Mothers Day and Sunday at the Museum

*Golden Eye Candy – Robert Saieg – Tulips in Parfet Park – click to enlarge*

*I failed to credit yesterday’s Eye Candy: the photo was taken by Jen Rutter!*

COVID Updates

% of Jeffco residents (16+) who have received either one or both shots–source

Everyone 16 OR OLDER is eligible to get the vaccine.

Appointments to Get the COVID Vaccine
DICK’S SPORTING GOODS PARK AND THE BALL ARENA BOTH HAVE DRIVE-THROUGH/WALK-UP CLINICS WITH NO APPOINTMENTS NEEDED. Learn more…. See other upcoming walk-up clinics…. State of Colorado’s Find Out Where You Can Get Vaccinated page | Lutheran Medical Center | JCPH Clinic in Arvada (70+ only) | www.vaccinespotter.org/CO/ Jefferson County Public Health’s COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000 | State Hotline to answer questions, including location of vaccine providers: 1-877-268-2926. It is staffed 24 hours a day

Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing

Virtual Events

Real World Events

10AM Wild West Walking Tour

2PM Sunday at the (Quilt) Museum – Windows into the Soul of Animals
Barbara Yates Beasley, known for her amazing animal applique shares her story. Currently on display at RMQM and featured in SAQA Art Quilt Quarterly. Click here for Zoom link

MOTHERS DAY DINING:
ABEJAS – Reservations
BRIDGEWATER GRILL @ the Golden Hotel – Menu
BRUNCH AT THE ROSE
SCHNEPF’S RESTAURANT – Menu
TABLE MOUNTAIN INN GRILL & CANTINA – Menu and Reservations

LIVE MUSIC:
12PM Shawn Eckels at Golden Mill
3PM Outliers at Wrigley’s
5PM Austin Williams & The Storytellers at Golden Mill
8PM Karaoke Contest at Ace Hi Tavern

Golden History Moment

According to History.com, “The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar.” Clearly, she failed.

I spent yesterday tracing the history of Mothers Day-related advertising in the Colorado Transcript. For the first several years of the holiday’s existence, it was mentioned as a news item, reminding readers to honor their mothers on this newly-minted day. The first commercial reference that I found was a 1922 advertisement by Robinson’s Book Store, encouraging people to buy Mothers Day cards.

*Commercial depictions of “Mother,” 1929-1947 – Colorado Transcript – click to enlarge*

After that, Mothers Day slowly gained traction amongst Golden’s merchants. It began with cards and then expanded into candy, then jewelry, then flowers. The telephone company always thought phoning Mother was a good idea.

By the 1950s, any “female” gift was in play, including clothing, perfume, and labor saving appliances. The online Transcripts stop in 1977. At that time, Mothers Day had not yet become the big dining-out extravaganza that it is today.

*Younger, Post-War Mothers – click to enlarge*

One thing that struck me was the way the mothers depicted in the ads become younger and more glamorous. The generic mothers shown in the 1920s-1940s were distinctly matronly…grandmother age. The moms shown in the 1950s-1970s got younger and younger.

I have a theory about that: I think once merchants discovered that Mothers Day was an opportunity to sell gifts, they expanded the market to include young mothers as well as older ones. That way, it wasn’t just adults honoring their elderly mothers–husbands and children were drawn into the pool of consumers as well.

Happy Mothers Day!

The Golden Transcript (originally called the Colorado Transcript) has been publishing since 1866. The Golden History Museum has been working on digitizing the historic issues. You’ll find old Transcripts online at coloradohistoricnewspapers.org