RISON FAMILY.

A collection of lovingly worn portraits from the Rison Family Photograph collection. Unfortunately all persons are labeled as ‘unidentified’. via SFA

4TH GRADE VA.

Fourth graders interrupt the state of Virginia. Beautiful, emotional & experimental samplers. Next assignment: one sampler per state, please! via Wonderbrooks flickr

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.

ALPHONSO & GRAN.

Alphonso Jennings & his grandmother, Lucreaty Clark make oak baskets in Florida c. 1994. Working outdoors on crafts wearing white socks & loafers or sandals – this is the way to make things, take note. & have a doggy nearby for company. Sweet! via Florida Memory UPDATE : added photo of Lucreaty with axe going [...]

SW CLOTHING.

Exhibits of mens clothing from the Southwest textile collection at the Peabody Museum. I appreciate the vests bold-bright bead work, pastel photo backgrounds, dingy white wool and the kilt’s wide-eyed peepers. 1. Embroidered mans vest, Hopi 2. White cotton embroidered vest, Peublo 3. White cotton boys initiation kilt, Hopi

GA – PEACHES.

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., [...]

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