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Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) in the patio of the U.S. Department of Agriculture building. Wooden religious figures made by Indian in New Mexico; oldest dated quilt made in West Virginia, then a part of Virginia in 1795

Rural arts exhibition held under the auspices of the Farm Security Adm...

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Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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Making a quilt in Scranton, Iowa, home. The ladies will give the quilt to a needy family

Making a quilt in Scranton, Iowa, home. The ladies will give the quilt...

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Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a sheepherder

Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a s...

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Mother of tenant purchase client piecing a quilt. Maricopa County, Arizona

Mother of tenant purchase client piecing a quilt. Maricopa County, Ari...

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Farm worker and his wife in their cottage at the FSA (Farm Security Administration) labor camp. Caldwell, Idaho. Notice the quilt on frame near the ceiling

Farm worker and his wife in their cottage at the FSA (Farm Security Ad...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of an office worker, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California,...

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Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt that she made, Pie Town, New Mexico. A community settled by about 200 migrant Texas and Oklahoma farmers who filed homestead claims ... Mrs. Stagg helps her husband in the field with plowing planting, weeding corn and harvesting beans. She quilts while she rests during the noon hour.

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt that she made, Pie Town, New Mexico. ...

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Woman who has not yet found a place to move out of the Hinesville Army camp area working on a quilt in her smokehouse. Near Hinesville, Georgia

Woman who has not yet found a place to move out of the Hinesville Army...

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Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. See general caption number 58

Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon...

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Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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Butterfly applique quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg, homesteader from Texas and Oklahoma. Pie Town, New Mexico

Butterfly applique quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg, homesteader from Tex...

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Farm women of the "Helping Hand" club display a pieced quilt which they are making for the benefit of one of their numbers. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. General caption number 58-11

Farm women of the "Helping Hand" club display a pieced quilt which the...

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[Four women working on a patchwork quilt]

[Four women working on a patchwork quilt]

Title devised by cataloger. No publication information. (DLC/PP-1934:0109). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern Count...

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Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt, Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt, Pie Town, New Mexico

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Quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg. Pie Town, New Mexico

Quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg. Pie Town, New Mexico

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A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information P...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

A group of men standing around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of men standing around a table. Office of War Information Phot...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

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PRIZE QUILT GIVEN MRS. ROOSEVELT. THE QUILT WHICH WON PRIZES AT THE WORLD FAIR IN CHICAGO IS PRESENTED TO MRS. ROOSEVELT BY E.J. CONDON. L.T. CONWAY VIEWS THE CEREMONY. BOTH MEN ARE CONNECTED WITH A MERCHANDISING CONCERN DOING BUSINESS ON A NATIONWIIDE SCALE. THE PRIZE WINNING QUILT WAS MADE BY MARGARET ROGERS CADEN OF LEXINGTON, KY

PRIZE QUILT GIVEN MRS. ROOSEVELT. THE QUILT WHICH WON PRIZES AT THE WO...

A group of people standing around a woman wrapped in a blanket. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mrs. Bill Stagg exhibiting a quilt made from tobacco sacks which she ripped up, dyed, and pierced. Nothing is wasted on these homesteading farms. Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. Bill Stagg exhibiting a quilt made from tobacco sacks which she r...

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Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt she made. Mrs. Stagg helps her husband in the fields with plowing, planting, and weeding corn and harvesting beans, and quilts while she rests during the noon hour. Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt she made. Mrs. Stagg helps her husban...

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Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene Cou...

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Farm women of the "Helping Hand" club display a pieced quilt which they are making for the benefit of one of their numbers. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. General caption number 58-11

Farm women of the "Helping Hand" club display a pieced quilt which the...

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Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern Count...

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Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma with grandson, working on quilt. California,...

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Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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A black and white photo of two women sitting at a table. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of two women sitting at a table. Great Depress...

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Friendship quilt. Pie Town, New Mexico

Friendship quilt. Pie Town, New Mexico

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A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Informati...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Handmade quilt, Virginia craft co-op on U.S. Highway No. 1, twenty miles north of Fredericksburg, Virginia

Handmade quilt, Virginia craft co-op on U.S. Highway No. 1, twenty mil...

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A group of people standing around a mattress. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a mattress. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

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A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Information Photograph

A couple of women standing next to each other. Office of War Informati...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt which she made, Pie Town, New Mexico

Mrs. Bill Stagg with state quilt which she made, Pie Town, New Mexico

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Mrs. L.L. LeCompt stitching quilt squares together. She does all her family sewing. Coffee County, Alabama

Mrs. L.L. LeCompt stitching quilt squares together. She does all her f...

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Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. General caption number 58-11

Farm women working on quilt. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon...

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Ladies of the Helping Hand society working on quilt. Gage County, Nebraska

Ladies of the Helping Hand society working on quilt. Gage County, Nebr...

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Hand work at Gonzales County Fair, Gonzales Texas. Notice the Bible quilt. This pattern is very popular in all rural sections and is to be seen at every country fair

Hand work at Gonzales County Fair, Gonzales Texas. Notice the Bible qu...

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White migrant mother piecing a quilt. Harlingen, Texas. See 32108-D

White migrant mother piecing a quilt. Harlingen, Texas. See 32108-D

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Quilt hung across doorway which separates living quarters of two families of white migrants. Berry pickers near Hammond Louisiana

Quilt hung across doorway which separates living quarters of two famil...

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Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton

Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia. Making a quilt from surplus commod...

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Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene Cou...

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Members of the women's club making a quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Members of the women's club making a quilt. Granger Homesteads, Iowa

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle is in her nineties. Members of the circle quilt for anyone who wants it at the cost of one cent a yard of thread, and the money goes to the church

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle ...

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Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle is in her nineties. Members of the circle quilt for anyone who wants it at the cost of one cent a yard of thread, and the money goes to the church

Lititz, Pennsylvania. The oldest member of the Moravian sewing circle ...

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Farm women, members of the "Helping Hand" club, carefully roll up the quilt upon which they are working. Near West Carlton, Yamhill County, Oregon. General caption number 58-11

Farm women, members of the "Helping Hand" club, carefully roll up the ...

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Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a sheepherder

Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a s...

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Bedroom of tenant farmer living near Warner, Oklahoma. Notice American flag quilt

Bedroom of tenant farmer living near Warner, Oklahoma. Notice American...

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Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower sewing a quilt. Grant County, Illinois

Wife of FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower sew...

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Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Making a quilt from surplus commodity cotton in Greensboro, Greene Cou...

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Butterfly applique quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg, homesteader from Texas and Oklahoma. Pie Town, New Mexico

Butterfly applique quilt made by Mrs. Bill Stagg, homesteader from Tex...

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

A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information Photograph

A group of people standing around a table. Office of War Information P...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern County

Grandmother from Oklahoma and her pieced quilt. California, Kern Count...

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Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a sheepherder

Box Elder County, Utah. Mormon women tacking a quilt to be used by a s...

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Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

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Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

Sewing a quilt. Gees Bend, Alabama

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A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a group of people. Office of War Informatio...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Farm Security Administration (1937-1942). The photographs of the Farm S... More