An envisioning. 2011, July, and early morning approaching the crack of dawn as the mosquitoes start to whine at the townhouse on Alexandrine Bay.

Oh to be here.

Another travel mug of iced coffee with half a chug of half and half and two spoonfuls of Demerara sugar. The last being a bit too healthy, what with being accustomed to food that doesn’t have a picture of the farm it grew up on. But no sacks of Domino sugar for miles. The only shop you can walk to being more like the essence of Whole Foods crossed with a hippie-era patchouli oil vendor instead of a regular supermarket.

My new envisioning/short fiction piece published to my Substack at the link if you’d like to read the rest. The image is from Mid Century Modern on Facebook and Instagram

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/an-envisioning-2011-july-and-early

Setting off for an adventure in the sunshine hoping to make new friends. Imagery from the official “Souvenir Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1896.” Buffalo Bill and Company toured North America and the rest of the world for decades, playing Madison Square Garden on multiple occasions.

Front cover. *Official* *Souvenir Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1896.* M. B. Bailey, editor. Compiled and published by Charles R. Hutchinson. Courier Company, Buffalo, New York, printers. Special Collections, Milner Library, Illinois State University. In the public domain. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/9795

*Colonel W. F. Cody “Buffalo Bill.”* Page 2 of *Official Souvenir Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1896.* M. B. Bailey, editor. Compiled and published by Charles R. Hutchinson. Courier Company, Buffalo, New York, printers. Special Collections, Milner Library, Illinois State University. In the public domain. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/9802

*Royal Irish Lancers.* Page 15 of *Official Souvenir Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1896.* M. B. Bailey, editor. Compiled and published by Charles R. Hutchinson. Courier Company, Buffalo, New York, printers. Special Collections, Milner Library, Illinois State University. In the public domain. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/9815

*Ticket Sellers.* Page 27 of *Official Souvenir Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1896.* M. B. Bailey, editor. Compiled and published by Charles R. Hutchinson. Courier Company, Buffalo, New York, printers. Special Collections, Milner Library, Illinois State University. In the public domain. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/9827

*Buffalo Bill’s Great Annex.* Page 96 of *Official Souvenir Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1896.* M. B. Bailey, editor. Compiled and published by Charles R. Hutchinson. Courier Company, Buffalo, New York, printers. Special Collections, Milner Library, Illinois State University. In the public domain. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/9896

*Johnny Baker and Annie Oakley.* (Johnny Baker was just a friend. Annie Oakley was married to someone else). Page 141 of *Official Souvenir Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1896.* M. B. Bailey, editor. Compiled and published by Charles R. Hutchinson. Courier Company, Buffalo, New York, printers. Special Collections, Milner Library, Illinois State University. In the public domain. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/9941

*Cowboys.* Page 145 of *Official Souvenir Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1896.* M. B. Bailey, editor. Compiled and published by Charles R. Hutchinson. Courier Company, Buffalo, New York, printers. Special Collections, Milner Library, Illinois State University. In the public domain. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/9945

Season of 1896 with Buffalo Bill’s Wild West. Schafer and Clark, the Eccentric German Musical Comedians in a twenty-minute German comedy musical act – – – An up-to-date :Laughing Success and a positive departure from the old stereotyped style of Musical Arts. Page 155 of *Official Souvenir Buffalo Bill’s Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World 1896.* M. B. Bailey, editor. Compiled and published by Charles R. Hutchinson. Courier Company, Buffalo, New York, printers. Special Collections, Milner Library, Illinois State University. In the public domain. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/9955

One more pair of button boots and then its off to the circus. Imagery from “The Barnum and Bailey Official Route Book of 1895.” American, collections of Milner Library at Illinois State University.

