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It's not easy being green
Apr. 12th, 2012 09:27 am
Meet my new friend:
Well, the frog is a new friend, but so is little Jesse - a baby in Arkansas in the late 1840s, whose mother wrote an incredibly detailed daily account of his first three years. Unlike poor Doris from my UCLA baby books, Jesse lived to a ripe old age, despite a sickly childhood.
Oh, and the frog. If you aren't familiar with archival work - when you are working with old books you use a foam cradle (to keep the binding supported and not lying flat) and a "frog" (a cloth weight) to keep the pages down while you read or take pictures. This archives has a sense of humor :)
Well, the frog is a new friend, but so is little Jesse - a baby in Arkansas in the late 1840s, whose mother wrote an incredibly detailed daily account of his first three years. Unlike poor Doris from my UCLA baby books, Jesse lived to a ripe old age, despite a sickly childhood.
Oh, and the frog. If you aren't familiar with archival work - when you are working with old books you use a foam cradle (to keep the binding supported and not lying flat) and a "frog" (a cloth weight) to keep the pages down while you read or take pictures. This archives has a sense of humor :)
