginnings of Chicago. This quilt also portrays the scene of the confrontation between Indians and soldiers protecting the Fort. \r\n\r\nThis quilt did not win a prize in the contest, but the maker often used the quilt in her quilt lectures she gave in the years following the World's Fair.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Fort Dearborn Quilt (Green Merit Ribbon)","SubjQuiltF025":"The seige of Fort Dearborn is depicted in this quilt. The scene shows Fort Dearborn, the white residents' log cabin just outside the fort, and Indians confront soldiers. Flying above the fort is an eage with outspread wings holding Chicago's flag--here with only two stars. A third star was added for the 1933 Exposition and remains the official city flag. ","OverallWidthF12a":"80 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"80 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Green","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid square"],"DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Chicago","ProvCountyF057b":"Cook","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was included in the nationally travelling exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nExhibited also at The Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum May and June 1997, \"Houses in Quilts: The Fabric of Our Lives, Architectural Interpretations in Fabric.\"\r\n\r\nAlso exhibited at Spring International Quilt Festival at Rosemont, IL April 11-13, 2003.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993, pp. 84-86.","RelItemsF088a":"Newspaper clipping (Chicago Tribune May 1949: \"Widow, 83, Sows Seeds of Art in Fancy Sewing: Puts Fort Dearborn on a Quilt\" \r\n\r\nPhoto of quiltmaker is on pg 84 of Patchwork Souvenirs. ","AddNotesF132":"Mary O'Halloran was educated at a convent school in Rensselaer, Indiana. There she learned quilting, lace making, crewel, and needlepoint. After schooling, she took a job as a nanny. While walking the children in a park, she met a young police officer, Thomas Fitzgerald. They were married in 1892 and had three children of their own.\r\n\r\nIn 1924 Mary Fitzgerald won a major contest in Aurora, Illinois with an applique quilt. Her Sears contest entry, Fort Dearborn, won a green ribbon of honorable mention at a Chicago store, but it was not among the finalists shown at the fair. Following the fair, she promoted quiltmaking by organizaing quiltign clubs in the Chicago area and lecturing about quilts. ","QuiltTopF054":"Fitzgerald, Mary O'Halloran","QuiltedByF055":"Fitzgerald, Mary O'Halloran","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"O'Halloran","BirthDateF099":"1866","DeathF100":"1957","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"SpouseF113":"Fitzgerald, Thomas","NumQuiltsF123":"5-20 quilts","AddNotesF066":"Notice the layering of small strips of fabric to create realistic log buildings. ","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1992","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-19/Dmwc075.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-19/Zmwc075.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"FORT DEARBORN QUILT GREEN MERIT RIBBON","Maker":"[\"FITZGERALD, MARY O'HALLORAN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"086","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Police Officer","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1F","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:02","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["FORT DEARBORN QUILT GREEN MERIT RIBBON"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"A65kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-77","description":"The third prize winner in the Boston Regional Round was a \"Friendship Ring\" also known as Dresden Plate made by Mabel Hammond. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe Boston Regional round winners went on to Chicago for the final judging. The third place winner entered by Mabel Hammond of Plattsburg, New York was a Dresden Plate quilt, described by Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. as \"Friendship Ring, no border, modern prints.\" In an interview with family members, they described it as \"Dresden Plate.\"","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Friendship Ring","AltNameF011":"Dresden Plate","PredomColorsF014":["Pink"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Solid/plain"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond"],"FeaturesF053":"The actual quilt has not been examined by Waldvogel. She talked with grand-daughters about the quilt and the quiltmaker.","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Plattsburg","ProvStateF057d":"New York (NY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Entered in the Boston Regional Round where it won third place. ","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 108.","RelItemsF088a":"Grand-daughter has news clipping from Plattsburg newspaper which mentions the prize. Grand-daughter also has the ribbon. ","AddNotesF132":"Quiltmaker was also an excellent rugmaker. She collected old wool and made them into strips for her rug hooking. She sold rugs to well-known people. She married in 1934. She died in Glen Falls, NY in 1992.","QuiltTopF054":"Hammond, Mabel","QuiltedByF055":"Hammond, Mabel","CityF106a":"Plattsburg","StateF107":"New York (NY)","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"1909","DeathF100":"1992","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","verify":"yes","Pattern":"FRIENDSHIP RING","Maker":"[\"HAMMOND, MABEL\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"137","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"QuiltHistF059":"Quiltmaker gave the quilt to her son's wife (Marge). Marge gave it to current owner.\"","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-58","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:29","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FRIENDSHIP RING"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"C65kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-90","description":"Emma Mae Leonhard named her quilt \"From 1833 to 1933.\" She created a block which she thought depicted the theme A Century of Progress 1833 to 1933. The block features a small log cabin overshadowed by towering skyscrapers. And she repeated the block 9 times. The theme is further carried out in the background and at the borders in appliqued and embroidered images as well as in the quilting designs. It's important to remember the women who took the challenge to make something original only had five months to finish their quilts. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"From 1833 To 1933","SubjQuiltF025":"History of costumes, war, transportation and youth organizations from 1833 to 1933.","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"84 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Cream","Lavender","Pink","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Pictorial","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052b":["Cables","Feathering","Other"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Lots of pictorial quilting designs in the open areas--including one in which Santos of the Apaches is shakin hands with General Howard. There's a train with coal tender and several cars at bottom of the quilt. There are also airplanes, ships, and other modes of transportation quilted into the quilt.","TypeInscripF019":["Date","Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"Dates are embroidered with roses at quilt top. Dates appear under each costumed woman. Dates appear under each military represented. Other inscriptions pertain to trnsportarion","DateInscripF020a":"Various dates ranging from 1833 to 1933","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Virginia","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"October 1984 exhibited at the Quilt Festival in Houston and on December 8, 1984 at the Star of Texas Show. [Source: Quilters Newsletter Magazine (Feb 1984), 7.\r\n\r\nThe exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nAdd IQSC exhibits with this quilt.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. There is no proof such as a label, ribbon or newspaper clipping that proves the quilt was actually finished and judged.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp 75-78.\r\n\r\nAlso add Japanese exhibit catalog.","RelItemsF088a":"Explanation of the Meaning of the Designs.\r\n\r\nFamily History compiled by J. Charles Leonhard (one-page typed).\r\n\r\nPhoto of Emma Mae Leonhard on pg 75 of Patchwork Souvenirs.\r\n\r\nThe State Journal (Springfield, IL) article (Dec 15, 1932) pertaining to Miss Leonhard winning first prize in a national contest of State Flower Quilts using a Ruby McKim design.\r\n\r\nNewspaper article: \"Quilts bring record prices at Auction\" in Journal Courier (Jacksonville, IL)(August 14, 1983).\r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"In 1933 Emma Mae Leonhard was a high school English teacher and an early environmentalist. This quilt and her accompanying explanation of the designs are a tribute to a teacher's desire to look for the positive and communicate it to others. She reminds the viewer that tru progress, as great as inventions and discoveries might be, is based on sacrifice, service and concern for the world. (Waldvogel, Patchwork Souvenirs, 77).\r\n\r\nShe never married. She taught English at Jacksonville (IL) High School for 45 years according to the family history notes compiled by J. Charles Leonhard.