Photo, Print, Drawing Bertha Marion, quilting


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About this Item

Title
Bertha Marion, quilting
Contributor Names
Eiler, Terry (Photographer)
Marion, Bertha (Creator)
Created / Published
Galax, Virginia, August 1978
Subject Headings
-  Quilting
-  quilt frames
-  Ethnography
-  Photographs
-  United States -- Virginia -- Galax
Genre
Ethnography
Photographs
Notes
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Medium
35mm color slide
Call Number/Physical Location
AFC 1982/009: BR8-TE46-6
Source Collection
Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection (AFC 1982/009)
Repository
American Folklife Center
Online Format
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Chicago citation style:

Eiler, Terry, and Bertha Marion. Bertha Marion, quilting. Galax United States Virginia, 1978. Galax, Virginia, August. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000372/.

APA citation style:

Eiler, T. & Marion, B. (1978) Bertha Marion, quilting. Galax United States Virginia, 1978. Galax, Virginia, August. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/qlt000372/.

MLA citation style:

Eiler, Terry, and Bertha Marion. Bertha Marion, quilting. Galax, Virginia, August. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/qlt000372/>.