Front cover. *The Barnum and Bailey Official Route Book of 1895*, authorized by Barnum and Bailey and published by George E. Hardy. American. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin. via the Milner Library, Illinois State University.https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/1914

*Big cat act, lions and tigers with a panther (I think) way over on the left.* Page 32 of The Barnum and Bailey Official Route Book of 1895, authorized by Barnum and Bailey and published by George E. Hardy. American. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin. via the Milner Library, Illinois State University. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/1941

*Equestrian act featuring the riding of Showles, DeMott, and Miss Josie Ashton (possibly).* Page 61 of The Barnum and Bailey Official Route Book of 1895, authorized by Barnum and Bailey and published by George E. Hardy. American. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin. via the Milner Library, Illinois State University. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/1974

*Equestrian act.* Page 67 of The Barnum and Bailey Official Route Book of 1895, authorized by Barnum and Bailey and published by George E. Hardy. American. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin. via the Milner Library, Illinois State University. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/1980

*Equestrian act.* Page 74 of The Barnum and Bailey Official Route Book of 1895, authorized by Barnum and Bailey and published by George E. Hardy. American. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin. via the Milner Library, Illinois State University. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/1987

*Mother and child elephants and camels.* Page 78 of The Barnum and Bailey Official Route Book of 1895, authorized by Barnum and Bailey and published by George E. Hardy. American. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin. via the Milner Library, Illinois State University. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/1991

*Oura’s Oriental Wonders.* Acrobats. Page 101 of The Barnum and Bailey Official Route Book of 1895, authorized by Barnum and Bailey and published by George E. Hardy. American. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin. via the Milner Library, Illinois State University. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/1991

THE FAMOUS PROFESSOR KOHLER’S Original Living Bronze Statues. From the Casino, New York, Exposition, Milwaukee. At present, BARNUM AND BAILEY Greatest Show on Earth, etc. A Special Announced Feature. Where they created the greatest sensation ever caused by an amusement attraction, the models being of magnificent physiques covered with glistening bronze. The most eminent artists, the press and public have been unanimous in pronouncing them the only perfect living reproductions of ancient and modern masterpieces as seen in the world’s great galleries. Caption (right) Professor Kohler as Ajax defying the lightning. Page 103 of *The Barnum and Bailey Official Route Book of 1895*, authorized by Barnum and Bailey and published by George E. Hardy. American. In the public domain due to age. Collections of the Circus World Museum, Baraboo, Wisconsin. via the Milner Library, Illinois State University. https://digital.library.illinoisstate.edu/digital/collection/p15990coll5/id/1991

“Gleanings from Westminster Abbey.” The second edition which came out in 1863, not long after the first edition sold out far more rapidly than had been hoped for. By George Gilbert Scott who was architect and Surveyor of the Fabric at the Abbey from 1849-1878 with help from William Burges and eleven other learned gentlemen most of whom were Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries. Where kings of England have been crowned going back to before Henry V of Agincourt fame was crowned here in 1413.

*ORIGIN OF WINDOW TRACERY: Triforium, Peterborough Cathedral, A.D. 1140. – Saint Maurice, York. ca. 1160 – Porch of Saint Mary’s Shrewsbury, ca. 1180.* Plate II, Page 44 of *Gleanings from Westminster Abbey.* George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n44/mode/1up

*PROGRESS OF WINDOW TRACERY: Bourges Cathedral – Chartres Cathedral – Tours Cathedral.* Plate III Page 46 of *Gleanings from Westminster Abbey.* George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n46/mode/1up

*PROGRESS OF WINDOW TRACERY: Auxerre Cathedral – Bourges Cathedral – Saint Martin des Champs, Paris – Sainte-Cbapelle, Paris.* Plate V, Page 49 of *Gleanings from Westminster Abbey.* George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n49/mode/1up

CLERESTORY WINDOWS: Choir – Northeast angle of nave, a. Eastern jamb temp, Henry III. b. Western Jamb Temp, Edward I – Junction of styles, Nave. a. Eastern jamb, temp. Edward I. b. Western jamb temp, Richard II. Plate X, Page 74 of *Gleanings from Westminster Abbey.* George Gilbert Scott and William Burges et al, authors. Orlando Jewitt, engraver. Second edition, published in 1863 by John Henry and James Parker, Oxford and London, printers, publishers and booksellers. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gleaningsfromwes00scot_0/page/n74/mode/1up

These are just the window tracery engravings there is a lot more in this book. So more coming

Realtor lined up and its off for a fun afternoon of time-traveling house shopping. More interesting than the 2026 kind because you can check out the 1955 fashions in decor from back before someone at Wayfair made the rules. Collections of the University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington State USA.

