For centuries, canes served as compulsory fashion accessories, similar to hats... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #american #history #americana #folkartfun #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #design #folkartdesign #folkarts #handcarved #fashion #accessories

From coast to coast, regions of North America developed distinctive types of hand-carved duck decoys... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #american #history #americana #folkartfun #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #design #folkartdesign #folkarts #folkartantiques #folkartantique #duckdecoys

Fraternal organizations thrived in America in the nineteenth century... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #OddFellows #allseeingeye #19thcentury #american #history #americana #folkartfun #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #design #folkartdesign #folkarts #folkartantiques #folkartantique

Folk pottery is still made today in North Carolina and Georgia... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #american #history #americana #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #folkarts #folkartantiques #folkartantique #pottery #stonewear #ceramics #laniermeaders

Folk pottery is still made today in North Carolina and Georgia... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #american #history #americana #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #folkarts #folkartantiques #folkartantique #pottery #stonewear #ceramics #laniermeaders

Folk pottery is still made today in North Carolina and Georgia... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #american #history #americana #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #folkarts #folkartantiques #folkartantique #pottery #stonewear #ceramics #laniermeaders

In 1782, Congress designated the bald eagle, unique to North America, as the national emblem... #AmericanFolkArt #wilhelmschimmel #baldeagle #woodworking #birds #eagles #paintedeagles #dovetail #folkart #PennsylvaniaGerman #PennsylvaniaGermanfolkart #Pennsylvania #american #history #americana #folkartfun #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #design #folkartdesign #folkarts #folkartantiques #folkartantique

People have used devices to measure the wind since ancient times... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #PennsylvaniaGerman #PennsylvaniaGermanfolkart #Pennsylvania #american #history #americana #folkartfun #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #design #folkartdesign #folkarts #folkartantiques #folkartantique #weathervane

European immigrants from Germanic-speaking parts of Europe began settling in southeastern Pennsylvania in the late seventeenth century... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #PennsylvaniaGerman #PennsylvaniaGermanfolkart #Pennsylvania #american #history #americana #folkartfun #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #design #folkartdesign #folkarts #furniture #woodworking

European immigrants from Germanic-speaking parts of Europe began settling in southeastern Pennsylvania in the late seventeenth century... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #PennsylvaniaGerman #PennsylvaniaGermanfolkart #Pennsylvania #american #history #americana #folkartfun #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #design #folkartdesign #folkarts #furniture #woodworking

European immigrants from Germanic-speaking parts of Europe began settling in southeastern Pennsylvania in the late seventeenth century... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #PennsylvaniaGerman #PennsylvaniaGermanfolkart #Pennsylvania #american #history #americana #folkartfun #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #design #folkartdesign #folkarts #furniture #woodworking

Fraktur, or illuminated Germanic documents, employ a combination of ink and watercolor and can be easily recognized by its elaborate decoration... #AmericanFolkArt #folkart #folkartist #PennsylvaniaGerman #PennsylvaniaGermanfolkart #Pennsylvania #american #history #folkartfriday #americana #folkartfun #antique #vintage #antiquefolkart #vintagefolkart #design #folkartdesign #inspo #folkarts #folkartantiques #folkartantique #fraktur #carolinaparakeet #parrot