Here are a few things that I have found so
far...hope any of them help...Pat Sarchet

Here are a couple of links one from UT that
might help...
<http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/AA/tca2.html>

there is a photograph of someone at the Apelt
farm in these files...
<http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00088/cah-00088.html>

at the Smithsonian there are files with information
about the farm
<http://siarchives.si.edu/findingaids/FARU7252.htm>

reference to Apelt is in the FF1 folder at top of
page...
<http://www.library.mcneese.edu/depts/archive/gammage146.htm>

<http://www.liveauctioneers.com/auctions/ebay/650798.html>

<http://www.signaturehouse.net/auctions/auction26/text/04-americana.htm>

--On Thursday, September 01, 2005 11:10 AM -0400 "Richardson, Lindsey" 
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> Please reply to the list.  We too have a mysterious armadillo basket.
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> Thank you,
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> Lindsey Richardson
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> I'm hoping someone here can help me.  We have an armadillo basket in our
> collection and know absolutely nothing about it, other than information
> about the donor's family.  I haven't been able to find any resources on
> the web or in our basket-related books about how these pesky critters
> became popular as baskets.  I did find a blurb through a google search
> stating one was first displayed at the 1902 world's fair, but it was an
> uncited website, which makes me nervous.
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> Any help or leads to further information would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks,
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> Deb Arenz
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