\r\n\r\nShe was involved in the Campfire Girls organization and served as a Red Cross volunteer during World War I. In her later years she led birding expeditions to various laces in the United States and served as president of the Audubon Society of Illinois. A wildlife sanctuary by the lake at Jacksonville is named in her honor. (Source 1992 interview by Waldvogel with Floyd Leonhard, quiltmaker's brother). ","QuiltTopF054":"Leonhard, Emma Mae","QuiltedByF055":"Leonhard, Lillie Simms","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Virginia","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Leonhard","BirthDateF099":"12/05/1890","DeathF100":"01/24/1976","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","OwnerNameF082a":"International Quilt Study Center and Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.","AddNotesF066":"A three-page typed explanation of the meaning of the quilt blocks and the quilting design was compiled by Miss Leonhard. ","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Lincoln","OwnerStateF086":"Nebraska (NE)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"1997.007.0368","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1983","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-90/Dmwc024.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-90/Zmwc024.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"FROM 1833 TO 1933","Maker":"[\"LEONHARD, EMMA MAE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"031","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","EmbellTechF038f":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1983)","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was purchased at an auction by Tom and Marie Foster in 1983 for $5,300 in Jacksonville, Illinois. Other quilts by Leohard were offered for sale at the auction and all brought high prices. \r\n\r\nThe Fosters sold the quilt to Ardis and Robert James who transferred it to the International Quilt Study Center along with other collected quilts in 1997.","OwnerAddressF083":"1523 N. 33rd Street","OwnerZipF087":"68583","OwnerPhoneF088":"402-472-6549","DateObtainedF088c":"Quilt was acquired in 1996 as part of the Ardis and Robert James Collection.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-B","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:33","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["FROM 1833 TO 1933"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"765kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-57","description":"Second Place Winner in Boston Regional. \r\n\r\nThis Garden Bouquet quilt was made from a Nancy Page Quilt Club design by Florence LaGanke that appeared in newspapers in 1931-1932.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThere was nothing that would disqualify a quilt entry made a few years prior to the contest deadline. The contest organizers did not want antique quilts. Quilts from the late 1920s and early 1930s reached the national round. We know when this quilt was made because these blocks appeared at the same time in newspapers throughout the nation in 1931-193.\r\n\r\nIt won second place in the Boston Regional Round and was shown at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Garden Bouquet","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan","Blue or Navy","Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Print","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DateBegunF023a":"1932","DateFinishF023b":"1932 or 1933","DateInfoF023f":"Garden Bouquet, a Nancy Page Quilt Club series pattern, appered in newspapers nationwide at the same time from Fall 1931 to Spring 1932.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry","Fundraising"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"New Haven","ProvStateF057d":"Connecticut (CT)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Newspaper"],"CommSourceF064b":"Nancy Page Quilt Club column","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair\r\n\r\nProbably entered in New Haven, Connecticut where it won a top prize. In the regional round in Boston, it won second place.","OtherSourceMat":"See another quilt made by Grace Bentley in the Quilt Index. #2166 Connecticut Quilt Search.","RelItemsF088a":"List of Winners in Sears Catalog, see p. 108 Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair.\r\n\r\nSet of \"Garden Bouquet\" series blocks designed by Florence La Ganke (editor of the Nancy Quilt Club) are in the collection of Merikay Waldvogel.","QuiltTopF054":"Bentley, Grace May","QuiltedByF055":"Bentley, Grace May","CityF106a":"New Haven","StateF107":"Connecticut (CT)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Rand","BirthDateF099":"12/19/1871","DeathF100":"1955","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"AddNotesF066":"Exhibit notes by Dr. William Rush Dunton Jr. in 1933, on seeing this quilt \"Bird 16 urns-flowers & 2 birds\" \r\n","IdentPersonF006":["Other"],"SourceOtherF006a":"Quilt Historian","AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"2003","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-57/Dmwc120.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-57/zmwc120.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"GARDEN BOUQUET","Maker":"[\"BENTLEY, GRACE MAY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"120","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"QuiltHistF059":"This story was excerpted from notes taken by the quilt historian: \"Not only was her quilt chronicled at the World's Fair, on its triumphant return to its home state, Connecticut, it was used as a fund raiser for her local church. On November 30, 1933, her local paper stated, \"this quilt, a wonderfully lovely design of birds and flowers and a central urn, a marvel of taste and patient endeavor, together with other lesser but also fine specimens of the patchwork art, will be on exhibition at the Parlors of the Westville Methodist Church . . . . The Woman's Home Missionary Society invite the public (a small admission fee) to view these beautiful reminders of what can be done by that most wonderful of all machines, The Human Hand.\"","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-45","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:24","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["GARDEN BOUQUET"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"yq5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-20","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1922 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Garden Kaleidoscopes","OverallWidthF12a":" 73 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"86 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Coral","Cream","Green","Lavender","Pink","Red","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"ContInscripF020":"'33 in two places at center of quilt.","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"c. 1933","DateFinishF023b":"c. 1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Woodford","ProvStateF057d":"Oklahoma (OK)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"OthSourceF063a":"According to daughter, \"Her mother chose Sears best sunfast all cotton fabric for the contest quilt.\"","TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nQuilt has also been exhibited at Woodward, OK museum in 1985 and at a craft fair in Taloga, OK.","ContestListF071a":"Made to enter the Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair, but she did not finish it in time.\r\n\r\n","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), xvi-xvii.","RelItemsF088a":"Quiltmaker's photo appears in Patchwork Souvenirs (p. xvi). Quilt was also featured in exhibit catalog: \"Quilts, Cars, and Trains\" Enid, OK, April 12-21, 1985.","AddNotesF132":"She had 7 years of art at Greeley Colorado College prior to her marriage. she knew color and design fairly well.","QuiltTopF054":"Barnfield, Mayme Heltman","QuiltedByF055":"Barnfield, Mayme Heltman","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"StateF107":"Oklahoma (OK)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Heltman","BirthDateF099":"03/27/1875","DeathF100":"07/31/1945","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"The pictorial embroidered design was added after the contest when the quilt was given to quilter's daughter and current owner in the early 1940s.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"c. 1980","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-20/Dmwc002.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-20/Zmwc002.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"GARDEN KALEIDOSCOPES","Maker":"[\"BARNFIELD, MAYME HELTMAN\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"002","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","EmbellTechF038f":"Yes","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman","locationF007f":"Correspondence","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:03","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["GARDEN KALEIDOSCOPES"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"xK1hWZEB8akQsUweedxS","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"18-14-23","description":"McCall Pattern No. 74 Dresden Plate and Fan Design published in 1933 is the source of this quilt's pieced block and quilting designs in the plain blocks. Traces of Gasperik's embroidered "Century of Progress/1893-1933" message are still visible on the quilt back. Consequently the family believes the quilt was made in 1933 or 1934. The appliqué bow knot border is similar to an appliqué border pattern called Jersey Tulip, a Mary McElwain pattern sold through Lockport Batting Company in the 1940s.","InstNameF003":["Mary Gasperik Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Mary Gasperik Private Collection; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"051","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Grandmother's Fan","OwnerNameF010":"Grandmother's Fan","OverallWidthF12a":"64 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"89 inches","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Green","Pink","Purple","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"OverCondF015":"Poor/very worn","DamageF016":["Disintegration of fabric","Tears or holes","Wear to edge or binding","Other"],"OtherDamageF016a":"This quilt was heavily used by Elsie and is in very frail condition, although it photographs astonishingly well.","TypeInscripF019":["Message"],"OtherTypeInscripF019a":"\"..G. A-CENTURY of PROGRE.. 18 \". ","ContInscripF020":"\"Century of Progress/1893-1933\"","MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery"],"LocInscripF022":["on back"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"20 pieced blocks and 20 plain blocks","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Alternating with plain squares"],"BlockStyleF030a":["Same block throughout"],"NumBordersF033":"One","BordDescF034":"Applique deep swag and bow knot border in purple, pink and green. ","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"MatUsedF044":["Cotton"],"MatUsedF048":"Cotton","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"KnotsF051b":"no","DesignF052a":["Echo","Single parallel lines"],"DesignF052b":["Wreaths"],"DesignF052c":["Parallel lines"],"FeaturesF053":"A similar border design by Mary McElwain used in Jersey Tulip appeared on Lockport (NY) batting inserts with credit to her as the designer. \r\n