*Alger house, exterior view of carport. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2047/rec/1

*Alger house, exterior view of deck. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2044/rec/2

*Alger house, exterior view of patio bar. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2048/rec/5

*Alger house, interior view of living room. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/2050/rec/7

*Alger residence, interior view of the kitchen. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection. Property of MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/979/rec/14

*Alger residence, interior showing light fixture in living room. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect.* 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection. Property of MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/867/rec/15

Alger residence. Another view of the patio bar as seen from the side with a bookcase on the right so presumably a library or den. 2320 Delmar Drive, Seattle, Washington, USA. Roland Terry/Terry and Moore, architect. 1955 photograph. Dearborn-Massar, photographers. Dearborn-Massar Photographs Collection. Property of MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries Special Collections. Under copyright. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/dearmassar/id/977/rec/22

The house is still there. It turns up on Redfin which states that it was built in 1955 so photographed right after it was built though whether for the architects or the owners I don’t know. These images (and more with them, 22 in all) are archived as part of a collection of Dearborn-Massar photographs. They were professional architectural photographers in the Pacific Northwest during the period 1943-1963.

With some of these the bedrooms and bathrooms weren’t photographed because they were private spaces as opposed to patio bars, carports and living rooms. I expect that is why there are no photographs of them.

Off for an afternoon at the hairdresser’s salon on the street where the furriers minks dress every window. From 1936 so perfect for that total Art Deco effect. Imagery trade catalogue put out by Société Gallia, published by Félix Boudou & Cie and printed by Imprimerie Crémieu, all of Paris France. Curlers that lookelectrified, cologne, etc, etc. Archives of the Bibliothèque Forney

GALLIA la Marque de la Qualité. SOCIÉTÉ GALLIA, Félix Boudou & Cie 8, Rue Notre-Dame-de-Lorette PARIS. Téléphone: TRUDAINE 97-10, 97-11, 97-12; Adresse télégraphique: GALIATISTE-9-PARIS; Compte courant chèques postaux: Paris 1099.58. — R. C. Seine 84,444 —– Title page of a 1936 commercial catalogue put out by Société Gallia. Félix Boudou & Cie, publisher. Imprimerie Crémieu, printer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002154404/v0002.simple.highlight=emaux%20de%20briare.selectedTab=thumbnail

*FLÈCHE D’OR. l’Appareil GALLIA à bas voltage. Appareil flèche d’or a enrouleurs (left) – Appareil flèche d’or à boites de suspension (right).* Image 9 of *GALLIA la Marque de la Qualité* a commercial catalogue put out by Société Gallia in 1936. Félix Boudou & Cie, publisher. Imprimerie Crémieu, printer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002154404/v0009.simple.highlight=emaux%20de%20briare.selectedTab=thumbnail

LE NINON. SYSTEME POUR L’INDEFRISABLE DES FINES MECHES DE LA NUQUE – – – ET DES GUICHES – – – b/227 SEPARE-MECHES NINON; B/220 CHAUFFEUR NINON; B/222 RESISTANCE NINON; B/224 BIGOUDI NINON. Image 18 (left) of GALLIA la Marque de la Qualité a commercial catalogue put out by Société Gallia in 1936. Félix Boudou & Cie, publisher. Imprimerie Crémieu, printer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002154404/v0018.simple.highlight=emaux%20de%20briare.selectedTab=thumbnail

L’OLÉOLIVE. Shampooing à l’huile d’olive, joint crux qualities d’un détergent énergique, les bienfaisants effets d’un traitement efficace des cheveux secs et fragiles. L’OLEOLIVE mousse abondamment. L’OLÉOLIVE employé pour le massage du cuir chevelu ambliore rapidement l’état de la chevelure et favorise les résultats de l’Ondulation Indéfrisable. L’OLÉLIVE s’emploie en tres petite quantité. C’est le shampooing le plus économique. Image 31 of of *GALLIA la Marque de la Qualité* a commercial catalogue put out by Société Gallia in 1936. Félix Boudou & Cie, publisher. Imprimerie Crémieu, printer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002154404/v0031.simple.highlight=emaux%20de%20briare.selectedTab=thumbnail

