PghCons
@pghcons.bsky.social
Book and paper conservator.
Libraries, Preservation, Archives.
Pittsburgh and Appalachia. 🏳️🌈🇵🇱🇺🇸
Libraries, Preservation, Archives.
Pittsburgh and Appalachia. 🏳️🌈🇵🇱🇺🇸
Jamestown, NY: some cool architecture downtown. These built as residential townhomes 1875.
#architecture
#appalachia
#architecture
#appalachia
March 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Jamestown, NY: some cool architecture downtown. These built as residential townhomes 1875.
#architecture
#appalachia
#architecture
#appalachia
Lake Erie, good to see you old friend.
March 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Lake Erie, good to see you old friend.
Springtime in Lawrenceville. This house built in 1864, sits on the old Foster homestead where American folk composer, Stephen Foster was born on July 4, 1826…
#Pittsburgh
#Architecture
#Pittsburgh
#Architecture
March 26, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Springtime in Lawrenceville. This house built in 1864, sits on the old Foster homestead where American folk composer, Stephen Foster was born on July 4, 1826…
#Pittsburgh
#Architecture
#Pittsburgh
#Architecture
March 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One thing I love about the city is the riverbanks. We still have strips of nature along our rivers you can easily escape to…
#Pittsburgh
#sunset
#Pittsburgh
#sunset
March 20, 2025 at 3:23 AM
One thing I love about the city is the riverbanks. We still have strips of nature along our rivers you can easily escape to…
#Pittsburgh
#sunset
#Pittsburgh
#sunset
Fixing books today… wanted to share these friendly endpapers from a book I’m repairing.
#endpapers
#bookrepair
#endpapers
#bookrepair
February 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Fixing books today… wanted to share these friendly endpapers from a book I’m repairing.
#endpapers
#bookrepair
#endpapers
#bookrepair
The outline of the city of Pittsburgh, peeking through the river fog. The Allegheny still has a good bit of ice…
#Pittsburgh
#river
#Pittsburgh
#river
January 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The outline of the city of Pittsburgh, peeking through the river fog. The Allegheny still has a good bit of ice…
#Pittsburgh
#river
#Pittsburgh
#river
January 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Frozen Allegheny River dahntahn…
and the ice is thick enough to support a random Christmas tree… 🌲
and the ice is thick enough to support a random Christmas tree… 🌲
January 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Frozen Allegheny River dahntahn…
and the ice is thick enough to support a random Christmas tree… 🌲
and the ice is thick enough to support a random Christmas tree… 🌲
-5° outside. Ice crystals up close are like feathers
January 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
-5° outside. Ice crystals up close are like feathers
January 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hi, nice to see you 👋
I post jobs and opportunities related to Conservation & Preservation in the #Appalachia region of the US…
I post jobs and opportunities related to Conservation & Preservation in the #Appalachia region of the US…
January 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hi, nice to see you 👋
I post jobs and opportunities related to Conservation & Preservation in the #Appalachia region of the US…
I post jobs and opportunities related to Conservation & Preservation in the #Appalachia region of the US…
Duquesne Light currently at 56,267 customers without power. Strong winds aht there. Yinz stay safe.
#wind
#Pittsburgh
#wind
#Pittsburgh
December 30, 2024 at 4:29 AM
Duquesne Light currently at 56,267 customers without power. Strong winds aht there. Yinz stay safe.
#wind
#Pittsburgh
#wind
#Pittsburgh
A view of #Pittsburgh from Coal Hill, Thomas Wood, 1874. Stereograph.
From the book “Pittsburgh Revealed: photographs since 1850.” published by Carnegie Museum, 1997.
From the book “Pittsburgh Revealed: photographs since 1850.” published by Carnegie Museum, 1997.
November 19, 2024 at 3:31 PM
A view of #Pittsburgh from Coal Hill, Thomas Wood, 1874. Stereograph.
From the book “Pittsburgh Revealed: photographs since 1850.” published by Carnegie Museum, 1997.
From the book “Pittsburgh Revealed: photographs since 1850.” published by Carnegie Museum, 1997.
December 6, 2023 at 2:33 AM
Milkweed fluff is angelic
November 15, 2023 at 12:53 AM
Milkweed fluff is angelic
A pumpkin with no lid? Whaaaaa…
I was this many years old when I learned you can carve a pumpkin by cutting off the bottom 😂
I was this many years old when I learned you can carve a pumpkin by cutting off the bottom 😂
November 1, 2023 at 3:42 PM
A pumpkin with no lid? Whaaaaa…
I was this many years old when I learned you can carve a pumpkin by cutting off the bottom 😂
I was this many years old when I learned you can carve a pumpkin by cutting off the bottom 😂
Fractur Painting in two colors, 1800. From the book Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, 1946.
#fractur
#hexsign
#folkart
#Pennsylvania
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#fractur
#hexsign
#folkart
#Pennsylvania
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October 30, 2023 at 9:06 PM
Fractur Painting in two colors, 1800. From the book Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, 1946.
#fractur
#hexsign
#folkart
#Pennsylvania
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#fractur
#hexsign
#folkart
#Pennsylvania
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Breastfeeding mermaids? 🤷🏻♀️
October 12, 2023 at 5:07 PM
Breastfeeding mermaids? 🤷🏻♀️
Images of folk art from the book:
Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, Lichten, 1946
#Pennsylvania
#FolkArt
#hexsigns
Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, Lichten, 1946
#Pennsylvania
#FolkArt
#hexsigns
October 12, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Images of folk art from the book:
Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, Lichten, 1946
#Pennsylvania
#FolkArt
#hexsigns
Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, Lichten, 1946
#Pennsylvania
#FolkArt
#hexsigns
What….
What is happening here?
#thingswefindinbooks
#folkart
(Image from Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, Lichten, 1946)
What is happening here?
#thingswefindinbooks
#folkart
(Image from Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, Lichten, 1946)
October 12, 2023 at 5:03 PM
What….
What is happening here?
#thingswefindinbooks
#folkart
(Image from Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, Lichten, 1946)
What is happening here?
#thingswefindinbooks
#folkart
(Image from Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, Lichten, 1946)
I also don’t know the name for this sewing stitch? It makes little “x” across the spine. Marbled paper covered boards. Sort-of a variation of the Ethiopian style chain stitch sewing. It lays open nicely.
#bookbinding
#coptic
#bookbinding
#coptic
September 2, 2023 at 7:26 PM
I also don’t know the name for this sewing stitch? It makes little “x” across the spine. Marbled paper covered boards. Sort-of a variation of the Ethiopian style chain stitch sewing. It lays open nicely.
#bookbinding
#coptic
#bookbinding
#coptic