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29/08/2025

He was a dying man who lived harder than most dared. John Henry “Doc” Holliday—gambler, gunfighter, and friend of Wyatt Earp—carried death in his lungs but never surrendered to it. By his side burned Mary Katherine Horony, known as Big Nose Kate, a woman whose fire and loyalty matched his recklessness. Together, they became one of the West’s fiercest and most volatile pairs.
From Texas saloons to the fateful streets of Tombstone, their names collided with history. Holliday’s pistol spoke fast and true, nowhere louder than at the O.K. Corral, where he fought beside the Earps in a storm of gunfire. Kate, bold and unyielding, defended him fiercely yet clashed with him just as often, their bond bound by love, rage, and defiance. She nursed him through sickness, stood by him against the law, and remained the constant flame in his turbulent life.
But the frontier offered no gentle love. His illness deepened, their relationship broke and mended until death cut the bond forever. Holliday died in 1887, unarmed, staring at his bare feet with disbelief. Kate lived on into old age, retelling the story of the man she both loved and survived. And the question remains—was theirs a love forged against all odds, or two wild spirits destined never to rest in peace?

~ The Two Pennies

29/08/2025

Children of Ray Halstead playing around the well. An electric motor is arranged so that it pumps water and supplies power for the washing machine. He is a FSA (Farm Security Administration) rehabilitation borrower. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon. Photo by Russell Lee

29/08/2025

Photo: Laura Petty, Berry Picker, Rock Creek, Maryland, 1909
Department of Commerce and Labor, Children’s Bureau
Child Labor in Early 20th-Century America
This 1909 photograph captures six-year-old Laura Petty, employed as a berry picker on the Jenkins Farm in Rock Creek, Maryland. Like many children of her era, Laura was expected to contribute to the family’s income at an age when modern readers might imagine her at play or school. She and other children were paid only two cents for each box they filled, a wage that speaks volumes about both the value of their labor and the economic pressures families faced at the time.
The Reality of Work for Children
At the turn of the twentieth century, child labor was common across the United States. Young children could be found in textile mills, coal mines, glass factories, fields, and farms. Their small hands and nimble bodies often made them useful for tasks considered too delicate or tedious for adults. Yet the long hours, harsh conditions, and meager pay imposed severe costs—robbing many of their health, education, and childhood.
Reform and the Children’s Bureau
The Department of Commerce and Labor’s Children’s Bureau, which preserved this image, was established in 1912 as the first federal agency dedicated to the welfare of children. Its work, along with that of reformers and photographers such as Lewis Hine, helped bring national attention to the plight of working children. These efforts eventually led to landmark labor reforms, including restrictions on child labor and the establishment of compulsory education.
A Window into the Past
For today’s readers—particularly those who recall the stories of grandparents or great-grandparents who labored as children—Laura Petty’s image offers a poignant reminder of how far the nation has come in protecting its youngest citizens. At the same time, it underscores the sacrifices that families once made, and the resilience of children who carried responsibilities well beyond their years.

29/08/2025

Claiborne County, Tennessee, 1940s...
This one has me scratching my head a little bit. The UNT student who captioned this does a pretty good job with this one, though I'm not sure "zip line" is the correct term, but what do I know? It's an interesting set up for sure!
Caption
Photograph of a man using a zip line with a bucket attached to it. The man and two other people stand on the right side of the image behind the wooden frame that holds the zip line and they seem to evaluate how the zip line works. The frame stands in the center of the image with the bucket hanging on the line to the left of the it, a large bush is seen growing on the left side of the image. The camera looks upward at the scene.
Photo: Joe Clark HBSS - Clark Family Photo Collection - Special Collections Library - University of North Texas

29/08/2025

On a cold morning in 1857 in Dundee, Scotland, Williamina Paton Stevens Fleming was born. No one could have imagined that this girl, raised far from the world of science, would someday leave her mark among the stars.
At 14, she was already a teacher. At 20, she married and emigrated to America. But her husband abandoned her, leaving Williamina alone with a newborn son in a foreign country. To survive, she became a housekeeper for Edward Pickering, director of the Harvard College Observatory.
Legend has it that, frustrated with his assistants, Pickering declared: “My Scottish maid could do better!” And so she did. In 1881, she joined the observatory and quickly proved her brilliance.
Williamina became the first of the “Harvard Computers,” a group of women who analyzed the heavens through thousands of glass photographic plates. Patiently, tirelessly, she classified over 10,000 stars, discovered novae, nebulae, and variable stars, and played a leading role in creating the Harvard Classification System—still the basis of modern stellar astronomy.
Her achievements shattered barriers. In 1906, she became the first American woman named an honorary member of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Williamina Fleming’s journey reminds us that greatness often rises from the most unexpected places. She didn’t just count the stars—she gave them order, meaning, and left a shining path for women who dared to dream of the cosmos.

