More SEM cartoons

These are part of a new collection that we are working on for the Digital Library. The original are held in our Art and Architecture Library. I think they are fantastic!

 The graphic quality appeals to me as do the colors.

The representation of the clothing worn in the 1920s is wonderful. I have a doll that was my mother-in-laws. When her aunt was sewing her trousseau she practiced by making clothes for this doll. I still have the original dress. It looks a lot like the ones in these pictures.

I remember being told stories about my great aunt going a little wild and becoming a flapper in her twenties because of an edict from her mother.  The story goes; my aunt was a teacher in New Mexico. She met a man while there and they fell in love. He asked her to marry him. It seems that her mother was against the marriage. According to family lore the mother broke up this relationship for two reasons. This man was a traveling salesman which was his first strike against him. The second and the worst was that he was a foreigner. He was Canadian. Oh the Horror! Anyway, my great-aunt was commanded to return home to St. Louis and this man was to never darken their doorstep again. Being the dutiful daughter she did but as an act of rebellion she became something of a wild child. I still have some of her 1920s beads.

 I like these photos for the social aspects. Look at all of the band members to see what I mean.

I find it interesting that the women are either fat of very thin. 

The men seem all about average.

I like them so much that I think that I'll print them out and frame them for my new office. I need some art down there very badly. 

I thought you all might enjoy these so I just wanted to share.

Have a great day

Love,

M

RTT - SEM. GPSmyCIty.com, AMIA.

(yeah, so, the thing is, I've been trying to pin the Random Tuesday Thoughts logo up here all day. You can see how that worked out for me but I'm getting on with my life because I just don't need anymore frustration. Especially with Blogger who I love because it is easy (normally) and hate because it can be temperamental. The only one allowed to be temperamental in my house is me.)

It's that time. Stacy is still hosting which is nice of her. Please go visit others who have chosen to play Random Tuesday Thoughts.

I received this in my email yesterday:

Hello Michele,

This is Karen Voda at GPSmyCity.com. I am contacting you in the prospect of a collaboration, which I believe will help you interact more with your readers and significantly increase traffic to your blog.

GPSmyCity.com has recently developed a self-guided walking iPhone app for Houston and would like to sponsor a promotional quiz on it. Would you consider featuring the quiz on your blog? Readers who correctly answer to most of its questions, will win 3 free iPhone apps developed by GPSmyCity.com to any city of their choice.

For bringing more exposure to your blog, we will promote it on our website: http://www.gpsmycity.com/blog-gallery/ and also offer you 5 promo codes of any of our apps for your personal use. Or why not, for rewarding your most loyal readers.

Please let me know your thoughts on this at your best convenience.

Cheers,

I'm thinking about it. Since, I travel a lot I think this would be a fun app to have. Would any of you take the quiz? Do you like the idea of a phone app with beer walking tours in Germany? I'd never get to Germany but they have other cities that I do go to. I'm not sure. I'm conflicted. I'm conflicted a lot.

New collection coming soon on the Digital Library. 

I love these cartoons. I want some of them hanging in my house.

It looks like I'll be up in Austin at least once every single month for the next 3 months. That drive in my craptastic car is going to cripple me. One of the things I plan to go to is the American Moving Image Archivist annual meeting. There are archivists out there that are restoring the coolest old films. Films like the one shot right after the Great San Francisco earthquake. 20,000 leagues under the sea, and a ton of others. We are all trying to save these things from total meltdown. That's kind of what they do, meltdown. The emulsion separates from the acetate or whatever medium they were attached to. You can tell when it is doing it by the pungent vinegar smell it puts out. Hence the name; vinegar syndrome.

I picked up a new laptop on Thursday. Our old one died a serious death. I'm loving the new one but it needs a name. I'm thinking; "he who runs fast", "big memory", or "Stella".  I did learn this morning that 'control -' (dash) makes the view very small and 'control =' makes it bigger. I didn't learn this intentionally. I learned it the hard way. I couldn't read the dang words on the page. Trial and error. It's the way I roll. 

Love,

M