All I’m Saying, Myrtle, Is I Wouldn’t Go Out In My 4 Million Dollar Ring After Posting It On Instagram

Family of Man by Edward Steichen
Family of Man by Edward Steichen

Old-School Outdoorsy

Beaver Canyon 1905
Beaver Canyon 1905
Camp Gardiner 1894
Camp Gardiner 1894
4th of Julyish
4th of Julyish
Colorado before you were born
Colorado before you were born

*All images taken from Women of the West by Luchetti & Olwell.

Never Mess With A Hoopa Woman

Women of the West by Luchetti & Olwell
Women of the West by Luchetti & Olwell

Happy new mama and gruff bodyguard at the Hoopa Indian Reservation in 1896.

For more information on Hoopa peeps, visit https://www.hoopa-nsn.gov/, whose site states: “Serving the people since time immemorial.” That’s a long time.

War Is Over–Now What?

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Time Life: The Good Old Days 40s-50s

The lucky servicemen who returned home from WWII not in a box often brought home nicotine addictions, PTSD, and not a clue as to where to go from here. Within a year of the end of WWII, six million GIs had drawn an average of two months’ unemployment benefits, calling themselves members of the 52-20 Club, so named for the unemployment pay of $20 for 52 weeks granted discharged servicemen. Rather than quickly return to work, some men (like those in this Long Island soda shop) spent some downtime reading the paper, sipping malts, taking a drag, and sometimes–reassessing.

Children Are A Gift

by Eric Schwab, UN, India
by Eric Schwab, UN, India

Children are a gift from the Lord;
    they are a reward from Him.
Children born to a young man
    are like arrows in a warrior’s hands.
How joyful is the man whose quiver is full of them!

Psalm 127:3-5