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Graphic Images
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BOX 1 FOLDER 4 |
Photographs and Negatives: PH01-PH25 |
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Photographs taken by David A. Taylor on March 2, 2006. 25 color
photographs, 25 color negatives. |
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Artifacts
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BOX 2 |
Rug 1. When Pa Was Young - Skating
the Bay
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The rug displays an image of Mary Sheppard Burton’s grandfather,
Edward Sampson Phipps, skating across the Chesapeake Bay. Tell Me ‘Bout Series, 1993-1994. Dimensions: 45 x 69
inches. |
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BOX 3 |
Rug 2. When Pa Was Young - The
Tool Fetcher
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The rug displays an image of Edward Sampson Phipps, Mary
Sheppard Burton’s grandfather, who dove into the Susquehanna River retrieving
the tools that had been dropped into the river by the workmen who were
constructing the bridge above the river. Tell Me ‘Bout
Series, 1993. Dimensions: 46.5 x 32.5 inches. |
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BOX 4 |
Rug 3. The Secret Place
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The rug displays an image of Alice Phipps, Mary Sheppard
Burton’s mother, in a tree with an apple and reading a book. This was her
mother’s secret place. Tell Me ‘Bout Series, 1994.
Dimensions: 43.75 x 52.25 inches. |
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BOX 5 |
Rug 4. Strawberry Capital of the
World
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The rug depicts images from the town of Pittsville, Maryland,
where Burton’s father John Raymond Sheppard grew up. Tell
Me ‘Bout Series, 1994-1995. Dimensions: 62 x 43 inches. |
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BOX 6 |
Rug 5. When Dad Was Two
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The rug depicts the image of a two-year-old Charles Burton, Mary
Sheppard Burton’s husband, head first in the snow. He was accidently given
grape wine instead of grape juice. Tell Me ‘Bout
Series, 1995. Dimensions: 44.25 x 33 inches. |
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BOX 7 |
Rug 6. The Bushel Basket
Hat
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The rug displays the image of Alice Phipps, Burton’s mother, as
she flew upside down in a plane in a bushel basket hat. The rug also displays
the image of the hat as it falls from the sky. Tell Me
‘Bout Series, 1996. Dimensions: 49.5 x 59.5 inches. |
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BOX 8 |
Rug 7. A Chicken in Every
Pot
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The rug displays Charles Burton, Mary’s Sheppard Burton’s
husband, as he climbed a tree to witness the inauguration of Herbert Hoover.
The rug also displays images of chickens and roosters. The rug refers to
Hoover’s famous promise of “a chicken in every pot.” Tell
Me ‘Bout Series, 1996. Dimensions: 66 x 44 inches. |
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BOX 9 |
Rug 8. Fox Hunting at Sycamore
Hollow
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The rug depicts images of men on horses at Sycamore Hollow in
Montgomery County, Maryland. In the center Burton weaves a landmark barn which
dates back to 1838. Tell Me ‘Bout Series, 1998.
Dimensions: 66 x 44 inches. |
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BOX 10 |
Rug 9. Chicken Fishin’
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Nellie Blaine Lankford was Mary Sheppard Burton’s mother-in-law.
The rug depicts the images of Nellie and her sister Anna in Tyaskin, Maryland.
The two would feed the chickens kernels that were attached to the end of a
fishing line. Tell Me ‘Bout Series, 1999.
Dimensions: 39 x 46 inches. |
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BOX 11 |
Rug 10. The First Meals on
Wheels
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Alice Phipps, Mary Sheppard Burton’s mother, would deliver food
to the sick. This rug shows Alice on a bike along with other landmarks in
Salisbury, Maryland. Tell Me ‘Bout Series, 1999.
Dimensions: 42 x 58 inches. |
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BOX 12 |
Rug 11. Day’s End on the
Sinepuxent Bay
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Richard Dale, a relative of Mary Sheppard Burton, is depicted
steering a sailboat on the Maryland coast. Richard Dale fought against pirates
and also assisted in defending the island of Bermuda against the British.
Tell Me ‘Bout Series, 2000. Dimensions: 19.25 x
34.5 inches. |
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BOX 13 |
Rug 12. When Mom was Wee, Mary
Sheppard Burton’s Story
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The rug depicts images of the Model A Ford, along with pigs on a
farm and a little girl who represents Mary Sheppard Burton’s mother.
Tell Me ‘Bout Series, 2005. Dimensions: 44.2 x 31
inches. |
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Moving Images
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MV 01 |
Tape 1 of 2 |
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Interview with Mary Sheppard Burton at her home in Germantown,
Md. Undated. 1 VHS videocassette. |
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MV 02 |
Tape 2 of 2 |
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Interview with Mary Sheppard Burton at her home in Germantown,
Md. Undated. 1 VHS videotape. |
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MV 03 |
Tape of Mary Burton talking about her rugs. June 8,
2000. |
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Interview with Mary Sheppard Burton at her home in Germantown,
Md. Undated 1 VHS videotape. [Unplayable - Damaged] |
