Louisa Popeney, Pennsylvania Antique 1880s Signed Autograph Book blue and white pitcher very thin walled

very thin walled

it reveals itself slowly

and would once have been sold along with a milk truck

printmaker and highly influential illustrator

These are joined together by a woven seam

Louisa Popeney, Pennsylvania Antique 1880s Signed Autograph Book blue and white pitcher very thin walledWhat I love so much about this antique autograph book, owned by a Louise Popeney and started in 1881, is the wit of many of those who signed it, and how muchlike a high school yearbookit reveals of the times. Among my personal favorites: Alas, alas, I am so dumb I cannot write in this album, and Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe. But there are so many good ones. And on the second to last page, clever Fannie writes Last of all came