vintage – Page 3 – Ruth E. Hendricks

Bedford, PA- Home of the National Museum of the American Coverlet

Laszlo Zongor explains the system of Jacquard Loom(see below) and the punched holed cards, each card a single line of weaving.

A two hour drive from Pittsburgh. My book club had a fun and memorable getaway weekend trip. We stayed at the Historic Bedford Resort.

Sunday, Joan and I went to see the National Museum of the American Coverlet– housed in a beautiful Historic Common School. A coverlet is a woven bed cover, although there were some floor coverings, too. The coverlets display changes every four months. We learned a lot about the history of the coverlets with our knowledgeable guide explaining the differences. The last photos are of the gift shop where you can purchase reproductions of the antique designs and fabric for quilters.

from the National Museum of the American Coverlet

The Museum and Museum Shop are open daily, year round.
Hours are Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
Admission is $6 ($5 for age 60 and over). Kids under 12 are free. Group rates available.

If you have a coverlet, you can bring it to Melinda and Laszlo Zongor and they can help date it and identify the weaving method.

The Jacquard Loom

There are looms and spinning wheels on exhibit.

April 23, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Antiques, People at Work, Photography, vintageTags: American coverlet, antique, art, Arts and Crafts, Bedford PA, collection, cotton, coverlet, design, fiber, Historic Beford, history, Jacquard Loom, museum, preservation, quilting, spinning wheels, The National Museum of the American Coverlet, travel, vacation, weaving, wool, woven 19 Comments

Maytag Repairman- Loneliest Guy in Town

There’s a bronze statue of an unemployed Maytag repairman in Newtown Iowa where they manufactured Maytag washing machines. Here is another view of the same statue in the snow. I was in Perla’s Appliances Plus Store in Swissvale, picking up a grill plate for my new stove they delivered last week and saw this statue of the lonely Maytag repairman. Turns out there are other figurines of the same theme in existence and are popular collectibles. I asked to blog it and they said fine by them, thank you! Do you remember Jesse White the character actor who first played the Maytag Repairman in a commercial in 1967?? There is a Youtube video of a Maytag Museum in Eaton CO if you want to see the collections of washing machines, some powered by gasoline and one actually has a meat grinder attachment. Wringers, rollers, drums, agitators, tubs, automatics and rack and pinion gearing, motors and spin cycles. But since the Maytag needed so few repairs, their authorized repairman was taught to carry a deck of cards to play solitaire as he was called so infrequently!

January 8, 2012 by Ruth Categories: Photography, vintageTags: appliances, family, home, humor, Maytag, Maytag Repairman, photography, retro, vintage, washing machine 18 Comments

Uncle Frank is Seventy and a Day- By His 1955 Ford Pick-up Truck

October 1, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Family, vintageTags: 1955 Ford, birthday, celebration, family, postaday2011, vintage car, vintage truck 12 Comments

Uncle Frank Put the Engine in the 1953 Chevy

It is an amazing skill Uncle Frank has- refurbishing old cars. Did you see his 1933 Buick?

The car he is working on now is a year younger than me! He’s got the engine in now. I am fascinated by the ability to do such work. Watch for future updates as he takes this baby on the road.

And the interior is from a Cadillac. I wouldn’t know where to begin. It is going to be a beauty! Shot in his West Mifflin garage.

September 16, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Photography, vintageTags: 1933 Buick, 1953 Chevy, car, classic auto, family, postaday2011, vintage, vintage car 11 Comments

Eating Raspberries on Uncle Frank’s Running Board

1933 Plymouth — Maura and Michael sit on Uncle Frank's running boards and share raspberries.

The family has been in Pittsburgh a lot this summer. A wedding, a family reunion, a funeral, and this weekend a bridal shower.

Lucky grandma.

Here are Maura and Michael sharing some raspberries while sitting on Uncle Frank’s 1933 Plymouth. You may have seen the post where Uncle Frank and Aunt Linda were pulling out of the driveway to drive another bride to the church in this snazzy car. It’s a beauty.

