April 24, 2024
Tag: Portraits of Old West Gunfighters
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Portraits of Old West Gunfighters by Lea McCarty
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The “Wild West” caught the attention of the public in the late 19th-century, when in truth, it was no longer really wild. The cattle drives were over, the gunfighters had left the streets, and the industrial revolution was set on “full-steam-ahead.” Postcards by Lea McCarty help us remember the forgotten faces.
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[elementor-template id=”3378″] Scorching Post Cards on Hawai’i Tourists scorching post cards. Volcano of Kilauea, Hawaiian Islands If you were a tourist on the Island of Hawai’i in the first two decades of the 20th century and you were among those permitted a walk on Kilauea’s caldera, you could do what the tourists on the postcard […]