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Image Series: Chuppah, Jewish wedding canopy
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…
Husking the corn in New England
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.
Horse-drawn sled with vat of sap from maple sugar trees, which is boiled down to maple syrup. Frank Shurtleff farm, North Bridgewater, Vermont
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.
Hay harvest near Lincoln, Vermont
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.
Hallow-eve 1896
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…
Floyd Fuller - Corn Husking
Floyd Fuller of Randolph, VT describes the shared work and social environment of the annual summer corn husking bees of his youth. Audio and text excerpt from a December 1, 1989 interview with Floyd Fuller conducted by Gregory Sharrow (1989-2073). A…
Early in the Morning
Sound recording of the song, "Early in the Morning" performed by Victor Marinetti (guitar) and Art Baratono (mandolin) on September 24, 1938 in Lake Linden, Michigan. Recorded by Alan Lomax. Part of the Alan Lomax Collection of Michigan and Wisconsin…
Donald Harrington and Bernard Harrington (brothers), logging, West Greenwich, Rhode Island
Image series depicting loggers Donald and Bernard Harrington of West Greenwich, RI at work on December 12, 1979. Includes photographs of the pair attaching logs to a skidder to move them from the woods to and be load them onto a truck. Photography by…
Daisy Turner - Maypole Dance
Daisy Turner of Grafton, VT describes the sping maypole dances she participated in as a child. Audio and text excerpt from a May 10, 1984 interview with Daisy Turner conducted by Jane Beck (TC1984-0034). A part of the Turner Family Collection…