Not About Normal

The life and times of an Industrial Designer, Jewelry & Fetish Maker, and Conservator of Art. Philadelphia, USA Amsterdam, NL Brugge, BE

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"Our helpers, the birds."

(source: The Palmyra Spectator, December 22, 1937.)

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Electricine, Eclairage de luxe, par Lucien Lefèvre, 1895.

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Wisdom has two parts:

1) Having a lot to say.

2) Not saying it.

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The Washburn Review, Kansas, November 14, 1923

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Staying healthy is actually just the slowest way to die.

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(source: The Warrensburg Star Journal, December 18, 1914.)

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(source: The Leighton News, December 24, 1897.)

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It wasn't her fault Santa.

(source: The Daily Herald, December 22, 1900.)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, November 5, 1909

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We've been posting materials for #MarbledMonday for years, but for the first time ever, we get to post our own work. On Saturday, Jim Downey of Legacy Bookbindery led students, faculty members and librarians in a paper marbling workshop. Watch the video to see what we learned!

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"On September 9, 1813, the United States frigate USS PRESIDENT, Commodore John Rodgers, on his way home after a cruise, when a little to the southward of Nantucket, fell in with the 5-gun British schooner HMS HIGHFLYER, tender to HMS SAN DOMINGO, 74 guns, commanded by Second Lieutenant William Hutchinson. By passing as a British frigate and sending a lieutenant dressed in a British uniform on board her, Commodore Rodgers succeeded in getting the book of private British signals and the stations of the different British men-of-war on the American coast. Taking his measures accordingly he was able, on the same day, to enter unobserved into the harbor of Newport, Rhode Island."

NHHC: USN 903314

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Tania Mallet, 1963

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1925 c. Cartier clip brooch of rubies and diamonds. From Art Deco, Avant Garde and Modernism, FB.

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1920′s Wedgwood tea and coffee set. From Lindita Odjoska, FB.

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1928 The bronze lifts from Selfridge’s Department Store, now on display in the Museum of London. From Art Deco, Avant Garde and Modernism, FB.

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Ghent, Belgium