Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1985.013 |
Object Identification Number |
1985.013.041 |
Object Name |
Apron |
Donor |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen) |
Description |
An apron. The waist apron is made from fine white lawn. There is a wide fabric tie extending from either side of the waistband. There is drawn hemstitching at the end of each tie and above the hem. The hem is trimmed with white crocheted lace that has triangular scallops. |
Dimensions |
W-16 L-34.5 inches |
Made By |
Petersen, Karen Marie (Madsen)? |
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 |
Provenance |
This apron was most likely owned and made by the donor, Karen Marie (Madsen) Petersen. A comment by the apron entry in handwritten notes in the paper file reads, "When having company, you used inside a white apron." ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 |
214\1985013041.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
1985 |