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Papered Over: 1937
Submitted by Dave on Tue, 02/05/2008 - 11:32pm.
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February 1937. "Negroes at Gee's Bend, Alabama. Descendants of slaves of the Pettway plantation. They are still living very primitively on the plantation." Here we see one of the celebrated Gee's Bend quilts. Medium format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.
I should be grateful
Submitted by disco07 on Sat, 10/24/2009 - 8:35pm.
How did they endure this, their faith must have been strong.
Newspaper Wallpaper
Submitted by Cosman on Sat, 02/23/2008 - 12:33pm.
Newspaper on the walls was very common back then. Most houses for lower income people were just boards nailed up to the studs with no insulation at all. If you were lucky you got boards on the inside of the studs too. These were rough sawed and the gaps were large. The newspapers made the house much warmer in the winter.
Newspaper
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 11:01pm.
It helps insulate against drafts coming through the boards.
Quilt and...
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 02/08/2008 - 10:33pm.
That's a very nice quilt, I wonder if the family still has it.
What's the use of putting up newspaper on the walls? Why not just leave it bare?
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Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Wed, 02/06/2008 - 12:29am.
Is that the Dionne quintuplets on the wall?
It looks that they replaced their newspaper wallpaper fairly often, it looks so clean and fresh.
Gee's Bend Quilts
Submitted by Dewey on Tue, 02/05/2008 - 11:44pm.
Here is one of the famous Gee's Bend quilts. The skilled quilters of Gee's Bend have achieved international recognition with ongoing exhibits of their needlework. Their quilt designs were featured on U.S. postage stamps in 2006.
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