Antique Memes

Wanderings through university and library image collections; etchings, leaflets, prints, lithographs, relics of yore. Items digitized from before the digital age. Let's remember what we forgot. Lest we forget.

ANTIQUE - collectible old item: a collectible decorative or household object that is valued because of its age, the style, traditions, and qualities of ancient times, old and often valuable, of interest to collectors

MEME - a cultural characteristic passed down through generations: any characteristic of a culture, e.g. its language, that can be transmitted from one generation to the next in a way analogous to the transmission of genetic information

Permalink Image Title :  [Woman in green coat outdoors.] Creator : Moorhead, Irwin — Artist Published Date : 1895
Permalink Image Title :  “Flower pot” coat. Creator : Alexander, Pearl Levy — Designer Additional Name(s) : André (Firm) — Creator Teitelbaum, Walter — Donor Published Date : Spring/Summer 1939-1940 Created Date : Sep 25 1939 Notes : Fitted coat with nipped in waist and flared skirt, and wedge-shaped breast pockets with floral detail. Includes back view.Note 2.) Printed on image: “Designed by Pearl Levy Alexander” “Advanced spring and Palm Beach” “André 570 Seventh Avenue New York City LA 4-4627” Note 3.) Printed on image: “Note pockets in the shape of flower pots with flowers”
Permalink Image Title :  [Czech man in long coat.] Published Date : 1920 Specific Material Type : Prints Item Physical Description : 1 print : col. ; 34 x 20 cm. (13 1/4 x 8 in.) Notes : Written on border: “Moravia” Illegible artist’s name in lower right. Original Source : From Peasants’ furs in Czechaslovakia. (Czecoslovakia : J. Pithart, 1920) Kretz, František (1859-1929), Author. Uprka, Joza (1861-1940), Author.