Wet Plate Collodion

These images are inspired by The Girl’s Own Book* (published 1834) by Lydia Maria Child. “In this book, I found many entertaining activities that were taught to me as a child by the women who raised me. This work amalgamates themes of honoring history, familial nostalgia and how we educate and socialize children through toys, games and playtime.”

Tounge Twister, 4"X5"

Musical Chairs, 4"X5"

I-Spy, 4"X5"

House of Cards, 4"X5"

Blind Man's Buff, 4"X5"

*The Girl’s Own Book has been re-printed many times over and is evidence of generational passing on of information. The book characterizes nineteenth-century New England childhood and the society that supported it. Child was an activist, novelist and journalist and ranks as America's first published abolitionist writer.

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