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    • Women at a quilting bee

    • Women at a quilting bee

    • Quilting; Textiles

    • A group of women sit and stand around a quilting frame, sewing a quilt. A teenage girl watches the women quilting. The girl wears a sweatshirt with a logo of Woolwine High School's Twin Oaks mascot on the front. Part of a series of photos of a...
    • Ferrum College
    • Group around a quilting frame

    • Group around a quilting frame

    • Quilting; Textiles

    • A large group of women and two children stand around a wooden quilting frame, sewing a quilt. End of frame visible in foreground. Part of a series of photos of a quilting party at Charity Community Center in Franklin County, VA.
    • Ferrum College
    • Woman and child quilting

    • Woman and child quilting

    • Quilting; Textiles; Equipment; Children

    • A little girl stands on a small chair next to a quilt stretched over a wooden frame. The girl leans over the quilt, and appears to be sewing. A woman sits in a chair beside the girl. Spools of thread and a small sewing box lay on the quilt...
    • Ferrum College
    • Man quilting at Lera Rakes' house

    • Man quilting at Lera Rakes' house

    • Quilting; Textiles

    • An unidentified man sits in a chair beside a quilting frame, sewing around the border of a sunbonnet sue or bonnet girl quilt square. Part of a series of photos of quilting at Lera Rakes' house.
    • Ferrum College
    • Unidentified woman quilting

    • Unidentified woman quilting

    • Quilting; Textiles

    • Close up photo of a woman sitting behind a quilt stretched over a frame, sewing. Quilting frame is set up outside, and shadows from tree leaves are visible on the quilt. Part of a series of photos on quilting at Lera Rakes' home on Turkey Cock...
    • Ferrum College
    • Unidentified woman quilting outside

    • Unidentified woman quilting outside

    • Quilting; Textiles

    • Close up photo of a woman sitting in a chair, sewing a quilt that is stretched across a wooden quilting frame. Edges of the backing and batting visible along the edge of the frame. Part of a series of photos on quilting at Lera Rakes' home on...
    • Ferrum College
    • Miniature baskets and pin cushions

    • Miniature baskets and pin cushions

    • Basket making; Textiles; Sewing equipment & supplies

    • Close up photo of Lera Rakes holding two miniature baskets in her hands. Each basket is filled with a pin cushion, with pins and needles sticking out of the fabric.
    • Ferrum College
    • sewing maiden hood

    • sewing maiden hood

    • Storytelling;

    • Cora Jackson tells a story about two young lovers to Kip Lornell during an interview. John Jackson is also present. He was born in Rappahannock County, Virginia, and moved to Fairfax County.
    • Ferrum College
    • Lera Rakes' family quilting

    • Lera Rakes' family quilting

    • Quilting; Textiles; Agricultural facilities

    • Lera Rakes and four other women sit around a quilt stretched across a wooden frame. All of the women are sewing on the quilt. Two spools of white thread lay on top of the quilt. Outbuilding in background. Part of a series of photos on quilting...
    • Ferrum College
    • Four women quilting

    • Four women quilting

    • Quilting; Textiles

    • Row of four women standing around a quilting frame, sewing pieces of a quilt together. One woman holds a pocketbook under her left arm while sewing. Part of a series of photos of a quilting party at Charity Community Center in Franklin County, VA.
    • Ferrum College
    • Many holiday orders.

    • Many holiday orders.

    • Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University. Nancy Hanks Department.; Sewing -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Education.;

    • The article discusses the origin of the Nancy Hanks Department at Lincoln Memorial University, as an outgrowth of a dream of Mrs. R. B. Parker, of Knoxville, Tennessee. In the fall of 1922, the department was organized "with three sewing...
    • Lincoln Memorial University
    • ...To the ages; Melissa calls for help; The Slack season.

    • ...To the ages; Melissa calls for help; The Slack season.

    • Lincoln Memorial University (Harrogate, Tenn.) -- History.; Lincoln Memorial University. Nancy Hanks Dept.; Sewing -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Education.;

    • The article: "To the ages," relates to the spirit of Lincoln that gave rise to Lincoln Memorial University and a forthcoming campus celebration honoring Abraham Lincoln on February 12, 1925. In the article "Melissa calls for...
    • Lincoln Memorial University
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