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Here's a racist women's college quilt from the '20s

For $850, it can be yours. Plus, mind-blowing graphic design from a '20s yearbook.

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Leonora Epstein
Apr 27, 2023
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I spend a lot of time searching eBay and Etsy for relics and antiquities relating to my alma mater, Smith College. It’s not so much that I’m one of those people who make their college their entire identity, but there’s something about Smith’s past that captures the idea of a sort of historical it-girl, and I can’t let it go. It’s Sylvia Plath gently bar…

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