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@msherstorian.bsky.social

Public Historian, Genealogist, and Historian. Research Focus: American Revolution, America 250, Embroidery and Sewing, Historic Fashion. Pet Mom to Quincy, Aziraphale, Winifred Sanderson, and Yadi. Disabled Girly Trying to Survive.

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Top: bear is telling a scary story around a campfire “Then, suddenly - my PHONE RANG.” Pig replies “What’s scary about that?” Bottom: bear continues “They didn’t text me first to say they were gonna call.” Pig and hamster are horrified “GASP!”

Top: bear is telling a scary story around a campfire “Then, suddenly - my PHONE RANG.” Pig replies “What’s scary about that?” Bottom: bear continues “They didn’t text me first to say they were gonna call.” Pig and hamster are horrified “GASP!”

terrifying

06.10.2025 22:42 — 👍 273    🔁 72    💬 1    📌 4
me: it's okay to be a person struggling with productivity during a prolonged crisis 

my brain: not u though 

me: not me though

me: it's okay to be a person struggling with productivity during a prolonged crisis my brain: not u though me: not me though

05.10.2025 17:09 — 👍 1004    🔁 365    💬 3    📌 21
A sleeveless red pleated silk jersey cocktail dress. It has a red velvet collar that creates a V neck and sweeps over the shoulders with a matching red velvet belt

A sleeveless red pleated silk jersey cocktail dress. It has a red velvet collar that creates a V neck and sweeps over the shoulders with a matching red velvet belt

Mmmm red velvet and silk jersey make for a happy combination here. Late #1940s Mme Grès with a twist, in addition to her customary pleats, a chic sweep of velvet collar to frame some fabulous necklace #museumatfit #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

03.10.2025 15:14 — 👍 134    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 1

Does she need us to organize a candlelight vigil in support? 🙏🕯️

04.10.2025 00:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I do not want to enable location services. I do not want to create an account. I do not want to sign up for special offers and news about your product. I would like to engage in a simple transaction where I give you money in exchange for a good.

30.09.2025 01:31 — 👍 4239    🔁 1088    💬 78    📌 63
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two cats and a raccoon are eating from a bowl of food Alt: two cats and a raccoon are eating from a bowl of food

A1C down to 6.4 baby! 💪💪💪 (idk how my diet is mostly trash)

01.10.2025 02:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A marker and coloured pencil drawing of the "Dancing Pumpkin Man" wearing an orange pumpkin mask and a black leotard, dancing to the Ghostbusters theme song.  (This is a drawing so you can't hear the Ghostbusters theme song but it's implied.)

A marker and coloured pencil drawing of the "Dancing Pumpkin Man" wearing an orange pumpkin mask and a black leotard, dancing to the Ghostbusters theme song. (This is a drawing so you can't hear the Ghostbusters theme song but it's implied.)

It's coming... 🎃

30.09.2025 03:59 — 👍 5317    🔁 1350    💬 37    📌 6

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

29.09.2025 20:18 — 👍 5889    🔁 1704    💬 82    📌 64
“Hell yeah!” Screams a crow against a rainbow backdrop, their eyes sparkling in trans colors.

“Hell yeah!” Screams a crow against a rainbow backdrop, their eyes sparkling in trans colors.

The crow is clearly the Chaotic Queer Corvid Collector familiar, now showing off their rainbow tipped chest feathers as they raise their wings and smile, “Real artists are still making cool shit!”

The crow is clearly the Chaotic Queer Corvid Collector familiar, now showing off their rainbow tipped chest feathers as they raise their wings and smile, “Real artists are still making cool shit!”

📣🐦‍⬛ real artists making cool shit! 🎨🌈

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29.09.2025 21:39 — 👍 1008    🔁 375    💬 1    📌 1
Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr., 1967

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr., 1967

Evening cloche
https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/100026

27.09.2025 18:53 — 👍 40    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Every time I’m trying to get people to sign on to a Main Street tour I want to start singing You know people say they know they can’t believe….

26.09.2025 02:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾

25.09.2025 00:49 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
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Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.

FINALLY SOME GOOD NEWS

IT’S FAT BEAR WEEK

19.09.2025 21:58 — 👍 133    🔁 36    💬 0    📌 1
Back view of a below the knee sleeveless dress consisting of sheer base fabric with vertical rows of blue sequins applied. It appears to have a high low hem

Back view of a below the knee sleeveless dress consisting of sheer base fabric with vertical rows of blue sequins applied. It appears to have a high low hem

There is a timeless quality to this dress. It could be Calvin Klein in the 1990s but on fact shimmied its sequins in the late #1920s, electric blue and sheer and devastatingly chic @phxart.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

22.09.2025 19:25 — 👍 152    🔁 30    💬 2    📌 0
An incredibly chonky brown bear

An incredibly chonky brown bear

GUESS WHAT WEEK IT IS

22.09.2025 11:12 — 👍 3405    🔁 827    💬 69    📌 153
Front and back view of a 1910s two piece ensemble of taffeta in shades of brown, orange and pink with blue detailing and pleated elements

Front and back view of a 1910s two piece ensemble of taffeta in shades of brown, orange and pink with blue detailing and pleated elements

A close up of the top half of the 1910s autumnal shaded ensemble in brown, orange and blue details with a pink sash

A close up of the top half of the 1910s autumnal shaded ensemble in brown, orange and blue details with a pink sash

This is a dress constructed for the shades of autumn in all their various hues. It is an unusual #1910s gown incorporating different lines and trims and fabrics, a dress for someone who knew just what they liked #goldsteinmuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

18.09.2025 20:58 — 👍 120    🔁 12    💬 7    📌 4
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Yoohoo!