*SECHAGE*. Image 33 of of *GALLIA la Marque de la Qualité* a commercial catalogue put out by Société Gallia in 1936. Félix Boudou & Cie, publisher. Imprimerie Crémieu, printer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002154404/v0033.simple.highlight=emaux%20de%20briare.selectedTab=thumbnail

*SIÈGES POUR ENFANTS: D/615 “Mary” – D/610 “Maggie; D/597 Pégase – D/596 Pérée; D/620 “Bobby.* Image 47 of of *GALLIA la Marque de la Qualité* a commercial catalogue put out by Société Gallia in 1936. Félix Boudou & Cie, publisher. Imprimerie Crémieu, printer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002154404/v0047.simple.highlight=emaux%20de%20briare.selectedTab=thumbnail

*INSTALLATION “CONFORT.”* Image 97 of of *GALLIA la Marque de la Qualité* a commercial catalogue put out by Société Gallia in 1936. Félix Boudou & Cie, publisher. Imprimerie Crémieu, printer. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0002154404/v0097.simple.highlight=emaux%20de%20briare.selectedTab=thumbnail

The homeplace of a British lord with Ancient Egyptian doodads sprinkled around. Not as odd as the lord who managed to illegally purchase a sarcophagus that had been buried in a desert tomb so he could be interred in it later, however. Imagery from the privately published 1851 work “Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell.” Written by W. H. Smyth and found in a back corner of the Internet Archive.

*Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell.* Captain W. H. Smyth, Royal Navy, author. Printed in London in 1851 for private circulation by Jobn Bowyer Nichols and Son, Parliament Street. Title page. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age via https://archive.org/details/deshartwellianor00smyt/page/n10/mode/1up

*Hartwell House, Reduced from a large view painted in 1749. James Basire, Engraver.* Image 61, Plate III of *Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell.* Captain W. H. Smyth, Royal Navy, author. Printed in London in 1851 for private circulation by Jobn Bowyer Nichols and Son, Parliament Street. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age via https://archive.org/details/deshartwellianor00smyt/page/n61/mode/1up

*Lees of Cheshire (left) – Lees of Hartwell (right). Coat of arms.* *James Basire, engraver.* Page 98, Image 126 of *Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell.* Captain W. H. Smyth, Royal Navy, author. Printed in London in 1851 for private circulation by Jobn Bowyer Nichols and Son, Parliament Street. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age via https://archive.org/details/deshartwellianor00smyt/page/98/mode/1up

*The Muniment Room at Hartwell House*. *James Basire, engraver.*Page 101, Image 128 of *Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell.* Captain W. H. Smyth, Royal Navy, author. Printed in London in 1851 for private circulation by Jobn Bowyer Nichols and Son, Parliament Street. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age via https://archive.org/details/deshartwellianor00smyt/page/101/mode/1up

*Three statues carved in oak (out of a total of twenty-four) that decorate the staircase leading to the main apartments at Hartwell Hous*e. *James Basire, engraver.* Page 111 image 140 of *Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell.* Captain W. H. Smyth, Royal Navy, author. Printed in London in 1851 for private circulation by Jobn Bowyer Nichols and Son, Parliament Street. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age via https://archive.org/details/deshartwellianor00smyt/page/111/mode/1up

*Two Ancient Egyptian mummies included as illustrations although it appears from the text that these two mummies were not in Dr. Lee’s Hartwell House Collection.* James Basire, engraver. Page 170 image 199 of *Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell.* Captain W. H. Smyth, Royal Navy, author. Printed in London in 1851 for private circulation by Jobn Bowyer Nichols and Son, Parliament Street. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age via https://archive.org/details/deshartwellianor00smyt/page/170/mode/1up

*Ancient Egyptian women wearing headresses (left) – female of the Tlascaltecas (Mexican) right.* James Basire, engraver. Page 182 image 211 of *Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell.* Captain W. H. Smyth, Royal Navy, author. Printed in London in 1851 for private circulation by Jobn Bowyer Nichols and Son, Parliament Street. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age via https://archive.org/details/deshartwellianor00smyt/page/182/mode/1up

