{"id":1400,"date":"2014-08-21T20:37:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T20:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2014-08-21T20:37:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T20:37:08","slug":"super-suave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2014\/08\/21\/super-suave\/","title":{"rendered":"Super suave!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the most fun things about working in a local history collection is that sometimes people just show up with things to add to the collections. \u00a0This week, a former member of the Kingston Mother’s Club dropped off three scrapbooks of Club activities 1965 to 1978, full of\u00a0membership directories, newspaper clippings and photos.<\/p>\n

The Club hosted lectures, auctions and fashion shows; sponsored Boy’s Baseball,\u00a0vision screenings and Candidates Nights; and held banquets and dinner dances.<\/p>\n

As I browsed the scrapbooks, I thought “These parties look like a blast,” and then one photo from the Scholarship Dance in the spring of ’77 \u00a0just about jumped off the page.<\/p>\n

\"Buddy<\/a>
Buddy Wrightington, “Another Fred Astaire???” April 1977<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s Buddy, our library custodian, out on the floor of the Hilltop Club, dancing to the Hour Glass! \u00a0I only wish we could see his shoes.<\/p>\n

When you’re cleaning out your attic, keep a sharp eye out. \u00a0History is everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Source: Kingston Mother’s Club scrapbook, 1975-1978 Acc.20014-22<\/em><\/p>\n

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For more, visit the\u00a0Kingston Public Library<\/a>, and the\u00a0Local History Room<\/a>, and the full blog at\u00a0piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the most fun things about working in a local history collection is that sometimes people just show up with things to add to the collections. \u00a0This week, a former member of the Kingston Mother’s Club dropped off three scrapbooks of Club activities 1965 to 1978, full of\u00a0membership directories, newspaper clippings and photos. The … <\/p>\n

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