<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<item xmlns="http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5" itemId="33898" public="1" featured="0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5 http://omeka.org/schemas/omeka-xml/v5/omeka-xml-5-0.xsd" uri="https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/33898?output=omeka-xml" accessDate="2026-06-27T17:14:19+00:00">
  <collection collectionId="1">
    <elementSetContainer>
      <elementSet elementSetId="1">
        <name>Dublin Core</name>
        <description>The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.</description>
        <elementContainer>
          <element elementId="50">
            <name>Title</name>
            <description>A name given to the resource</description>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="1">
                <text>Library and Museum Collections</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="41">
            <name>Description</name>
            <description>An account of the resource</description>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="148826">
                <text>Please browse the more than 8000 knit- and crochet-related treasures in the CKC Collections Resource &lt;a href="http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/collections/show/1"&gt;Museum and Library Collections&lt;/a&gt; (drawn from &lt;a href="https://dp.la/info/developers/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Digital Public Library of America&lt;/a&gt;). CKC is seeking new partner organizations to share their collections of knitting and crochet with visitors to this resource. Contact us at &lt;a href="mailto:collections@centerforknitandcrochet.org"&gt;collections@centerforknitandcrochet.org&lt;/a&gt; for more information about participating. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Hb_Y75HnhkCE5i4mKpcTlB8Msp_lB0XUtQr5S8XXKA/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"&gt;Learn more about criteria for Share Your Treasures.&lt;/a&gt;</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
          <element elementId="43">
            <name>Identifier</name>
            <description>An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context</description>
            <elementTextContainer>
              <elementText elementTextId="601099">
                <text>1</text>
              </elementText>
            </elementTextContainer>
          </element>
        </elementContainer>
      </elementSet>
    </elementSetContainer>
  </collection>
  <itemType itemTypeId="6">
    <name>Still Image</name>
    <description>Upload at least one image that shows the object in its entirety along with detail views as desired.&#13;
•	Jpeg format&#13;
•	At least 3 MP in size&#13;
•	300 ppi&#13;
•	Images produced with digital camera to highest quality setting (e.g. superfine, best) are usually acceptable.&#13;
•	Users who want to contribute video or audio files please contact info@centerforknitandcrochet.org for more information.&#13;
</description>
  </itemType>
  <elementSetContainer>
    <elementSet elementSetId="1">
      <name>Dublin Core</name>
      <description>The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.</description>
      <elementContainer>
        <element elementId="40">
          <name>Date</name>
          <description>A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283669">
              <text>October 22, 1935</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="50">
          <name>Title</name>
          <description>A name given to the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283670">
              <text>Welfare check forger Esther Machada with baby daughter Elizabeth, Los Angeles, 1935</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="41">
          <name>Description</name>
          <description>An account of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283671">
              <text>Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283672">
              <text>Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283673">
              <text>Esther Machada, 28-year-old mother, holds her youngest baby daughter, 2-month-old Elizabeth, and stares solemnly at the camera. Machada has slightly curled hair and she wears a sweater or jacket. Baby Elizabeth wears a knit cap and top, wrapped in a blanket. Machada is sitting in a chair in a courtroom. Machada was photographed at her trial, where she was being tried for forging her neighbor's relief (welfare) check.</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283674">
              <text>Related to article, "Forgery of Relief Check Admitted By Needy Woman" [Los Angeles Times, October 23, 1935]</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283675">
              <text>Handwritten on negative: Esther Machada, Elizabeth Machada - 2 mos., 10-22-35</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283676">
              <text>Text from negative sleeve: 2645-- Mrs Esther Machada, Elizabeth Machada - 2 months, 10-22-35, Forgery Relief Check, [STAMPED:] OCT 29 1935</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283677">
              <text>Text from newspaper caption: Mother of Five in Court, Mrs. Esther Machada, 28-year-old mother of five children, is shown in court with her youngest daughter, Elizabeth, 2 months of age, where Mrs. Machada faced a charge of forging relief checks. ["Forgery of Relief Check Admitted By Needy Woman," Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 1935]</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="49">
          <name>Subject</name>
          <description>The topic of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283678">
              <text>Courtrooms--California--Los Angeles</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283679">
              <text>Welfare recipients--California--Los Angeles County</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283680">
              <text>Mothers--California--Los Angeles</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283681">
              <text>Babies--California--Los Angeles</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283682">
              <text>Forgers</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283683">
              <text>Machada, Esther, b. ca. 1908</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283684">
              <text>Machada, Elizabeth, b. 1935</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="51">
          <name>Type</name>
          <description>The nature or genre of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283685">
              <text>image</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="44">
          <name>Language</name>
          <description>A language of the resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283686">
              <text>No linguistic content</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="94">
          <name>References</name>
          <description>A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283687">
              <text>https://ursus.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002dh5bc</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="46">
          <name>Relation</name>
          <description>A related resource</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283688">
              <text>thumb:001:https://thumbnails.calisphere.org/clip/150x150/c01b479a61035863ac8dd2e3dc132be1</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283689">
              <text>full:001:https://thumbnails.calisphere.org/clip/150x150/c01b479a61035863ac8dd2e3dc132be1</text>
            </elementText>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283690">
              <text>linkto:001:https://ursus.library.ucla.edu/catalog/ark:/21198/zz002dh5bc</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
        <element elementId="48">
          <name>Source</name>
          <description>A related resource from which the described resource is derived</description>
          <elementTextContainer>
            <elementText elementTextId="1283691">
              <text>California Digital Library</text>
            </elementText>
          </elementTextContainer>
        </element>
      </elementContainer>
    </elementSet>
  </elementSetContainer>
</item>
