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CGP Grad Roddy Moore Shares

Secrets of Thunderbird Jewelry

Roddy Moore, a 1971 Cooperstown Graduate Program alumni, returned tonight to give the annual Bruce Buckley lecture on "Thunderbird Jewelry of the Santo Domingo Pueblo." The jewelry was also known as "Depression Jewelry" and was made from records, plastic and other salvage, then sold to tourists. Before he began studying it, no other studies had ever been done, and most antique stores hid it in the back. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
Roddy Moore, a 1971 Cooperstown Graduate Program graduate and director of the Blue Ridge Institute in Ferrum, W.Va., returned tonight to give the annual Bruce Buckley lecture on “Thunderbird Jewelry of the Santo Domingo Pueblo.” The jewelry was also known as “Depression Jewelry” and was made from records, plastic and other salvage, then sold to tourists at local trading posts and hotel gift shops. Before he began studying the jewelry, no other formal documentation had been done, and most antique stores hid it in the back. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

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