Thursday, January 27, 2011

The Rockwell Colorama 1957

(Original Size 1264 x 411)

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Closing a Summer Cottage, Quogue, New York, a 1957 Norman Rockwell art-directed Colorama by Ralph Amdursky and Charles Baker.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Queen Maria of Romania (1875-1938)

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Queen Maria of Romania (1875-1938)

Marie of Romania (Marie Alexandra Victoria, previously Princess Marie of Edinburgh; 29 October 1875–18 July 1938) 
was Queen consort of Romania from 1914 to 1927, as the wife of Ferdinand I of Romania.
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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Sarah Bernhardt

Gertrude Käsebier (1852-1934) : Zitkala-Sa

Zitkala-Sa was a beautiful Yankton Sioux woman of Native American & white mixed ancestry.  She was well educated and went on to become an accomplished author, musician, composer and later went on to work for the reform of Indian policies in the United States.
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Khalil Raad 1930

Khalil Raad (1854-1957) was a photographer, known as "Palestine's first Arab photographer."

Friday, January 7, 2011

OTMA : The daughters of Tsar Nicholas II

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OTMA was an acronym sometimes used by the four daughters of Russian emperor Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna as a group nickname for themselves, built from the first letter of each girl's name in the order of their births: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia. 

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