schomburgcenter: Today is Juneteenth, which commemorates the ending of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, it was not enforced in the state of Texas due to a lack of Union troop presence and enforcement in the confederate state.   However on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger and his regiment  entered Galveston, Texas to override the resistance to the law and to enforce the Executive Orders. Union Major-General Gordon Granger read General Orders, No.3 to the people of Galveston. It stated: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.” Since 1865 black Americans have regarded June 19th as the official emancipation day, and on January 1, 1980, the state of Texas proclaimed June 19 an official state holiday thanks to the African American state legislator Al Edwards.
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schomburgcenter: Today is Juneteenth, which commemorates the ending of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, it was not enforced in the state of Texas due to a lack of Union troop presence and enforcement in the confederate state.   However on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger and his regiment  entered Galveston, Texas to override the resistance to the law and to enforce the Executive Orders. Union Major-General Gordon Granger read General Orders, No.3 to the people of Galveston. It stated: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.” Since 1865 black Americans have regarded June 19th as the official emancipation day, and on January 1, 1980, the state of Texas proclaimed June 19 an official state holiday thanks to the African American state legislator Al Edwards.
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schomburgcenter: Today is Juneteenth, which commemorates the ending of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, it was not enforced in the state of Texas due to a lack of Union troop presence and enforcement in the confederate state.   However on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger and his regiment  entered Galveston, Texas to override the resistance to the law and to enforce the Executive Orders. Union Major-General Gordon Granger read General Orders, No.3 to the people of Galveston. It stated: “The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.” Since 1865 black Americans have regarded June 19th as the official emancipation day, and on January 1, 1980, the state of Texas proclaimed June 19 an official state holiday thanks to the African American state legislator Al Edwards.
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Today is Juneteenth, which commemorates the ending of slavery in Texas on June 19, 1865. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, it was not enforced in the state of Texas due to a lack of Union troop presence and enforcement in the confederate state.

 

However on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger and his regiment  entered Galveston, Texas to override the resistance to the law and to enforce the Executive Orders. Union Major-General Gordon Granger read General Orders, No.3 to the people of Galveston. It stated:


“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere.”


Since 1865 black Americans have regarded June 19th as the official emancipation day, and on January 1, 1980, the state of Texas proclaimed June 19 an official state holiday thanks to the African American state legislator Al Edwards.

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Perhaps it’s the wide variety of scenes pictured, coupled with the photographers’ apparent detachment, that makes the archive so uncanny. Or perhaps it’s the fickle switch the photographers seem to make between documentation of power generation and a boosterish promotion of the good life on offer through the electrical grid. The Guardian takes a look at “Form and Landscape” and the Edison photographic archive in “The electrification of Los Angeles: a photographic history.”
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Perhaps it’s the wide variety of scenes pictured, coupled with the photographers’ apparent detachment, that makes the archive so uncanny. Or perhaps it’s the fickle switch the photographers seem to make between documentation of power generation and a boosterish promotion of the good life on offer through the electrical grid.

The Guardian takes a look at “Form and Landscape” and the Edison photographic archive in “The electrification of Los Angeles: a photographic history.”

Source: Guardian

These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!
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These illustrations of beautiful leaved plants are from the Huntington Library’s rare copy of the fittingly titled Beautiful Leaved Plants (1861) by E. J. Lowe. These woodblock illustrations are the work of the talented Benjamin Fawcett (1808–93). Working from his business in the village of Driffield in East Yorkshire, England, Fawcett carved the designs (after the work of the naturalist artist A. F. Lydon) in relief on woodblocks. The designs were then printed in black and white, and elements of the design were then meticulously hand-colored. Fawcett was such a perfectionist that he even made his own colored inks! And wowie, LOOK AT THESE COLORS!!

lacma: Sometimes the book was a prop; sometimes it was a symbol; other times, it was actually being read. These 14 works of art from eight nations span six centuries, and books are found in all of them. The art seems to tell a story: that books have been essential to cultures worldwide and across all ages. Maybe the portraits of the future will pose us with our e-readers in hand. 14 classic works of art — with books! - latimes.com Okay, tumblr friends, which book would be included in a portrait of you?
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Sometimes the book was a prop; sometimes it was a symbol; other times, it was actually being read. These 14 works of art from eight nations span six centuries, and books are found in all of them. The art seems to tell a story: that books have been essential to cultures worldwide and across all ages. Maybe the portraits of the future will pose us with our e-readers in hand.

