No Fixed Plans

  Rizzuto, Angelo, photographer.  Woman sitting with luggage in Penn Station . United States New York Pennsylvania Station New York State, 1958. [07/58] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020636556/. It's been a while since I've posted for Sepia Saturday and I do resolve to remedy that, but who knows if I'll have another 6 day a week job (which was supposed to be a 5 day a week job). Eishōsai Chōki, Active , Artist.  Hibachi . Japan, 1794. [, Printed Later] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2008660674/. Gems of American life Woman sitting in chair with hand under chin . , 1871. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2022654648/. Inspired by this week's Sepia Saturday prompt. 

  This week Sepia Saturday bloggers' inspiration is the group portrait above. Here's what I found from the Library of Congress. Group portrait, Cavalry . , None. [Between 1916 and 1917] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2016826117/. Flandreau Indian School, South Dakota, choir . South Dakota Flandreau, None. [Between 1909 and 1932] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/90711013/. Stieglitz, C. M, photographer.  Baroness Marie von Trapp front and five of her ten singing children back row, left to right Agatha, Hedwig and Johanna; center, left to right Marie and Martina / / World Telegram photo, C.M. Stieglitz . , 1940. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013645754/. Taylor, David Alan.  Formal portrait of workers and managers at Newberger's Towel Factory, Paterson . United States New Jersey Totowa, 1994. -09. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/afcwip000255/. You can see more inspired Sepia Saturday photos here .

  Now that I'm back home, I'm delighted to create a Sepia Saturday post. This week I searched the Library of Congress for some photos of girls on chairs. Little Girl in Curved Chair . France, 1918. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017675129/. Du Bois, W. E. B. , Collector.  African American girl, full-length portrait, seated in chair, head resting on right hand, facing front . Georgia, 1899. [or 1900] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99472097/. Two Unidentified Girls, Full-Length Portraits, Seated on Chairs Next to Table With Tablecloth . , None. [Between 1850 and 1860] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004664364/. To see more Sepia Saturday photos, 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 . 

  This photo of people dancing the tango on the beach. What a prompt! There's much to find joy in -- the old swimwear and the dancing on the beach. I was inspired to find some more images of dancing that make me smile. Harris & Ewing, photographer. (1923)  Bathing Beauties Dancing on Beach . United States, 1923. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2016892533/. Genthe, A., photographer.  Three Dancers on the Beach . , None. Between 1896 and 1942; from a photograph taken between 1896 and 1942. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018704057/. (1900)  The skirt dance on the beach, Atlantic City, N.J . , 1900. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018650901/.

This wedding party inspires Sepia Saturday bloggers this week. I have sought out some wedding parties  To see more inspired posts, click here . President Woodrow Wilson's daughter Jessie's wedding party, 1913. Irish wedding party, commissioned by Mr. J. Ryan, no date. Three wedding parties in Yarrabarah, Queensland, circa 1930. Bride Prieva Rickles Smith with her wedding pary, 1919. All photos were found on Flickr Commons.

  This week Sepia Saturday has challenged bloggers with the photo above of a woman with her bicycle.  I've foraged around the Library of Congress to find some photos to share of women and their bikes. Enjoy! Opper, Frederick Burr, Artist.  The "new woman" and her bicycle - there will be several varieties of her / F. Opper . , 1895. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012648801/. Penfield, Edward, Artist.  Ride a Stearns and be content / J. Ottmann Lith. Co., Puck Bld'g, N.Y . , 1896. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/99471807/. Chéret, Jules, Artist.  L'Etendard français, bicyclettes et tricycles / J. Chéret, 91 . France, 1891. Paris: Imp. Chaix Ateliers Chéret, 20, rue Bergére. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2004675012/. Ehrhart, S. D. , Approximately , Artist.  The bicycle - the great dress reformer of the nineteenth century! / Ehrhart . , 1895. N.Y.: Published by Keppler & Schwarzmann, August ...

Woodworking This week bloggers are challenged to share images inspired by the photo above. First I found a similar photo of high school students at a Chicago school. I love that these boys are wearing ties. Lane Technical School, Chicago. Woodworking Applicators. Sandpapering and notching . United States Illinois Chicago, 1919. [19 February date received] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017669097/. Woodworking class at work, Harrison Technical High School, Chicago, Ill . Illinois Chicago, 1929.  Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018649072/. Woodworking class at work, Altgeld School, Chicago, Ill . Illinois Chicago, ca. 1929. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2006682641/. If you want to delve deeper into these old classes, check out the video below. It seems the narrator has a voice I've heard a millions times. 

  This week Sepia Saturday bloggers are invited to post photos inspired by the grand illustration above. Ah, I remember travel. In pre-COVID times I stayed in many. Some elegant, most not so much, but still inviting. Here's some hotels of long ago. You can see more inspired posts by clicking here .  Philadelphia's Indian Queen Hotel Indian Queen Hotel. Pennsylvania United States of America Philadelphia, 1831. Philadelphia: Childs & Inman. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021670199/. Chicago, Auditorium Hotel and Michigan Ave . Illinois Chicago, 1906. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018649191/. Kunishige, Artist.  Tsukiji Hotel . Japan Tokyo, None. [Japan: tsujiokaya, between 1850 and 1900] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002700198/. Palmer House Hotel, No. 1, burned in the Chicago Fire.  Potter Palmer gave it to his wife Bertha in 1870. Palmer House Hotel No. 2, Chicago, after the fire

  This week's prompt has inspired me to digitally dig through the internet archives looking for nostalgic car ads from the past. Here's what I found. I'm surprised children wanted comfort. I would think they'd love having the wind blow through their hair, that feeling of speed. Don't forget. Ford wasn't the first car. Mercedes Benz was and here's an early ad.  I had no idea this is what the world's first car looked like.  What a difference 50 years make! I miss how colorful cars used to be.