I inherited a crapton of stuff from my grandmother's house. It's been
stored dry, but not clean, in my brother's barn for about 10 years until I
brought it home last weekend. There was a lot more than I brought, but I try
not to think about that.
The only interesting textiles I've found so
I would bet that a Iowa-specific museum would be thrilled to get those
photos you don't choose to keep. I don't quilt but I'd definitely make a
blanket of the quilt pieces (maybe see if you can date the fabrics so you
know who/when started the project). Other than that I can't help you.
How very
Denise--
You could check with your county historical museum, or a local history
center. The photos might be wanted.
Kim
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Hi Denise,
Depending on what area your family was from, the local archive or historical
society (or even an university archives) would probably be interested in
acquiring the photos and other memorabilia you found. Some of this material
would be great for cultural studies as well as for
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I have one of her patterns,
http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/products/rh606-early-tudor-common-mans-
outfit-1,
which I am planning on using to make the hosen, but as far as I can
tell,it looks like it needs to be tied to stay up. I was hoping for tips
on getting
Whatever you do, please do keep the photos, and if they are identified,
as you say, there may be someone in the family who cares about them. IT
would be amazing if somehow you had the time to scan everything, and add
text. I persoanlly collect Victorian photos, since I have only about 3
from my
Strong suggestion, especially re: photos!!
Contact a name-based genealogy group for a couple of surnames in that
line. GenForum.com has some. Post there, ask if anybody wants the
photos (AFTER scanning). Bonus: you may get some photos id'd by more
distant relatives.
Treasure. . . do not
Do not give it to a historical society unless they have a lot of exhibits of
photos. Many museums tend to leave items like this in storage for years where
no one can view them. (When I worked as an assistant Curator, we had a
wonderful collection of photos that showed the building of the
Denise
What part of Iowa do you live in? I 'm interested in some of your material.
The recommendation to scan the photos should be expanded to scan everything
you can run through a scanner. In other words, do all the documents, as well.
Oh, and take photographs of any objects. Even old
Wow! I TOTALLY agree with everybody who's told you to scan the photos
before you give them away or sell them. (I'd keep them, but that's my
personal interest.) Scan the front and the back of each photo if there's
information on the reverse side - like the photographic studio's ad, often
with the
Speaking of costume-related inheritances, I recently inherited my
93-year old grandma-in-law's sewing stuff--all of it, including some
stuff she probably should have thrown away 50 years ago! But since I
find old wooden bobbins with only a couple of feet of thread left on
them fascinating, I'm
I have some of my great aunt's stuff, and one of the pearl button cards says
.25 for 12 half inch buttons, if that helps. She died in 1970. Thread
used to be all cotton, not polyester, but I'm not sure when the switch
happened. I remember sewing polyester double knits (ugh!), in 1968. Maybe
check
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