The Egyptian Structure over the Hartwell Fountain. After a drawing by Cleghorn. James Basire, engraver. Page 222 image 259 of Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell. Captain W. H. Smyth, Royal Navy, author. Printed in London in 1851 for private circulation by Jobn Bowyer Nichols and Son, Parliament Street. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age via https://archive.org/details/deshartwellianor00smyt/page/n259/mode/1up

*ENCKE’S COMET. As seen at its re-appearance on the 22nd of September 1848, At the Hartwell Observatory. James Basire, engraver.* Page 385 of *Ædes Hartwellianæ: or, Notices of the manor and mansion of Hartwell.* Captain W. H. Smyth, Royal Navy, author. Printed in London in 1851 for private circulation by Jobn Bowyer Nichols and Son, Parliament Street. Collections of the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age via https://archive.org/details/deshartwellianor00smyt/page/n385/mode/1up

Off to buy a new pair of dancing slippers and back soon. Being a plus one at a party at the fanciest club in Louisville, Kentucky and that means fancy. Caviar, champagne, a fifty piece dance orchestra . . .

“Annual Outing of the Advertising Club of Louisville at the Louisville Boat Club, Louisville, Kentucky, 1929: According to the Friday morning edition of the Courier Journal from September 20th, 1929, this is the annual outing for the Advertising Club of Louisville, which is being hosted at the Louisville Boat Club at 4200 River Road. The planned outline of events as given by the paper says that prior to the dinner they held athletic events and played bridge and that after the dinner there was to be a dance. There is a large table with a tablecloth over it that has plates, cutlery, food, and flowers spread atop it. Sitting around the table are white men and women of various ages dressed in formal party-going attire. There are helium balloons tied to various chairs. There are three African American men standing behind the people sitting at the table. Two of these men are wearing tuxedos standing around what are presumably music stands holding sheet music. The other man is holding a bundle of helium balloons.” September 20, 1929. American. Caufield and Shook, photographers. No known copyright as of 2026. Caufield and Shook Collection, University of Louisville Libraries. https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_cs_104782?locale=en

Crowd of white women and men pack the Club Madrid dance floor. Club Madrid, also referred to as Madrid Ballroom, was located at Third and Guthrie Streets inside the Louisville Recreational Building in Louisville, Kentucky. The club opened in 1929 and featured dancing and live music. It closed in 1952. 1929 image. American. Caufield and Shook, photographers. No known copyright as of 2026. Caufield and Shook Collection, University of Louisville Libraries. https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_cs_104746?locale=en

Club Madrid, Southeast corner Third Street and Guthrie, Louisville, Kentucky: Large crowd of people at tables with white table cloths and on the dance floor in a ballroom. The men wear suits white tuxedos, and the women wear long dresses. An all woman band, likely trumpet player Joy Caylor and “Her Swinging Co-Eds,” is visible on the stage in the background. The ballroom is decorated with painted palm trees on the back wall and ornate chandeliers. May 31 1944 image. American. Royal Photographic Company, photographer. No known copyright as of 2026. University of Louisville Libraries Collection. https://digital.library.louisville.edu/concern/images/ulpa_r_08081_00?locale=en

An envisioning. July 2022, and a late morning heading toward crab salad luncheon with the ladies’ time at the Active Retiree Inn at Glimmerglass Bluffs.

Oh to be here.

The servers setting up the dining room. More guests than the invitation had promised, at least as far as one can tell from the number of dishes and courses listed. Only five items and two desserts, but an entire horseshoe table like the kind the Governor had at his banquet back in Boston that time, the one that was supposed to be lobster but the lobsters weren’t leaping into the traps. Gallons of baked beans garnished with parsley instead. This lunch better, for sure, what with not even a can of baked beans for miles and three bowls of marshmallow-studded ambrosia already.

Please click through the link to read the rest if you’d like. It’s all published to my Substack including this image and a second one.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/an-envisioning-july-2022-and-a-late