Beautiful Children
Each of the Anna Milo Upjohn drawings and watercolors that I have found in the prints and photographs of the Library of Congress are ones she created for the American Red Cross. All are dated between 1915 and 1920. My…
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Mamas and Their Children
In this illustration, Anna Milo Upjohn portrays a big sister helping with the care of a younger brother or sister. I like how Upjohn has drawn the baby so realistically with its tousled hair, pretty eyes, chubby fingers, and little…
Differences and Likenesses
Happy Saturday, Mamas! On recent Saturdays, I have shared art from Anna Milo Upjohn who lived from 1868 to 1951. I recently found a book by Upjohn and ordered it from a used book store. I was amused by the…
Counting . . .
I hope you are enjoying our Saturday art by Miss A. M. Upjohn of the Paris office of the American Red Cross. The date on this drawing is March 28, 1919. The title is “Remember to drink plenty of milk.”…
Sharing the Gift of Reading
When my friend Joyce was the wife and mother in a missionary family in Cameroon, she knew women who could not read. Joyce and I became friends in Oxford, Mississippi, where her husband served as our church’s preacher and my…
Imagination
I am grateful for the imaginative play we witnessed as our children were growing up and that I see today in our grandchildren. Last Saturday I shared a poster by Miss A. M. Upjohn who worked with the American Red…