This quilt by Ellen Harding Baker reflects her love of astronomy, an interest shared by many 19th-century American women. Gift of Patricia Hill VcCoy and Kathryn Hill Mearson, granddaughters of Ellen Harding Baker 1983.0618.01 Negative number: 89-10656 Social History Division, NMAH

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