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ca. 1860-70s, [hand tinted ambrotype portrait of a women with her nine-string bango]

via Yale University’s Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Randolph Linsly Simpson African-American collection

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original url http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/1205/

archived on 2009-04-27 16:52:23

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Diné woman on horseback, New Mexico Photographer: Ferenz Fedor Date: 1946 - 1952? Negative Number 101697

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[Aerial View of Crawfish Racing Track]

#my post #archive #photography #the portal to texas history #1970s #texas #i’m really obsessed with these crawfish racing photos

[Camel in a Car]

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[Man Holding and Kissing Crawfish]

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For LGBTQ+ History Month 2025, researcher Tim Jerrome shares how he's using rural archives to research same-sex relationships in the country

“Dear Mr Champion,

I have been waiting these several months hoping and still believing you would have written to me to tell me all particulars concerning your brother’s illness and death, for I have heard scarcely anything about it, considering the most intimate terms which you know always existed between us. I should have felt it kind if you had you done so, but I suppose you did not think about it. If he ever had a photo taken, I trust you will send me one as slight remembrance of one whom I shall ever remember among the chief of my kind friends and whose death I certainly have felt very much. If there are any private letters of mine to him I trust you have had them destroyed.

I know how hurt he would have been if his letters to me since I left England had been made public in the same way. I felt vexed to hear one of mine had been made the subject of peoples’ conversation when it should have been destroyed without anyone knowing anything about it. It was poor Mr Champion’s desire that I should tell him everything, how I was getting on and he even said that if I found I had made a mistake, he would assist me back again if I required it, and on the very day at Gravesend when he saw us off, he told me that if he ever gained any more capital he would let me have some at once.”

#was thinking about this again #i want to email the museum and ask for a transcript of the rest of the letter #bc he starts talking about business it seems and i want to know what business they did together #and i didnt see a way to leave a comment on the blog #reblog

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[Horse Ass 1982]

#anyone remember [Horse Ass 1982]

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original url http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/8931/

archived on 2009-04-27 12:34:27

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original url http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/1348/

archived on 2009-04-27 11:22:23

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Beaded coin pouch with dog design North America; Mexico, c. 1820-40. Glass beaded silk, 7.9 x 6 cm.

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Lion Statues from Syria, c.1782 BCE: these statues guarded the entrance to a temple in ancient Mari, and they were partially crushed when the city was destroyed by the Babylonians in 1759 BCE

Above: that's a fitting expression, though

These two statues are often referred to as the "Lions of Mari." They were discovered in the ruins of an ancient temple located near the border between modern-day Syria and Iraq, where the Mesopotamian city-state of Mari once stood. The temple was likely built in honor of a Semitic deity known as Dagan, who was regarded as the chief god of the Mariote pantheon.

Above: one of the lion statues from Mari

The statues were positioned around the entrance to the temple, which suggests that they served as "temple guardians."

According to this article:

The inlaying of the eyes, made of limestone and shale, accentuates the intensity of the animals' gaze; the two lions are shown with their mouths open, snarling or roaring. Their curled-back lips revealed teeth made of bone, of which some traces remain. Crouching in the shadows of the temple, they kept watch as visitors came and went.

Above: more photos of the same lion

The lions were crushed when the temple (along with the rest of Mari) was destroyed by Hammurabi's forces in 1759 BCE, causing their faces to become warped.

One of the statues is currently housed at the Louvre, while the other is housed at the National Museum of Aleppo in Syria.