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Dr. Springs: 1939
... as a medical doctor. He founded the first African-American Boy Scout Troop in the nation. Dr. Springs was awarded the Joseph A. ... sense of humor ... it seems Dr. Springs was African American. Andrew W. Springs was born in 1869 and died in 1944. In addition to ... the community about hygiene, maintained his museum of Indian and other artifacts, even ran for statewide office twice in the ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/14/2020 - 11:31am -

January 1939. "Dr. Springs' office. Colp, Illinois." Medium format acetate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. View full size. First name LeafThe good doctor has a sense of humor. Always a good sign. All caught up?The tetanus vaccine was developed in 1924. Hopefully the good doctor was up to date if he mounted that truck leaf spring with rusty nails. Dr. Andrew SpringsRespected physician Dr. Andrew Springs, half Comanche and half black, served Colp and the surrounding communities as a medical doctor. He founded the first African-American Boy Scout Troop in the nation. Dr. Springs was awarded the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association Medal of Honor in 1923 for resuscitating men left for dead in the 1914 Royalton Mine explosion. Despite residing in a "sundown town," Dr. Springs responded to mining accidents at all hours, treating black and white patients alike. A local hero, mentor, and friend to many, he is still honored and well remembered in Colp today. Besides having a good sense of humor ...it seems Dr. Springs was African American. Andrew W. Springs was born in 1869 and died in 1944. In addition to delivering babies and treating patients, he taught the community about hygiene, maintained his museum of Indian and other artifacts, even ran for statewide office twice in the Republican primary, in 1918 and 1924, losing by just one vote in 1918. In the height of the Great Depression, Dr. Springs invited First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to tour the No. 9 mine. She also attended a community choir performance in Colp and later sent the choir formal robes and a director to train and travel with them. Spring or Sprung?Don't know if this is a place to buy auto springs, spring water, or to put some spring in your step. But by the looks of it, I certainly wouldn't bounce in for any medical (or dental) procedures. (The Gallery, Bizarre, Arthur Rothstein, Medicine, Small Towns)
Major Medical: 1920
... be trained as a nurse but no one in Canada would train "an Indian" so she applied and was gladly received by the New Rochelle nursing ... from the Army in 1937 and then served as president of the American Nurses Association from 1938 until 1944. Stimson returned to the Army ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 08/28/2012 - 5:58pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1920. "No caption." Someone out there must know who these ladies are. UPDATE: Thanks to the excellent research of Mudhooks, we can identify this as a portrait of Major Julia Stimson, superintendent of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Very lucky find.Thanks! It was luck. I Googled "Red Cross" Washington 1918 (was the original date on the image 1920? I thought it was 1918, for some reason) in Images. Seven pages along and there was the photo. Doesn't always happen that quickly. I assume the women are her staff. Possibly the photo was taken when she received her rank, which she did in 1920. As the first woman to be given rank in the US Army, this would have been a "big deal". She looks a formidable woman. However, apparently, despite her looks she was a a sensitive and caring person, as her wartime letters to her family reveal. In fact, she was quite hurt and personally upset when the Red Cross, in writing about her in its official history stated: "In the blinding light of war, her dominant personality stood out in the same bold outline as did her Amazonian physique. Her regular boyish features habitually wore a thoughtful expression which brought to the observer an impression of dignity and power. Her well-trained mental processes, clean cut often to the point of brusque speech, were as direct in their focus as her clear blue eyes." Quite rightly, she wrote "It seems to me that professional experience, preparation, and attainments are entirely appropriate, but I can see no point to the addition of personal appearance or characteristics." They published the section, anyway. She apparently suffered from a condition which caused ulcerations on her legs, made worse when she was stressed. All through her service in France, she suffered terribly but stoically worked on. An admirable woman. Appearances Can be MisleadingThe good Major and her staff may look a bit hard-edged to the modern eye, but trust me, being an Army nurse, particularly in WWI, is not for the faint of heart. The effects of mustard gas, in particular, are truly horrific. Angels of Mercy, to be sure, but competent first of all. I'd trust them with my life, as I'm sure many did. One, at leastI believe that the lady at the desk is in the photo at the bottom of this page. She would be Major Julia Stimson, Superintendent, U.S. Army Nurse Corps. (far right, second row). "Some distinguished visitors in the person of Major Julia Stimson and her entourage were in Ellsworth last Saturday and called on Rev. and Mrs. C.A. Fisher of the Methodist Church. Major Stimson is head of the nurses in the army and is the only woman major in the United States army. She had charge of ten thousand nurses during the war." Julia Stimson, chief nurse, was concerned about her nurses working in the casualty clearing stations, but knew they were strong. “What with the steam, the ether … the odor in the operating room … sewing and tying up and putting in drains while the doctor takes the next piece of shell out ... Then after fourteen hours of this … off to rest if you can … one need never tell me that women can’t do as much, stand as much, and be as brave as men,” Stimson wrote. (VF Women at War, March 2008) I concur. My ex-husband's grandmother served in WWI at the Buffalo Base Hospital, in Vittel, France. I admired her greatly and had the honour of transcribing her wartime diary. She died just short of her 106th birthday. She was also the first Aboriginal Canadian to be trained as a nurse but no one in Canada would train "an Indian" so she applied and was gladly received by the New Rochelle nursing school. Biography: http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/mowihsp/bios/stimson.htm "After her service in the First World War, Stimson remained with the military, becoming the superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps and the first dean of the Army School of Nursing. In 1920 she became the first woman to achieve the rank of major in the U.S. Army. Stimson retired from the Army in 1937 and then served as president of the American Nurses Association from 1938 until 1944. Stimson returned to the Army during World War II to recruit nurses to the Army Nurse Corps, retiring a second time at the end of the war. Stimson was promoted to the rank of full colonel six weeks before her death, at the age of 67, in 1948." Good detective work!Hey Mudhooks, Great find! another interesting thing are the 4 service chevrons on her lower left sleeve, According to my research, one chevron was authorized for each six months of service in a theater of operation from 6 April 1917 to 4 October 1919. Army NursesAt first, I thought these ladies could be with the American Red Cross, which had similar uniforms during that time period, but as they are wearing rank and Nurse Corps insignia, I would have to guess that these are Army Nurses. The Museum of the Reserve at Fort McPherson, GA has in its collection a World War I era Army Nurse Corps uniform just like the ones in the photo. Army Nurse - WWI. My great-aunt was an Army nurse at Base Hospital 5, among others following her service as the first rural public health nurse in Wisconsin (she earned her cap in 1908). Her wartime diary, written in pencil, is a model of decorum - went up to the hospital, came back to the barracks, and so on. Not a word about what she faced, although she was bombed by German aircraft in one of the hospitals. She served as a nurse until 1946, specializing in the care of tuberculosis patients, and died in 1961. There is a definitive history waiting to be written about these incredibly brave and selfless women. Shorpy, please show us more of this kind of service! (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, WWI)
Redwater in Washington: 1917
... left. Head dresses are among the most misunderstood American Indian symbol. Only plains tribes wore them, and almost always only for ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/27/2019 - 3:25pm -

