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Accession Number 1974.4.87 Title craft scrapbook Category Documentary Artifact Object Type scrapbook Creator Hilroy Date Made 1939-1940 Place Made North America: Canada Culture North American Cultural Region North American Gender and Age not applicable Materials and Techniques paper Measurements UN3; S1 cm Description

Large Hilroy scrapbook, with newspaper and magazine clippings on home decorating ideas, by Ruth Wyeth Spears, Jane Lloyd, John Caulfield Smith; and on crafts such sewing, painting, crochet, rug hooking and quilting to…

Large Hilroy scrapbook, with newspaper and magazine clippings on home decorating ideas, by Ruth Wyeth Spears, Jane Lloyd, John Caulfield Smith; and on crafts such sewing, painting, crochet, rug hooking and quilting to make toys, personal and household accessories including stuffed animals, travel cases, sewing kits, bags, lamp shades, chair covers, pillows; painted china and trays; includes a receipe for craft dough, the fruit basket quilt from Chatelaine, and the flower garden quilt by Ruby Short McKim. Some clippings still loose, cut from 1940 newspapers.

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