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Mary C. Pickering’s Quilt at the Smithsonian Museum of American History is a perfect example of a nineteenth century bedcovering whose meaning goes beyond mere utility.
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A Wurlitzer jukebox would not only be difficult to interpret the object without its context, but its significance would be totally lost.
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