Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family
history through old photographs.
This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt is an illustration from Robinson Crusoe showing a gun-toting, fur-bedecked man with his dog. While there are many directions suggested in the drawing, I cannot take my eyes off that hairy outfit.
In the world of fashion, fur never goes out of style. Of
course, attitudes about wearing animal skin swing from year to year and from person
to person. Historically, fur was a practical reality, both convenient and warm.
More recently the wearing of fur has been viewed as barbaric and cruel. “Fur”
sure, it is not a neutral topic.
But those who appreciate fur wear it proudly for its
warmth, its beauty, and its prestige. Nothing says “luxury” like a fur, whether
it’s a full coat
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| Herbert and Helen Killeen Parker at the Grand Canyon They married in 1927 - was this a honeymoon trip? (click photo to enlarge) |
a jacket or stole
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| Helen Killeen Parker in mink (click photo to enlarge) |
a collar or cuff
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| Helen Killeen Parker far left probably some of her coworkers 1930s-1940s era (click photo to enlarge) |
a hat
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| My grandmother Lucille Davis left Her sister-in-law Janice Rucker right (click photo to enlarge) |
or a mink, fox or ermine complete with head and feet dangling around one’s
neck.
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| My great-grandmother Mary Theresa Sheehan Killeen Walsh (click photo to enlarge) |
“Fur” your viewing pleasure, visit my friends at Sepia Saturday.
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