14 classic works of art — with books! - latimes.com

Okay, tumblr friends, which book would be included in a portrait of you?

Happy Father’s Day, all you dads out there!!  There aren’t too many photos floating around showing the more fatherly side of our founder, Henry E. Huntington, so we just had to share this one—HEH (center, white hat, arm propped up) and son Howard (next to HEH, wearing a bowler) at a ballgame in 1912.  Look at that grin.  Aw. caption: Henry E. Huntington at a baseball game with his son, Howard, Sept. 14, 1912. Typed note on verso reads “This is the crowd watching a base ball game between the two contending teams of the Los Angeles Railway Employees at Redondo Beach September 14, 1912, on the occasion of a picnic at that place given by Mr. H.E. Huntington to the employees of the Los Angeles Railway Company.” The note goes on to identify several Los Angeles Railway employees. To the right of Mr. Huntington is his son, Howard. “This picture was taken by L.J. Turley, now (1935) Electrical Engineer of the Los Angeles Railway Company.”
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Happy Father’s Day, all you dads out there!!  There aren’t too many photos floating around showing the more fatherly side of our founder, Henry E. Huntington, so we just had to share this one—HEH (center, white hat, arm propped up) and son Howard (next to HEH, wearing a bowler) at a ballgame in 1912.  Look at that grin.  Aw.

caption: Henry E. Huntington at a baseball game with his son, Howard, Sept. 14, 1912. Typed note on verso reads “This is the crowd watching a base ball game between the two contending teams of the Los Angeles Railway Employees at Redondo Beach September 14, 1912, on the occasion of a picnic at that place given by Mr. H.E. Huntington to the employees of the Los Angeles Railway Company.” The note goes on to identify several Los Angeles Railway employees. To the right of Mr. Huntington is his son, Howard. “This picture was taken by L.J. Turley, now (1935) Electrical Engineer of the Los Angeles Railway Company.”

Classical sculptures dressed as hipsters look contemporary and totally badass I have just discovered a whole new dimension to classical sculpture. If you dress the sculptures as hipsters it gives them an awesome new look. They become contemporary and totally badass. Needless to say, they look a lot more human. They look like people who we can picture in our lives. This beats Madame Tussauds. I am sold. Euridice, Orpheus, and the rest of the statues on our North Vista would like to have hipster clothes photoshopped onto them, too, please.
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Classical sculptures dressed as hipsters look contemporary and totally badass

I have just discovered a whole new dimension to classical sculpture. If you dress the sculptures as hipsters it gives them an awesome new look. They become contemporary and totally badass. Needless to say, they look a lot more human. They look like people who we can picture in our lives. This beats Madame Tussauds. I am sold.

Euridice, Orpheus, and the rest of the statues on our North Vista would like to have hipster clothes photoshopped onto them, too, please.

Source: todayilearned.co.uk

Did you know we offer informal tours of the ceremonial teahouse in the Japanese Garden on the second Monday of each month? We do! Stop by today between 12:30 and 4 p.m. for a tour. It’s free with general admission. Head to Verso for a rundown of what else we have for you This Week at The H. caption: Exterior of the ceremonial teahouse, seen from the west side (back).  A stroll path through the tea garden encircles the teahouse so visitors can view it from all sides. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
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Did you know we offer informal tours of the ceremonial teahouse in the Japanese Garden on the second Monday of each month? We do! Stop by today between 12:30 and 4 p.m. for a tour. It’s free with general admission.

