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New Releases September 2010

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Parasols and Black Powderby Martin Grelle

The annual rendezvous, where trappers for the fur-trade companies, the free-trappers, and various Indian tribes would gather to exchange their year-long labor’s worth of furs for much-needed, and desired, goods from the east and from the south, was held on the Green River near present-day Pinedale, Wyoming, six times during the rendezvous period of 1825 to 1840. Many items were brought out from St. Louis, and also from Mexico, to be traded for beaver pelts and other furs, including blankets, many kinds of cloth, cotton shirts, kettles, dry goods, various iron items, standards such as lead & black powder, and, of course, whiskey.

“I did some research & discovered that parasols, or umbrellas, were greatly treasured by the Native American people, and did appear in the area by the latter years of the fur trade. The idea that parasols could be in this setting intrigued me, so I decided to show a typical situation at a rendezvous - an Indian trying out a flintlock trade gun near one of the many encampments on the Green River and Horse Creek, but with the additon of the colorful, delicate parasols. For me, it is a blending of extremes - the fanciful parasols in the midst of this rowdy annual event of the Rocky Mountain West.”

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Bright Bandby Nancy Glazier

Northern Socialby Kyle Sims

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The Japanese Kimonoby Evan Wilson

Buenos Dias San Miguelby George Hallmark

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