~Old Photo Club

29/08/2025

Swiss born Luftwaffe pilot Franz Baron von Werra with his lion cub "Simba". Von Werra was shot down over Britain and captured on 5 september, 1940. He was the only Luftwaffe prisoner of war to escape from Canadian custody and return to Germany. He returned to Germany in April , 1941.
On 25 october 1941, Von Werra took off for a practice flight. His aircraft suffered engine failure and crashed into the sea near Katwijk, the Netherlands. Von Werra's body was never found.

29/08/2025

In a sun-scorched mesa of Arizona during the 1930s Great Depression, 34-year-old Rosa "Desert" Montoya led her Yaqui-Apache family in thriving despite dust storms and poverty. They grew prickly pear cactus fruit and tepary beans in sandy plots, raised chickens for eggs and feathers, and wove baskets from yucca fibers for trade. Rosa crafted adobe ovens to bake flatbread, while her children collected mesquite pods for flour and herded goats for milk, selling cheese to passing traders. Facing land erosion and job scarcity, their desert wisdom sustained them. Rosa taught her daughter: “The sun burns, but our roots drink deep.”

29/08/2025

The Father’s Shoes — POLAND, 1944
A boy was separated from his father at the ramp. His father slipped off his worn shoes and pushed them toward him, whispering, “You’ll need these more than I will.”
The boy survived the camp wearing those shoes, though they were far too big. He later said, “They were heavy, but they carried me through.”

29/08/2025

On the forested outskirts of Barnesville, Ohio, amid the rural scarcity of the 1930s Great Depression, homemaker Margaret Smith orchestrated family survival by bartering sewing services for shotgun shells so neighbors could hunt rabbits, squirrels, and even raccoons, which she cleaned and cooked into stews supplemented with foraged wild greens like dandelions, polk, and watercress from nearby streams. With Victory gardens mandated but cash nonexistent, she baked Depression Cake from basic pantry staples without eggs or butter, brewed homemade root beer from sassafras roots, and turned kitchen scraps into compost for her plot of beans and potatoes, ensuring no waste in a time of factory shutdowns and breadlines that bypassed small towns. This meticulous foraging and trading kept her household nourished when others faltered. Margaret reflected: “Food was a serious item—plain and filling, but we made it stretch with what the land gave us.”

29/08/2025

Before Kris Kristofferson ever set foot on a Nashville stage, he had already lived enough for three lifetimes.
At Pomona College, he was a football star, a Golden Gloves boxer, and a standout student. A professor urged him to apply for a Rhodes Scholarship—he won, and at Oxford he discovered his passion for writing, both literature and song.
When he returned to the U.S., everyone assumed he’d pursue a career in academia. Instead, Kristofferson shocked them all: he enlisted in the Army, trained as a helicopter pilot, and rose to the rank of captain. He was even offered a teaching post at West Point—but turned it down. His heart was elsewhere.
He headed to Nashville, where he scraped by as a janitor and odd-job worker while writing songs no one seemed to hear. Until Johnny Cash recorded “Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down.” That one song changed everything, opening the door to one of the most unique careers in American music history.
Kris Kristofferson is still with us today, a living testament to how many different lives one man can live—and how courage sometimes means walking away from certainty to chase what you love.

~Old Photo Club

29/08/2025

This is a circa 1905 gathering at Round Hall, located between Holland and Bartlett, Texas. Holland is roughly 16 miles south of downtown Temple. I am almost positive this doesn't stand anymore. If you look at this up close you can see the band, which, given the ethnic dispersal in that area, MIGHT have played a polka or two. My guess is that this was on the day the hall opened, which was no doubt cause for celebration. Also, I looked pretty closely and I can see only one female in the photo, and wonder why.