August 1, 2011July 31, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Childhood, vintageTags: 1933 Plymouth, antique car, childhood, family, photo of the day, photography, postaday2011, raspberries, vintage car 12 Comments

Old Fashioned Pulley Clothesline-Lilies and Dinner

My friend J cooked a bday dinner for me the other night and I was checking out her garden. Everything so lush and green. Stunning lilies blooming. J shows me what is a weed and what is not. When she splits her perennials I will plant them in my garden. The plants might not be too happy about the move to my place, though. Her clothesline jumped out at me and I thought of sheets hung on the line and how quickly things dry in the summer. The refreshing scent of the sunshine. I didn’t stay late enough but when it gets dark she has a fish pond and glass orb that lights up so have to plan a return trip. J is an excellent cook, too as you can see by the dinner on the table below. A nice summer evening. Thanks J.

July 11, 2011July 11, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Cooking and Eating, Photography, vintageTags: clothesline, clothespins, dinner, Fiestaware, food, garden, lilies, memories, photography, postaday2011, summer 13 Comments

Uncle Frank Drove His 1933 Plymouth to Pick Up the Bride Today (6 images)

We were up at Aunt Linda and Uncle Frank’s today, seeing all the family in town for the wedding last night. Saturday was another wedding and Uncle Frank took his spotless 1933 Plymouth to pick up the bride. He has had the car since 1973 and it a beauty. He added a couple of Just Married signs on the sides and back. Michael(5) is photographing the scene from the porch.

June 5, 2011July 23, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Photography, vintageTags: 1933 Plymouth, family, photography, Pittsburgh PA, postaday2011, vintage car, wedding 18 Comments

Open Letter to Shiny Buick Man with the Fuzzy Dice

Dear Shiny Buick Man
in York PA,

You’ve lived in my upstairs hall closet
over two years now, in a frame and mat.
I wanted to tell you
I took your picture
one January Sunday
just before I pulled out of the lot.
I lifted my camera off the front seat,
shot you quick, no time to focus.
Your car caught in a lovely light,
a luster pristine-
and you in your tie.
Maybe you were coming from church.
Or going.
Codorus Creek on your left,
but not the whitewater part.
The Heritage Rail Trail
(no trains that day)–
I want you to know
how I admire your fuzzy dice,
how they dangle still
frozen in that moment
from your rearview mirror.
I think you saw me.
But didn’t know what happened
so I thought I should write and tell you.
I hope you don’t mind.

Man driving a1960 Buick on a York PA road with Fuzzy Dice — Saturday night was the 7th Annual Poe*Art Reading and Art Show downtown in the Cultural Trust space at 805 Liberty. Ten Western Pennsylvania Writing Project teachers read their poems and displayed an accompanying artwork. This was the photo, shot in January 2009, I chose to use as a writing prompt. I went through the project in 1993.

Poe*Art 2010 is online for viewing click here For more information about the Western PA Writing Project click here

A letter poem of address
to an unsuspecting man
who was just driving along
minding his own business.

May 22, 2011May 24, 2011 by Ruth Categories: Photography, vintageTags: 1960 Buick, Codorus Creek, photography, Poe*Art 2011, poetry, postaday2011, vintage cars, Western Pennsylvania Writing Project, York PA 9 Comments

How do you feel about ironing?

Walking Murphy down to the market I happened to see this vintage ironing board waiting for garbage pickup.
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March 27, 2011March 31, 2011 by Ruth Categories: photo of the day, Photography, vintageTags: garbage, Ironing board 15 Comments

Grand Ville Convertible- Classic Car

Parked on a side street as I rounded the corner to meet Cj at Lot 17 on Liberty last Friday evening. Gleaming black convertible. A Classic Car license plate. By Pontiac.

You see a lot of scenes like this in Pittsburgh and they feel like you are on a movie set. The interior was immaculate. Must get a lot of attention when driving around the city. Anyone know the year?

Some objects speak to us.

Others don’t.

See how it strikes you.

If you know the year,

will you let me know?

St. Joseph Church in the background

March 22, 2011November 2, 2020 by Ruth Categories: Pittsburgh Photos, vintageTags: Bloomfield, classic car, Grand Ville Pontiac, memories, neighborhood, postaday 2011, vintage 9 Comments

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