This is a really lovely 1860s image, showing a lady with a very full skirt and the drop-shouldered bodice so popular during that decade. She is seated, holding a book in her left hand and nothing in the right – although it looks like she is pointing. I think she was just holding her hand funny. …
This CdV can be comfortably dated to the mid to late 1860s based on the square corners and border lines. Written on the back is “Spanish Dagger From San Antonio Texas.” The Spanish dagger plant is also known as the yucca gloriosa which is native to the American coastal southeast, growing in sand dunes. …
Folks I apologize for the brief detour from the photos but this is an historic moment in our country and for the world. Our President has announced that Osama Bin Laden is dead and his evil is gone from the world. Thank you to our awesome military for every sacrifice to make the world safer. …
Who Were They? 