QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Description:

Dress made for granddaughters circa 1940. Appliqué motif is a 1935 Nancy Cabot pattern Dutch Boy and Dutch Girl published in Chicago Tribune.

Essay:

Mary made many dresses for her granddaughters. Susan Salser remembers them with these photos.

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Mary Gasperik Legacy Project

Who documented this quilt?

Mary Gasperik Private Collection

Gasperik Legacy Project Number:

085

This is a:

Other

Describe the item:

Child's dress

Quilt's title:

Dress - Dutch Boy and Girl Appliqué Dress

Owner's name for quilt:

Dress - Dutch Boy and Girl

Brackman # or other source & #:

49.68 Applique

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Pink

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

1939-1943

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1939-1943

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1935

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Merikay Waldvogel

Further information concerning dates:

The Cabot pattern was offered in the Chicago Tribune, July 20, 1935. Gasperik's first granddaughter was born in December 1936 and the third Krueger grand-daughter was born in June 1940. The dress was probably made between 1940 and 1943.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Quilt top made by:

Gasperik, Mary

Quilted by:

Gasperik, Mary

Where the quilt was made, city:

Chicago

Where the quilt was made, county:

Cook County

Where the quilt was made, state:

Illinois (IL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

a practical gift

The quilt was made to be used for:

Other

Was the quilt used for something other than what it is used for now?

clothing

Quilt is presently used as:

Keepsake/memento

Describe present uses of the quilt:

Mary's grandchildren regard her quilts as a unique collection to be preserved and appreciated.

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Newspaper

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Nancy Cabot (Chicago Tribune, July 20, 1935)

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Merikay Waldvogel and Barbara Brackman. Patchwork Souvenirs of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1993)102-103.

Merikay Waldvogel "One American Dream Comes True", Quilters Newsletter Magazine, March 2008, 46-49.

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Nancy Cabot Dutch Boy and Girl quilt block from July 20, 1935 Chicago Tribune, in private collection of Merikay Waldvogel.

Unfortunately, there is no photograph of any of the Krueger girls wearing this dress. But the family does have a number of b&w photographs showing the girls in other Gasperik dresses and pinafores. And the family has a small collection of other clothing Gasperik made and appliqued for them (see #085a) There are two excellent 1944 b&w photos of Susan Krueger and her grandmother, both wearing appliqued dresses made by Gasperik, on the front steps of the first Krueger house in Hyde Park (at 6630 University Ave.). A photograph taken on a family vacation to visit Maynard Krueger's family farm in Missouri (~1945) shows the three girls in pinafores made by their grandmother. Visible on Susan's pinafore is an applique gingerbread man and wolf. The family still has the brown paper pattern cutouts that the girls' mother, Elsie, traced and colored (probably from a children's book), for Gasperik (private collection of Karen, Linda and Susan Krueger).

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Heirs of Elsie Krueger: Karen, Linda and Susan Krueger. Contact: Susan Salser.

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker; Author/researcher

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Grandmother

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

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.

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Mihalovits, Maria

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

01/25/1888

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

Hungary

Quiltmaker's date of death:

05/25/1969

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Hungarian

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Elementary School

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's city:

Chicago

Quiltmaker's county:

Cook

Quiltmaker's state:

Illinois (IL)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Mihalovits, Istvan

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

Hungary

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Hungarian

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Mihalovits, Vidoszava

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

Hungary

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Hungarian

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Gasperik, Stephen

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

Hungarian

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Milk Dealer/Grocery Store Owner/Butcher

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1 (Elsie 1909-1988)

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2 (Elmer and Stephen)

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From guild or club member; Self-Taught

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 40-49

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure; Other

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

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.

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Tuley Park Quilt Club and Detroit News Quilt Club

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group?

Chicago, IL and Detroit, MI

What are the main activities of the group?

Chicago group met to quilt and held periodic quilt shows; Detroit group held national exhibits and contests.

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

Who photographed this quilt?

Winston Salser

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Susan Salser