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Location
Australia
Joined
3 Mar 2009
Last seen
2 Nov 2011
Items
53
Collections
5

About historygirl

I have always loved 'things'. Beautiful things, strange things, green things, things all lined up in a row. It started with tins of buttons at Aunty Merle’s house and grew in Pop Clark's shed in the piles of tools and rows and rows of jars. There was Aunty Pat's house which instilled in me a love laminex, fruit bowl wallpaper and brightly coloured aprons we never used because they were for 'best' only. Mum dragged me to trash and treasure, fete’s and markets and after a while she didn’t have to drag me anymore, I would bounce out of bed at the break of dawn having slept little dreaming of what I might find. Somehow I survived the 80's with this sense of 'collectish' still intact and in the 1990s opened a Vintage shop, indulging my passion for objects. Buying everything my heart desired and then letting it go was not as fulfilling as I had hoped. Something was missing. I realised that whilst I love the aesthetic of many objects it is actually the stories behind most objects that I missed. So I started again and after a long time studying, working with and thinking about material culture History girl was born. Today I work as a Curator of History. I still love buttons, bark cloth and aprons but now I also tell stories about people and their experience of the world through the things that they too have loved.

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Vintage Educational

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About 20 years ago I inherited an old life size anatomy chart when a share house broke up. Since then I have been drawn to all manner of vintage charts, maps and even the occasional anatomy model. I also have a thing for vintage school maps and have included some of my favourites in this collection. Some of the cooler things in this collection include the moulding made when I had an orthodontic implant made and an 'invisible man' anatomy model.

Spots and all manner of dots

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At first I was drawn to Diana pottery and it just happened that a lot of the stuff I came across was the dotty designs. That was it really, I started seeing spots and dots every time I op-shopped and the end result being a house full of spotty and dotty ceramics and china - oh well.

Two tone in the home - Black 'n' white ceramics

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This collection also grew out of my love of the Diana Pottery and Australian Pottery of the 50s and 60s. Most of the bits and pieces I picked up or was drawn to were black'n'white spots. Then on a rainy long weekend in Daylesford many years ago I found a black and white 'stripe' salt and pepper shaker and that was all it took to expand out of dots and into black and white as another collecting stream.

Worldly things

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I love globes and maps. They don't have to be functional maps, it might be a moneybox or vintage blackboard map.

'Only for good' Vintage Apron Collection

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When I was a kid I had a hand-me-down Barbie (from my cousin) with the most beautiful 1950s wardrobe. Velvet gowns, full length gloves and tiny high heels, but it was the pink and white stripe apron that I most coveted. My Aunty also had a draw full of the most exquisite aprons. I was allowed to look at them and sometimes we would take them out and iron them but never, NEVER EVER were they to be used. I now know they are called hostess aprons because God knows you don't want the visitors seeing you in your skanky house apron. You have to get changed into the show apron just before they arrive! Alas I don't need to discard any dirty aprons when guests arrive but sometimes as a treat I do wear my aprons around the house. Over the years my collection has expanded to include any apron from the 1940-70 that takes my fancy. Its always about the fabric and its form.

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cakehelmit
Posted on 12 Mar 2009
Sure is - you said you had more goodies to load. Where are they?
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historygirl
Posted on 23 Mar 2009
Sorry livebird I'll get back on the job tomorrow. And you? when will be see more of your special german stuff i luv so much.
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humble collector
Posted on 26 Jul 2009
Hi historygirl- I have a great set of dianna ware that i will add to this site shortly- it lovely stuff isn't it
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historygirl
Posted on 31 Jul 2009
Yeah more Dianna stuff. I love it, and I know there are some awesome pieces out there, can't wait to see what you have.

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