Head to Verso for a rundown of what else we have for you This Week at The H.

caption: Exterior of the ceremonial teahouse, seen from the west side (back).  A stroll path through the tea garden encircles the teahouse so visitors can view it from all sides. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

blantonmuseum: The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of English has created an incredible historical reconstruction of the first-ever retrospective of the work of Sir Joshua Reynolds, held at the British Institution in 1813. See what Jane Austen and others who attended this major social event would have seen in this e-gallery: http://www.whatjanesaw.org/index.php LOVE IT!!  This is fantastic.  We’re partial to the northern wall in the North Room. And now, snapped in our own Thornton Portrait Gallery in the Huntington Art Gallery, a photo hint for why that particular wall might be our fave:
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blantonmuseum:

The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of English has created an incredible historical reconstruction of the first-ever retrospective of the work of Sir Joshua Reynolds, held at the British Institution in 1813. See what Jane Austen and others who attended this major social event would have seen in this e-gallery: http://www.whatjanesaw.org/index.php

LOVE IT!!  This is fantastic.  We’re partial to the northern wall in the North Room.

And now, snapped in our own Thornton Portrait Gallery in the Huntington Art Gallery, a photo hint for why that particular wall might be our fave:

Over the weekend, we opened “Useful Hours: Needlework and Painted Textiles from Southern California Collections” in the Chandler Wing of the Scott Galleries. Here’s a sampling of samplers and such that you can find on view through Sept. 2. captions:Elizabeth Neil Andrews (1804–1846), Sampler, 1813. Silk on linsey-woolsey, 14 ¾ × 10 ¾  in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Elizabeth R. Allen (1792–1816), Memorial to Captain John Allen, 1811. Silk and watercolor on paper, 13 × 14 ½ in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Lydia Stockton (1791–1862), Sampler, 1804. Silk and painted paper on linen, 16 ½ ×16 ½  in. Collection of Katharine Pease, Los Angeles. Ann Gibson (1792–n.d.), Sampler, 1806. Silk and flax on linen. 8 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of Mary Jaene and Jim Edmonds. AC1992.182.11. Photo credit: Museum Associates/LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY. Elizabeth Fellows (n.d.), Pocketbook, 1776. Wool on linen, cotton, 4 ½ × 8 ⅝ in. Collection of Jonathan and Karin Fielding, Los Angeles.
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Over the weekend, we opened “Useful Hours: Needlework and Painted Textiles from Southern California Collections” in the Chandler Wing of the Scott Galleries. Here’s a sampling of samplers and such that you can find on view through Sept. 2. captions:Elizabeth Neil Andrews (1804–1846), Sampler, 1813. Silk on linsey-woolsey, 14 ¾ × 10 ¾  in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Elizabeth R. Allen (1792–1816), Memorial to Captain John Allen, 1811. Silk and watercolor on paper, 13 × 14 ½ in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Lydia Stockton (1791–1862), Sampler, 1804. Silk and painted paper on linen, 16 ½ ×16 ½  in. Collection of Katharine Pease, Los Angeles. Ann Gibson (1792–n.d.), Sampler, 1806. Silk and flax on linen. 8 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of Mary Jaene and Jim Edmonds. AC1992.182.11. Photo credit: Museum Associates/LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY. Elizabeth Fellows (n.d.), Pocketbook, 1776. Wool on linen, cotton, 4 ½ × 8 ⅝ in. Collection of Jonathan and Karin Fielding, Los Angeles.
