Sepia Saturday

28 Sunday Apr 2024

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Two brothers this week so I went looking for photos of siblings from long ago.

The Conference Between the Brothers How to Get Rich. United States, 1777. [London: Publish’d by W. Williams Fleet Street, as the Act directs] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004673330/.

Currier & Ives. Little Brothers. , ca. 1875. New York: Published by Currier & Ives. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002708548/.

The brothers above are harmless compared with the brothers above.

John Clem & Brother. , None. [Between 1855 and 1865] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017895708/.

You can see the resemblance.

Ridiculous

25 Thursday Apr 2024

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I’m not a fan of American schools adopting Pajama Day, Funny Hat Day, etc. I for enjoying learning or having extra recess but this silliness takes the cake.

Now I’ve learned that a primary school near me will have an Illumination Day. Students in grades K -2 will bring a flashlight to school and all day the classroom lights are off. The kids will do their work by the light of their flashlight sitting under their desk.

Right.

Sepia Saturday

20 Saturday Apr 2024

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April is Two Together month for Sepia Saturday so I sought out pairs sitting together.

Don’t Be Mad With Me, ca. 1900. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2011660049/.

I don’t understand the caption. Some context is missing.


Storer, Florence Edith, Artist. Two Children Sitting on Lion Sculptures. , 1909. [?] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010718381/.

Rizzuto, Angelo, photographer. Children Sitting Out Front of a Laundromat. United States New York New York State, 1958. [08/58] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020636565/.