Buffalo Mountain Postcard
Snowy view of the Upper and Lower Bluffs after the mountain had been logged.
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Burl Bird Sculpture
Bird sculpture created from a tree limb with a burl.
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Butter Mold
Tool used to press freshly churned butter into family-sized portions with a design on top.
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Butter Mold
Mattie Yates King used this butter mold.
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Cat with Ball Sculpture
The soapstone used in this Marie Goad piece was carved with woodworking tools.
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Cedar Chest
Edd Nolen built this chest which Herman Heafner gave to his wife Jessie.
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Chain of Diamonds Quilt
Feed sack prints keep the viewer’s eye moving around this quilt by Virginia Alderman.
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Check High School Pin
This handmade example of school spirit dates back to 1928.
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Checkerboard Table
Marvin Thomas “married” pieces from other objects to create this functional piece of furniture.
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Cherry and Walnut Side Table
Graceful table from the home of Henry Harrison Earles and Rosetta Cole Earles.
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Child’s Booster Seat
Frank Hylton used scrap lumber to build this sturdy booster seat for his nieces.
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Child’s Kitchen Cupboard
Selma Keith’s eye for details included adding plate rails for this miniature cupboard.
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Child’s White Oak Chair
Charlie Hylton built this chair for his daughter around 1900. It has recently been re-bottomed.
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Children of the Heavenly King: Religious Expression in the Central Blue Ridge
These 1978-79 recordings were made by the Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project, a study via the American Folklife Center and the National Park Service.
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Churn Dash Quilt
“Crow’s Nest,” “Double Wrench,” “Bride’s Knot,” and “Hole in the Barn Door” are among the names for this popular quilt pattern.
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Civil War Saber
Charles Wesley Gardner carried this saber while serving with Company B, 54th Regiment, Pelham’s Battery.
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Clip-On Ice Skate
Ice skate used for skating on frozen mill ponds including the one at the George Phlegar Mill.
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Clovis Boyd Bassinet
White oak split basket woven to serve as the Boyd family bassinet.
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Clovis Boyd Key Basket
White oak rib basket woven with one flat side designed to hang on wall.
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Cobbler’s Tools
Purchased and handmade tools for shoemaking including a repurposed Civil War Schenkel shell anvil.
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Cockscomb Quilt
Appliqued quilt with a bold palette of pink, oxblood, gold, and teal.
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Concentric Hexagons Quilt
An original pattern utilizing feed sack prints with blocks joined in a mosaic style.
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Conner Brothers – Bluegrass Favorites
Rare album features Tommy and Mickey Conner of Check, Va,, with friends W.J. Wood, Herbert Lynch, and Ebo Clifton. HR008 1974, 12″ LP
