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Vista Lutheran Ladies Aid Church Signature Quilt. Material: textile. Size: 71\" W. x 72\" L Description: multi-colored cotton, wool and synthetic fabric signature quilt; forty-two squares each embroidered with a cursive signature in red to white variegated yarn; each square contains a four-colored circle edged with feather stitching and backed with purple striped satin; names included on quilt: Augusta Carlson, Anna Bjorklund, Mrs. Nordin Hendrickson, Mrs. Walford Anderson, Mrs. Emanuel Swenson, Mrs. Alfred G. Nelson, Mrs. Eugene H. Hanson, Mrs. Harold Welander, Mrs. Ernest R. Johnson, Mrs. O.W. Swenson, Mrs. Edvin Carlson, Mrs. Palmer Erickson, Selma Larson, Mrs. A.F. Sponberg, Mrs. B. O. Johnson, Mrs. Swen Espee, Mrs. Otto Anderson, Mrs. Emil Benson, Mrs. Carl O. Lund, Mrs. Oscar R. Johnson, Mrs. John Swenson, Mrs. Adolph Anderson, Mrs. Aug. C. Nelson, Mrs. Clarence W. Bjorklund, Mrs. Alfred M. Johnson, Mrs. J.A. Johnson, Mrs. A.G. Palmquist, Mrs. Leonard Jobe, Mrs. Carl Frisk, Hedda Johnson, Mrs. Over Johnson, Mrs. Edward L. Johnson, Mrs. Charles A. Larson, Mrs. Alfred Anderson, Mrs. Andrew Swenson, Mrs. Frank Johnson, Anna Hokanson, Mrs. Lloyd Peterson, Mrs. Alen Hedin, Mrs. Filip Larson.Context
Note with quilt reads \"Made by Ladies Aid of Vista Lutheran Church in 1931. Quilt was owned by Reinholt Johnson\'s mother. Several of the ladies who made the quilt are alive (in 1976): Mrs. Ernest Johnson (Mildred\'s mother), Mrs. Emanuel Swenson, Mrs. Lloyd Peterson, Mrs. N. Hendrickson, Mrs. Espee, Mrs. Alto Anderson & Mrs. C.O. Johnson.\" \"Signature\" pattern.Cataloged By
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsCreate Date
September 15, 1999Update Date
February 4, 2025