“Consider the Lilies”
Recording of ten gospel songs by the Hylton family of Floyd County.
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“Good Morning 1907” Crazy Quilt
This quilt left Floyd County in 1922 when its owner Zora Weeks Slusher moved to North Dakota.
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“May 7th 1897” Crazy Quilt
Crazy quilt incorporating more than nineteen different embroidery stitches.
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“The Mabry Mill Band”
Oral histories of musicians and dancers who entertained visitors to Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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“Wish We Knew” Quilt
Arlie Harman Tobler was thirteen years old when she completed this bright and complex quilt.
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1851 Courthouse Bricks
Bricks used by Henry Dillon in building the second Floyd County courthouse which replaced the original 1832 structure.
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1929 Telephone Directory
Beginning in the early 1900s, cooperatives formed to bring telephone service to selected communities in the county.
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A-Model Mandolin
Hansel Roberson crafted this mandolin using curly maple for the sides and neck.
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Altizer Rope Bed
Bed passed down in the Aaron and Ada Altizer Family.
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An Archaeological Survey of Southwest Virginia
Smithsonian survey that includes seven sites in Floyd County.
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Applique Tablecloth
Alice Peterman Tise created this summery table covering for use in her home on Oxford Street.
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Arminta Catherine Alderman Keith Market Basket
Market basket passed down through the Alderman/Vaughn family.
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Aster the Rhino
One of two rhinos Andy Hylton fashioned from the root of a downed tree.
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Aunt Etta’s Diamond Quilt
“Charm” quilt created by Nancy Jane Shank using more than two hundred unique feed sack prints.
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Ballard Telephone Exchange
Operators working out of their homes connected callers manually in the early years of telephone service.
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Beckwith Pump Organ
Tricentennial model parlor organ available through the Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog.
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Bicentennial Quilt
Commemorative quilt completed by Elzada Boothe in 1976.
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Black Walnut Rocking Chair
Craftsman style chair built by the Rev. J.M. Tise.
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Blacksmith’s Traveler
When blacksmith Shep Alderman needed a tool to measure a wagon wheel for spokes, he carved his own.
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Bleeding Hearts Quilt
The unknown maker of this quilt appliqued and embroidered twenty-four blocks of flowers for this quilt.
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Boston Commons Quilt
This pattern quilted by a member of Jessie Tise Heafner’s family is also known as “Garden Path.”
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Brick Doll Furniture
Two little girls enjoyed this doll furniture carved by their great-uncle Hines Sutphin.
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Broken Star Quilt
Rainbow colors forming a dazzling bedcover donated by Jessie Tise Heafner.
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Broomstick Lace
Also called “jiffy” lace, this crocheting technique uses a broomstick in addition to a crochet hook.
