Georgia is for peaches!

1. Smyrna, 1953. Church Service Ad. Roadside object.–from field notes.
2. Dalton, ca. 1930. Afghan woven by Blanche Gardner.
3. Georgia Peaches.
4. Roswell, 1978. Runner Terry McCarver does not miss a stride in reaching for a drink from Lynn Roberts during a local road race.
5. Atlanta, Georgia, 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., signs a copy of his first book, Strength To Love.

via Georgia Virtual Vault

Colorado. Colors & coils make these Apache & Hopi baskets beautiful. Birds & wolves of prey, so gorgeous. Pink & blues, sunset hued images of Chief Sitting Bull & Sacajawea made with Ming Turquoise by Van Briggle.

baskets & ceramics via Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum
animals via Colorado State University

Congratulations to my bro Scott & his new wife Lisa — today they marry.
Cheers to Rakowski-Filippini’s everywhere!
And happy marriage/unions to all you love birds out there this summer.
❤

via OAC – Shades of Corona Photography Collection

Cali! I have a soft spot for photographs of people using technology. Make sure to take pictures of you at work on your computer so future generations can gawk. It’s life on the Santa Clara University campus featuring sunshine, football, protests & computer love.

1. Autographed Cowboy Hat from the 1938 Sugar Bowl
2. Students for Social Justice, 1986
3. Students moving into dorm, ca. 1975
4. Student works on analog computer, ca. 1965

via OAC - Santa Clara University Archives Silicon Valley History Online Collection

This summer NisN is going to take a virtual road trip across the digital archives of America — Alabama to Wyoming. YeeHaw! First installment, Alabama. Brownie Yearbook from Jones Valley High School, 1976.
via Birmingham Public Library

Learn from the Universal School of Weaving Draft sample cards. It’s not just the beautiful colors and textures of the samples but it’s the so seventies hand lettering and woodcut Universal School of Handicraft seal that makes me love these oak tag sample cards.

Weavers in the Appalachian area worked on their own and often made the tools that they needed from regional materials. During the Craft Revival years, teachers like Clementine Douglas put them in touch with companies and outside resources to encourage weavers to try new methods. These cards published by the Universal School of Handicrafts, Inc in New York City promoted new patterns and weaving information.

via Hunter Library

Thanks to Walter for sharing his find with me!