No Fixed Plans

  This week's Sepia Saturday prompt inspired me to search for mannequins and store displays. Here's what I found. Rizzuto, A., photographer. (1953)  42nd St. manikins i.e. mannequins relax after a hard day's work . United States New York New York State, 1953. [12/53] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020636072/. Vachon, J., photographer. (1940)  Department store models, Chicago, Illinois . United States Illinois Chicago, 1940. July. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017720281/. Raymond Loewy Associates, C., Gottscho-Schleisner, I., photographer. (1957)  Best's department store, business in Abington, Pennsylvania. Display, to lingerie . Pennsylvania United States Abington, 1957. Mar. 8. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018729009/. Ehrhart, S. D. (1909)  The national chaperone / Ehrhart . , 1909. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzma

 

  How time flies. It's already time for the Uptown neighborhood's Art Week. This year rather than painting the concrete at the bottom of the train pillars, artists had a 4' by 4' canvas attached at the top to another canvas to paint however they liked. Here's a few of the pieces I saw. Well, time didn't fly that fast, this feature (below) reports that last year the Uptown Art Week was in August. To see more murals from all over the world, click here . 

  This week Queen Elizabeth II , who celebrated her Platinum Jubilee , a historic first for the monarchy, is the inspiration for Sepia Saturday. I have seen some of the events and have recorded more.  I am sharing some of the winner's of the children's art contest for young artists who created portraits of their queen in 2011. To see more inspired posts, click here .