Penny Richards' photos with the keyword: historical

Thrifted orange purse, upcycled with paint, paper collage, ink, modpodge. Features images from the suffrage movement. On this side, suffrage marchers in Washington DC, 1913, image from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons.

Thrifted orange purse, upcycled with paint, paper collage, ink, modpodge. Features images from the suffrage movement. On this side, two suffrage posters from the 1910s.

Thrifted dark purse, upcycled with paint, paper collage, ink, modpodge. Features images of women swimmers from the 1910s. Images shown here are Annette Kellerman, Mina Wylie, Elsie Sutton, Edna Cole, and Martha Hagstadt.

Thrifted dark purse, upcycled with paint, paper collage, ink, modpodge. Features images of women swimmers from the 1910s. Image shown here is Claire Galligan, from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons. www.ishof.org/Honorees/70/70cgalligan.html

Thrifted dark purse, upcycled with paint, paper collage, ink, modpodge. Features an image of suffragists including Elisabeth Freeman (1876-1942), who also did an anti-lynching investigation for the NAACP, in 1916.

Thrifted dark purse, upcycled with paint, paper collage, ink, modpodge. Features an image of suffragists including Elisabeth Freeman (1876-1942), who also did an anti-lynching investigation for the NAACP, in 1916. Image shown here is from the Library of Congress uploads to Flickr Commons.

Postcards made from recycled cardboard from cereal boxes, paint, paper collage, sharpies, inks, modpodge. Image of geographer Hilda Ormsby from the Flickr Commons uploads of the London School of Economics (see below); image of model Evelyn Nesbit from the Flickr Commons uploads of the Library of Congress (see below).

Postcards made from recycled cardboard from cereal boxes, paint, paper collage, sharpies, inks, modpodge. Images of feminists Maud Younger (1870-1936) and Katharine Dexter McCormick (1875-1967) from the Flickr Commons uploads from the Library of Congress (see below).

Thrifted "Melbourne Bags" vintage purse, upcycled with gesso, paint, paper collage, modpodge, sharpies, and inks. Image of Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg and Birdie Gans (both child development experts from the early 20c.) from the Smithsonian uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

Thrifted "Melbourne Bags" vintage purse, upcycled with gesso, paint, paper collage, modpodge, sharpies, and inks. Image of Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg and Birdie Gans (both child development experts from the early 20c.) from the Smithsonian uploads to Flickr Commons (see below).

I made this for an auction to raise money for the local school arts program. Image of "Miss Pettit" is from the Australian National Maritime Museum, on Flickr Commons.

I did this yesterday, as a publicity demo for a chalk-art fundraiser for the local school arts program. It's 5.5 feet x 4 feet.