Washington, D.C., circa 1917. "Indians: Redwater and group." My headdress was at the cleaners. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size. Just in TimeThe half-smiling fellow on our right has a pocket watch in his breast pocket, secured by a heavy chain with a decorative fob. I'd love to see that watch today! On the other hand (or foot) I think his moccasins would leave my wimpy feet screaming for mercy. Thaddeus Red WaterI believe the man in the middle is Thaddeus Red Water, seen here in his headdress. There is not much information about him on the Internet, except for this excerpt. Cheyenne/Arapaho DelegationThis would have been a joint Cheyenne/Arapaho delegation to Washington to meet with President Wilson and discuss land claims - particularly their claim to the western Black Hills. Thaddeus Red Water, as the excerpt linked by Book Reader notes, was a Carlisle student and a football star who learned English. It was customary for the emissaries from the reservation to where their best finery - often handed down from many generations - to meet their "Great Father" - while Red Water would have done his best to do the same as an intermediary and translator for the delegates. All but the man to Red Water's right have special trade/saddle blankets, and the two to his left are holding a piece of paper in their hands - probably a well prepared plea to read before the President. The men on his right would be the Arapaho leaders, and Cheyenne on his left. Head dresses are among the most misunderstood American Indian symbol. Only plains tribes wore them, and almost always only for ceremonial purposes. The Cheyenne and Arapaho were the most prevalent users of them (with the Sioux considered their "inventor), and they carried great significance for the wearer, as each feather represented a victory in battle or some other great accomplishment. One simply did not make a headdress, they were earned. After the 1920s, however, the absence of warfare changed things, and ceremonial pieces were created for special events and as gifts to visiting dignitaries. They also became common aspects of fairs and tribes around the country began to wear them in tourist-oriented "shows" further muddling America's notion of what they meant. (The Gallery, D.C., Harris + Ewing, Native Americans)
Indians... Back to the Future
... was trying to make a statement about the young American Indians of their day, looking to the future and using a modern machine ... is, that only one looks like he might be a native American Indian. There are three of them and only one bike so I don't think they are ... 
 
