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Yesterday, we received a note from someone who had read the article on our website about the Louisiana Crazy Quilt fragment that contains a Grover Cleveland, silk, commemorative ribbon. Previously, I had provided a link to Ken Speth’s information about the 1885 New Orleans exposition, but in the meantime, his server, AOL, discontinued offering member hometown pages.
Now, Ken has set up his own blog about the Exposition, complete with stereoviews from his personal collections. Stereo cards have duplicate images and when placed inside a stereopticon, they provide a 3-D effect. Often, the images of travel locations were saved in this manner, and the 1885 Cotton Exposition was certainly a destination, with thousands of people in attendance.
We appreciate the efforts of folks, like Ken, who open up their collections to the general public, by placing them online, in order to provide a broader view of history.
No institution can own all the relevant artifacts or even examples of all of the possible artifacts of civilization. Many of these things remain in families where they are passed down, generation to generation, where they are not de-accessioned on the whim of museum staff. After all, every museum must choose carefully the items they wish to retain, and reassess their needs, in terms of space availability, every so often.
I have added Ken’s link to the end of the article: Louisiana Crazy Quilt Block
Thanks, Ken!
Patricia Cummings