\r\nGasperik pared down the number of McCall blocks from 9 x 12 to 5 x 8, allowing her to perfectly accommodate the swag applique border pattern which she got from a different source. In making the Giant Dahlia top (#015) and the not-quite-complete Floral Bouquet(#004) Gasperik couldn't solve the problem of successfully attaching a border from one source with a quilt center from another source. She must have been very pleased to successfully complete Grandmother's Fan!","QuiltTopF054":"Gasperik, Mary","QuiltedByF055":"Gasperik, Mary","LocMadeF057a":"Chicago","ProvCountyF057b":"Cook County","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","ProvenanceF058a":"This quilt was given to Karen Finn by her mother, Elsie Krueger.","QuiltHistF059":"Grandmother's Fan is one of two quilts which Gasperik gave to her daughter Elsie early enough that the girls remember it being on their parents' bed. The other Gasperik quilt which Elsie liked to use on her bed was Double Feather Star (#045), a quilt whose pattern Elsie helped to make.","ReasonsF060":["Personal enjoyment"],"QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Mary's grandchildren regard her quilts as a unique collection to be preserved and appreciated.","SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"McCall's No. 74 Dresden Plate and Fan Design published in 1933 ","AddNotesF066":"The pieced Fan block and the quilting motifs probably came from the 1933 McCall pattern. ","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)102-103. \r\n

\r\nMerikay Waldvogel \"One American Dream Comes True\", Quilters Newsletter Magazine, March 2008, 46-49.","RelItemsF088a":"Pattern envelope McCall Pattern No. 74 Dresden Plate and Fan Design.\r\n
\r\nLockport Batting Co. tissue paper inserts with Jersey Tulip pattern.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerNameF082a":"Karen Krueger Finn","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Susan Krueger Salser","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker","Author/researcher"],"RelnQuiltF007":["Grandmother"],"IfOtherF007d":"Grand-daughter Susan Salser began this research effort in 1991, after she and her two sisters divided up the quilts which belonged to their mother (Elsie Gasperik Krueger) who died in 1988. Her ongoing research has been fruitful and interesting. ","MaidenF097b":"Mihalovits, Maria","GenderF098":["Female"],"BirthDateF099":"01/25/1888","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"Hungary","MarriageF099b":"11/18/1906","DeathF100":"05/25/1969","EthnicF101":"Hungarian","EdBkgdF102":"Elementary School","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"StAddressF105":"9314 Cottage Grove","CityF106a":"Chicago","CountyF106":"Cook","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"FatherNameF109":"Mihalovits, Istvan","BplaceF109a":"Hungary","EthBkgrndF110":"Hungarian","MotherNameF111":"Mihalovits, Vidoszava","BplaceF111a":"Hungary","EthBkgrndF112":"Hungarian","SpouseF113":"Gasperik, Stephen","EthBkgrndF114":"Hungarian","OccupationF115":"Milk Dealer/Grocery Store Owner/Butcher","NoChildF116":"3","NoFemF116a":"1 (Elsie 1909-1988)","NoMaleF116b":"2 (Elmer and Stephen)","LearnedToQuiltF117":["From guild or club member","Self-Taught"],"WhenQuiltF118":["Age 40-49"],"WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure","Other"],"OtherF119a":"A learning experience, this quilt was made early and demonstrates's Gasperik's success in adjusting pattern units from commercial sources to fit a border from one source to an interior from an unrelated source. Creative combining came to be a hallmark of Gasperik's quilts. Mary Gasperik made quilts because it was her life passion and greatest talent. As opportunities arose, she entered contests and exhibited them publicly. She also made special quilts for her family.","NameGroupF120":"Tuley Park Quilt Club and Detroit News Quilt Club","LocGroupF121":"Southside Chicago and Detroit MI","SpecialGroupF122":"Chicago group met to quilt and held periodic quilt shows; Detroit group held national exhibits and contests. ","NumQuiltsF123":"more than 50","SellQuiltF127":"no","TeachF129":"no","ImageConF075a":"whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"CD-ROM","DateF079":"1992-03-01","DateF079_era":"CE","photocredit079a1":"Don Gonzalez","DigDateF079a_era":"CE","DigDateF079a":"2008-01","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Susan Salser","function":"Image - medium display (250-550 pixels)","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","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/18-14-23/48-7C-2E.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/18-14-23/GrandmothersFan.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"Photograph of Grandmother's Fan with laundry on a clothesline.","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/18-14-23/GrandmothersFan-3.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"Photograph of Grandmother's Fan on a clothesline.","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Salser,Susan","dateverified":"2009-02-21","dateverified_era":"CE","pbd":"quiltiGasperik-a0a0c0-a","Maker Associator":"18-47-2","Pattern":"GRANDMOTHERS FAN","Date":"1930-1949","Maker":"[\"GASPERIK, MARY\"]","legacy_kid":"48-7C-2E","project_id":"18","form_id":"14","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-25 20:01:41","updated_at":"2024-08-15 18:51:37"},"sort":["GRANDMOTHERS FAN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Ba5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-79","description":"This Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt won a $10.00 Mail Order House prize. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt won a $10.00 Mail Order House prize. Her competition (Margaret Rogers Caden) went on to win the Chicago Regional First Prize and the Grand National Prize.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Grandmother's Flower Garden","AltNameF011":"Grandmother's Flower Garden","OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"TypeInscripF019":["Date","Single"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"Gladys Wyse Maack\r\n1933","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Harvard","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Winner: Mail Order $10 Prize/Chicago Regional Round.\r\n","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 111.","RelItemsF088a":"Blue Ribbon with metal holder.","AddNotesF132":"According to the quilt owner, who is the maker's niece, Gladys Maack was born on a dairy farm, worked as a cosmetologist most of her life in Rockford, Illinois.","QuiltTopF054":"Maack, Gladys Cecilia","QuiltedByF055":"Maack, Gladys Cecilia","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Harvard","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Wyse","BirthDateF099":"1912","DeathF100":"02-1981","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Maack, Raymond","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Julia Zgliniec","DateDataF006b":"March 2010","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-79/maackfull.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Julia Zgliniec","verify":"yes","Pattern":"GRANDMOTHERS FLOWER GARDEN","Maker":"[\"MAACK, GLADYS CECILIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"237","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Cross-Stitched","OtherLocInscripF022a":"On front at right edge","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Digital","CreditLineF080b":"Julia Zgliniec","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-5A","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:30","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["GRANDMOTHERS FLOWER GARDEN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"7a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-55","description":"Historic USA","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Historic America","SubjQuiltF025":"USA History and Presidents","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"93 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Cream","Red","White"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery","Painting"],"DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Art or personal expression","Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"ProvCountyF057b":"Burnet","ProvStateF057d":"Texas (TX)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ContestListF071a":"This quilt was made for the 1933 Sears Quilt Contest, but was not entered.","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 72-74.","RelItemsF088a":"News photo in scrapbook (Collection of Wilene Smith)","QuiltTopF054":"Normann, Fanny and Charles","StateF107":"Texas (TX)","CountyF106":"Burnet","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"c. 1903","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Star of the Republic Museum, Washington, TX","AddNotesF066":"According to Fanny Normann (who wrote to Karey Bresenhan in 1986), \"We married in '28--just prior to the drop-out depression--while Mr. Normann was teaching art and doing reproductions at Bradford Paint Company on Ninth and Colorado in Austin. He was a sensitive, experimental traveler, trying to become quickly American after having arried in Minnesota in '22, at age 19, from Norway. He was making his way on a day-to-day basis with an extreme proficiency in fine art. He sometimes managed to do as many as three Old Master's reproductions in a day at three dollars each for which 'his employer' might easily obtain fifty dollars each. Yet nine dollars a day . . . was a better than average wage in '28. When Sears offered $1,000 first prize for best quilt at Chicago's Exposition, we hopped-to with a determination to win that, regarless! Mr. Normann put his best expertise to work on a design and procedure, and we stitched away, eighteen hours a day for three months, by the light of a derosene lamp after the sun went down--the two of us at my father's farm in Burnet County, with a baby daughter to care for on the side. At last, we had finished! Just six weeks after FDR's first inaugural. \r\n\r\n\"Tony Kutalek, builder of fine furnishings for the elite of Austin, insisted that we bring the quilt down at the first possible moment and let Austin see it. We must conquer Austin first, high style! Even Governor Miriam A. Ferguson was invited to the showing. And the Statesman reporter dared to say this could be the New Deal that could make it for Artist Normann. We had to win! But we didn't. Somehow our quilt was barred from entering the contest we'd made it for--maybe because Sears and Company had other fine art in mind when they offered the prize to their customers.