Lydia Blanchard
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Many residents of Natchitoches have connections to Lydia's scrapbook. You may browse the entire book here, and we encourage your comments and personal stories, particularly if you recognize any of the people in these pictures.


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I have been told that Lydia was a wonderful artist, and the fashion drawings on these pages (and the next two also) attest to her ability. She combined cutouts and silhouetted figures from magazines with her own sketches, here, organized around the four seasons.

—Jessica Helfand, August 13, 2007 10:14 AM




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This scrapbook is the property of Jessica Helfand, who is writing a history of the American Scrapbook to be published by Yale University Press in 2008. You can reach her by email, or visit the Winterhouse Studio website.