The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[Michael A]

All the photos I just posted from the gold rush, and about a 100 more, are in this book.
https://rvb-books.com/book.php?id_book=176

I think I'll see if my library can get a copy.

Michael

 

[2jakes]

All the photos I just posted from the gold rush, and about a 100 more, are in this book.
https://rvb-books.com/book.php?id_book=176

I think I'll see if my library can get a copy.

Michael

"I'm digging all the photos...thanks!"

 

[2jakes]

Pennsylvania Tuxedo

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[2jakes]

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Those eyes reminds me of "post~mortem" photography which was in vogue at the turn of the century and earlier.

 

[Desert dog]

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This photo makes me want to try an open crown!

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[2jakes]

Sitting Bull's open crown with a Monarch butterfly around the hat band area.

To Native Americans, the butterfly is a symbol of change, joy and color. The exquisite butterfly was considered a miracle of transformation and resurrection.

 

[2jakes]

Howdy ya'll

Something's missing !

 

[2jakes]

Frederick Fleet, 1912. The man who first sighted the iceberg that hit Titanic.

 

[2jakes]

Neil Armstrong training for Apollo mission.

 

[2jakes]

"William Poole (the basis for the character “William Cutting” in the movie "Gangs of New York") was a member of the New York branch of that organization (which was often called the "Know Nothing" Party). He was also the head of his own West Side gang."

 

[2jakes]

Knickerbockers & argyles!

Walt Disney with his crew of artists. 1930s

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The hat needs some work but a great stache!

 

[2jakes]

The hat needs some work but a great stache!

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Dude looks like Z Z Top!

 

[Michael R.]

 

[Bamaboots]

Dude looks like Z Z Top!
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More like Hank Jr. if he had such a moustache.

 

[BobHufford]

Tom Mix's driver gets caught speeding...

 

[2jakes]

Next time I'll drive my horse!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[BobHufford]

Diné (Navajo) voters registering in 1948. Native voting was barred in several states until the Voting Rights Act.