\"","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Washington","OwnerStateF086":"Texas (TX)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-55/Dmwc108.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-55/Zmwc108.jpg"],"verify":"yes","Pattern":"HISTORIC AMERICA","Maker":"[\"NORMANN, FANNY AND CHARLES\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"042","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Male"],"OwnerAddressF083":"PO Box 317","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Star of the Republic Museum, Washington, TX","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-43","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:23","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["HISTORIC AMERICA"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"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":["I PAY TRIBUTE TO MY FLAG"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"xK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-14","description":"Silk quilt with applique motifs related to the history of Chicago.","essay":"This quilt was entered in the contest--obviously with the hopes of winning a bonus prize for its original design. The contest entry form (and the quilter's explanation of the symbolism) were separated from the quilt when it was sold sometime in the 1980s, but they were reunited when a memorabilia collector noticed that his World's Fair items connected to the I Will quilt photographed in Patchwork Souvenirs. \r\n\r\nThe quilt did not win a prize despite the quiltmaker's extra efforts in design and research.\r\n\r\nIn 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"I Will","SubjQuiltF025":"The quiltmaker named this quilt \"The Chicago Quilt\". After the book Patchwork Souvenirs was published, a World's Fair memorabilia collector whose wife happened to be a quilter bought the contest tag and the quiltmaker's description of her quilt. Only then did we find out the maker's name. Here is what she wrote about the symbolism of her quilt: \"The Spirit of Chicago Quilt\" As the title indicates, this Quilt is designed to show the remarkable progress which has transformed a struggling frontier settlement into one of the foremost cities of the world. The center typifies the militant spirt of progress which the Century of Progress Exhibition commemorates, the shield borne by the figure bearing the slogan \"I Will\". Striking points in the history of the city are displayed in each corner of the quilt, and the two insets of the world in progress are carried out in the quilted design of the inner border.About the border of the quilt are one hundred green points commemorating the one hundred years of Chicago's existence as an organized community.\" ","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"89 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Cream","Orange","Purple"],"FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"ConstrucF038b":["Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch","Hand Applique"],"UniqueF038h":"\"All applique work is outlined with embroidery floss sewed in.\" This handwritten notation is on the Quilt description card that belongs to this quilt. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Other"],"DesignF052c":["Parallel lines"],"DesignF052d":"The spinning earth logo is used to fill out the inner purple border. This quiltmaker made her own rendition of the World's Fair logo. Notice she also used it in two applique motifs.","TypeInscripF019":["Date"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\r\n\r\nOn this tag: Elizabeth M. Wiegand named her quilt \"The Chicago Quilt\". She'd been working on it since January 1933. She would sell it for $250.00. She entered it at the State Street Store. She signed it and gave her address as Lakewood, Michigan, Muskegon County.","OtherTypeInscripF019a":"Applique","DamageF016":["Tears or holes"],"ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Lakewood","ProvCountyF057b":"Muskegon","ProvStateF057d":"Michigan (MI)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled in the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","QuiltTopF054":"Wiegand, Elizabeth M.","QuiltedByF055":"Wiegand, Elizabeth M.","CityF106a":"Lakewood","StateF107":"Michigan (MI)","CountyF106":"Muskegon","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Chicago Historical Society","AddNotesF066":"The center image is of the \"I Will Lady\" from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. I Will is the motto of Chicago and it reflects the city's efforts throughout its history to overcome calamaties (such as the raid on Fort Dearborn and the Chicago Fire). The marble bust of the I Will Lady was a popular souvenir of the 1893 fair. And this quiltmaker decided to use it in her quilt. See pg 81 (Patchwork Souvenirs) for a photo of the I Will Lady bust.\r\n\r\nBecause at the time of the exhibition the curators did not have the information on the contest entry form and the quiltmaker's own description, Waldvogel named it \"I Will\" quilt.","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-14/Dmwc062.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-14/Zmwc062.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"I WILL","Maker":"[\"WIEGAND, ELIZABETH M.\"]","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair; Chicago Historical Society Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"074","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Quilt was purchased by Marilyn M. Woodin for the Kalona (IA) Quilt and Textile Museum. She loaned the quilt to the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit. Afterwards, she donated it to the Chicago Historical Society.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1A","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:00","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["I WILL"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"165kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-33","description":"Century of Progress Message in Pieced Blocks","essay":"This quilt is cleverly constructed with a message welcoming visitors to the Century Of Progress Exposition. Made of cotton fabrics from the turn of 20th century, one might suspect it was made by a quiltmaker who was in her 50s or 60s at the time of the contest in 1933.\r\n\r\nIt was probably made hoping to win the bonus prize of $250. The center shield carries Chicago symbolism. \r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"I Will Quilt","SubjQuiltF025":"Century of Progress Exposition","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"81 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Blue or Navy","Brown","Cream","Maroon","Pink","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Wool"],"FabPrintF037":["Conversation Prints","Multiple scrap"],"ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"This quilt is basically a Postage Stamp style utility quilt made of leftover scraps. The batting is a used blanket. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting","Machine quilting"],"DesignF052a":["In-the-ditch"],"DesignF052d":"There is minimal hand quilting. Quilting is \"stitch in the ditch\" to outline the letters and straight lines in remainder of the quilt. ","DescBackF043":["Same fabric used throughout"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"TypeInscripF019":["Message"],"MethodInscripF021":["Other"],"LocInscripF022":["multiple locations"],"ContInscripF020":"Right Vertical Message:\r\nWELCOME\r\nLeft Vertical Message:\r\nVISITORS\r\nHorizontal Messages Top to Bottom:\r\nCENTURY\r\nOF\r\nPROGRESS\r\nEXPOSITION\r\n19 33\r\nI\r\nWILL\r\nCHICAGO\r\nILLINOIS","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"Without the references to the 1933 Century of Progress Exposition, this quilt might be dated to the late 1800s or early 1900s based on the type of print fabrics it contains. \r\n\r\nThe Shield in the center carries Chicago's city logo \"I Will,\" the Y refers to the Chicago River, and the two red stars represent the Chicago Fire and the 1893 World's Fair. Note, a third red star was added to the Chicago Flag to represent the 1933 World's Fair. ","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Other"],"OthPresUseF062a":"Used for exhibits and owner's lectures","LocMadeF057a":"Moline","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Sewing scraps"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Spring Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Information about the quiltmaker comes from the 1930 United States Census. In 1930, Amy Ortt (age 60, widow) is listed as head of household with three adult children. She is renting. ","RelItemsF088a":"Published articles:\r\n\r\nAntique Week (Central Edition) April 7, 1997.