DOTTED LINE / Elgin County Museum, St. Thomas ON, 2009 /Michael Baker, curator
Kirtley Jarvis, Artist-in-Residence and contributing artist
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1950 - PICNIC PRIZES The inventory of prizes for a school picnic which I embroidered is from the archives of the School Section #10 (Southwold) Country Club, dated September 20, 1950. I used with a back stitch (not my usual "couching" technique) which is found on many old signature quilts. Embroidered linen in a typewriter from the ECM collection (later exhibited in a laundry wringer - see exhibition photos above), 16"h x 6.25"w, 2009 / Collection: Elgin County Museum
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1936 - ALDBOROUGH BOYS CORN CLUB
 Photo from Aldborough: The Township with a Past
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1936 - ALDBOROUGH BOYS CORN CLUB
The Aldborough Boys' Corn Club was organized in 1932 for junior members of the Agricultural Society by F.S. Thomas, Agricultural Representative for Elgin County. There were also calf, grain and poultry clubs. Embroidered linen in a laundry mangle from the ECM collection, 16"h x 36"w, 2009 / Collection: Elgin County Museum |
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ANDERSON'S The front and back of fabric labels [see below] designed for Anderson's department store in St. Thomas were manipulated in Photoshop to form a traditional pieced quilt pattern. Pigmented inks printed on plastic paper, 36" w x 49"h, 2009
The signature of R.M Anderson from an ad printed on April 23, 1931 saluting the company's 35th Anniversary is incorporated into the pattern (fourth row from the bottom).
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TALBOT KIRKPATRICK STANDING IN FRONT OF HIS GARAGE
Talbot Kirkpatrick owned a gas station and a motel at the main intersection in New Glasgow. The embroidered hand-written text is the description written on the back of his photograph [above]. Embroidered linen in antique frame with convex glass, 11.5"h x 9.5"w x 1.5"d, 2009 |
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1929 - ST. THOMAS M.C.R. ROUND HOUSE A fragment of an insurance plan map that Charles E. Goad rented out to insurance agents in order to assess risk related to insuring specific properties. The Michigan Central Railway Round House was the largest and most complete of the three locomotive round houses in St. Thomas. Embroidered linen in antique frame with convex glass, 22.5"h x 16.5"w x 2"d, 2009 
Curator Mike Baker had a habit of reaching across and scribbling notes on my paperwork when we were in meetings. I've incorporated his note [see right] "Install Seniors Tea, May 13, 1:30" into the embroidery of the Michigan Central Railway insurance map. 
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1934 - BESS McDERMAND:
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The hand-written text is a montage of three hand-written farewell messages to Bess McDermand when she gave up her Department of Agriculture appointment after four years, at the time of her marriage.
Embroidered linen in antique frame with convex glass,
22.5"h x 16.5"w x 2"d, 2009
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WHO IS KEITH KELLY? Keith Kelly is the descendant of an original Talbot Settlement family and collector and recorder of the county's history. Elgin County names such as McKillop, Schneckenburger and Schleihauf can be found in the yellowing fragments of The Rodney Mercury and the West Lorne Sun newspapers c. 1950. The newspaper triangles form the pattern of a traditional quilt border superimposed on an image of a paper bag once used to deliver the newspaper. Pigmented inks printed on polyester banner material, 49"h x 35"w, 2009 |
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Photo above L: Railway car in the Elgin County Railway Museum yard
Photo above R: Metal Spanish Coca Cola signs which clad a farm building
Photo above R: Metal Spanish Coca Cola signs which clad a farm building
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