An envisioning. 2003, One o’clock in the afternoon on a Friday in early autumn at the house in Bourgate Hills.

Oh to be here.

A morning spent pulling weeds using Mother’s old trowel, not to mention the ancient tweed skirt and thrift shop pullover she got somewhere in Montreal. A need to be dressed like Vogue at all times that came with her lifetime subscription, but not when the only things likely to see you are bugs, beetles, and worms.

my new short fiction piece with the rest at the Substack link in case you’d like to read the rest.

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/an-envisioning-2003-one-oclock-in

Pour les jours de grands froids, l’esquimau est le costume le plus comfortable des petits, nouse l’expliquons dans sette page, pour 3 ans, (voir les conditions de vent dans le texte. TRICOTER DES CHAUDS LAINAGES: LE COSTUME ESQUIMAU DES BAMBINS. Article published in the February 5, 1933 issue of La Mode illustrée: journal de la famille on Page 9. Collections of the Bibliothèque Forney, Paris, France. In the public domain due to age. https://bibliotheques-specialisees.paris.fr/ark:/73873/pf0000553549/1933/n06/v0009.simple.highlight=Dominotier.selectedTab=record

and the kind of winter outfit my parents, born in 1925 and 1928 wore when they were little and quite possibly knit by their mothers.

Summering at Mount Desert Island. I’ll be back when it starts snowing. Images from the promotional work “Mount Desert Island with Pen and Pencil” which was compiled by Doctor William Berry Lapham (Doctor W. B. Latham). Published in 1886.

Front cover. Image 5 of Mount Desert with pen and pencil. Doctor W. B. Latham, compiler. Published in New York by the Press of Liberty Printing Company in 1886. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/barharbormountde00laph/page/n4/mode/1up
Bar Harbor, Mount Desert, Maine. Page 4, Image 10 of of Mount Desert with pen and pencil. Doctor W. B. Latham, compiler. Published in New York by the Press of Liberty Printing Company in 1886. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/barharbormountde00laph/page/4/mode/1up
Eagle Lake. Page 10, Image 16 of of Mount Desert with pen and pencil. Doctor W. B. Latham, compiler. Published in New York by the Press of Liberty Printing Company in 1886. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/barharbormountde00laph/page/10/mode/1up
Mount Desert from ‘The Bluffs.’ Mount Desert Ferry. Page 12, Image 18 of of Mount Desert with pen and pencil. Doctor W. B. Latham, compiler. Published in New York by the Press of Liberty Printing Company in 1886. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/barharbormountde00laph/page/12/mode/1up
The Ovens. Page 17, Image 23 of of Mount Desert with pen and pencil. Doctor W. B. Latham, compiler. Published in New York by the Press of Liberty Printing Company in 1886. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/barharbormountde00laph/page/17/mode/1up
Mount Desert, Looking up Some’s Sound. The Rand Avery Supply Company (lower left) was a Boston printing company. Page 21, Image 27 of of Mount Desert with pen and pencil. Doctor W. B. Latham, compiler. Published in New York by the Press of Liberty Printing Company in 1886. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/barharbormountde00laph/page/21/mode/1up
Page 49, Image 55 of of Mount Desert with pen and pencil. Doctor W. B. Latham, compiler. Published in New York by the Press of Liberty Printing Company in 1886. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/barharbormountde00laph/page/49/mode/1up

Just like some others I found a different version of this here but it’s a different edition? Not sure what but it has 72 pages not 60

https://www.jamesarsenault.com/pages/books/10003/dr-w-b-lapham-compiler/bar-harbor-and-mount-desert-island

Illustrations from the children’s book “Детки Земли (Children of the Earth,” done by Sibylle von Olfers who also illustrated “Zochna in the Land of Snowdrops: Adventures in Verse.” From a 1917 Russian translation of the original German published in 1904.