\r\n\r\nSusan Wildemuth \"A Quiltmaker Uncovers Buried Treasure\" in QUILT (Spring 1997), 60-61, 195.","QuiltTopF054":"Ortt, Amy","QuiltedByF055":"Ortt, Amy","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"York Township","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountyF106":"Carroll","CountryF108":["United States"],"BirthDateF099":"1870","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Janette Dwyer","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCityF084":"Atkinson","OwnerStateF086":"Illinois (IL)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Sept 1995","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-33/Dmwc111.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-33/Zmwc111.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Merikay Waldvogel","verify":"yes","Pattern":"I WILL QUILT","Maker":"[\"ORTT, AMY\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"160","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Pieced Block Letters","EmbellTechF038f":"No","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","QuiltHistF059":"Janette Dwyer of Atkinson, Illinois acquired the quilt for $24 at an estate auction in Cambridge, Illinois in 1995. As reported in Antique Week-Central Edition (April 7, 1997), \"She thought at the time the quilt was 'just a scrappy patchwork thing,' but says now the find has changed her life. \r\n\r\n\"'It has taken me on quite an odyssey. In addition to reading everything I can find about the Century of Progress Exposition, I have turned into a World's Fair junkie,' she noted. \r\n\r\n\"The estate auction disposed of the household goods of a former Compton, Illinois resident who died childless. \r\n\r\n\"And the Century of Progress quilt was one of two 'absolutely filthy' quilts rolled up and stuffed beneath a table,' Dwyer said.\r\n\r\n\"'I was quite surprised to see them treated like that because auctioneers generally know the value of old quilts,' she said. 'But these two quilts were really, really dirty. That may have been the reason they were not recognized for the treasures they are.'\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Dwyer pulled the quilts from under the table, checked them over and liked what she saw. Knowing her fabrics, she realized the quilts were made of materials from the 1860s to about 1930.\r\n\r\n\"She bid on the quilts and got them at $24 each.\"\r\n\r\n\"Later at home, she and her sister carefully went over both quilts. They first found the words, VISITORS WELCOME, worked vertically. Then they made out the wording on which the design was centered--CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1933 CHICAGO ILLINOIS.\"","DateObtainedF088c":"2011","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2C","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:10","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["I WILL QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"yK5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-18","description":"Iris appliqué quilt made from an Anne Orr Studio kit quilt. ","essay":"This quilt entered by Flora Wade of Knoxville, Tennessee, won a second place ribbon in the Atlanta region and consequently went on to the national round of judging in Chicago. It remained in Chicago for the length of the 1933 Fair.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nInterestingly, Anne Orr was one of the final round judges. Several quilts made in her pattern and kit designs were entered, but none of them received one of the top three honors.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Iris (Second Place - Atlanta Region)","OverallWidthF12a":"75 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"89 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Orange","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DateInfoF023f":"This kit quilt was available in 1933. It was featured in Anne Orr's Good Housekeeping article (Jan 1933) in which she announced she would be judging the final round of the Sears National Quilt Contest.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Knoxville","ProvCountyF057b":"Knox","ProvStateF057d":"Tennessee (TN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Kit"],"CommSourceF064b":"Anne Orr Studio - Iris","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was chosen for the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. \r\n\r\nThe goal of the exhibit was to include as many of the top 30 regional winning quilts as possible. This quilt had not been seen since 1933 when we began the search to find it. The quilt was described as yellow and orange Iris quilt in the Atlanta newspaper account of the regional contest. Waldvogel was not surprised when the quilt was finally found in South Carolina to learn that the quilt was an Anne Orr kit.\r\n\r\nAnne Orr was well-known nationally but especially in Tennessee. When it was learned that she was a national judge, some quiltmakers made her kits. \r\n\r\nOthers that won were \"Autumn Leaves\" entered by two people in the final round, \"Lincoln Quilt\" entered by a woman from Kentucky, and this one by Flora Wade.\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pp. 27-28.","RelItemsF088a":"Anne Orr Studio pamphlet of kit quilts.\r\n\r\nGood Housekeeping Magazine (Jan 1933) article by Anne Orr.","AddNotesF132":"Flora Sexton was born in Friendsville, Tennessee, a Quaker community. Trained as a nurse, she took a job at a nearby Knoxville hospital. One night injured and badly burned passengers and workers from a railroad accident arrived at the hospital in ambulances. One of her patients was Joe Wade. They fell in love, married and lived on Scott Street in Knoxville for the rest of their lives. His hobby was woodworking. hers was quilting. A group of friends quilted regularly at her house since she could keep a quilt frame up because she had no children. ","QuiltTopF054":"Wade, Flora Sexton","QuiltedByF055":"Wade, Flora Sexton","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Knoxville","StateF107":"Tennessee (TN)","CountyF106":"Knox","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Sexton","DeathF100":"1968","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"SpouseF113":"Wade, Joe","IdentPersonF006":["Blood relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"At her death, the quilt went to family members. A great niece owned the quilt in 1994 at the time of the exhibit. ","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1992","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-18/Dmwc073.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-18/Zmwc073.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"IRIS SECOND PLACE - ATLANTA REGION","Maker":"[\"WADE, FLORA SEXTON\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"085","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"1933","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"Scott Avenue","IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Waldvogel","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-1E","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:02","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["IRIS SECOND PLACE - ATLANTA REGION"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"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":["JULY FLORAL APPLIQUE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"0a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-27","description":"The Lincoln Quilt, made from an Anne Orr pattern, won first place in the Memphis Region.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nAnne Orr was one of the final round judges. Her needlework column in the January 1933 Good Housekeeping Magazine featured several quilt pattern designs that eventually found their way to the final round of judging. This is one of them. Others were: Autumn Leaves (see #022 and # ) and Iris (see #085)\r\n\r\nInez Ward received $210 for winning first place in the Memphis regional round. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Lincoln's Favorite Quilt","AltNameF011":"The Lincoln Quilt","PredomColorsF014":["Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color","Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid/crosshatch","Outline"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Horse Cave","ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Anne Orr Studio (Nashville, TN)","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt was exhibited in the Sears Pavilion during the summer of 1933 at the world's fair site in downtown Chicago.\r\n\r\nIn 1934, the world's fair opened for a second summer and Sears Roebuck & Co. decided to call back the top 10 regional winners. This quilt was displayed in that exhibit. ","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair. ","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1990), 44-45.\r\n\r\nMerikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), p. 97.","RelItemsF088a":"Blue Ribbon (Memphis Region) in collection of family.\r\n\r\nLetter of Congratulations (dated June 15, 1933) from Sears Roebuck & Co. (Memphis Region) General Manager W. L. Heroyd to Mrs. Louis Ward in collection of the quiltmaker's family.\r\n\r\nLetter (June 13, 1933) from contest judge Jacqueline Hall to Inez Ward in collection of family.\r\n\r\nMemphis, TN\r\nJune 13, 1933\r\n\r\nMy dear Mrs. Ward:\r\n\r\nIt was my privilege and pleasure to help judge the Sears-Roebuck quilt contest recently held. All three judges agreed in your quilt for first place and there were 862 quilts, you know. You have every reason to feel happy and justly proud over your winning.\r\n\r\nHad I known while judging that yours was a Kentucky quilt, you would have perhaps been even more sure of the first place for the quilt. I happen to be a Kentuckian and a graduate of K. U.\r\n\r\nMy first thought when I examined your quilt was, if you would make one for someone and what you would charge for doing so. I know the price for making one exactly like yours would be considerable but there are other good patterns less tedious to make that would please me.\r\n\r\nIf you are interested in anything of the kind, you may write me sometime whether I can afford a quilt or not.\r\n\r\nSincerely yours,\r\n(Miss) Jacqueline Hall\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nPhoto of quilt on display in 1934 at the Sears Pavilion is on p. 97 of Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair.