Welcome to Cottonwood Springs, a fictional,
pre-1912 cosmology.
You have landed in the raw chronological
archive of field art.
To observe the physical labor, process, footnotes, and endnotes behind these intercepts, consult Examine the Evidence in the menu.
Source: Errata, The American Naturalist, 1883.
Source: Catalogue of Folding Chairs by Buckeye Chair Co., c. 1900.Carefully Seed Curiosity
Source: Carefully Grown Cured Tested Seeds by Frank Ford & Son, 1898.
Source: Catalogue of Folding Chairs by Buckeye Chair Co., c. 1900.Accused of Amending Dreams
Source: A List of Palimpsest Brasses in Great Britain by Mill Stephenson, 1903.
Image source: [Catalog of rug patterns] by E. Ross & Co., 1891.Studies in Design
Image source: A Description of the Roman Tessellated Pavement Found in Bucklersbury by John Edward Price, 1870.
Redesign of Dreams
Source: The Redesign of a Series of Concrete Material Washers by Richard Walter Leutwiler, 1911.
A Dreamer May Know Periodicity
Image source: The Beauty of the Heavens by Charles F. Blunt, 1842.
Source: Perchance to Dream by by Margaret Sutton Briscoe, 1893.
Source: Club Life by California Federation of Women's Clubs, 1902.
Source: Cycling! by William Norrie Robertson, 1894.Can Eye See
Sources: What Can I See? by New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company, 1894. The Eye by Angus Macmillan, 1864.
Source: The Psychology of Attention by Théodule Ribot, 1890.
Source: School Gardening for Little Children by Lucy R. Latter, 1906.The Fun in Your Labor
The fun in your labor
will make you realize the beauties delivered by dreaming
Source: Robert Evans & Co. Seed Catalogue, 1899.
Change of Ambition
Source: Change of Air, or, The Philosophy of Travelling by James Johnson, 1831.
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