Front cover. . Image 1 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archivehttps://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/mode/1up
The earth mother awakening her children in early spring. Image 2 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/page/n2/mode/1up
The earth mother’s children shout ‘Spring! Spring! and start sewing. The forget-me-not is cutting out a little blue cloak. The dandelion is sewing a golden caftan. The delicate, snow-white lily of the valley is sewing a beautiful outfit. The daisy and the chamomile are hurrying to sew little shirts. The poppy is sewing a dress from bright red fabric. The bellflower is ringing out in song with the others joining in, singing ‘Soon, very soon—tram-tram-tram—we will scatter through the forests, over the hills and meadows.’ Image 4 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/page/n3/mode/1up
The children finish their sewing and show it to their mother, who says: ‘You can confidently go out into God’s world in these lovely dresses. Now, go and take a walk! Give my regards to the streams, the woods, the ravines, the butterflies, the beetles, the insects, the melodious birds, the crimson dawns, the pure dews, the light, fleeting clouds, the carefree breezes, the sky, the sun, and the stars!’ Image 6 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/page/n5/mode/1up
The children awaken the roots of trees and are joined in their underground workshop by lady bugs and other insects helping. Above the sun shines brightly as the children sing: “Come to us! to us! – the flowers of curly birch trees, thin-trunked aspens, pines, and shaggy fir trees beckon to the flowers. – We will shelter you from the summer heat with branches, we will amuse you with fun games with golden sun bunnies.
– Come to us! to us!’ – the hills with lawns invite them.’ Image 8 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/page/n7/mode/1up

 
The little ones live wonderfully above the ground. In the morning, the tender crimson dawn kisses the little ones, during the day the bright sun caresses them, the melodious birds entertain them with their singing, the evenings are adorned with dew, and the nights whisper wonderful fairy tales. ‘Look! – the silvery lily-of-the-valley tinkles softly – a butterfly is flying! Come, sit on my back under the little green leaf: I’ve saved a pure drop of dew for you to drink.’ Image 10 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/page/n9/mode/1up

 
A little stream flows through the cheerful meadow and all day the little ones frolic with their forget-me-not and snail friends. Image 12 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/page/n11/mode/1up
The rye has ripened, turned yellow. When the wind blows, the field sways like a golden sea; it rolls waves with a quiet rustle – further and further – over the boundary, like golden foam, scattering in a lush, golden crest. On the boundary, tiny flowers: poppy, chamomile, cornflower, bellflower, caraway, and others, dance in a round.The bellflower replies and the others respond:  ‘The princess-queen! the princess-queen!’ Image 13 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/page/n13/mode/1up
The bellflower replies and the others respond:  ‘The princess-queen! the princess-queen!’ Image 16 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/page/n15/mode/1up
The beautiful summer flew by very quickly. The bright sun shines less often, warms less, and the air grows colder.  Over the deserted fields, over the yellowing forests, various birds stretched out in long lines, heading south. There’s no time for games, no time for songs, no time for jokes. 
Often, the cold rain made the little ones shiver. Often, like a hungry beast, the wind howled, mercilessly bending the flower stems, instilling fear with its ominous roar. The little ones grow cold and, their little cloaks fluttering in the wind, return to their mother who says:  
“Hurry up, my dears! I have long since made up the beds in the little chambers for you, my little ones.” Image 18 of a 1917 Russian translation of the children’s book Детки Земли (Children of the Earth). Sibylle von Olfers (1881-1916), illustrator, with V. A. Smirnov having written the text. T. I. D. Sytin, Moscow, lithographer. In the public domain due to age. via the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/halfofthesky_gmail_20171022/page/n17/mode/1up

These lithographs don’t actually have captions nor can I read Cyrillic. I have gone through the text, run it through Google Translate and then quoted much of the text or paraphrased it.

Imaginary things dreamed up by British artist Edward Alexander Wadsworth. Living from 1889 to 1949, he helped camouflage Royal Navy battleships during World War I.