\r\n\r\nObituary published in Glasgow, KY newspaper and online December 15, 2007:\r\n\r\nHORSE CAVE--Inex Melloan Ward, 96, passed away Thursday, Dec. 13, 207, at N.H.C. Healthcare in Glasgow (KY)\r\n\r\nShe was a Hart county native, member of Green's Chapel Church of Christ, a 1927 graduate of Memorial School and a member of the girls basketball team. Her favorite hobbies include quilting, needlepoint and rug braiding. A quilt she made was entered in the Sears & Robuck [sic] contest at the 1933 Worlds Fair in Chicago and won awards and recognition in the Sears catalog.\r\n\r\nShe was preceded in death by her parents, Walker Smith Melloan and Nettie Crain Melloan, and her husband, Louis Ward in 1982. \r\n\r\nfuneral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 . . . burial in the Horse Cave Municipal Cemetery. \r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"Inez Ward lived her entire life in Horse Cave, Kentucky. At age seventeen, she married Louis Ward. Her husband worked for the state of Kentucky, but Inez's father wanted him to work on the family farm. Although her husband had not done farm work before, he agreed. When Inez received the news that she had won the first place Memphis regional prize of two hundred dollars in the Sears National Quilt Contest, her husband and father were plowing out in the cornfield. \"I remember I ran out to them and told them. They were so excited. They brought the team to the house and decided that was enough work for the day.\" Inez had drawn off the pattern for her prize winning quilt from a friend's pattern. She cut the templates out of heavy paper. It was her first \"fancy\" quilt. (Interview of Inez Ward by Barbara Brackman in 1983)\r\n\r\nWhen Brackman asked what she did with the prize money, she said \"We'd been married since 1928. We just didn't have anything. My husband was working on the farm and I said I'd love to have a baby. We'd probably have starved if we weren't living with my folks.\"\r\n\r\n\"I just liked the quilt. I just decided to enter it. I didn't think anything about winning.\"\r\n\r\n\"I won $210. Back then it was a log of many. I have just one son. I didn't make any more quilts.\"\r\n\r\nShe told Brackman, that Sears sent her a wooden sewing cabinet as a thank-you gift when she sent her quilt to the 1934 exhibit.","QuiltTopF054":"Ward, Inez","QuiltedByF055":"Ward, Inez","CityF106a":"Horse Cave","StateF107":"Kentucky (KY)","CountyF106":"Hart","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Moelloan","BirthDateF099":"05-08-1911","DeathF100":"12-13-2007","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Ward, Louis","NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","AddNotesF066":"The quiltmaker said she borrowed this pattern from a friend.","IdentPersonF006":["Quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Louis Ward Jr.","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-27/Dmwc053.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-27/Zmwc053.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Louis Ward Jr.","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LINCOLNS FAVORITE QUILT","Maker":"[\"WARD, INEZ\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"061","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Worked for the State of Kentucky and Farming","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Made entire quilt"],"IfQownerF007b":["Made the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1983)","QuiltHistF059":"In 2007, Inez Ward died. It is assumed the quilt was passed on to her son Louis Ward Jr.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Print","CreditLineF080b":"Ovada Ward Photography","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-26","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:07","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["LINCOLNS FAVORITE QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"2a5kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-35","description":"Nine Patch Quilt with contest entry tag attached.","essay":"This quilt represents the thousands of simple quilts made and entered in the hopes that it would win the grand prize of $1000. Without its tag attached, the quilt's maker would not be known.\r\n\r\nThe 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Little Nine Patch","OverallWidthF12a":" inches","OverallLengthF012b":" inches","PredomColorsF014":["Lavender","Pink","Red","Turquoise or Teal"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"TypeInscripF019":["Other"],"MethodInscripF021":["Ink"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\r\n\r\nQuilt Name; Little Nine Patch\r\nMade in 1930.\r\n\r\nName: Mrs. F. P. Hair\r\nAddress: 1839 Jarboe\r\nCity/State: Kansas City, MO\r\n\r\nShe would sell it for $50.00.\r\nStore entered: 1041?","DateInscripF020a":"1933","DateBegunF023a":"1930","DateFinishF023b":"1930","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Exhibit","Investment"],"LocMadeF057a":"Kansas City","ProvCountyF057b":"Jackson","ProvStateF057d":"Missouri (MO)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Sewing scraps"],"TopSourceF064":["Public domain/traditional pattern"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Spring Quilt Festival, Rosemont, Illinois","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","AddNotesF132":"According to information provided by the quilt owner: Minnie Hair was born April 21, 1882 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, to Parents Oscar Larson and Fredricka Lunn. Oscar and Fredricka emigrated to the U.S. from Sweden in 1880, and became naturalized citizens in 1890. Minnie was not their only child.\r\n\r\nMinnie married Franklin Pierce Hair, a dentist, on 18 July 1904. Franklin was born 21 Feb 1872 at Fort Riley, Riley County, Kansas, into a large family. He attended Dental College in Kansas City, and began practice there upon his graduation in 1907. Franklin maintained a dental office in the Hair home from 1907 until his retirement in 1937.\r\n\r\nMinnie and Franklin had one child, a son, John W. Hair, in about 1913. John worked for a local dry goods store (later to become Macy's) at the time Minnie made her quilt. John had five children, and is thought to have died in 2001. \r\n\r\nMinnie was a housewife and mother, and lived within only a few miles of her parents and birthplace all of her life. Her husband died in March 1959 at age 87. Minnie lived another 18 years and died in a care center in 1977, at age 94. ","QuiltTopF054":"Hair, Minnie","QuiltedByF055":"Hair, Minnie","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"CityF106a":"Kansas City","StateF107":"Missouri (MO)","CountyF106":"Jackson","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Larson","BirthDateF099":"04-21-1882","DeathF100":"1977","EnviroF104c":["Urban"],"OwnerNameF082a":"Lori East","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner","Quilt collector"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Jan 2004","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-35/Dmwc210.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-35/zmwc210.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LITTLE NINE PATCH","Maker":"[\"HAIR, MINNIE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"210","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OccupationF115":"Dentist","GenderF098":["Female"],"StAddressF105":"1839 Jarboe","IfQownerF007b":["Purchased the quilt"],"interviewerF007e":"Merikay Waldvogel","QuiltHistF059":"Purchased at an antique mall in Southwest Missouri in August 2001.","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-2E","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:12","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["LITTLE NINE PATCH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Aa5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-75","description":"Home Art Studio pattern \"Lone Star\" used for this quilt made in Mendota, MN.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThe entry tag is still attached to this quilt which was made by Mrs. G. M. Bell of Mendota, Minnesota. The pattern in shades of yellow and gold is no doubt a Hubert Ver Mehren design published by Home Art Co. of Des Moines, IA. These patterns were popular with contestants as well as the judges. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Lone Star","BrackmanF011a":"4005","OverallWidthF12a":"81 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"93 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Gold","White","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Grid diamond"],"DesignF052b":["Wreaths"],"MethodInscripF021":["Attached label"],"ContInscripF020":"The official contest entry label includes contest entry information: Name of Maker. Pattern Name, When Quilt Was Made, Selling Price if willing to sell, Quilter's Name, Address, City and State, Sears Store Name/Number. Entry label also included the following statement: \"I certify that this quilt is entirely of my own making, and that it has never been exhibited previously\" to which the quilter signed her name.\"\r\n\r\nInfo: Mrs. G. M. Bell\r\nName of Pattern: Lone Star\r\nMade: 1931\r\nNot for sale\r\nSigned: Mrs. G. M. Bell\r\nP. O. box 64\r\nMendota, MN\r\n","FamDateF023c":"1931","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Keepsake/memento"],"LocMadeF057a":"Mendota","ProvStateF057d":"Minnesota (MN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Home Art Studio","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)","QuiltTopF054":"Bell, Mrs. G. M.","QuiltedByF055":"Bell, Mrs. G. M.","CityF106a":"Mendota","StateF107":"Minnesota (MN)","CountryF108":["United States"],"EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Bell, G. M.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LONE STAR","Maker":"[\"BELL, MRS. G. M.