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Quote Of The Day

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Conservative ideal of freedom and progress:  everyone to have an unfettered opportunity of remaining exactly where they are. ~ Geoffrey Madan

I...FUCKING...CAN'T...EVEN...

Children born to US troops overseas will no longer get automatic American citizenship.

Aunt Martha's Workbasket, March 1937

Some nice projects in this one - crocheted edgings and a "beverage set," the Dogwood and Vanishing Star quilt patterns, pompom toys and a pretty knitting bag.  Free download at the Antiques Pattern Library. 

Vintage Advertising - Parfums Lanvin

From Patricia at Agence Eureka.

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Yes, this is bad, but we went on a mule-drawn packet boat tour of the I&M Canal today.

Aunt Martha's Workbasket, February 1937

An attractive sports blouse in crochet and a Japanese Lantern quilt pattern are the high points of this issue (and several baby items, not my cup of tea).  The page numbers appear to be out of order or maybe I'm just under-caffeinated.  Free download from the Antique Pattern Library. 

We Wish

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More pictures here.

Quote of the Day

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Summer afternoon - summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. ~ Henry James

Outstanding In His Field

That he is whistling "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" makes it even better.

Vintage Images - Crown Imperial Lilies

copyright-free, from Dover

Had a Red Cross event this weekend and for some reason I keep thinking today is Monday - apologies!

Quote Of The Day

Aunt Martha's Workbasket Magazine, January 1937

Another crochet-heavy issue, with a rug, a doily, and a collar and cuff set, along with a pattern for an Iris quilt in applique. A free download from the Antique Pattern Library.

Vintage Advertising - Orange Crush

A cool drink for the hot day that today is shaping up to be.

Quote Of The Day

I often wonder what I'd do if there weren't books in the world.  ~ James Baldwin

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Woodworking - A "Novel Pushcar" from 1923

A "novel pushcar" made like a bulldog, from the January 1923 issue of Popular Mechanics (left-click to enlarge).  I am having way too much fun going through these on Google Books.

Quote Of The Day

 I'm a Black man, and I love America.

I'm aware that's become a controversial statement.  "I love America" is something you now say if you take Fox News with your morning coffee.  I get it.  Every Independence Day, one of my favorite high school classmates posts Frederick Douglass's Fourth of July speech on his Facebook page.  You know the speech.  It contains the line, "What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July?"  I get that, too.  I know our past, and I know our pain.  Enslavement.  Peonage.  Jim Crow.  I know our present, and I know our pain.  Mass incarceration.  Red lining.  Extra-judicial police killings.  But the future is up for grabs. ~ Maurice Carlos Ruffin