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Farmers Union Ladies Quilting

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Description: Farmers Union ladies quilting. A sign in the background reads, "Mt. Pelia". In Weakley County.
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Wilbur La Bounty, Paralyzed Homecrafter Making Bird Houses

Date: 03 15 1955
Description: He is Wilbur La Bounty, paralyzed homecrafter, making bird houses. He is sitting before a work table with a jig saw and his completed 12 log cabin-style bi...
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Woman on Beach using Loom

Date: 1910
Description: A woman sitting on a beach using a loom. In her journals, Carrie often described looms and their use for making cloth for clothes, siding for houses, woven...
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Women Weaving and Spinning

Date: 1922
Description: Mrs. (Christine) Peterson and Mrs. Torgeson (a neighbor) are working in the upstairs loft of the barn. Christine is sitting in a chair using a spinning whe...
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Activities at the Neighborhood House

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: A favorite activity for the 11- and 12-year-old-girls group at the Neighborhood House at 768 West Washington Avenue is basket weaving. Mrs. Wendall V. Har...
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Christmas on the Bayles Farm

Date: 12 16 1958
Description: Jean (Bayles) Kirking instructs three of her children, Duane, Ann, and Bruce in the technique of stringing popcorn and cranberries and paper chains to deco...

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