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A Navajo blanket weaver, Native Americans

A Navajo blanket weaver, Native Americans

Date and publisher from associated item in LOT. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Zosh Clishn--Apache

Edward S. Curtis - Zosh Clishn--Apache

Zosh Clishn, half-length portrait, facing front, looking down, wrapped in a blanket and wearing several necklaces. H87110 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 1876-06. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection ... More

Edward S. Curtis - A Tluwulahu costume--Qagyuhl

Edward S. Curtis - A Tluwulahu costume--Qagyuhl

Woman wearing a fringed Chilkat blanket, a hamatsa neckring and mask representing deceased relative who had been a shaman. J197488 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3565. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collec... More

Rancher buys horse blankets. Capriola Saddlery, Elko, Nevada

Rancher buys horse blankets. Capriola Saddlery, Elko, Nevada

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural workers' camp. Migratory workers getting blankets

Bridgeton, New Jersey. FSA (Farm Security Administration) agricultural...

Public domain photograph of New Jersey in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Distribution of blankets to troops at Tokio]

[Distribution of blankets to troops at Tokio]

H45068 U.S. Copyright Office Title from copyright register. Copyright by Collier's Weekly, Apr. 29, 1904.

Team-work against the "Flu." Beverly, Massachusetts. Influenza broke out in February of this year, with dreadful weather conditions prevailing, but preparations to fight an epidemic of this sort had been made in advance by the cooperation of the Board of Health, the Public Health Dispensary, the Health Center, and the Red Cross. When the visitiation came, all was in readiness to combat it. Volunteers were notified to register at the Public Health Dispensary; food was to be at the Health Center, while supplies of linen, blankets, and clothing were to be given out and transportation arranged for at the Red Cross office. The picture above shows a party of helpers starting from Red Cross headquarters with blankets and other supplies for the sick

Team-work against the "Flu." Beverly, Massachusetts. Influenza broke o...

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card. Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Mr. Curtis. Data: Red Cross Bul. March 20, 1920. Group title: Disaster Relief, U.... More

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Incense--Atsina

Portrait photo of Edward S. Curtis - Incense--Atsina

Four Atsina men, each wrapped in a blanket, seated on ground, one with arm and fist raised skyward, one holding a wing. H118646 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2974-08. This photograph is similiar to the imag... More

Edward S. Curtis - The wood gatherer--Sioux

Edward S. Curtis - The wood gatherer--Sioux

Dakota woman carrying firewood on her back in snow. H112942 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2489-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian /... More

San Francisco, California. First aid demonstration at the Presidio of the proper method of treating an abdominal wound by keeping it moist until the patient can be removed to a field hospital, perhaps by improvising a stretcher by army blankets and rifles

San Francisco, California. First aid demonstration at the Presidio of ...

Public domain photograph of the 1930s-1940s World War Two, armed forces, military production, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Trampas, New Mexico. Maclovia Lopez, wife of the majordomo (mayor), spinning wool by the light of the fire. The family has ten sheep and they spin the wool for blankets, which are woven for them in Cordova

Trampas, New Mexico. Maclovia Lopez, wife of the majordomo (mayor), sp...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chilkat blankets, Alaska - Public domain  engraving

Chilkat blankets, Alaska - Public domain engraving

Public domain photograph of ornamental engraving print, decor, decorated panel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hopi bridal costume - Public domain portrait print

Hopi bridal costume - Public domain portrait print

Hopi woman's bridal wear which includes thick leggings, dark dress and a white blanket draped across her shoulders.

One of Edgar Allen's children sitting on the bed in the house on his farm. There are no sheets, pillowcases, or pillows (other than makeshift) in use. Bedding usually consists of castoff rags and a few old blankets. Near Milford, Iowa. They are helped by the Resettlement Administration

One of Edgar Allen's children sitting on the bed in the house on his f...

Public domain photograph of a person in bed, bedroom, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is made in the center, bricks are heated, water is poured over them. After the Indian gets inside is well covered with many blankets and the outside is also covered with cloths and blankets. He stays in there for several hours, sweats, and becomes very weak. A skull in front, outside, is their "medicine." Other Indians watch and stand around and smoke. Near Lame Deer, Montana

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is ...

Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, Indian reservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is made in the center, bricks are heated, water is poured over them. After the Indian gets inside is well covered with many blankets and the outside is also covered with cloths and blankets.  He stays in there for several hours, sweats, and becomes very weak. A skull in front, outside, is their "medicine." Other Indians watch and stand around and smoke. Near Lame Deer, Montana

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is ...

