“Aprons don’t hold us back, they take us back,” says EllynAnne Geisel. “As women, we wouldn’t be who we are without them, and we celebrate them by bringing them back in the sweetest way possible.” ...

Apron Strings: Ties to the Past, a new art exhibit in Irving, explores the changing roles of women and attitudes about domestic work from the early 1900s to present. Irving Archives and Museum A new ...

For me, and perhaps most of us, aprons are a utilitarian item that keeps our clothes clean while we cook or work. For some, aprons conjure nostalgic visions of our grandmother canning and the ...

Carolyn Terry pulled out an old scrapbook of photos from a bookshelf near the back of the Apron Museum in Iuka, Mississippi. She flipped through a few pages before landing on a black-and-white photo ...

CRETE Betty Kemper pulls one apron after another from a plastic bag. The first is a delicate pink and gray one that had belonged to her aunt; the next one has lots of pockets, just like Kemper likes.

In the years leading up to her youngest son’s graduation from high school and departure for college in 1999, Puebloan EllynAnne Geisel spent a lot of time thinking about what would come next. After 24 ...

When Carolyn Terry, 74, and her husband Henry Terry, 73, moved back to Ms. Terry’s native Iuka in 1995, they purchased a block of buildings, one of which became the Apron Museum. “There was a need for ...

Aprons and sawing logs plus dedicating a historic building will be the featured Sunday at the Pembina County Historical Museum five and a half miles west of Cavalier, N.D. Sunday's events will begin ...

A collection of aprons that is touring the country has made a stop in League City. Collected by independent curator Joyce Cheney of St. Louis, the 65 aprons from the 20th century began touring the ...

“Apron Strings” will be the theme of a special display at the Wagoner City Historical Museum, 122 S. Main St., during the month of July. The apron, while simple in style, was quite practical – it ...