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Seminole artist Pedro Zepeda uses a curved tool called an adze to carve the inside of a canoe.

Cory Osceola and a white woman examine Seminole patchwork at Musa Isle, 1927.

Nancy Billings embroidered the names of each bride and groom married under this chuppah on leaves made from fabric.

This chuppah made by Nancy Billings hangs from the ceiling of HistoryMiami Museum's Folklife Gallery as it would over a bride and groom on their wedding day. The chuppah was displayed as part of a temporary exhibit featuring Nancy's pieces.

Nancy Billings made this chuppah (wedding canopy) for her daughter's wedding as a family heirloom that could be used for many generations. For this chuppah to be special to each couple, she embroidered leaves with each bride and groom’s names. She…

Poster shows the smiling face of a teacher on a laptop computer screen. Behind her is a red globe of the world.

Black and white wood engragving depicting a corn husking party, also referred to as a husking bee, in New England in the mid 19th century. Published in Harper's weekly, 1858 Nov. 13, p. 728. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Image of people and a dog walking beside a horse-drawn sleid transporting a wooden vat of maple sap. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Image of a farmer in a field with a team of horses pausing to pose for photograph while cutting hay, July 1940. Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Black and white drawing by American political cartoonist George Yost Coffin (1850-1896). Image features a woman wearing stars and stripes holding a candle to a mirror on Halloween night to learn the identity of her future spouse; the face revealed in…