tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post8128094460582782457..comments2024-03-26T22:50:08.674-05:00Comments on Barbara Brackman's <br> MATERIAL CULTURE: Not So Current EventsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-60175752598780563742016-02-21T20:58:41.348-06:002016-02-21T20:58:41.348-06:00Hello!
I am posting based on a recent interest in...Hello!<br /><br />I am posting based on a recent interest in The Dewey and Jack-in-the-Pulpit block variations. I had hoped to be able to read the text under the images on the scrapbook page, but no such luck. Would you be so kind to point me to a post about this particular scrapbook page or perhaps even share in a new post what the page says about those other blocks, please?<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br />ldpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-56471965265417819522010-10-14T14:17:21.204-05:002010-10-14T14:17:21.204-05:00Interesting. In this case it is not fame which fad...Interesting. In this case it is not fame which fades away but rather the pursuit of historical knowledge in our culture. I know about the "Hero of Manila" but I read outside of school and grew up in a military family. He is still of significance today. He is directly responsible for the rest of the world taking notice of U.S. naval might. And, a little coincidence, this Dewey also ran for president. It was a disaster and he withdrew.<br /><br />Thank you for posting a whole quilt image for the Dewey block. I was wondering about it the other day. It goes on the to do list now. :7)Mandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-90862238672498800182010-10-09T06:15:25.356-05:002010-10-09T06:15:25.356-05:00Thanks for the info on Admiral Dewey. My first ins...Thanks for the info on Admiral Dewey. My first instinct on seeing a block named for a Dewey would have been to think of John Dewey, the philosopher and educator for early 20th century blocks or even Melvin Dewey of the Dewey Decimal system. Fame is fleeting.Mirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245963180065978054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-34930121120770319372010-10-08T14:47:43.520-05:002010-10-08T14:47:43.520-05:00Julie is thinking of Thomas E. Dewey who ran as a ...Julie is thinking of Thomas E. Dewey who ran as a Republican for President in 1944 and 1948 and lost both times. Those patterns pre-date his fame.<br /><br />And Suzanne writes that there's a D for Dewey quilt in the new book from the American Folk Art Museum.Barbara Brackmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948219446078848778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-289466493716180465.post-23848132090116899222010-10-08T12:22:10.374-05:002010-10-08T12:22:10.374-05:00ISn't Dewey the man who ran for President? Ev...ISn't Dewey the man who ran for President? Everyone thought he was a shoe in for the job, and the NY Times printed a headline newspaper saying he had won --- and it was Truman that really won. Dewey and Times both rather red in the face. A real case of counting your chieckens before they hatch!<br /><br />THANK YOU for these block. The Dewey quilt (blue and white) is amazing. Who would think such awkward looking blocks would go together so well?!<br /><br />Julie in TNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com