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Over the weekend, we opened “Useful Hours: Needlework and Painted Textiles from Southern California Collections” in the Chandler Wing of the Scott Galleries. Here’s a sampling of samplers and such that you can find on view through Sept. 2. captions:Elizabeth Neil Andrews (1804–1846), Sampler, 1813. Silk on linsey-woolsey, 14 ¾ × 10 ¾  in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Elizabeth R. Allen (1792–1816), Memorial to Captain John Allen, 1811. Silk and watercolor on paper, 13 × 14 ½ in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Lydia Stockton (1791–1862), Sampler, 1804. Silk and painted paper on linen, 16 ½ ×16 ½  in. Collection of Katharine Pease, Los Angeles. Ann Gibson (1792–n.d.), Sampler, 1806. Silk and flax on linen. 8 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of Mary Jaene and Jim Edmonds. AC1992.182.11. Photo credit: Museum Associates/LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY. Elizabeth Fellows (n.d.), Pocketbook, 1776. Wool on linen, cotton, 4 ½ × 8 ⅝ in. Collection of Jonathan and Karin Fielding, Los Angeles.
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Over the weekend, we opened “Useful Hours: Needlework and Painted Textiles from Southern California Collections” in the Chandler Wing of the Scott Galleries. Here’s a sampling of samplers and such that you can find on view through Sept. 2. captions:Elizabeth Neil Andrews (1804–1846), Sampler, 1813. Silk on linsey-woolsey, 14 ¾ × 10 ¾  in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Elizabeth R. Allen (1792–1816), Memorial to Captain John Allen, 1811. Silk and watercolor on paper, 13 × 14 ½ in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Lydia Stockton (1791–1862), Sampler, 1804. Silk and painted paper on linen, 16 ½ ×16 ½  in. Collection of Katharine Pease, Los Angeles. Ann Gibson (1792–n.d.), Sampler, 1806. Silk and flax on linen. 8 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of Mary Jaene and Jim Edmonds. AC1992.182.11. Photo credit: Museum Associates/LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY. Elizabeth Fellows (n.d.), Pocketbook, 1776. Wool on linen, cotton, 4 ½ × 8 ⅝ in. Collection of Jonathan and Karin Fielding, Los Angeles.
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Over the weekend, we opened “Useful Hours: Needlework and Painted Textiles from Southern California Collections” in the Chandler Wing of the Scott Galleries. Here’s a sampling of samplers and such that you can find on view through Sept. 2. captions:Elizabeth Neil Andrews (1804–1846), Sampler, 1813. Silk on linsey-woolsey, 14 ¾ × 10 ¾  in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Elizabeth R. Allen (1792–1816), Memorial to Captain John Allen, 1811. Silk and watercolor on paper, 13 × 14 ½ in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail. Lydia Stockton (1791–1862), Sampler, 1804. Silk and painted paper on linen, 16 ½ ×16 ½  in. Collection of Katharine Pease, Los Angeles. Ann Gibson (1792–n.d.), Sampler, 1806. Silk and flax on linen. 8 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of Mary Jaene and Jim Edmonds. AC1992.182.11. Photo credit: Museum Associates/LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY. Elizabeth Fellows (n.d.), Pocketbook, 1776. Wool on linen, cotton, 4 ½ × 8 ⅝ in. Collection of Jonathan and Karin Fielding, Los Angeles.
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Over the weekend, we opened “Useful Hours: Needlework and Painted Textiles from Southern California Collections” in the Chandler Wing of the Scott Galleries. Here’s a sampling of samplers and such that you can find on view through Sept. 2.

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Elizabeth Neil Andrews (1804–1846), Sampler, 1813. Silk on linsey-woolsey, 14 ¾ × 10 ¾  in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail.

Elizabeth R. Allen (1792–1816), Memorial to Captain John Allen, 1811. Silk and watercolor on paper, 13 × 14 ½ in. Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, promised gift of Thomas H. Oxford and Victor Gail.

Lydia Stockton (1791–1862), Sampler, 1804. Silk and painted paper on linen, 16 ½ ×16 ½  in. Collection of Katharine Pease, Los Angeles.

Ann Gibson (1792–n.d.), Sampler, 1806. Silk and flax on linen. 8 5/16 × 8 5/16 in. Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Gift of Mary Jaene and Jim Edmonds. AC1992.182.11. Photo credit: Museum Associates/LACMA. Licensed by Art Resource, NY.

