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New England Spencers

Posted on February 7, 2015 by kittycalash

You may recall how tortured I was (sort of) about making a Spencer for What Cheer Day, concerned that Spencers could not be documented to Rhode Island, let alon...

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Two Shells, One Man, Dozens of Stories

Posted on February 4, 2015 by kittycalash

Yesterday I felt like an anthropologist on Mars, or perhaps more precisely, like Ariel and her collection of human objects, as my friend suggested. We are inven...

Clothing/History/History Space/Living History/Museums/Reenacting

Frocks Coats in Providence

Posted on January 21, 2015 by kittycalash

Saturday last saw the launch of History Space, the collaborative project of the Rhode Island Historical Society and the Newport Historical Society designed to h...

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Same Place, Different Day

Posted on January 17, 2015 by kittycalash

We were doing some preliminary planning for an event this fall, and we were considering recreating the 1803 funeral of Important White Guy. Our event is in Octo...