I’m not into cats, dogs or other animals as pets. I don’t want to clean up after them inside my house or outside during their walk. I do appreciate people who love dogs and cats,…
Author: sherry
Looking for signs of blackness in the Marvel universe
Posted in Art, and Comic books
I knew exactly what I wanted to see when I entered the “Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes” exhibit at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. Who would I find among Marvel’s black superheros? I knew Black…
Victorian fashion plates show early women’s styles
Posted in Clothing, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Women
The American magazines bore such names as Godey’s Lady’s Book, Mme. Demorest’s Mirror of Fashions and Peterson’s Magazine. Within their covers, women of means could see some of the latest styles, many of them representative of French designs. These…
Seeing those hard-side green suitcases took me smack back into the past. I had a set of them during my college years. I’d fill each of the three matching pieces with the few clothes I could afford…
Vanity jar ‘received’ a woman’s brushed hair
Posted in African American women, Beauty Products, collectibles, jewelry, and Trinket box
What a sweet little vanity jar I thought as I saw the squat white container adorned with pink roses and trimmed in yellow and lime green. It looked like one of those Nippon trinket boxes that…
Song does not intertwine Paul Robeson & Kate Smith
Posted in Black history, history, and Music
When I began reading the stories about the removal of Kate Smith’s “God Bless America” recording from the games of two sports teams, one name stood out for me. Paul Robeson. I’m very familiar with…
What to do with old photo albums
Posted in Photos
The boxes of photo albums were in separate spots on the outside tables at the auction house. As I rounded the corner of each table, I found another album, then another, and then another. Some…
As I walked among the furniture at the auction house, I came upon an item that was familiar to me – but different. It was a female figure, very tall and lithe, elegantly dressed in…
The painting showed a lone black man in a pastoral scene emboldened with brilliant tones of caramel colors. I ventured closer to it, eager to find out who had created such a powerful image. I…