Elizabeth Fellows (n.d.), Pocketbook, 1776. Wool on linen, cotton, 4 ½ × 8 ⅝ in. Collection of Jonathan and Karin Fielding, Los Angeles.

lahistory: Just sharing several photographic highlights from last night’s “Sonic Overdrive,” a Getty evening of Los Angeles music curated by historian Josh Kun. Building upon the Getty’s PSTinLA exhibit “Overdrive,” Kun curated a small sampling of LA music — past, present and future. And frankly, the sampling left us wanting more.Photos (L-R) with descriptions taken mostly from the Getty website: Josh Kun introducing the night’s program (his new book “Songs in the Key of Los Angeles” shares sheet music found in the LA Public Library to illustrate the story of LA.) Exene Cervenka, singer for the bands X & The Knitters (she’s also on Twitter) Soul-and-gospel legend Merry Clayton (she’s included in the new film “20 Feet from Stardom” that looks at the “unsung heroes behind the greatest music of our time.”) Chris Hillman of The Byrds & Flying Burrito Brothers Underground hip-hop veteran Busdriver Latin fusion band La Santa Cecilia Alternative-rock favorites Silversun Pickups What a show. And La Santa Cecilia’s cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” was FIRST-RATE.
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lahistory: Just sharing several photographic highlights from last night’s “Sonic Overdrive,” a Getty evening of Los Angeles music curated by historian Josh Kun. Building upon the Getty’s PSTinLA exhibit “Overdrive,” Kun curated a small sampling of LA music — past, present and future. And frankly, the sampling left us wanting more.Photos (L-R) with descriptions taken mostly from the Getty website: Josh Kun introducing the night’s program (his new book “Songs in the Key of Los Angeles” shares sheet music found in the LA Public Library to illustrate the story of LA.) Exene Cervenka, singer for the bands X & The Knitters (she’s also on Twitter) Soul-and-gospel legend Merry Clayton (she’s included in the new film “20 Feet from Stardom” that looks at the “unsung heroes behind the greatest music of our time.”) Chris Hillman of The Byrds & Flying Burrito Brothers Underground hip-hop veteran Busdriver Latin fusion band La Santa Cecilia Alternative-rock favorites Silversun Pickups What a show. And La Santa Cecilia’s cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” was FIRST-RATE.
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lahistory: Just sharing several photographic highlights from last night’s “Sonic Overdrive,” a Getty evening of Los Angeles music curated by historian Josh Kun. Building upon the Getty’s PSTinLA exhibit “Overdrive,” Kun curated a small sampling of LA music — past, present and future. And frankly, the sampling left us wanting more.Photos (L-R) with descriptions taken mostly from the Getty website: Josh Kun introducing the night’s program (his new book “Songs in the Key of Los Angeles” shares sheet music found in the LA Public Library to illustrate the story of LA.) Exene Cervenka, singer for the bands X & The Knitters (she’s also on Twitter) Soul-and-gospel legend Merry Clayton (she’s included in the new film “20 Feet from Stardom” that looks at the “unsung heroes behind the greatest music of our time.”) Chris Hillman of The Byrds & Flying Burrito Brothers Underground hip-hop veteran Busdriver Latin fusion band La Santa Cecilia Alternative-rock favorites Silversun Pickups What a show. And La Santa Cecilia’s cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” was FIRST-RATE.
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lahistory: Just sharing several photographic highlights from last night’s “Sonic Overdrive,” a Getty evening of Los Angeles music curated by historian Josh Kun. Building upon the Getty’s PSTinLA exhibit “Overdrive,” Kun curated a small sampling of LA music — past, present and future. And frankly, the sampling left us wanting more.Photos (L-R) with descriptions taken mostly from the Getty website: Josh Kun introducing the night’s program (his new book “Songs in the Key of Los Angeles” shares sheet music found in the LA Public Library to illustrate the story of LA.) Exene Cervenka, singer for the bands X & The Knitters (she’s also on Twitter) Soul-and-gospel legend Merry Clayton (she’s included in the new film “20 Feet from Stardom” that looks at the “unsung heroes behind the greatest music of our time.”) Chris Hillman of The Byrds & Flying Burrito Brothers Underground hip-hop veteran Busdriver Latin fusion band La Santa Cecilia Alternative-rock favorites Silversun Pickups What a show. And La Santa Cecilia’s cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” was FIRST-RATE.
