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Necklaces of Ainu, Ojibwa and Unidentified Cultures. via Beloit 1. Woman’s tamasay or necklace made of glass beads and red cotton tape. Ainu ethnographic material purchased by Dr. Frederick Starr in 1912 from Oyabe Jenichiro, most probably from the Volcano Bay area. Japan 2. Red and white bead necklace with two elk teeth pendants and [...]

4TH of JULY

Happy Independence Day! I hope you’re wearing your best Lady Liberty gown. Fourth of July, 1918. Tableau on Ellipse: Liberty, Columbia and Dancers via Library of Congress

RAINBOW DIVISION

Rainbows in the military—The ‘Rainbow Division’ was the nickname given to the U.S. 42nd Division. It comprised units from 26 states across the country. Colonel Douglas MacArthur remarked that “the 42nd Division stretches like a Rainbow from one end of America to the other”. 1. Rainbow Division officers from WW1 2. Michigan 42nd Rainbow Division [...]

MAT

Door, place—mats! All shapes and sizes from all around the world. I’m loving the degenerated quality of the images. They all look like ’80s video art to me. via Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection at the University of Wisconsin  

X DRESSED

Whoa! Utah men dressed as women, women dressed as men, c. 1910. via BYU

TUFTS STUFF

Hanging on campus, making the scene. I think there needs to be a Dorm Room tumblr, it’s the logical next step after Teenage Bedroom. Dorm rooms are teenage bedrooms when the parents aren’t home. 1. Poster of Bridgette Bardot in dorm room, 1967-68 2. Unidentified men in costume for Class Day activities, 1910 3. A [...]

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