Prairie Quilters donate antique Bohemian spinning wheel
Pictured is Dennis Dvorak, left, of the New Prague Area Historical Society, and Reidun Peulen of the Prairie Quilters of the New Prague area stand by an antique spinning wheel on Friday, July 19, that was recently acquired by the historical society through help from the Prairie Quilters. (Patrick Fisher photo)
The New Prague Area Historical Society has a new article in the Centennial Cabin as they now have an antique Bohemian spinning wheel that they acquired with help from the Prairie Quilters of the New Prague Area.
Dennis Dvorak of the historical society explained the handmade spinning wheel had belonged to Emil and Florence Holub. Their daughter Judy Holub Peterson contacted him about the device. “I reached out to the Prairie Quilters if they would help with donating it to the historical society,” said Dvorak. They agreed to help.
The Castle spinning wheel, which is vertical and powered by foot motion, was brought over by....
To see more on this story pick up the July 25, 2019 print edition of The New Prague Times.
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