Timothy John, aka @everyrecordever

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I like words. I do puzzles. I like cats. Every kind of cat. Also, records.

Dolly Parton logged a combined total of 115 years of union membership. Throughout her working life, the “9 to 5” singer/songwriter carried the union cards of two major unions: The American Federation of Musicians Local 257 in Nashville — for 58 years. SAG-AFTRA — for 57 years. HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Opinion | Celebrate Dolly Parton's working-class solidarity

John Nichols: She carried two union cards, sang Woody Guthrie songs and mocked the bosses in "9 to 5."

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Protest that endures, I think, is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one's own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence. Wendell Berry, What Are People For?

Andy Warhol in the 1950 census - in NYC for less than a year, already changed his name, sharing a place with 4 other young men. Addresses can be difficult to decipher but I think it's 74-76 103rd St., basement flat.

Scan of a portion of a census page showing five names with their ages and places of birth.