Pendent. 1942. English. Tempera on panel. Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889-1849). Collections of and image credit the Kirklees Museums and Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/pendent-21942/search/actor:wadsworth-edward-alexander-18891949/page/1/view_as/grid
Imaginary Harbour II. 1934. English. Tempera and linen canvas on hardboard. Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889-1849). Collections of and image credit Gallery Oldham. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/imaginary-harbour-ii-90973/search/actor:wadsworth-edward-alexander-18891949/page/4/view_as/grid
Bronze Ballet. 1940. English. Egg tempera on plywood panel. Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889-1849). Collections of and image credit Tate Gallery. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/bronze-ballet-202648/search/actor:wadsworth-edward-alexander-18891949/page/4/view_as/grid
The First of the Ebb, the Sailor and the Sea. 1938. English. Tempera on linen. Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889-1849). Image credit: North Yorkshire Council. Collections of the Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-first-of-the-ebb-the-sailor-and-the-sea-10459/search/actor:wadsworth-edward-alexander-18891949/page/4/view_as/grid
Bright Intervals. 1928. English. Tempera on canvas laid on panel. Edward Alexander Wadsworth (1889-1849). Image credit and collections of the Swindon Art Gallery. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/bright-intervals-64653/search/actor:wadsworth-edward-alexander-18891949/page/4/view_as/grid

Imagery from “Prince Domino and “Muffles” which was published in 1910. It is by Seymour Eaton (Paul Piper) who also wrote the Roosevelt Bears. I checked the Library of Congress and am glad I found this-

Front cover of Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://www.loc.gov/item/ltf91077378/
Title page of Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/public:gdc:00206624000:00206624000_0005/full/pct:25.0/0/default.jpg
Chapter I: THE PRINCE ARRIVES. Image 13, Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdc.00206624000/?sp=13&r=-1.466,-0.076,3.932,1.529,0
The Prince on horseback led the way, Riding in style on a dapple gray. Image 23, Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/public:gdc:00206624000:00206624000_0023/full/pct:25.0/0/default.jpg
But Jappy started and Dutchy, too, The bouncing bunnies to pursue. Image 34, Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/public:gdc:00206624000:00206624000_0034/full/pct:25.0/0/default.jpg
Then said the Prince, as he turned to Ruth, ‘The fortunes I tell are always truth.’ Image 43, Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/public:gdc:00206624000:00206624000_0043/full/pct:25.0/0/default.jpg
At camp, around the fire that night, They each had stories to delight. Image 77, Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/public:gdc:00206624000:00206624000_0077/full/pct:25.0/0/default.jpg
The kite went up above the trees, And tossed and turned in the summer breeze. Image 112, Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/public:gdc:00206624000:00206624000_0112/full/pct:25.0/0/default.jpg
At three o’clock the King was there, With his little girl and his Russian bear. Image 143, Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/public:gdc:00206624000:00206624000_0143/full/pct:25.0/0/default.jpg
The Prince said Bruin had enough, When he finished playing blind man’s bluff. Image 150, Prince Domino and ‘Muffles.’ Seymour Eaton, author. C. Twelvetrees, illustrator. Published in 1910 in Philadelphia by Edward Stern and Company. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. https://tile.loc.gov/image-services/iiif/public:gdc:00206624000:00206624000_0150/full/pct:25.0/0/default.jpg

An envisioning. 1990 and an early afternoon in May at the house on South Kirkland Way.

Oh to be here.

Off to the school to collect the twins in their little plaid dresses with the white sashes held on by big green buttons like the ones Grandmama bought from Best and Company. No Best and Company anymore, at least not near Omaha, but a seamstress with an entire wall of bolts of tartan plaid of every clan that ever graced Edinburgh on a bad day or a good day. The colors do not match. The girls getting to pick out their favorite instead.

My new short fiction piece at the link in case you’d like to read the rest. Enjoy!

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/an-envisioning-1990-and-an-early

I found the image here over on Instagram. @filmlocationsnyc.

Up to the far north, the better to freeze to death. Depends on how warm your boots are. Visions of the Arctic back when it was the great frontier. Imagery from Alexander Hyde’s 1873 work “The frozen zone and its explorers: a comprehensive history of voyages, travels, adventures, disasters, and discoveries in the Arctic regions: Life in the Realm of Frost.”

