July 2012
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Jul 31st
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Gold medals for swimming, gymnastics...and... →
Smithsonian Magazine takes a look at the early days of the modern Olympics, when artists and athletes alike tasted the joy of victory and the agony of defeat.
Jul 30th
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Jul 30th
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“I prefer to have my architecture framed by nature.”
– Frank Lloyd Wright, as quoted by George Biddle in his diary (p. 95). This was FLW’s reasoning for tearing down a silo which he could see from his window at Taliesin. Biddle goes on to describe Wright as “fatherly, warm, coquettish, vain, and very slippery” but also...
Jul 23rd
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Jul 21st
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Jul 20th
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Jul 19th
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Jul 18th
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Jul 17th
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Jul 16th
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Jul 14th
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Jul 13th
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“Top with crumbs and bake in moderate oven 350 degrees until firm. Yummy!”
– Excerpt from painter/photographer Charles Sheeler’s recipe for Shoo-fly pie. For the entire recipe and our former intern Q Miceli’s updated take on it, check out our blog today. Charles Sheeler notebook with addresses and recipes, between 1950 and 1963?. Charles Sheeler papers, Archives...
Jul 12th
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Jul 11th
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Jul 10th
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Jul 9th
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“Shorts or trunks being worn by persons who appear on the streets of this village...”
– Hot pants-wearers need not apply in the Adirondack mountains resort town of Lake George Village! To learn the backstory behind this document and how it connects to Peggy Bacon, check out our online exhibit 6 Degrees of Peggy Bacon, or visit the exhibit in person. Notice of dress code in Lake...
Jul 7th
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Jul 3rd
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Jul 2nd
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