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The apron chronicles: each of her treasured aprons tells a story, says this avid collector.(Real lives)
Vintage aprons look like the latest trendy collectible. More than a dozen Web sites offer them, and one day last March, eBay was moving some 300. "You used to pick up these aprons five for a dollar at Goodwill," says EllynAnne Geisel, a homemaker from Pueblo, Colorado. "Good luck finding them now!"
EllynAnne should know. She's been collecting aprons for the last five years, starting with a yellow and blue number she bought when she was writing about vintage clothing. Now she has more than 200. "Like a little boy with his miniature cars, I can't have too many," she says with a laugh. Plain or frilly, dainty or industrial, starchy white or spattered, every apron ...
- Homespun JOY: Puebloan finds fame attached to apron strings.
- Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado) July 18, 2006 700+ words
...Geisel's traveling exhibit, "Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections...The exhibit pairs photos by Kristina Loggia with text by Geisel and apron...affiliate, now manages the "Apron Chronicles" exhibit. Geisel says she...
- Box office Le Gros. (interview with actor James Le Gros) (Interview)
- Magazine article from: Interview Rogers, Ray March 1, 1995 700+ words
...We met at his in-laws' sprawling house in East Hampton, Long Island, where he was staying with his wife, actress Kristina Loggia, their two-year-old son, Noah, and their dog, Bear. I got into LeGros's spare swimsuit, and we swam in the kidney...
- Twin Cities' James LeGros takes on `Macbeth&apos.(VARIETY)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Daly, Sean April 20, 2002 700+ words
...the past." In fact, it was announced this week that this is the show's last season. LeGros, married for 10 years to Kristina Loggia and the father of two young children, knows the rent must get paid - so he has not ruled out a return to series television...
- Apron maven Geisel makes news on morning show, NPR.
- Newspaper article from: Pueblo Chieftain (Pueblo, Colorado) November 10, 2006 700+ words
...in mid-October. It follows her "Apron Chronicles" exhibit that's been shown at art...broadcast. EllynAnne Geisel's 'Apron Chronicles' is a natural fit for the show...Greensboro, N.C., where the "Apron Chronicles" exhibit was opening, and the radio...
- Exhibit covers aprons.(CITIZEN JOURNALISM: DISTRICT)
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) November 4, 2009 700+ words
...Mrs. Geisel, an author, also is curator of the exhibit Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections, a project managed...Florence Ashford, 92. Her portrait (above) is part of Apron Chronicles, a traveling exhibit from the Women's Museum of Dallas...
- Every apron tells a story.(aprons)
- Magazine article from: Country Living June 1, 2005 700+ words
"Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections" showcases 200 vintage aprons along with engaging memories and photographs of the contributors...
- Apron Memories.(Colorado Cool Stuff)
- Magazine article from: ColoradoBiz Peterson, Eric April 1, 2005 700+ words
...kids left the nest in 1999, homemaker Ellyn Anne Geisel decided to do "something different." Her project started as Apron Chronicles, a traveling museum exhibit about the history of "the icon of the homemaker," she said. It has since evolved into...
- Apron strings of memories: Author's nostalgia sparks a book, line of aprons.
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) October 25, 2006 700+ words
...includes many of those stories, plus apron history and patterns for making your own. She celebrates apron wearers in "Apron Chronicles: A Patchwork of American Recollections," a traveling exhibit managed by The Women's Museum of Dallas, a Smithsonian...