Title page artwork. Page 7 of The frozen zone and its explorers: a comprehensive history of voyages, travels, adventures, disasters, and discoveries in the Arctic regions: Life in the Realm of Frost, co written by Alexander Hyde, A. C. Baldwin, and William Leonard Gage. Published in 1880 by R. W. Bliss and Company (Hartford) and A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco. J. McGoffin engraver after J. Hamilton. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/frozenzoneitsexp01hyde/page/n6/mode/1up
Scene on the Greenland Coast. Page 25 of The frozen zone and its explorers: a comprehensive history of voyages, travels, adventures, disasters, and discoveries in the Arctic regions: Life in the Realm of Frost, co written by Alexander Hyde, A. C. Baldwin, and William Leonard Gage. Published in 1880 by R. W. Bliss and Company (Hartford) and A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/frozenzoneitsexp01hyde/page/25/mode/1up
Freighted Iceberg. Page 82 of The frozen zone and its explorers: a comprehensive history of voyages, travels, adventures, disasters, and discoveries in the Arctic regions: Life in the Realm of Frost, co written by Alexander Hyde, A. C. Baldwin, and William Leonard Gage. Published in 1880 by R. W. Bliss and Company (Hartford) and A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/frozenzoneitsexp01hyde/page/25/mode/1up
Parhelia. Page 115 of The frozen zone and its explorers: a comprehensive history of voyages, travels, adventures, disasters, and discoveries in the Arctic regions: Life in the Realm of Frost, co written by Alexander Hyde, A. C. Baldwin, and William Leonard Gage. Published in 1880 by R. W. Bliss and Company (Hartford) and A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/frozenzoneitsexp01hyde/page/115/mode/1up
Esquimaux Hut. Page 567 of The frozen zone and its explorers: a comprehensive history of voyages, travels, adventures, disasters, and discoveries in the Arctic regions: Life in the Realm of Frost, co written by Alexander Hyde, A. C. Baldwin, and William Leonard Gage. Published in 1880 by R. W. Bliss and Company (Hartford) and A. L. Bancroft and Company, San Francisco. Collections of the Library of Congress. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/frozenzoneitsexp01hyde/page/567/mode/1up

This one I didn’t find by myself. I found a link on the website of rare book dealer James Arsenault who is selling a salesman’s sample used to sell copies of The Frozen Zone and its Explorers. Then I found a scanned version over on the Internet Archive.

Heading off to college and checking out the viewbooks. If the boys are cute I’m applying. Imagery from the 1898 edition of the Eureka College (Illinois) Souvenir, put out by the Eureka College Aid Association.

BASEBALL TEAM – Chapel Building in Background: Morrow, Eureka, photographers? Page 11 of the 1898 edition of the ‘Eureka College Souvenir‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/11/mode/1up
ON THE ELMWOOD COURT – Tabernacle in Background. Morrow, Eureka, photographers? Page 13 of the 1898 edition of the ‘Eureka College Souvenir‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/13/mode/1up
A CLASS IN THE GYMNASIUM: Morrow, Eureka, photographers? Page 15 of the 1898 edition of the ‘Eureka College Souvenir‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/15/mode/1up
FOOTBALL TEAM: Morrow, Eureka, photographers? Page 17 of the 1898 edition of the ‘Eureka College Souvenir‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/17/mode/1up
TRACK TEAM: Morrow, Eureka, photographers? Page 19 of the 1898 edition of the ‘Eureka College Souvenir‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/19/mode/1up
MANDOLIN CLUB: Page 23 of the 1898 edition of the ‘Eureka College Souvenir‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/23/mode/1up
A SOCIAL HOUR AT LIDA’S WOOD: Morrow, Eureka, photographers? Page 28 of the 1898 edition of the ‘Eureka College Souvenir‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/28/mode/1up
A ROOM OF ONE OF THE GIRLS AT LIDA’S WOOD: Morrow, Eureka, photographers? Page 29 of the 1898 edition of the ‘Eureka College Souvenir‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/29/mode/1up
PERICLESIAN HALL: Morrow, Eureka, photographers? Page 35 of the 1898 edition of the ‘Eureka College Souvenir‘ which was published by the Eureka College Aid Association and printed by J. W. Franks and Sons of Peoria Illinois. Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/eurekacollegesou00eure/page/35/mode/1up

Theatrical Set Designs and Other Fripperies for January 31st in the 2025-2026 winter show . . .

