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Greek needlework shop, Yarn and Canvas Ltd., 4650 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Illinois

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Greek needlework shop, Yarn and Canvas Ltd., 4650 N. Western Ave., Chicago, Illinois

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Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers.
Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 2a-13, display of needlework at the Yarn and Canvas Ltd., 4650 N. Western Ave.; 13a-16, patterned around cut-out areas; 17-32, Mrs. Apostolopoulos's girlhood bureau cover made by her mother in Greece, figures embroidered around border depict various scenes, item in frame 31 includes African American banjo player, Uncle Tom's Cabin was popular novel in Greece at the time; 34a-36, Mrs. Apostolopoulos displaying tablecloth; detail of decoration

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01/01/1977
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chicago
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