Capt. Bo of the WTF co. Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I was browsing one of my local favorite flea-markets yesterday and came across the two volume set of Two Centuries of Costume in America, 1620-1820 by Alice Morse Earle, first published in 1903. These are a boxed set of paperbacks put out by Tuttle from Japan in 1971. There ar several art prints, lots of period descriptions, and some witty rhymes and poems concerning habits and dress. The bes part is (besides the fact they are ine excellent condition) I only paid $4 for them! I am not smart enough to work the scanner function on my printer, nor would I be able to figure out how to enlarge the images if I did know how to operate the damn thing. Blondie was thrilled when I found the Pennsylvania Dutch clogs that are just like the modern ones, (wooden soles and leather toe caps) and that she will be able to wear them instead of shoes and moccasins, her being a Dutchie girl and all. The ones shown were ca. 1730, so she should be good to go for our usual period of dress. There's tons of info in these. I am going to browse through these and record some of the information that I am most interested in, then I am probably going to let them go to some of you more stitchity types with more techno-abilities than me, so the information can be shared. I want to make it kinda like a "pass-it-on" library loan so as many as want can glean the info. Kinda like the sketch-book thing you artsy-fartsy pyrates are doing. Anyhow, I was pretty jazzed about this find and wanted to brag it up some. Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyBarbossa Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 Can't wait t' see what be in that treasure of yo'rs, Bo. :) ~Lady B Tempt Fate! an' toss 't all t' Hell!" "I'm completely innocent of whatever crime I've committed." The one, the only,... the infamous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady constance Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 wel now.. seems you have a few choices here.... one option could be to send the book to a person who you know can scan them and post them all !! I VOLUNTEER SILAS!!! hahahahahahahaaaa! teasing you--- perhaps if you have a really good digital camera, take pictures of the pages and then post them... our digital camera is able to do this..... is yours? perhaps the instruction manual of your printer can tell you how to do this? cant wait to see them Bo!! cant wait..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Roberts Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 You can scan them, probably the best way to get books into a digital format. Hey Bo I could scan them for sure. I wonder if they're still under copyright? If not then perhaps I can make them into a PDF for download..... I'm very interested to see what they have in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Roberts Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 (edited) Amazon Well they are still available. Oooh these look really cool... Edited February 15, 2010 by Jack Roberts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Bo of the WTF co. Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Well dangitt, thought I had something special here. Those Amazon ones are in hardcover and probably full-size too. Ah well, It only cost me four bucks anyhow. Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady constance Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Bo-- you DO have some thing special... they are yours! you own them! :) lady c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Roberts Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Oh yeah Bo... I still think you got a GREAT deal for those. I wish I could have found them for that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Bo of the WTF co. Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Well then. in that case; how do we find out if the copyright is valid or not? I think everyone should have access to the information in these little jewels and we need to get it out. I have found a couple of discrepencies in her statements, but the first-hand stuff is great! In one case she refers to the famous Blackbeard sketch as Thomas Teach instead of Edward. The period rhymes about social habits and dress are really cool. There's a really good photo and descriptions of jackboots like I've never seen before too. Lots of little things like that throughout. I am going to be so busy with schoolwork til May that I won't really have time to go through it all. Perhaps I should let either Jack or Silas scan this thing and get it out, then I can get them back for summer browsing between making hay and riding green horses? It would save some folks from having to spend four times what I have in them anyhow. (providing we don't infringe on copyrights of course ) Let me know how to go about this and we'll do it if we can. Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas thatcher Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 i will gladly let someone who is more computer savvy handle the task... my current computer has scanner issues, i don't know how to do some stuff that others can... so PLEASE, step up and handle the task !! still is a cool find, bo !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Stevens Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Hi Gang: Just so you know. Further research has shown that Alice's ideas were not always spot on. Those who read her must do it with further research, because there are many errors in her thinking, that have been disprooved with further research. That saying, I have a paperback version of hers, and they are fun to read. But do further research, through internet, Colonial Williamsburg's printings, etc. Spitfire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam McMac Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 (edited) Oh... btw... I have this entire volume in HTML format with the plates in the text and in a seperate folder. No copyright issues PM with you email if you would like a copy Edited March 2, 2010 by Liam McMac _Liam McMac Celtic and Pirate Tailor Beware the Iron Brigade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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