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‘Oak Leaf and Reel’ (Presentation Quilt).

Pieced and appliquéd cotton.  Pennsylvania ( 1845-1850 ).

Series: Utility Patent Drawings, 1837 - 1911. Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978

Robert E. Ellerbeck applied for a patent for improved ice skates 150 years ago in 1867. He states in his application that straps are no longer needed because his improvement allows the skate to be attached securely to the shoe using clips.

‘Willow Bough.’ Block-printed wallpaper designed 1887 by William Morris for       Morris & Company. Printed by Jeffrey & Co.

the train..

Dennis Stock, Jesse Fuller with his Daughter, Oakland, California, 1958

ca. 1900, [albumen portrait of Cherry Kearton standing on his brother Richard’s shoulders to take a picture of a bird’s nest]

The brothers were pioneers of wildlife photography, and in 1892, took the first ever photograph of a bird’s nest with eggs. In 1899 they published “With Nature and a Camera”, illustrated with 160 photographs. Richard went on to develop the ‘photographic hide’ after a series of experiments, one of which involved hiding in a stuffed ox in order to obtain better pictures.