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lahistory: Just sharing several photographic highlights from last night’s “Sonic Overdrive,” a Getty evening of Los Angeles music curated by historian Josh Kun. Building upon the Getty’s PSTinLA exhibit “Overdrive,” Kun curated a small sampling of LA music — past, present and future. And frankly, the sampling left us wanting more.Photos (L-R) with descriptions taken mostly from the Getty website: Josh Kun introducing the night’s program (his new book “Songs in the Key of Los Angeles” shares sheet music found in the LA Public Library to illustrate the story of LA.) Exene Cervenka, singer for the bands X & The Knitters (she’s also on Twitter) Soul-and-gospel legend Merry Clayton (she’s included in the new film “20 Feet from Stardom” that looks at the “unsung heroes behind the greatest music of our time.”) Chris Hillman of The Byrds & Flying Burrito Brothers Underground hip-hop veteran Busdriver Latin fusion band La Santa Cecilia Alternative-rock favorites Silversun Pickups What a show. And La Santa Cecilia’s cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” was FIRST-RATE.
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lahistory: Just sharing several photographic highlights from last night’s “Sonic Overdrive,” a Getty evening of Los Angeles music curated by historian Josh Kun. Building upon the Getty’s PSTinLA exhibit “Overdrive,” Kun curated a small sampling of LA music — past, present and future. And frankly, the sampling left us wanting more.Photos (L-R) with descriptions taken mostly from the Getty website: Josh Kun introducing the night’s program (his new book “Songs in the Key of Los Angeles” shares sheet music found in the LA Public Library to illustrate the story of LA.) Exene Cervenka, singer for the bands X & The Knitters (she’s also on Twitter) Soul-and-gospel legend Merry Clayton (she’s included in the new film “20 Feet from Stardom” that looks at the “unsung heroes behind the greatest music of our time.”) Chris Hillman of The Byrds & Flying Burrito Brothers Underground hip-hop veteran Busdriver Latin fusion band La Santa Cecilia Alternative-rock favorites Silversun Pickups What a show. And La Santa Cecilia’s cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” was FIRST-RATE.
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lahistory: Just sharing several photographic highlights from last night’s “Sonic Overdrive,” a Getty evening of Los Angeles music curated by historian Josh Kun. Building upon the Getty’s PSTinLA exhibit “Overdrive,” Kun curated a small sampling of LA music — past, present and future. And frankly, the sampling left us wanting more.Photos (L-R) with descriptions taken mostly from the Getty website: Josh Kun introducing the night’s program (his new book “Songs in the Key of Los Angeles” shares sheet music found in the LA Public Library to illustrate the story of LA.) Exene Cervenka, singer for the bands X & The Knitters (she’s also on Twitter) Soul-and-gospel legend Merry Clayton (she’s included in the new film “20 Feet from Stardom” that looks at the “unsung heroes behind the greatest music of our time.”) Chris Hillman of The Byrds & Flying Burrito Brothers Underground hip-hop veteran Busdriver Latin fusion band La Santa Cecilia Alternative-rock favorites Silversun Pickups What a show. And La Santa Cecilia’s cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” was FIRST-RATE.
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Just sharing several photographic highlights from last night’s “Sonic Overdrive,” a Getty evening of Los Angeles music curated by historian Josh Kun. Building upon the Getty’s PSTinLA exhibit “Overdrive,” Kun curated a small sampling of LA music — past, present and future. And frankly, the sampling left us wanting more.

Photos (L-R) with descriptions taken mostly from the Getty website:

What a show. And La Santa Cecilia’s cover of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Under the Bridge” was FIRST-RATE.