french's mainers at work

Today, I am enjoying this collection of photographs by George W. French from the Maine State Archives' online exhibit, Workaday World of Maine. While he was the official photographer for the Maine Development Commission, these images from the 1930s and 40s represent his preferred genre of Mainers engaged in everyday activities at home and at work. See the images here.

selected stock this week

felt fedora, womens denim barn jacket, mens wool-lined leather ankle boots, womens Woolrich hooded jacket

                                                                             

purses pointing south and west

Felt handbag with Mexican geometric embroidered panels - front and back - and wooden handle...

Floral tooled leather shoulder bag...

fall plaids

Woolrich and Pendleton shirt jackets, both heavy wool but unlined...

MacGregor and Sears Roebuck light wool button-ups...

work shirts

Levis double flap pocket chambray western. Reads XL, but a large by today's standards.

Unlabelled ticking stripe, stiff collar shirt with hidden top snap...which looks best buttoned, although my mannequin's neck doesn't allow it. The shirt is on the small side.

(There's a good Wrangler jacket hiding behind.)

              

new in stock for women

Emerald cotton/linen flouncy dress with pleated top and rounded collar, Sears/1980s.

Form-hugging stripe shirt dress, Leslie Fay/1960s.

Very smart high-waisted tweed gauchos paired with crochet-trimmed, cuffed short sleeve blouse.

or else "everything is going to taste the same"

From Steve Jenkins' Cheese Primer:

Above all, I continue to place a premium on the nurturing of artisans, whether it be in the form of proffering advice or by exercising my buying power to support their noble efforts. The American artisans in particular are of paramount interest to me as part of the effort we should all be involved in to forestall the distinct possibility that in all of our lifetimes everything is going to taste the same.