Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1985.013 |
Object Identification Number |
1985.013.054 |
Object Name |
Apron |
Donor |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) |
Description |
An apron. The waist apron is made from sheer white cotton. There are two short ties extending off of the waist. The apron is rounded on the edges. The edge is scalloped with blue small blue embroidered details. There is a pocket at the proper right that also has blue embroidery. |
Dimensions |
W-20 L-21 inches |
Made By |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen)? |
Place Of Origin |
USA |
Owned By |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) |
Used By |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) |
Material |
cotton/thread |
Associated People |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) |
Search Terms |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) apron waist apron clothing women |
Provenance |
This apron have been made by the donor, Karen Marie (Madsen) Petersen. She made many other textiles in this gift lot. --------------------------------------------------------------- FAMILY HISTORY: Karen Marie (Madsen) Petersen was the daughter of Soren and Christine Wolf Madsen. She was born in Audubon County, Iowa on 15 December 1888 and died on 27 October 1984 in the Salem Nursing Home in Elk Horn, Iowa. She attended country schools in Audubon County and completed two years at Elk Horn College. She studied teaching and taught for three years. She then attended Highland Park College in Des Moines, Iowa. After receiving her degree she taught in Exira, Iowa; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Seattle, Washington. In 1921, she married Elmer E. Petersen and they farmed near Exira. After Elmer's death in 1955, she sold the farm and returned to teaching until her retirement. She was a member of the West Exira Seventh-Day Adventist Church near Exira. |
Images |
213\1985013054.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
1985 |