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- Linsey Quilt, 1860-1880 - This quilt is made from linsey, a handwoven wool fabric with a cotton warp. During the Civil War, when the Union blockade created critical shortages of cloth, southerners wove linsey to help satisfy the need for clothing and bedding for civilians and soldiers. After the war, when factory-made cloth again became available, resourceful southern women used discarded linsey clothing and blankets to make warm quilts.
- 1860-1880
- Collections - Artifact
Linsey Quilt, 1860-1880
This quilt is made from linsey, a handwoven wool fabric with a cotton warp. During the Civil War, when the Union blockade created critical shortages of cloth, southerners wove linsey to help satisfy the need for clothing and bedding for civilians and soldiers. After the war, when factory-made cloth again became available, resourceful southern women used discarded linsey clothing and blankets to make warm quilts.
- John Burroughs on the Hill Overlooking His Birthplace, near Roxbury, New York, circa 1915 - John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. After working as an itinerant teacher and living in Washington, D.C., Burroughs returned to the Catskills and built a home. There, he could visit his birthplace and the surrounding lands where he grew up.
- circa 1915
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John Burroughs on the Hill Overlooking His Birthplace, near Roxbury, New York, circa 1915
John Burroughs (1837-1921), an internationally known naturalist and writer, was born on a dairy farm near Roxbury, New York, in the Catskills Mountains. After working as an itinerant teacher and living in Washington, D.C., Burroughs returned to the Catskills and built a home. There, he could visit his birthplace and the surrounding lands where he grew up.
- Watercolor Painting, "Residence of Mr. Gottfried Walder," by Paul Seifert, circa 1880 -
- circa 1880
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Watercolor Painting, "Residence of Mr. Gottfried Walder," by Paul Seifert, circa 1880