Women at Work 100 Years Ago
Poring over images from the New York Public Library digital collections today, I came across these great costume designs by Will R. Barnes. They were labeled “Women at Work: ‘Doing Our Bit’.” I… Continue reading
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Narratives Embedded
“Each artifact has a narrative embedded within…” Ingrid Mida and Alexandra Kim Earlier this year, I got an email from the Texas Historical Commission, asking me if I would like to write about… Continue reading
One Little Scrap of Paper, So Many Stories
I am still spending a lot of time digitizing family photos. This one doesn’t seem to fit in with any others. It is from the Aunt Millie and Uncle Hugh collection – Aunt… Continue reading
Amazing Art in Arkansas
Tropical Storm Harvey is still kicking in my area of Southeast Texas. We have had four days of steady rain, over 20 inches, where I live, but otherwise everything is fine here. Once… Continue reading
Gigantic and/or Multi-colored Inspiration
Last week we got to visit Fort Smith and Bentonville, Arkansas. The plan was to drive straight to Bentonville to meet a relics dealer and hand off a collection of my husband’s grandfather… Continue reading
Beautiful Diversity
I usually stay away from politics and current events in this blog, but with the events in Charlottesville, I want to directly state my opposition to the whole idea of white supremacy. I… Continue reading
All Singing! All Dancing! from the Archives
August is the month where I succumb to the Texas heat, and hide out in the house with cooling beverages. I use this month to catch up on organizational tasks that don’t take… Continue reading
Eighty Years Ago in Mexico
Finding clues in the most unlikely of places… More beautiful textiles arrived from my mother-in-law’s house. She told me that her in-laws had traveled to the West and Mexico on camping vacations every… Continue reading
Greek Costume Dolls
As the downsizing continues at my mother-in-law’s house, I am bringing home boxes and boxes of photo albums and souvenirs to sort through. Not only did I find these five souvenir dolls from… Continue reading
When Pink Was For Boys
More family textiles are coming my way, including some of my father-in-law’s baby clothes, from the late 1920s. This romper has a rare note with it, saying who made it. The construction is… Continue reading