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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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
original url http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/1205/
archived on 2009-04-27 16:52:23
Diné woman on horseback, New Mexico Photographer: Ferenz Fedor Date: 1946 - 1952? Negative Number 101697
[Aerial View of Crawfish Racing Track]
[Camel in a Car]
[Man Holding and Kissing Crawfish]
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.”
[Horse Ass 1982]
original url http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stage/8931/
archived on 2009-04-27 12:34:27
original url http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/1348/
archived on 2009-04-27 11:22:23
Beaded coin pouch with dog design North America; Mexico, c. 1820-40. Glass beaded silk, 7.9 x 6 cm.
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.
Above: the lion displayed at the National Museum of Aleppo
Sources & More Info:
The Louvre: Lion of Mari
The Louvre: Statue of a Lion
The National Archaeological Museum of France: Lion Protome
Virtual Museum of Syria: Twin Lions
Beaux Arts: Mari, an Ancient Forgotten Metropolis
The National Archaeological Museum of France: Detailed Information about Ancient Mari
A walk in the snow. Photo by Igor Gnevashev (1968).
Earthenware stamp, Mexica (Aztec), circa 1200-1550
from The San Antonio Museum of Art
Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA — water features dyed green in celebration of the launch of the Xbox 360 2005-11-21
the golden gate bridge by sevilla brace shuey, american, july 1954.
[Down With the USA Mural in Tehran]