Public domain photograph related to Native Americans, Indian reservation, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Wanamaker, business in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. Blankets and linens

John Wanamaker, business in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. Blanket...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commerce, shopping, main street, city downtown, early 20th-century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sougan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Sougan. Paradise Valley, Nevada Folklife Collection

Source: Stewart, Leslie and Marie Maker: Stewart, Edith (Stock) This pieced cotton quilt was made about 1935 and used with a sougan cover to make bedroll The Paradise Valley Folklife Project was a cultural doc... More

Trampas, New Mexico. Maclovia Lopez, wife of the majordomo (mayor), spinning wool by the light of the fire. The family has ten sheep and they spin the wool for blankets, which are woven for them in Cordova

Trampas, New Mexico. Maclovia Lopez, wife of the majordomo (mayor), sp...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chilkat blankets, Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Chilkat blankets, Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Picryl description: Public domain image related to Central America History, Aztec, Mesoamerica, Mexico, Pre-Columbus America free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hidatsa man - Public domain portrait print

Hidatsa man - Public domain portrait print

Hidatsa Indian posed, standing, full-length, draped with blanket, facing front; with mountain in background.

Edward S. Curtis - Winter--Apsaroke

Edward S. Curtis - Winter--Apsaroke

Apsaroke woman carrying firewood in snow, approaching a tipi. H113099 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2771-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North America... More

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, 1939 Blanket design of the Haida Indians, Alaska / / Siegriest.

Indian court, Federal Building, Golden Gate International Exposition, ...

Poster for the Indian Court exhibit at the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, showing Haida Indian blanket design.

[Private Charles H. Osgood of Company C, 16th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment with stenciled blanket and forage cap]

[Private Charles H. Osgood of Company C, 16th New Hampshire Infantry R...

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosOsgood.html

Pueblos bring first protest since Lincoln

Pueblos bring first protest since Lincoln

Four Pueblo men (l to r) Santiago Naranjo, Waihusing, James Miller, and Jesus Baca, standing, facing front, wearing traditional and western clothing, each wearing a blanket and carrying a cane given them by Abr... More

Cajun woman with homespun blankets. Note the bare feet. Near Crowley, Louisiana

Cajun woman with homespun blankets. Note the bare feet. Near Crowley, ...

Public domain photograph of Louisiana in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A son of the desert - Public domain portrait print

A son of the desert - Public domain portrait print

Navajo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wrapped in a blanket that covers his mouth.

Horse collars and blankets in ranch supply store. Alpine, Texas

Horse collars and blankets in ranch supply store. Alpine, Texas

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bed in Mexican home. In practically all Mexican homes the beds consist of old blankets and quilts that are spread upon the bare floors. Crystal City, Texas

Bed in Mexican home. In practically all Mexican homes the beds consist...

Public domain photograph of quilt, needlework, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sewing covers for blankets, Erivan

Sewing covers for blankets, Erivan

Photo shows women sewing blanket covers, Yerevan, Armenia. Public domain photograph - female portrait, 1900s women, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Medical supplies for the front, including bales of cotton, wool, and warm blankets, are being piled up at the railway station

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Medical supplies for the front, including bales...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Campers shaking their blankets & cleaning camp

The vintage season Zikh'ron Ya'aqov, July 24, 1939. Campers shaking th...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Weaving blankets on street - Madura - photo by William Henry Jackson

Weaving blankets on street - Madura - photo by William Henry Jackson

Similar to lantern slide W7-284. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1943. World's Transporta... More

Edward S. Curtis - Grinding medicine--Zuni

Edward S. Curtis - Grinding medicine--Zuni

Zuni man lying on blanket grinding medicine. H34034 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 109. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. C... More

Child playing in front of bureau stuffed with blankets and clothing. Tin Town, Caruthersville, Missouri

Child playing in front of bureau stuffed with blankets and clothing. T...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Fiberglass metal mesh blankets made of glass fiber thermal insulation sandwiched between facings of metal mesh are being installed around a boiler in the powerhouse of a plant of the Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation

Fiberglass manufacture, Owens-Corning, Toledo, Ohio. Fiberglass metal ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a machine, industrial equipment, engine, generator, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Trampas, New Mexico. Maclovia Lopez, wife of the majordomo (mayor), spinning wool by the light of the fire. The family has ten sheep and they spin the wool for blankets, which are woven for them in Cordova

Trampas, New Mexico. Maclovia Lopez, wife of the majordomo (mayor), sp...

Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Big Foot's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29, 1890), with bodies of several Lakota Sioux people wrapped in blankets in the foreground and U.S. soldiers in the background]

[Big Foot's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29,...

