New Year’s Day – A Great Day to Run Away
Der Wöchentliche Pennsylvanische Staatsbote 9/17/1773. RL Fifield Photo. Library of Congress. Many of us choose some aspect of life to...
BECKY FIFIELD
New Year’s Day – A Great Day to Run Away
Don’t Confuse Geisha and Courtesans (Oiran and Tayu)
A Philadelphia Servant, 1787
Oyster Shuckers
Digging in the Archives: Philadelphia City Archives
Digging in the Archives: Swarthmore College’s Friends Historical Library
A Squeal of Delight at the Indianapolis Museum of Art: Miniature Dresses
Historic Philadelphia Mapping Resources
Fun with Fraktur – Women’s Dress in a Drawing from Winterthur Museum
What I’ve Been Reading: Buying Into A World of Goods by Ann Smart Martin
A Very Scary Moment in a Dark Alley: Trashing a Disney Princess Kitchen
Connecting the Dots: Convict Servants in Maryland
Curious Objects: Portrait Collages at the National Portrait Gallery
(Music Plays) Lydia, The Tattoed Lady – An eighteenth century woman’s tattoo
Wildlife Sighting at Airport Restaurants
Shifting Garment Styles, 1750-1790: What Research and Sketching Have in Common
Gender Bender: Flying Business Class
Eating Alone
Halloween Comes to Downton Abbey
Geisha and Maiko – Japanese Classical Dance