\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"239","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","GenderF098":["Female"],"ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-56","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:29","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["LONE STAR"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Ca5kWZEB8akQsUwezlal","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-86","description":"This quilt \"Louisiana Rose\" by Celia Pardue Hyde of Crowley Louisiana won second prize in the Dallas regional contest and was shown at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair after the national round judging. \r\n\r\nAlthough this quilt did not receive one of the top national prizes, it received extensive publicity through national newspaper accounts. It was also chosen by Sears to be included in a book of the prize winning patterns. ","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Louisiana Rose","OverallWidthF12a":"81 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"84 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Cream","Green","Pink"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabricTypeF036":["Sateen"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052a":["Outline"],"DesignF052b":["Feathering","Floral"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"MethodInscripF021":["Embroidery","Other"],"LocInscripF022":["other"],"ContInscripF020":"1933 \r\nCHP","DateInscripF020a":"1933","FeaturesF053":"The meandering vine and bud border adds sophistication to the quilt layout. The three bands in shades of pink used for the border is an unusual touch which not only frames the quilt, but also echoes the colors of the floral medallions in the center of the quilt.\r\n\r\nThe quilting is exceptional with tiny stitches and dense quilting. It is not surprising that it won Second Place in the Dallas Region.","DateBegunF023a":"1933","DateFinishF023b":"1933","FamDateF023c":"1933","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"PresUseF062":["Bedding, special occasion"],"LocMadeF057a":"Crowley","ProvStateF057d":"Louisiana (LA)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Original to maker"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” was curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nExhibited also in Special Exhibit: \"1933 Chicago World's Fair Quilts\" in conjunction with The International Quilt Festival, Chicago, Illinois held in Rosemont, Illinois, October 30-November 2, 2003. This quilt was featured on pg 8 in the commemorative catalogue: The Quintessential Quilt edited by Karey Bresenhan.","ContestListF071a":"Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Nancy Cabot newspaper column in Chicago Tribune: \"the Southland Offers Quilt of Fine Symmetry, Rich Colors.\" [undated clipping--estimated date 1934).\r\n\r\n\"Sears Century of Progress in Quilt Making\" -- see pattern Louisiana Rose, p 19 (undated--Estimated date 1934).\r\n\r\nMerikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 45-46.\r\n\r\nCommemorative Catalogue for 2003 International Quilt Festival/Chicago Illinois - “The Quintessential Quilt” edited by Karey Bresenhan, (Houston, TX: 2003, 8).\r\n","RelItemsF088a":"Photograph of Celia Pardue Hyde is on pg 46 Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair.\r\n\r\nQuiltmaker's personal history (typed one page.)","AddNotesF132":"Cecelia Pardue (Celia) was born March 14, 1881 near Downsville, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. She graduated from Downsville High School and later from Louisiana State Normal College, which is now Northwestern Louisiana University, in 1903. \r\n\r\nShe taught in a number of public schools in Louisiana for many years, the last one being in Crowley. In 1917 she entered and graduated from Tyler Commercial College in Higher Accounting and Secretarial work. She was employed as secretary to the State Home Demonstration Agent of the State of Texas at Texas A&M University. \r\n\r\nIn December 1918 she married Dr. Wendel Hyde and moved back to Crowley, Louisiana where she lived until 1969, moving to Welsh, Louisiana to live with her niece.\r\n\r\nMrs. Hyde's hobbies, from early childhood, were all phases of needlework, embroideries, tatting, crocheting, quilt and quilting.\r\n\r\nIn the early 1950s her at long last desiere to paint, both in oil and water color were realized. She had no special training in this field. Being a lover of nature and a very close observer, especially of flowers and birds, these were her favorite subjects for sketching and painting.\r\n\r\nShe was always interested in the social, business and political activities of Crowley as well as the State of Louisiana.\r\n\r\nMrs. Hyde died March 11, 1972, three days before her 91st birthday in Welsh, Louisiana.\r\n\r\nProvided by Marjorie Malone (niece) in 1985.","QuiltTopF054":"Hyde, Celia Pardue","QuiltedByF055":"Hyde, Celia Pardue","RelnQuiltF007":["Quilt owner"],"StateF107":"Louisiana (LA)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Pardue","BirthDateF099":"03/14/1881","DeathF100":"03/1/1972","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Hyde, Wendel","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"NumQuiltsF123":"1-5 quilts","AddNotesF066":"The quilt design was included in the Sears Quilt Pattern Booklet sold after the contest's conclusion. Although the block is similar to a Rose of Sharon design, it is her own design which she named after her home state of Louisiana. ","IdentPersonF006":["Quilt owner"],"AcquiredF058":"Inheritance","ProvenanceF058a":"Quiltmaker to her niece, Marjorie Malone. At Marjorie Malone's death in 2010, the quilt descended to her daughter, Boofie Beakey.","OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"1985 and 1994","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-86/Dmwc017.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-86/Zmwc017.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"LOUISIANA ROSE","Maker":"[\"HYDE, CELIA PARDUE\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"024","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Applique","OtherLocInscripF022a":"Bottom left corner","EmbellTechF038f":"No","PattSourceF065":["Original to maker"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQmakerF007a":["Other"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"PartDesF007c":["Other"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1985)","locationF007f":"Waldvogel Collection","QuiltHistF059":"Marjorie Malone loved her aunt and loved owning this quilt. Along with her daughter, Boofie, she attended a number of the museum sites when her quilt travelled with the Patchwork Souvenirs exhibit. ","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-9","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:32","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["LOUISIANA ROSE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"u65kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-4","description":"Floral applique quilt using a pattern named Magpie Rose designed and sold by Marie Webster of Marion, Indiana.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nThis quilt made by \"Effie Mounts, Mrs. W. L. Mounts of Carlinville, IL was sold out of the family in 1989. Today it is part of the collection of the International Quilt Study Center. The story that it was a \"prize\" quilt may be true, but there is no evidence that the quilt was entered in the 1933 contest. In any case, it represents the kind of quilts the judges awarded prizes to. ","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Magpie Rose","OverallWidthF12a":"76 inches","OverallLengthF012b":"87 inches","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan","Pink","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Light or pastel colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain","Striped"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052b":["Floral"],"ContInscripF020":".","DateInfoF023f":"Webster published the Magpie Rose pattern from 1914-1920.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Unknown"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"LocMadeF057a":"Carlinville","ProvStateF057d":"Illinois (IL)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Marie Webster Design (Marion, IN)","ExhibitListF067a":"This quilt travelled with the exhibition of 30 quilts entitled “Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World’s Fair” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. The Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. coordinated the travelling exhibition to the following sites: Jan 7-Feb 7, 1994 Palm Beach, FL (The Society of the Four Arts); Mar 20-July 17, 1994 Lexington, MA (Museum of Our National Heritage); Aug 7–Sep 25, 1994 Midland, MI (Midland Center for the Arts); Oct 16–Dec 4, 1994 Logan, KS (Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum; Dec 18, 1994–Apr 23, 1995 Chicago, IL (Chicago Cultural Center); May 10-Jul 2, 1995 Grosse Pointe Shores, MI (Edsel and Eleanor Ford House); Jul 23-Sep 10, 1995 Los Angeles, CA (Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum); Oct 1-Nov 19, 1995 Janesville, WI (Rock County Historical Society); Dec 10, 1995-Jan 28, 1996 Neenah, WI (Bergstrom-Mahler Museum); Feb 18-Apr 8, 1996 Lexington, KY (University of Kentucky Art Museum); May 3-July 24, 1996 Knoxville, TN (Knoxville Museum of Art).\r\n\r\nAs part of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum collection, the quilt may also have travelled. ","ContestListF071a":"Supposed to have been entered in the Sears National Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), pg 24.\r\n\r\nAlso check www.quiltstudy.org (website for IQSC collections).","RelItemsF088a":"There is no official reference to the quilt being entered in the 1933 contest. According to the daughter's answers to a 1994 questionnaire--\"She must have won something on this quilt for my mother mentioned several times to me that it was a \"prize\" quilt, so I presume she must have shown it elsewhere.