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<p>[QUOTE="morgen94, post: 9446963, member: 217"]This is going to be what my husband calls one of my long runs for a short slide, so please bear with me...</p><p><br /></p><p>Until a year ago, when we moved out of state, I was the curator of a tiny local history museum and in that capacity I welcomed many, many students to our museum. I knew that the best way to make history relatable was to connect it to things in the visitors' life now, so I talked to the students about what it was like to be a child--and to go to school--in our town many years before. One of the things the students enjoyed learning about and handling (reproductions of) afterwards was bookstraps for carrying schoolbooks to school. I gathered images of children using them wherever I found them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Fast forward to last night when I was relaxing with an online puzzle and upon completion of it I was amused to see a woman looking for the owner of the bookstrap and schoolbooks in her hand, and who was hiding from her. Although I am not at that museum again I would like to add that image to my collection, in the event that I volunteer at a museum near me now, but I want to give credit to the artist and add any information I can find about the picture. The person who posted the puzzle had no information and despite my reverse-image search of several databases, I found no match. I eventually saw a signature on the art and it seems to be signed Edward (Eduard?) Something and 1847. Can you help?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you!</p><p>Lynne</p><p>[ATTACH=full]439303[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]439311[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="morgen94, post: 9446963, member: 217"]This is going to be what my husband calls one of my long runs for a short slide, so please bear with me... Until a year ago, when we moved out of state, I was the curator of a tiny local history museum and in that capacity I welcomed many, many students to our museum. I knew that the best way to make history relatable was to connect it to things in the visitors' life now, so I talked to the students about what it was like to be a child--and to go to school--in our town many years before. One of the things the students enjoyed learning about and handling (reproductions of) afterwards was bookstraps for carrying schoolbooks to school. I gathered images of children using them wherever I found them. Fast forward to last night when I was relaxing with an online puzzle and upon completion of it I was amused to see a woman looking for the owner of the bookstrap and schoolbooks in her hand, and who was hiding from her. Although I am not at that museum again I would like to add that image to my collection, in the event that I volunteer at a museum near me now, but I want to give credit to the artist and add any information I can find about the picture. The person who posted the puzzle had no information and despite my reverse-image search of several databases, I found no match. I eventually saw a signature on the art and it seems to be signed Edward (Eduard?) Something and 1847. Can you help? Thank you! Lynne [ATTACH=full]439303[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]439311[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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