Description	Homemade. Gold with twisted fringes; one side picture of 3 houses, other side man and woman on horse. Per donor, she made ornaments like this because she could not buy good ornaments or lights as they were not yet in production as it was just after World War II. She made the ornaments from the lids of tin cans. She said that peach cans were the best because they were prettier and cut better than other cans. She cut pictures from Christmas cards and glued them to the tin ornaments. Donor said she learned how to make these ornaments from Sheriff Neubauer's wife.
Dimensions	Dia-4 inches
Year Range from	1946
Event	World War II
Year range to	1946
Made	Krippner, Dorothy
Material	Metal/Paper
Object ID	1997.31.1
Object Name	Ornament, Christmas Tree
Place of Origin	Oshkosh, WI
People	Krippner, Dorothy Abraham
Related Publications	Oshkosh Public Museum Newsletter, Summer 2009. Larson, Bradley G. "Voices of History 1941-1945". Oshkosh Public Museum, 2003.
Used	Krippner, Dorothy

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