Title devised by Library staff, based on information provided by Lise Broer, 2009. Copyrighted 1891 by Trager & Kuhn, Chadron, Nebr. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Exhibited: "Expa... More

Kitch Hawk(?) alias Jake the Bracelet Maker with Chilcut [sic] blanket

Kitch Hawk(?) alias Jake the Bracelet Maker with Chilcut [sic] blanket

Chilkat(?) man wearing blanket and headdress at doorway. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Apsaroke mother, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Edward S. Curtis - Apsaroke mother, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Arapsoke woman, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, child secured on her back with blanket. H113062 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2734-08. On verso: Her Horse Kills. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis C... More

Civilian defense. Removing blankets and stretchers from the special compartment in the New York Emergency Service truck. The lower compartment contains a portable searchlight of 1000 candle power

Civilian defense. Removing blankets and stretchers from the special co...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Pueblos bring first protest since Lincoln

Pueblos bring first protest since Lincoln

Four Pueblo men (l to r) Santiago Naranjo, Waihusing, James Miller, and Jesus Baca, standing, facing front, wearing traditional and western clothing, each wearing a blanket and carrying a cane given them by Abr... More

[Group of Native Americans (possibly Winnebago) wearing blankets, some standing before log fence, others sitting, canopied shelter in background]

[Group of Native Americans (possibly Winnebago) wearing blankets, some...

On verso: C.L. Hamilton. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Navajo Indian blanket - Public domain textile painting

Navajo Indian blanket - Public domain textile painting

Date range from LOT 12999 group record. No. 207. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Edward S. Curtis - Waiting in the forest--Cheyenne

Edward S. Curtis - Waiting in the forest--Cheyenne

Cheyenne man, standing in forest, is covered with white blanket except for eyes and nose, hoping to meet his girlfriend. J150298 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 3256-10. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collec... More

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is made in the center, bricks are heated, water is poured over them. After the Indian gets inside is well covered with many blankets and the outside is also covered with cloths and blankets. He stays in there for several hours, sweats, and becomes very weak. A skull in front, outside, is their "medicine." Other Indians watch and stand around and smoke. Near Lame Deer, Montana

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

[Big Foot's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29, 1890), with bodies of several Lakota Sioux people wrapped in blankets in the foreground and U.S. soldiers in the background]

[Big Foot's camp three weeks after the Wounded Knee Massacre (Dec. 29,...

Title devised by Library staff, based on information provided by Lise Broer, 2009. Copyrighted 1891 by Trager & Kuhn, Chadron, Nebr. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Exhibited: "Expa... More

Frederick L. Olmsted to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 30, 1861  (Blankets for the army)
Frederick L. Olmsted to Abraham Lincoln, Monday, September 30, 1861  (Blankets for the army)
Edward S. Curtis - Grinding medicine--Zuni. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Edward S. Curtis - Grinding medicine--Zuni. Book illustration from Lib...

Zuni man lying on blanket grinding medicine. Illus. in: The North American Indian; being a series of volumes picturing and describing the Indians of the United States, and Alaska / written, illustrated, and pub... More

John Satterlee to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 13, 1861  (Presents shawl and blankets)
Mrs. Elmer Thomas, migrant to California, taking the blankets for packing into truck enroute to California from Muskogee, Oklahoma

Mrs. Elmer Thomas, migrant to California, taking the blankets for pack...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A Navajo blanket weaver, Native Americans

A Navajo blanket weaver, Native Americans

Date from copyright statement. Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 5510.

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is made in the center, bricks are heated, water is poured over them. After the Indian gets inside is well covered with many blankets and the outside is also covered with cloths and blankets. He stays in there for several hours, sweats, and becomes very weak. A skull in front, outside, is their "medicine." Other Indians watch and stand around and smoke. Near Lame Deer, Montana

Steam bath on Cheyenne Indian Tongue River Reservation. A hot fire is ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

In the House of representatives January 4, 1776. Whereas his Excellency General Washington has represented to this court the necessity of providing blankets for the army and has requested the immediate assistance of this court in this interestin

In the House of representatives January 4, 1776. Whereas his Excellenc...

Positive Photostat.; Part 1 has a single duplicate.; Stamped on verso: 504. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate c... More

In the House of representatives January 4, 1776. Whereas his Excellency General Washington has represented to this court the necessity of providing blankets for the army and has requested the immediate assistance of this court in this interestin

In the House of representatives January 4, 1776. Whereas his Excellenc...

Positive Photostat.; Part 1 has a single duplicate.; Stamped on verso: 504. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate c... More

Oldtime sheepman who was visiting the sheep shearers' outfit for dinner. Ranch in Malheur County, Oregon. He predicted prosperous times for the sheepmen and had it figured out down to the last pound how much wool the Army would need for uniforms, clothing and blankets, etc.

Oldtime sheepman who was visiting the sheep shearers' outfit for dinne...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Private Charles H. Osgood of Company C, 16th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment with stenciled blanket and forage cap]

[Private Charles H. Osgood of Company C, 16th New Hampshire Infantry R...

