A Blast from the Past

Pull out the corduroy and polyester - the 70's are calling and they have quilts, machines and more to help you reminisce.

The featured quilt in this exhibit is on loan from Bob & Melinda Stone. This beauty was part of a fundraising project in 1974 in Palos Verdes California for the Junior Women's Club. The blocks are signed by over 50 celebrities that we all know and love.

Some of the names include...

Rick Nelson • Dick Van Dyke • Burt Reynolds • Sam J. Ervin Jr. • Roger Staubach • Roger Williams • Barbara Streisand • Natalie Wood • Jack Benny • Danny Thomas • Bob Hope • Eva Marie Saint • Ed McMahon • Carol Burnett • Peggy Fleming • Sammy Davis Jr. • Sonny & Cher • Jose Feliciano • Carroll O' Connor • Ann - Margret • Liza • Walter Cronkite • Hank Aaron • Liberace • John Wayne • Richard Nixon • Gregory Peck • The 5th Dimension - Ron, Billy, Marilyn, Florence, Lamonte • Dean Martin • Lucy • Jonathan Winters • Karen & Richard Carpenter • Zsa Zsa • Frank Sinatra • Phyllis Diller • Mary Tyler Moore • Tom Bradley • Ronald Reagan • Jerry Lewis • Mario Machado • Steve Allen • Rock Hudson • Henry Fonda • Bobby Riggs • Pat Boone

It is on exhibit at the museum until Spring 2022 and is currently up for auction on Ebay