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Rattlesnakes and Romance
THEY CALL HER SWEET MOJAVE RAIN BECAUSE, LIKE HER NAMESAKE, HER APPEARANCES ARE INFREQUENT AND ANNOUNCED ONLY BY DARK CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON.
(Source: i-moon-shine, via south-gothic)
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One day, I’ll own an engraved colt as breathtaking as this one. It was engraved by Leonard Francolini. You can find more of his work here. Every piece absolutely stunning.
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51![tuesday-johnson:
ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a pregnant women in a fine dress and curls]
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ca. 1850’s, [daguerreotype portrait of a pregnant women in a fine dress and curls]
Not a Civil War guy as per delusionalphychosis’s request, but this attractive soldier is Sarah Emma Edmonds, who disguised as a man, became a spy for the Union side. Ironically, she often went undercover as a woman (making her a woman disguised as a man disguised as a woman) in order to get behind enemy lines.
It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.
Frederick Douglass (via theladycheeky)
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Edward Steichen (American, born Luxembourg. 1879–1973)
Self-Portrait with Sister
1900
Platinum print
MoMA
(Source: centuriespast, via 1901-a-space-odyssey)
Stereoscopic views of a ruined San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and fire.
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Twin Sisters fire lookout observatory, Colorado National Forest, Larimer County, September 1917. Photo by W. I. Hutchinson.
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