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El Paso Museum of History - Week 4 - Deborah

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  Week 4 July 31st Something about directories is that there are three different ways to search something up. The easiest would be by the business name, then the owner's name, and finally the hardest one is by address. Since I had already gone through most of these books and still couldn’t find the business by name, I had to do the hardest method and go by. I had to call in the pro,  Michael. Shoutout Michael!!!! He showed me how to search them up by address which is normally at the very end of the directory and for this method your map would be beneficial. After Michael taught me exactly how to do it, I got locked in and started doing my research that at first, made me frustrated because my progress was stunted for a while. However, I didn’t give up, I knew I needed to get this job finished so I continued looking. In the end, I thankfully found some businesses using this method and could not have been happier.  Finding a Business by Address Finding a Business by Name Aug...

El Paso Museum of History - Week #3 - Deborah

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Week 3 July 19th Today was a much more interactive day. Javee asked me as a favor if I could pick up the interactive workshop papers from an exhibit that the kids camp were going to see and also use. I cleaning up the interactive activity in one of the workshops for the desert couture which is an exhibit on El Paso’s fashion scene since the early 1800’s. As I was cleaning up I saw the artwork of the children and I was shocked by their fashion vision and on top of that how good they draw. I was never really good at drawing and seeing these pieces just makes me think   about how art in the future is safe. This exhibit is very eye-catching because personally I love clothes and shopping and there were items that I would consider wearing. The Kids Camp is called “Kicks Camp '' inspired by two exhibits where history of sneakers come from Black culture and style from Desert Couture. ​​Another part of the camp was having guests over to talk about what it’s like to be a black streetwear...