MA – PATTERNS.
July 18, 2010
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Massachusetts. Patterns of combs, baskets and weaving.
1. F.W. Gray scrapbook of comb patterns 1880
2. Quilt, several squares, basket design, Buckland, Mass., circa 1860
3. Handloom placemat,gift to Francis Wilder & Virginia Hunt, Buckland, Mass, 1949
4. Handloom yellow and tan placemat, Buckland, Mass., circa 1950
MD – LADIES & A SNAKE.
July 16, 2010
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Maryland. Ladies just wanna have fun eating cereal, driving cars and maybe not so much fun posing with a snake!?
1. Young girls in the street eating, c.1928
2. Women in front of car, Annapolis, c. 1934
3. Frederick County, young girl holding snake, c. 1890
Women’s History Month
via Maryland State Archives – Study of the Legacy of Slavery
SWITZERLAND, JA.
July 15, 2010
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Hallo. Exciting news (for me, at least)! This Monday I’ll be in the Basel, Switzerland area working at the Vitra Museum design archives for one week. After that I’ll be touring the mountainous Alps for 5 days. Wondering if anyone has favorite places to wine & dine in Basel? Or any favorite places to stay or experience in the Jungfrau region?
The virtual archive road trip will continue, though there may be an extended rest stop along the way. Thanks friends!
ME – BASKETRY.
July 15, 2010
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Made in Maine. The Yarn Basket is brilliant! And the Basket Maker, gorgeous.
1. Cylindrical Basket.
2. Yarn Basket.
3. Penobscot boy with basket.
4. Passamaquoddy woman making a basket.
via Windows on Maine
LA – MASKED.
July 14, 2010
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Super surreal on-the-street style photos of costumed revelers at the 1903 New Orleans Carnival. The photographs were taken by a group of tourists from Illinois. They made a scrapbook of their trip, see it here.
KY – SIGNS.
July 14, 2010
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Kentucky. Hand crafted signs of the times.
1. A sign that says “Forge Works”, 1904.
2. Letters spelling out the word “Seniors.” with people standing at each letter, 1915
3. Ft. Knox, Kentucky. Signs are imperative for purposes of direction in any army camp. WPA workers pain them by the thousands at Ft. Knox. Here we see Howard Ladd, WPA worker, making a headquarters co. sign, 1940s.
via Kentuckiana Digital Library
you may also remember these pics from aapc back in 2009
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