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Pressed flower, 1943

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Staff

A Thousand Words
By Jock Lauterer

I knew this day would come. Sooner or later Ken Moore’s column, “Flora,” was bound to intersect with mine. From my Great Aunt Myra Baldwin’s 1943 diary, I came across this pressed flower. The Hoosier weekly newspaper editor was visiting her brother – my granddad Charlie Rush, the UNC head librarian – and my grandmother Lionne, the WWII curator of the Rare Book Room, when she picked – and then pressed in her little pocket diary – this flower. Still lovely after all these years. So Ken, help us out here. What is it? I’m guessing Quaker lady.

A THOUSAND WORDS
Do you have an important old photo that you value? Email your photo to jock@email.unc.edu and include the story behind the picture. Because every picture tells a story. And its worth? A thousand words.
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