EP 12 - Markers • Marginalia • Mother Goose

Object Obscura

In this episode I have an early 1900s pencil box with a drawing of Mother Goose on the top. We discuss the deep history behind this box and the multilayered stories of different school children who owned similar boxes. Thank you to Debbie Schaefer-Jacobs from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Theme song for Object Obscura is ‘Behind the Walls’ by Nathanie Thanks to Epidemic Sound and Anchor.fm for most of the music, SFX and distribution. Music in order of appearance: A Mathematical Genius by David Celeste, Behind the Walls by Nathanie, Firefly Trail by Trevor Kowalski, Puzzle of Complexity by Jo Wandrini, Unknowing by John Barzetti, Diaphanous Dreamcoats by Silver Maple, You’re Here by Plain Strolls, Salvation Is Coming by Eoin Mantell, At the Break of Dawn by Jakob Ahlbom, Rain Ga’zing by Red Dictionary, the First Law of Motion by Johannes Bornlof and All That’s Left to Say by David Celeste. SFX and Archival credits: “The Wilson Dam School - 1942” by the American Film Center for Alabama State Dept. of Education. From Prelinger Archive. All pictures of this episode’s object are on Facebook @objectobscurapodcast, Instagram @object.obscura and Twitter @objectobscura. Go to our website as well object-obscura.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thatcher2/message