smiling on the tip of a sunbeam glowing in neon pink as somewhere down where the Rio Grande reaches for the sea families inch out their babies in tow and smile . . . from all over and that hard but together today . . . a movie sprouted out of nowhere with a huge sheet tacked up for a screen . . . creatures that dance and children that sing and others that pray . . . intermission and people in green tights tossing out candy . . . a better tomorrow for sure but a celebration in your heart to last all your life long . . .

my series post (and the last post for my winter series) at the link:

https://sarahbguestperry.substack.com/p/theatrical-set-designs-and-other-aeb

Crimson Blooms Crown. Gold plated and encrusted with red enamel flowers, cubic zirconia crystals, pearlised beads and brass florets. monarquejewels.com.

Looking centuries old but only being from 1939. Drawings of detailing for the Student Union Building at the University of Arkansas. Haralson and Mott and Mann and Wanger, Architects.


Seahorse and Letters. Full Size Details of Letters and Ornament for Inscription Panel Main Entrance of Student Union Building, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Sheet number 118. Haralson and Mott and Mann and Wanger, Architects, Fort Smith, Arkansas. May 8, 1939. American. Pencil drawing on yellow tracing paper. Collections of and image credit the University of Arkansas Libraries. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/Sesquicen/id/54/rec/2
Detail of Carved Stone Panels above Arched Windows of North Entrance. Student Union Building University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Sheet number 124. Haralson and Mott and Mann and Wanger, Architects, Fort Smith, Arkansas. June 24, 1939. American. Pencil drawing on yellow tracing paper. Collections of and image credit the University of Arkansas Libraries. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/Sesquicen/id/57/rec/3
Full Size Tower Ornament (carved drops not required). Student Union Main Entrance Details. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Sheet number 120. Haralson and Mott and Mann and Wanger, Architects, Fort Smith, Arkansas (lower image).May 22, 1939. American. Pencil drawing on yellow tracing paper. Collections of and image credit the University of Arkansas Libraries. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/Sesquicen/id/67/rec/5
Quatrefoil Design repeated below Window Panels on the Student Union Entrance: Sills and Carved Panels for Windows C-131 to C-138 Inclusive: two carved ornaments as above for each window opening. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Sheet number 107. Haralson and Mott and Mann and Wanger, Architects, Fort Smith, Arkansas (lower image).May 22, 1939. American. Pencil drawing on yellow tracing paper. Collections of and image credit the University of Arkansas Libraries. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/Sesquicen/id/69/rec/6
Razorback Panel Detail. The Razorbacks being the name of the football team at the University of Arkansas. Detail from a drawing showing proposed details for the Main Entrance at the Student Union of the University of Arkansas Fayetteville. In the end they went with a more standard cornucopia panel, not this one. Haralson and Mott and Mann and Wanger, Architects, Fort Smith, Arkansas (lower image). January 30, 1939. American. Pencil drawing on yellow tracing paper. Collections of and image credit the University of Arkansas Libraries. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/Sesquicen/id/77/rec/9
Carved Quatrefoil Design Panel below Window of Main Entrance. Student Union. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Sheet number 105. Haralson and Mott and Mann and Wanger, Architects, Fort Smith, Arkansas. February 8, 1939. American. Pencil drawing on yellow tracing paper. Collections of and image credit the University of Arkansas Libraries. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/Sesquicen/id/80/rec/10
Stone Details South Entrance: Classroom Building Stone Building at South Entrances. University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Sheet number 203. Haralson and Mott and Mann and Wanger, Architects, Fort Smith, Arkansas. June 26, 1939. American. Pencil drawing on yellow tracing paper. Collections of and image credit the University of Arkansas Libraries. Fair use license. https://digitalcollections.uark.edu/digital/collection/Sesquicen/id/106/rec/13

The Student Union at the University of Arkansas that these were part of was built as part of Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. The building is still there, now it is called Memorial Hall or Futrall Memorial Hall. The current Student Union was built in 1972. The 1939 building is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the first photograph here https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/university-of-arkansas-futrall-memorial-hall-fayetteville-ar/