Thursday, January 4, 2024

And Now For Something Completely Different

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                                                                                                                     A. And now for somethin...
Wednesday, December 27, 2023

Return Engagement

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  It has been a few years since I last posted to this blog. I feel guilty about this, but I began contributing regularly to a couple of Fa...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

What Did the Californios Really Wear, and How Can We Find Out?

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How do we get past the myths and fantasies about the clothing worn by the Californios - the Spanish-speaking people of early California? No...
Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Mexicali Rose: Tooled Leather Designs in Early California, Fact and Fiction - Part 2

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 A. From various surviving artifacts there appears to have been a style of leather tooling that was used in the California missions and b...
Monday, August 5, 2019

Mexicali Rose: Tooled Leather Designs in Early California, Fact and Fiction

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A. I am a great admirer of Jo Mora as an artist, an illustrator, and an author. I really love his work and have for many year...
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Thursday, August 1, 2019

A Smile of Recognition

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  I've seen their work for years and admired it, but until I ran across their names in an old New York Times magazine article, I ne...
Sunday, October 21, 2018

The Clothing of early California

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I was in Sacramento on Wednesday to have a meeting about the historical clothing books I'm creating for California State Parks.  ...
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