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Quilting bee in the olden time – Historic Print

Quilting bee in the olden time, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic print
Quilting bee in the olden time, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Quilting bee in the olden time, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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*Quilting bee in the olden time* is a reproduction of a drawing by H.W. Pierce that shows a communal stitching gathering, the kind that once brought neighbors and relatives together around a single quilt. Quilting bees were both work and social occasions, combining sewing with conversation, shared meals and local news, and they were a familiar part of American rural life through much of the 19th century. The title's phrase "in the olden time" points to the nostalgia that often colored such scenes, which looked back on domestic village life as simpler than it may have been. The card gives no date, so the drawing's exact period is uncertain.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 print.
NotesReprod. of drawing by H.W. Pierce. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Artists, Publ. I.; Quilting bees; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,009 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-107340

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