AZ – IRENE’S BEADWORK.

In real life I would boycott an Arizona tour but virtually I will admire its photograph collection. Apache woman, Irene, doing beadwork at Whiteriver, Arizona, 1940.via Cline Library – Northern Arizona University

AK – GOLD & COLD.

Alaska is a beautiful land, with lush vibrant archives. Thanks to Weird Friends for turning me onto the wonders of digital Alaska many months ago. 1. $1,250,000 clean up2. A woman gathering walrus intestines3. Masks on exhibit in display case with mounted birds on top4. Robe5. Lilly Abbot Nigh, Haines, Alaska, skin sewing, Alaska, Skin [...]

HOT SUITS.

Swimsuits. Out of water. via Monroe County Library

JACKETS.

Calligraphy, gradients, marbling, photo-montage—it’s all so contemporary! Displayed here are dust jackets from the 1940s collected by anonymous librarians. Despite the fact that dust jackets often include useful information about a book and its author, including biographical notes and often a portrait, it has long been Research Libraries practice to remove the jackets from new [...]

FEDERAL ART PROJECT.

Federal Art Project posters, 1930-1950.Some of the posters I have no idea what they are talking about. Doctor, Lawyer, Merchant, Chief…??? Do you?via Library of Congress PS: Please excuse the lack of posts.I’ve been busy weaving baskets, touring the NYPL, watching movies & hiking. Offline livin’!  

S. AFRICA.

Rural life in South Africa, 1946-1947. Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee. I’m reading Martha Quest by Doris Lessing which takes place on South African farmlands on the cusp of WWII. Maybe it looked something like this? via Smithsonian Photography Initiative

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