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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…

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

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

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

Video and text of Ruby Nell Sales oral history interview conducted by Joseph Mosnier.

Video and text from interview with Joe Burns, O.G. Clark, Mrs. G.E. Jackson for the National Visionary Leadership Project discussing the events leading up to and early communication during the destruction of the Greenwood neighborhood during the 1921…

Video and text from interview with Kenny Booker and John Alexander for the National Visionary Leadership Project discussing the rumor surrounding the events leading up to the destruction of the Greenwood neighborhood during the 1921 Tulsa Race…

Audio and text excerpt of an interview with John Budke and Alysa Hall where Alysa Hall describes learning about the eruption while her family lived in Germany, seeing the dramatic changes to Mount St. Helens when they returned to Washington, and…

Audio and text excerpt from an interview with Vermont farmers Bruce Hennessy and Beth Whiting of Huntington, VT where they discuss the cost of land and the need to expand their operation. Recording duration: 2:47.