\"","AddNotesF132":"According to her grand-daughter, \"My grandmother who was called \"Effie\" was born and reared in Carlinville. Her mother, Mary Jane Anderson, was also a very fine quilter and taught my grandmother. The family were bankers and owned extensive farm lands in and around Carlinville. My grandmother was sent off to private school in Nashville, TN. The school was named Ward's -- later known as Ward-Belmont. She was taught to sew at an early age and was excellent at it. She knitted, crocheted, cross-stitched, tatted and did much fine embroidery. I seldom remember her without having something in her hands to work on. She also played the piano and sang and painted china.\" Source: Questioinnaire filled out in 1994 by Nan M. Thomas, Sewanne, TN.","QuiltTopF054":"Mounts, Euphemia","QuiltedByF055":"Mounts, Euphemia","RelnQuiltF007":["Other"],"CityF106a":"Carlinville","StateF107":"Illinois (IL)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Anderson","BirthDateF099":"1864","DeathF100":"1953","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"SpouseF113":"Mounts, William L.","OwnerNameF082a":"International Quilt Study Center and Museum\r\n","IdentPersonF006":["Relative of quiltmaker"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","ProvenanceF058a":"Quilt was handed down from quiltmaker to her daughter to the quilter's grand daughter. ","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerCityF084":"Lincoln","OwnerStateF086":"Nebraska (NE)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"InstInvContrNumF004a":"1997.007.0407","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Merikay Waldvogel","DateDataF006b":"Feb 1994","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-4/Dmwc038.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/33-29-4/Zmwc038.jpg"],"photocredit079a1":"Gary Heatherly","verify":"yes","Pattern":"MAGPIE ROSE","Maker":"[\"MOUNTS, EUPHEMIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"040","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","OtherExDateF023d":"This quilt could have been made several years before the 1933 contest.","OtherDateF023e":"Merikay Waldvogel","EmbellTechF038f":"No","QDesignF060b":["Bedding, special occasion"],"PattSourceF065":["Commercial pattern"],"OccupationF115":"Lawyer. Also Mayor of Carlinville and Democratic State Senator. He was instrumental in starting the local high school--probably at my grandmother's insistence. (Source: Questionnair filled out by Nan M. Thomas, her grand daughter.","GenderF098":["Female"],"IfQownerF007b":["Inherited"],"interviewerF007e":"Brackman (1994))","locationF007f":"International Quilt Study Center Collection Files","QuiltHistF059":"According to Ardis James, this quilt was sold in Feb 1989 by granddaughter of quilter because her mother, just deceased, had never allowed her to touch it during her lifetime.\r\n\r\nJameses bought quilt in 1989 from Mary and Joe Koval. The quilt was part of the James Collection transferred to the International Quilt Study Center at University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1997.","OwnerAddressF083":"1523 N. 33rd Street","OwnerZipF087":"68583","OwnerPhoneF088":"402-472-6549","ImageConF075a":"Whole quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","SourceF077":"Slide","CreditLineF080b":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-11","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:16:55","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:12:46"},"sort":["MAGPIE ROSE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"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":["MARINERS COMPASS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"965kWZEB8akQsUwezlWl","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"33-29-65","description":"This quilt made with a Martha Vineyard's pattern in the Mountain Mist line.","essay":"The 1933 Sears National Quilt Contest was announced in January 1933 with a deadline of May 15, 1933. Over 24,000 quilts were entered at local Sears stores or sent to one of 10 regional mail order houses. Quilts were judged at each site with the top three winners moving onto the next round. Finally just 30 quilts reached the final judging held at the Sears Pavilion on the 1933 Chicago World's Fair site.\r\n\r\nGeorgia Litsey of Leitchfield, Kentucky won second place in the Memphis regional with a Stearns & Foster pattern. It was sent to Chicago where it competed in the final round and it was displayed during the summer of 1933 at the Sears Pavilion.\r\n\r\nGeorgia Litsey is one of six Kentucky quiltmakers who reached the final round. \r\n\r\nFritz Hooker, Sales Manager of Stearns & Foster, visited the exhibition and followed up with letters to contestants who used Mountain Mist patterns. Georgia Litsey's response and her photo was printed in an advertisement for Stearns & Foster in the 1935 Mountain Mist Blue Book of Quilts.\r\n\r\nIn regards to her Martha's Vineyard quilt, she was quoted as saying: \"As for Mountain Mist Quilt Patterns, I'll just say this: I have used eight of them so far, and have taken prizes with four of them. My 'Martha's Vineyard' was a Century of Progress prize-winner in 1933. I know that these fine patterns were a marvelous help to me in securing prize-winning results.\"\r\n\r\nDr. William Rush Dunton Jr. visited the exhibit at the Sears Pavilion and took notes on the prize-winning quilts. About Georgia Litsey's quilt, he wrote: \"Martha's Vineyard -- same as 3rd prize Seattle.\"\r\n\r\n","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","QuiltTitleF009":"Martha's Vineyard","BrackmanF011a":"16.55 Encyclopedia of Applique","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Purple","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Bright or primary colors"],"LayFormatF024":"Other","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"FeaturesF053":"The actual quilt was sold in the 1960s; therefore, colors, fabrics, and quilting designs are only suppositions based on the Mountain Mist pattern instructions.","DateFinishF023b":"1933","DateInfoF023f":"Copyright 1931 on the Martha's Vineyard Mountain Mist pattern.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","ReasonsF060":["Challenge or Contest entry"],"LocMadeF057a":"Leitchfield","ProvStateF057d":"Kentucky (KY)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"SourceMatF063":["Purchased new"],"TopSourceF064":["Commercial/Published source: Pattern"],"CommSourceF064b":"Martha's Vineyard, Mountain Mist pattern line, Stearns & Foster Co.","ExhibitListF067a":"The quilt was probably exhibited in Memphis, TN where it won second place in that regional contest. \r\n\r\nIt also was exhibited at the Sears Pavilion at the Chicago World's Fair during the summer of 1933.","ContestListF071a":"Sears Quilt Contest, 1933 Chicago World's Fair","OtherSourceMat":"Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 World's Fair (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993), 101, 104, 106","RelItemsF088a":"Mountain Mist Blue Book of Famous Quilt Designs (Cincinnati: Stearns & Foster, 1935).\r\n\r\n","AddNotesF132":"According to a letter from a close neighbor (Margaret Moorman) \"I do know that she had the Mountain ladies of Kentucky to do actual quilting finish which cost about $20.0 to $30.00 a quilt back in late 1920s and 1930s.\" \r\n\r\nThis same respondent reported in 1982 that Georgia Litsey did quilt tops for Cincinnati Mountain Mist Cotton establishment which supplied her with patterns and material to make quilts for herself too. (Sept 1, 1982 letter from Margaret Moorman to Barbara Brackman). \r\n\r\nMountain Mist routinely employed professional quilters to make the Mountain Mist patterns into quilts. These quilts became part of the Mountain Mist Collection which was used for many years for publicity at quilt events, state fairs, department store windows, etc. ","QuiltTopF054":"Litsey, Georgia","QuiltedByF055":"Wilson, Mrs. Blaine","IfOtherF007d":"In response to a letter Brackman sent to a Leitchfield, KY newspaper, several people who knew Georgia Litsey responded.","CityF106a":"Leitchfield","StateF107":"Kentucky (KY)","CountryF108":["United States"],"MaidenF097b":"Helmsitter","BirthDateF099":"06-22-1882","DeathF100":"1964","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"RelAffF103":"Methodist","SpouseF113":"Litsey, George","WhyQuiltF119":["Income"],"NumQuiltsF123":"20-50 quilts","SellQuiltF127":"yes","SourceOtherF006a":"Friends who remembered the quilter.","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","DateDataF006b":"1982","verify":"yes","Pattern":"MARTHAS VINEYARD","Maker":"[\"LITSEY, GEORGIA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","InstNameF003":["Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Merikay Waldvogel Legacy Project; Sears Quilt Contest 1933 Chicago World's Fair","InstInvContrNumF004":"033","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University, Michigan State University Museum, Alliance For American Quilts","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"StillImage","PattSourceF065":["Commercial pattern"],"OccupationF115":"Farmer (Armstrong); Lawyer (Litsey)","GenderF098":["Female"],"FavesF130":"According to the testimonial published by Mountain Mist, she said \"I have been interested in quilts for years. Ever since Mountain Mist Quilting Cotton came out, I have insisted on it for the filling of my quilts. I knew when I first heard of it that it would bring an amazing improvement over other types of quilt filling. Mrs. blaine Wilson, of Travellers Rest, Kentucky who does the actual quilting of my tops for me, tells me that this filling is a great deal easier to use; and I know from experience that my Mountain Mist filled quilts wash perfectly, and have that evenly padded look that means so much to fine quilting.\" 1935 Blue Book of Mountain Mist Designs.","interviewerF007e":"Barbara Brackman","QuiltHistF059":"According to Martha Moorman of Leitchfield, KY (Letter to B Brackman, Sept 13, 1982), \"Mrs. Litsey died in January 1964 and a public sale was held later in theyear, so no on seems to know for sure just who did get the prize-winning quilt.\"","SourceF077":"Slide","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","legacy_kid":"5B-9D-4D","project_id":"33","form_id":"29","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 00:17:27","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:34:34"},"sort":["MARTHAS VINEYARD"]}]}}

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