PLASTICS

1. bowl, circa 1930 2. hair comb, circa 1950-59 3. beaker, circa 1935 4. brooch, circa 1940-49 Museum of Design in Plastics: Arts University College at Bournemouth. via VADS

SIKSIKA TEXTILES.

A tip on tipis from aapc. I dug through a deep, deep well of beautiful photography by Walter McClintock (pictured at top) of the Siksika Indians, circa 1909. via Beinecke Rare Book Library

HORTICULTURE ARTIFACTS.

Ghostly belongings of the gardens. Items pictured : Olden woven iron chair, golden posey holder, sullen star burst chairs & sparkley rhinestone posey holder. via Smithsonian Horiculture Artifact Collection

LIVING IN TX.

This movie led me to this writer, and her muse which led me to this essay via Kay Keys’ website. Important items : pyramids, peacocks, cats, bookshelves, shag rug & long red hair. Photographs by Kay Keys in Austin TX, 1980s.

ROOTWORKS.

Natalie Barney – crafts cabin May Day flag So much to take in — the Rootworks archive. Hundreds of photographs by Ruth Mountaingrove who created the lesbian-feminist community in southern Oregon. +Rootworks, was established in the 1970s by Ruth and Jean Mountaingrove, when both women were in their 50s. “The philosophy was that we would [...]

MOMS DAY.

Happy Mothers Day! Especially to my mom Bette. Here she is pregnant with me Thanksgiving 1978 in our very 70s kitchen.

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