Dr. Quincy Adams Wagstaff
@notgrouchomarx.bsky.social
Jersey-born, California-workin’, heart in the Plains and Mountain West. Son, brother, nephew, uncle. A deep affection for Great Plains small towns and architecture. Passable professor, pedestrian scholar, decent friend.
Federal Youth Administration building on the Runnels County courthouse square.
October 29, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Federal Youth Administration building on the Runnels County courthouse square.
Board shots from my Business History class today. The one on the right is an attempt to illustrate discounting and rediscounting.
October 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Board shots from my Business History class today. The one on the right is an attempt to illustrate discounting and rediscounting.
Ballinger, Texas
October 28, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Ballinger, Texas
Crawford, Nebraska USPO.
October 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Crawford, Nebraska USPO.
“You are in Britton” South Dakota.
July 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“You are in Britton” South Dakota.
“Starvin’” when you saunter through Stanton, Nebraska? Try the Wolf’s Den on Main Street. Expect big portions and sassy staff! Old school bar and restaurant worth the visit.
May 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“Starvin’” when you saunter through Stanton, Nebraska? Try the Wolf’s Den on Main Street. Expect big portions and sassy staff! Old school bar and restaurant worth the visit.
May 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
After 25 years of loyal service I retired “Briefcase Full of Blues” Mk I. Welcome to Mk. II - may she continue the tradition of helping me know when not to play ( the true talent of harp players ).
May 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
After 25 years of loyal service I retired “Briefcase Full of Blues” Mk I. Welcome to Mk. II - may she continue the tradition of helping me know when not to play ( the true talent of harp players ).
“One hat(s), one burro.”
#hatsseries #installation #installationart #installation_art #installationartist #oneburro #onehat #onehatoneburro
#hatsseries #installation #installationart #installation_art #installationartist #oneburro #onehat #onehatoneburro
April 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
“One hat(s), one burro.”
#hatsseries #installation #installationart #installation_art #installationartist #oneburro #onehat #onehatoneburro
#hatsseries #installation #installationart #installation_art #installationartist #oneburro #onehat #onehatoneburro
Submission no. 2 of the installation “…hat(s)…” entitled “Two hat(s) and tresses.”
#installationart #twohats #blackandwhitephotography #stetson #installation #installationartist #twohats #twohatsandtresses
#installationart #twohats #blackandwhitephotography #stetson #installation #installationartist #twohats #twohatsandtresses
April 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Submission no. 2 of the installation “…hat(s)…” entitled “Two hat(s) and tresses.”
#installationart #twohats #blackandwhitephotography #stetson #installation #installationartist #twohats #twohatsandtresses
#installationart #twohats #blackandwhitephotography #stetson #installation #installationartist #twohats #twohatsandtresses
With the critical failure of my unpromising series “Three Birds on a Wire,” I’ve moved on to an installation series entitled “…hat(s)….”
Here is no. 1: “Two hat(s), no coat.”
#installation #installationart #installationartist #twohats #twohatsnocoat #notgrouchomarx
Here is no. 1: “Two hat(s), no coat.”
#installation #installationart #installationartist #twohats #twohatsnocoat #notgrouchomarx
April 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
With the critical failure of my unpromising series “Three Birds on a Wire,” I’ve moved on to an installation series entitled “…hat(s)….”
Here is no. 1: “Two hat(s), no coat.”
#installation #installationart #installationartist #twohats #twohatsnocoat #notgrouchomarx
Here is no. 1: “Two hat(s), no coat.”
#installation #installationart #installationartist #twohats #twohatsnocoat #notgrouchomarx
A long time ago I was in a band that played out quite a bit and mostly originals. A friend of the band made most of our posters and I just framed two of my favorites:
March 31, 2025 at 12:15 AM
A long time ago I was in a band that played out quite a bit and mostly originals. A friend of the band made most of our posters and I just framed two of my favorites:
An early morning Saturday attempt at being “arty.”
March 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
An early morning Saturday attempt at being “arty.”
New Jersey detail from a 1935 US Army Corp of Engineers’ map of railroad and coal market regions.
March 20, 2025 at 12:48 AM
New Jersey detail from a 1935 US Army Corp of Engineers’ map of railroad and coal market regions.
Eastlake Pew 115.
March 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Eastlake Pew 115.
Today’s rediscovered vinyl is the excellent “The Texas Instruments” by the eponymous band. If you are not familiar you should be. 1980s country punk that reference Ed Meese and positive glue sniffing in the liner notes.
March 7, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Today’s rediscovered vinyl is the excellent “The Texas Instruments” by the eponymous band. If you are not familiar you should be. 1980s country punk that reference Ed Meese and positive glue sniffing in the liner notes.
A “Dope-ass Eagle” the hashtag taken from IG and attributed to a colleague. Humboldt County Courthouse in Dakota City, Iowa.
February 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A “Dope-ass Eagle” the hashtag taken from IG and attributed to a colleague. Humboldt County Courthouse in Dakota City, Iowa.
Sentinel and marker.
February 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Sentinel and marker.
Pure bonkers: the Manahay Memorial Carrillon in Jefferson, Iowa. Completed in 1966 after a $350,000 be guest from the estate of local eccentric Floyd Manahay.
January 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Pure bonkers: the Manahay Memorial Carrillon in Jefferson, Iowa. Completed in 1966 after a $350,000 be guest from the estate of local eccentric Floyd Manahay.
Have an interest in tensions between the communal interest of trade organizations and the sovereignty of individual members? The late progressive era? Private versus public regulation under anti-trust legislation? See Railroad History no. 229!
January 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Have an interest in tensions between the communal interest of trade organizations and the sovereignty of individual members? The late progressive era? Private versus public regulation under anti-trust legislation? See Railroad History no. 229!
Happy New Year to everyone in big cities and small towns and everywhere In between.
January 1, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Happy New Year to everyone in big cities and small towns and everywhere In between.
When corporate baron philanthropy and women’s activism combined: Mount Ayr, Iowa Public Library:
December 22, 2024 at 8:51 PM
When corporate baron philanthropy and women’s activism combined: Mount Ayr, Iowa Public Library:
My current research project is on Great Plans state-chartered banks in the late National Bank era. This also allows me to indulge in an avocational interest in letterhead and stock certificate artistry. To whit for the Gladstone [N.D] State Bank:
December 17, 2024 at 1:45 PM
My current research project is on Great Plans state-chartered banks in the late National Bank era. This also allows me to indulge in an avocational interest in letterhead and stock certificate artistry. To whit for the Gladstone [N.D] State Bank: