
Daily Diversion #461: Remington Rand Typewriter


DAY 51:

DAY 12:

I anticipate spending a considerable amount of time with this lovely lady over the next 5-ish years. She’s the subject of my biggest project yet: a biography. Wish me luck!


Gellhorn
Today’s cuppa: Earl Grey.

Illustration from “Radiation and Decoration,” a catalogue from the American Radiator Company (1905).

Self-Portrait with Silver Background by Helene Schjerfbeck (1915). Turku Art Museum.
A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale for Collier’s Magazine, 1909:

A Cup of Tea by Lilian Westcott Hale, 1909.
I wish I could spend today drinking tea and reading books about awesome women. Alas!
It is from 1914, when she was on the cusp of every possibility:

Edna St. Vincent Millay by Arnold Genthe, 1914
The talented, beautiful, and well-connected artist Vanessa Bell was born on 30 May 1879.

Photo of Vanessa Bell by GC Beresford, 1902