Okay, quick clarification:

The majority of all silent films are lost.

HOWEVER, thousands upon thousands upon thousands were made in the four decades of the silent era. So even with so many gone, there are still quite literally thousands of them to watch.

18.09.2025 20:58 — 👍 410    🔁 54    💬 11    📌 2
Small bird perched on the edge of a feeder staring into the camera with a slight head tilt

Small bird perched on the edge of a feeder staring into the camera with a slight head tilt

Our bird feeder ran empty while we were away for the weekend and I came back to it’s camera roll full of disappointed looking birds

16.09.2025 21:35 — 👍 2245    🔁 455    💬 40    📌 29

Here are four ways anyone can support and help their local library:

• Get a library card ⭐️
• Use your library card 🌟
•Visit the library 💫
•Tell everyone to get a library card and support their local library ✨

14.09.2025 14:30 — 👍 1490    🔁 590    💬 34    📌 36

✨️timeline cleanse🖤

everyone who sees this post, requote 5 things that make you happy:

1) My work at the library.
2) Painting Lessons
3) My best friend Kate
4) Travel
5) Cats

16.09.2025 03:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
An orange and white cat looks forward to hearing only good things

An orange and white cat looks forward to hearing only good things

it is finally happening: the government is making good vibes about Chancleta mandatory.

you must only say nice things about Chancleta. even, and especially, if they are not true.

this is a law. congress passed it.

do not quote Chancleta. if Chancleta said anything distasteful, no he didn't.

15.09.2025 21:55 — 👍 703    🔁 71    💬 44    📌 8
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A mannequin wearing a red silk layered dress. It has a boat neckline and sheer hanging sleeves but is otherwise completely plain

A mannequin wearing a red silk layered dress. It has a boat neckline and sheer hanging sleeves but is otherwise completely plain

Although she became the queen of the bias cut in the 1930s, Madeleine Vionnet was active for years beforehand. Her #1920s garments offer the same attention to fabric manipulation, this sheer red layered gown a showstopper for sure #madparis #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

09.09.2025 08:58 — 👍 167    🔁 14    💬 5    📌 0

Me helping someone with their genealogy: Oh look your ancestor may have been in the dragoons with Benjamin Tallmadge!

Her: Who?

Me: *not being able to stop it* The hot one from Turn with the floppy blonde 90s boy hair?

Her: OH HIM! I know who you’re talking about now!

10.09.2025 02:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bright red, full length, court dress. It has a high waist, and very large puffed sleeves to the mid-bicep. The cut of the top gives the impression of a V shape, angling from shoulders to waistline, with a square cut neckline just under the collar bones. The skirt has many folds.
The big wow factor of the dress is the extensive metallic floral detailing. The whole front of the top is cover with this, and it also appears at the bottom of each sleeve, and covers the skirt from floor to knee.

Image 1. Bright red, full length, court dress. It has a high waist, and very large puffed sleeves to the mid-bicep. The cut of the top gives the impression of a V shape, angling from shoulders to waistline, with a square cut neckline just under the collar bones. The skirt has many folds. The big wow factor of the dress is the extensive metallic floral detailing. The whole front of the top is cover with this, and it also appears at the bottom of each sleeve, and covers the skirt from floor to knee.

Image 2.
Close up of the top of the dress from image 1. Can see here more clearly the floral detailing on the dress, as well as some of the wearing of the fabric at the edges. This dress is, after all, 200 years old.

Image 2. Close up of the top of the dress from image 1. Can see here more clearly the floral detailing on the dress, as well as some of the wearing of the fabric at the edges. This dress is, after all, 200 years old.

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Close up of the hem of the skirt from image 1. Very intricate floral detailing, and a sold band of metallic fabric at the hem.

Image 3. Close up of the hem of the skirt from image 1. Very intricate floral detailing, and a sold band of metallic fabric at the hem.

Court dress, Germany, 1828

The colour of this is pure fabulous, and the voluminous folds of the sleeves and skirt give it a really luxurious look. The detailing is metallic, which you can see in the close ups. Its a really beautiful thing.

#fashionhistory #dresshistory #ootd #TheMet

09.09.2025 07:58 — 👍 160    🔁 20    💬 3    📌 1

She’s the successor to my beloved orange girl Quincy who had her reign of chaos and emotional support end after 17 years together due to cancer. Lexi has that same spark of fierce intelligence in her little eyes that reminded me of my girl Quincy, so she’s very special indeed. ❤️

30.08.2025 02:06 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mary Anne Radmacher
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.

Quote Mary Anne Radmacher Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.

Goodnight, beloveds

21.08.2025 05:05 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

THIS BEAR JUST WANTS TO SERVE U ICE CREAM
DO NOT STOP IT FROM FULFILLING ITS DREAM

CASE CLOSE

28.08.2025 01:00 — 👍 1955    🔁 340    💬 69    📌 10
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My newest roomie: Lexington (Lexi for short) just moved in a little over a week ago. Her middle name is AndConcord.

29.08.2025 03:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires

The daughters of Hermann Göring's aide - who refused for years to talk with art-theft investigators - put their home in Argentina up for sale, and GUESS WHAT.

27.08.2025 00:35 — 👍 2406    🔁 971    💬 38    📌 85

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