Photo shows identified soldier in Union uniform. More information is in "Glimpses of Soldiers' Lives," SoldierbiosOsgood.html

Rhode Island red blankets - Public domain scenic drawing

Rhode Island red blankets - Public domain scenic drawing

Sketch of three figures, each wearing a blanket draped over shoulders. Title inscribed lower left. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.254) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Curry combs and curry brushes and horse blankets, ranch supply store. Alpine, Texas

Curry combs and curry brushes and horse blankets, ranch supply store. ...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Concrete workman's wife drying out blankets that were wet during the rain the night before. Pacific Beach, California

Concrete workman's wife drying out blankets that were wet during the r...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blankets for sale at a novelty shop along U.S. 1, a few miles north of Washington, D.C.

Blankets for sale at a novelty shop along U.S. 1, a few miles north of...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Commander in Chief, &c. &c. &c. All merchants and others having blankets and rugs of any kind whatever, are hereby ordered to bring in a true return of the same to the Barrack-Master

By order of His Excellency Sir William Howe, K. B. General and Command...

Positive Photostat.; Evans 15819 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 145, Folder 16.

Washington man sleeps in a blanketless bed. Milton Fairchild of Washington, D.C., does not need any blankets for keeping him warm these winter nights.He has invented an electrical bed which does not require any covering for the body when asleep. Furthermore, according to Mr Fairchild, an "electric blanket" is healthier and one is not so susceptible to colds. The temperature is maintained constant throughout the night by automatic controls

Washington man sleeps in a blanketless bed. Milton Fairchild of Washin...

A black and white photo of a hospital bed, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General informatio... More

Weaving blankets on street - Madura

Weaving blankets on street - Madura

Similar to photograph in Lot 11948 from negative LC-D4271-284. Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library o... More

Edward S. Curtis - A heavy load

Edward S. Curtis - A heavy load

Dakota woman carrying firewood on her back in snow. H112938 U.S. Copyright Office. Curtis no. 2485-08. Forms part of: Edward S. Curtis Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The North American Indian /... More

State of Massachusetts Bay In the House of representatives, September 14, 1779. Whereas it is indispensably necessary that a supply of blankets should be immediately procured for the service of the army ... [Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Flee

State of Massachusetts Bay In the House of representatives, September ...

Positive Photostat.; Stamped on verso: 595. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Printed Ephemera Collectio... More

Indian children - 5 small children in front of fence draped with blankets

Indian children - 5 small children in front of fence draped with blank...

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Overcoats for bees the latest. Beltsville, Md., April 11. W.J. Nolan, Apiculturist of the Bee Culture Laboratory at National Agricultural Research Center here, is demonstrating to Miss Lorry Van Houten, how overcoats for bees protect these honey producers from howling winds of winter. Formerly the packing for double decked hives was sawdust and TA(?) paper, now these cold-blooded insects can huddle under overcoats consisting of double blankets, with an added canvas cover.

Overcoats for bees the latest. Beltsville, Md., April 11. W.J. Nolan, ...

A couple of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Winnebago Indians wrapped in blankets sit in a clearing]

[Winnebago Indians wrapped in blankets sit in a clearing]

Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York, New York. Children of working mothers, enrolled in a day care program at Greenwich House, tidying up after a rest period, no fresh activity being undertaken until blankets, play things or work materials have been cleaned away. They learn to feel individual responsibility for leaving things as they find them

New York, New York. Children of working mothers, enrolled in a day car...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children of farmers, migrant workers, Great Depression era, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Private Archibald D. Council of Co. K, 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, in uniform and wrapped with hospital blanket]

[Private Archibald D. Council of Co. K, 18th North Carolina Infantry R...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: John W. McAden, Wilson, North Carolina, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Famil... More

John Satterlee to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 13, 1861  (Presents shawl and blankets)
Washington man sleeps in a blanketless bed. Milton Fairchild of Washington, D.C., does not need any blankets for keeping him warm these winter nights.He has invented an electrical bed which does not require any covering for the body when asleep. Furthermore, according to Mr Fairchild, an "electric blanket" is healthier and one is not so susceptible to colds. The temperature is maintained constant throughout the night by automatic controls

Washington man sleeps in a blanketless bed. Milton Fairchild of Washin...

Public domain photograph of people in office, interior, the 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Private Archibald D. Council of Co. K, 18th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, in uniform and wrapped with hospital blanket]

[Private Archibald D. Council of Co. K, 18th North Carolina Infantry R...

Photograph shows identified soldier. Case: Leather; floral design. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2014; (DLC/PP 2014:202) Purchased from: John W. McAden, Wilson, North Carolina, 2013. Forms part of: Liljenquist Famil... More

A Navajo blanket weaver, Native Americans

A Navajo blanket weaver, Native Americans

Date from copyright statement. Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 5510.

A Navajo blanket weaver, Native Americans

A Navajo blanket weaver, Native Americans

Date and publisher from associated item in LOT. Public domain photograph of native Americans, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description