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sarge43

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10. Stunning, elegant and intense

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Tue Mar 10, 2015, 10:21 AM

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Young, Black and Victorian: Wonderful photographs of Victorian women of color [View all] Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 OP

Sharp looking ladies! Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2015 #1

yes, indeed Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #7

LOVE this one: Number23 Mar 2015 #2

Sass and 'tude. sheshe2 Mar 2015 #3

Ha! You know it! Number23 Mar 2015 #8

Selika Lazevski Beartracks Mar 2015 #23

Thanks for that link! Number23 Mar 2015 #24

a horse woman, no doubt. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #5

Stunning, elegant and intense sarge43 Mar 2015 #10

The gown in the middle was a very expensive dress procon Mar 2015 #4

yes, some talented seamstress work showing there. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #6

A lot of amazing detail (and work) in that dress. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2015 #9

Wow! Love your knowledge of the work that went into making that dress Number23 Mar 2015 #12

Thanks! procon Mar 2015 #13

I'm loving your contribution too! BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #15

K&R Solly Mack Mar 2015 #11

These women and their clothes are stunning. Rozlee Mar 2015 #14

Black women have NEVER given up on hats. Especially not Southern sisters Number23 Mar 2015 #16

That's true enough. Rozlee Mar 2015 #18

I think you should rock your hats. I bet you'd be fabulous Number23 Mar 2015 #21

I grew up in South Carolina... CherokeeDem Mar 2015 #42

I bet you'd just have to find the right hat Number23 Mar 2015 #46

This thread rocks...and so do those gorgeous women... ms liberty Mar 2015 #17

yw! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #28

Lovely and sad Godot51 Mar 2015 #19

please don't be sad, Godot51 Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #29

Wonderful thread and link GeoWilliam750 Mar 2015 #20

ty, GeoWilliam! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #30

The 3rd photo - the horsewoman: A name! Beartracks Mar 2015 #22

thank you for the link. yes, a horsewoman of reknown. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #25

All right!!!!! Thanks for this post. brush Mar 2015 #26

Not quite Victorian, but I thought that you might like this: MrScorpio Mar 2015 #27

What a wonderful picture! Thanks for sharing it, Mr Scorpio. I can see the resemblance - Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #32

Gorgeous! ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #40

I had forgotten how good looking he was! eom. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #41

Hope you can see the family resemblance... MrScorpio Mar 2015 #43

omg. MrScorpio ... you look just like him! minus the glasses and you would be his Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #44

Check this out: MrScorpio Mar 2015 #45

gosh, it is almost like a mirror image. You two could be twins! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #48

I've asked a surviving cousin, one of the women standing in the back, that same question... MrScorpio Mar 2015 #49

Interesting. A mystery in an iconic family photo with the great Joe Louis. Cool. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #50

Rather than worrying about that one guy... MrScorpio Mar 2015 #51

but, of course ... it is a gorgeous photo ... I am not worried, just curious is all. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #52

Good Lord. There is no denying those lips and that nose are EXACTLY the same Number23 Mar 2015 #47

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Those eyes ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #34

thanks, ism! Huge Steampunk Fan here, too !! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #35

I don't know if this got posted when it came out el_bryanto Mar 2015 #36

thank you for this, el_bryanto - the March on Washington one, especially hit me. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2015 #38

Cool! ismnotwasm Mar 2015 #39

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So cool! treestar Mar 2015 #53