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Needlework display and making of sitari at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 10301 S. Kolmar Ave., Oak Lawn, Illinois

Needlework display and making of sitari at St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 10301 S. Kolmar Ave., Oak Lawn, 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: 1-5, needlework displayed by Presbytera Tasia Assimikides; fieldworker Peter Bartis with her in frame 5; 6-18, needlework examples; 19-36, Bessie Danos demonstrating making of the sitari, a memorial tray of wheat for the dead (continued on roll at call number AFC 1981/004: b41256); 19, washing wheat after soaking all night; 25, spreading wheat in tray; 26, sifting breadcrumbs to absorb moisture and protect powdered sugar; 30-31, opening bag of powdered sugar; 33, wheat covered with sugar; 34, placing special mold and filling it with brown sugar to make center cross; 35-37, garnishing with Jordan almonds

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Date

01/01/1977
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Location

illinois
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Library of Congress
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Public Domain

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