Coat of Many Colors
02-13-2010, 09:01 PM
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I found this on net while surfing some photos of Americana. I got this description from the site......
August 17, 1937. "Joseph's coat of many colors had nothing on this unique quilt which is now being completed by Mrs. Ethel Sampson of Evanston, Ill., after six years of collecting. Parts of wearing apparel from President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, members of the Cabinet, diplomats and notables from all over. From Hollywood, Bing Crosby sent a tie while Mae West and Shirley Temple contributed parts of dresses. Former Emperor Haile Selassie's neckties and a linen of Windsor are also included on the quilt. Diapers from the Dionne Quintuplets are also prominently displayed."
August 17, 1937. "Joseph's coat of many colors had nothing on this unique quilt which is now being completed by Mrs. Ethel Sampson of Evanston, Ill., after six years of collecting. Parts of wearing apparel from President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, members of the Cabinet, diplomats and notables from all over. From Hollywood, Bing Crosby sent a tie while Mae West and Shirley Temple contributed parts of dresses. Former Emperor Haile Selassie's neckties and a linen of Windsor are also included on the quilt. Diapers from the Dionne Quintuplets are also prominently displayed."
02-14-2010, 03:06 PM
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The pieces that were used from the famous people were embroidered with the name of who donated it. If you look close enough you can see neckties from Hoover, Roosevelt, the Mae West dress piece is beside the ladies head with the leaf on it.
Amelia Earhart has 2 "blocks" on the quilt the first one is next to Mae West's (it looks like a bird and is the wings) and the other "block" is under the couple with the gentleman sitting.
Click on this link Coat of Many Colors to see the big image of the quilt. Then just click on the full size image and there you go.
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Amelia Earhart has 2 "blocks" on the quilt the first one is next to Mae West's (it looks like a bird and is the wings) and the other "block" is under the couple with the gentleman sitting.
Click on this link Coat of Many Colors to see the big image of the quilt. Then just click on the full size image and there you go.
Billy
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