MEMO
BOOK
1920
NAT. FEINBERG
Fine Custom Tailoring
1184 Russell Street
DETROIT, MICH.
What messages does this Memo Book 1920 deliver to the 21st century? We still have memo books and calendars and we are looking into remaking urban spaces and walking cities. Seems as if we could benefit by returning to custom tailoring and local manufacturing.
A neighbor gave me this little artifact after the death of one of her relatives, presumably the original owner, about ten years ago. There are two names listed in the addresses section, in pencil:
Carol Turner and Ophelia F. Baker (Balker?]: Friends, girlfriends, relatives, choice customers -- a story there somewhere, no doubt. Every artifact has a story to tell, but not every aspect of any artifact can be deciphered easily. Therein remains the mystery.
Today's Rune: Initiation.
3 comments:
According to the 1920 Michigan census, there were 28 people recorded with the name Ophelia and 116 with the name Carol (w/mostly Eastern European background, it looks like). Neither of these two are listed as far as I can tell.
In 1920, Nathan Feinberg was 34; born in Ukraine, first language, Yiddish. Married to Molly (29), also of Ukraine, sons Emmanuel and Herman. (1920 Census)
Erik, interesting. Reminds me of some of the records I have looked at on Anscestry.com! I love picking thru things like this.
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