NEON WEAVE

Susan Shepherd, 1982. Weaving wall lamp. Turn it on! via VADS c/o Design Council Slide Collection   

VOODOO CEREMONY

Voodoo ceremony in Haiti, circa 1970. Voodoo alters, voodoo flags, voodoo priest, voodoo priest eating, priestesses dancing, priest almost unconscious, vévé symbol written on floor. via Digital Library of the Caribbean  

ASTRID SWEATERS

Sweaters by Astrid Furnival, Polaroids by Jonathan Williams. 1. Sweater created by Astrid Furnival (front) 2. Sweater created by Astrid Furnival (back) 3. Copy photograph of a sweater by Astrid Furnival 4. Sweater depicting a self-portrait of Erik Satie knitted by Astrid Furnival 5. Sweater, self-portrait of Samuel Palmer, knitted by Astrid Furnival 6. Colonel Williams and [...]

COLLEGE SHIFT

The shift dress. The look of the college girl in Delhi, 1958. via American Museum of Natural History

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

HONORÉ DESMOND SHARRER

A fireman’s wife, dogs, and boys. Lovely photographs taped to the pages of Honoré’s notebooks and used for reference in her paintings. Archives of American Art presents a tiny exhibition titled, Little Pictures, Big Lives—now on view in D.C. or via Flickr. See all HDS photographs featured in the exhibition here.

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