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Miami Centennial Quilt
The Miami Centennial Quilt is the result of the Centennial Quilt Project, a joint venture of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida and The Quilt Scene.
It started in the fall of 1995 with a series of lectures and workshops, after which quilters were invited to submit a quilt block that in some manner depicted the history of Miami. Fifty-two blocks were entered and judged by a panel consisting of a quilter, an art critic and curator, and a historian. Out of the fifty-two entries only thirty blocks could be included in the Miami Centennial Quilt. The result is a colorful document, one that reflects the very personal experiences of the quilters, and records their personal interpretations of the history of Miami, and preserves them for future generations.
The Quilt Blocks:
- The
Barefoot Mailman
- Alice
Brickell
- Perrine
Land Grant
- Old
Fort Dallas
- Julia
Tuttle's Orange Blossoms
- Biscayne
Bay Yacht Club
- Miami
Woman's Club
- George
Merrick House
- Family
With Stuffed Alligator
- The
Egret: Ralph Munroe's Sailboat
- Coontie
- African-American
Soldier in World War I
- Standing
Watch Over the River of Grass
- Miami
Shipbuilding Corporation
- The
Alamo
- Orange
Bowl
- The
Coliseum
- The
Pan Am Building
- Hialeah
Race Track
- The
Biltmore
- Miami
International Airport
- Sun
Sox at Miami Stadium, 1952
- Alligator
Crossing
- Baptist
Hospital
- Moon
Over Miami
- Where
We Come From
- Land
of Liberty
- Impact
- Andrew
- From
Wilderness to Metropolis
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