Lowells Report Boys' Day March 20, 1920

9" x 7.25"

26 boys, a bicycle, 2 teachers and a great big moving sign

1920s hair, 1920s faces

"Motto Unselfish Service for Others"

 Snapshots, 1899-1900

Was this a student's scrapbook? Did she or he work in a printing house or a shop that got giant catalogs of merchandise? The photos are all glued onto squares, the pages reused. Lots of captions, explanations, from Pasadena to Atlantic City, the classroom to the beach. Including a pet skeleton named Toby. 1899-1900.

stuart and diane's place

stuart likes to have some new shirts on hand for special occasions

 

diane saves everything, like a length of old linen lace and a lone plate

wooden hangers from the 1920s hang in their closet, unburdened

diane still has her mother's childhood sunday dress

on the second floor landing, an old pint milk jar sits on a chenille rug

diane commandeered stuart's old toolbox for her own collection

at night they both dream of oregon, a trip to the coast they'd like to take.

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Three daguerrotypes and a ruby ambrotype

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