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connie douglas reeves. original cowgirl. born eagle pass, texas 1901. died 2003 at 101 years old having been thrown from her horse.
"I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love." Chief Red Cloud
Standing Holy was born to Sitting Bull's fifth wife, her name was Seen by Her Nation. She was the sister of Grey Eagle. Standing Holy was born 1878 and died in 1920. She was married twice. Firstly to Urban Spotted Horse then in 1915 married John Black Wolf. I added the text and border because of the condition of the original but the original was the best photo of her I've found so far.
artist/bohemian Beatrice Wood. Interesting biography, her most productive years were from age 80 until her death at 105.
So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls. Why doesn’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.’ Harriet Beecher Stowe
Bob Dylan, 2006: Apple iPod ad to launch Dylan's 'Modern Times' #Bob_Dylan #Apple #iPod #Modern_Times
Old fisherman along the Li River, outside Xingping, China. Early in the am and then later in the day as night approached these fishermen go out on bamboo rafts with their trusted fishing partners (cormorants) and fill their baskets with fish from the clear and shallow waters of the Li River. Just loved his face and could not resist the shot..
it takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. -e.e. cummings
Cheyenne Indians, one of the most westerly tribes of the Algonquian nation. They were seated on the Cheyenne, a branch of the Red River of the North. Driven by the Sioux, they retreated beyond the Missouri. Near the close of the eighteenth century they were driven to or near the Black Hills (now in the Dakotas and Wyoming), where Lewis and Clarke found them in 1804, when they possessed horses and made plundering raids as far as New Mexico.
Henri Cartier Bresson is known as the father of photojournalism. look at the pride in his face that momma trusted him to go get the wine for the party or festival!
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Henri Cartier Bresson is known as the father of photojournalism. this is scary/ look at all the faces! the lady in the black sweater and white color looks almost giddy...is she the informant happy to present her find?
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Man Ray how haughty the women of the 20s and 30s could look...you see it in the old b/w pictures of the period as well.
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Elizabeth Taylor...a beautiful lady with a caring heart. a marvelous actress, and as one of her husbands said, 'such dame!"
Charles Lewis Tiffany (February 15, 1812 – February 18, 1902) founded Tiffany & Co. in New York City in 1837. A leader in the American jewelry trade in the nineteenth century, he was known for his jewelry expertise, created the country's first retail catalog, and, in 1851, he introduced the English standard of sterling silver. His son, Louis Comfort Tiffany, was a decorative glass and lamp designer famous for his stained glass windows and art glass
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Incredibly beautiful capture of a frozen statue. by photographer Miika Järvinen
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