Posted by Phadrus - 07/12/2011 - 7:36pm -

A photo found here on this site and colorized. I "think" the original photographer was trying to make a statement about the young American Indians of their day, looking to the future and using a modern machine to do it. The only problem is, that only one looks like he might be a native American Indian. There are three of them and only one bike so I don't think they are not going to get very far. And there were cars during the time of photography, but the white man is not parting with something like that. At least that is what I took away from the photo. Other than that, it is a very nice photo. I use bright warm colors almost always, so you know the photo has been colorized. Colorization gives a surreal quality to the work. I rarely try and make the colorization process look natural. Sometimes the photo calls for nothing natural to be done at all. I am always looking for interesting photos to colorize. They usually have to be of very strange events, things we have never seen before. We see photographs all day long, so the only photos that catch my attention are of things we "don't" see everyday. I do a lot of "vintage" nudes and erotica. It is interesting to see and we sometimes forget that even if it was 100 years ago, we are all basically the same animals then and now. We repeat ourselves, but we forget we have done so. We are no different today, or 100,000 years ago. Same base desires. Same wishes. Same hopes. Same murderous impulses. Same lustful wishes. But for all of what we think of as being the "bad" parts of ourselves, all of these things have made us the most successful species "EVER" on this planet and as far as we know, in the universe. How can that be bad? View full size. (Colorized Photos)
Molalla Buckeroo: 1936
July 4, 1936. "Warm Springs Indian at Molalla Buckeroo," the Fourth of July rodeo in Molalla, Oregon. ... final humiliation The classic features of this Native American call to mind the profile on the buffalo nickel (1913-1938) by sculptor ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/27/2019 - 3:28pm -

July 4, 1936. "Warm Springs Indian at Molalla Buckeroo," the Fourth of July rodeo in Molalla, Oregon. Medium-format nitrate negative by Arthur Rothstein for the Resettlement Administration. View full size. The final humiliationThe classic features of this Native American call to mind the profile on the buffalo nickel (1913-1938) by sculptor James Earle Fraser. [The resemblance is rather striking, although according to Fraser the depiction is a composite rather than a specific individual. - tterrace] (The Gallery, Arthur Rothstein, Native Americans)
Apple Story: 1925
... be quite the stunner and I think, was representative of an American Indian woman. (The Gallery, Natl Photo) ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 07/09/2012 - 10:56am -

April 25, 1925. "Apple Blossom Festival at Winchester, Virginia." Our second glimpse at these curious goings-on. National Photo Co. View full size. Just a wild guess hereI think this depicts a re-enactment of the marriage of Pocahontas (1595-1617) to John Rolfe, widower and tobacco grower, in colonial Virginia in 1614. [Actually, the kneeling girl is the Queen of the festival, in this case, Miss Eleanor Chiles. She's being greeted by, apparently, the "Minister of the Crown," one Richard H.G. Gray. Those offices are still in use at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. - tterrace] Celebrating Dispossession Washington Post, April 19, 1925. Winchester Ready to Greet Hosts at Blossom Festival. “Prince Shenandoah” to Crown Miss Eleanor Chiles, Queen of Fete. … A colorful festival parade will be held early Friday Afternoon, marching through the gaily decorated streets to the fair grounds, where the pageant, symbolizing the routing of the Indians from the Valley by the white men, will take place. Miss Eleanor Chiles, brunette, daughter of S.M. Chiles, will be crowned by “Prince Shenandoah” on a dais in front of the grandstand. A rythmic dance will follow. Washington Post, April 25, 1925. Apple-Blossom Fete Ends With Fireworks Crown Festival Queen. Forty thousand persons, exultant because a million apple trees are in bloom, marched through the streets today with rejoicing for nature's promise of a rich harvest. … Just as a valley, rich and fragrant, with a myriad of blooms scenting the air, never seemed more beautiful, so the skies, glorious and blue, never seemed more far. Of the 40,000 persons, some rode in gorgeous floats and other marched; but all were attired in costumes of pink, red, green and white—the colors of the blossoms. … They marched to the fair grounds, there to crown a queen, Miss Eleanor Chiles, of Frederick county, whose radiant charm personified the unrivaled beauty of the apple blossom. She was attend by twenty princesses, the fairest of the Shenandoah. Another photo of Ms. ChilesShe appears to be quite the stunner and I think, was representative of an American Indian woman. (The Gallery, Natl Photo)
Pan Am Clipper: 1935
... probably either NC-823M, which originally was the West Indian Clipper and then renamed the Pan American Clipper, or the Brazilian Clipper, NC-822M. The first S-42 went into ... 
 
Posted by eggsoup - 09/20/2011 - 1:01am -

My Dad and his parents visited Florida in 1935 and they snapped this picture of the famous Pan Am "Clipper" flying boat. I think this is the most "historical" photo I found in my Grandpa's many pictures! View full size. S-42This is a Sikorsky S-42, probably either NC-823M, which originally was the West Indian Clipper and then renamed the Pan American Clipper, or the Brazilian Clipper, NC-822M. The first S-42 went into service in August 1934 on the Miami-Rio route. Three were built, followed by four S-42As and three S-42Bs. The last four survivors were scrapped in 1946. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Charlotte Edith Anderson (Monture)
... Nations Reserve, in Southern Ontario, she served with the American Forces. She was the first Native woman in Canada to be trained as a ... in the day, no hospital in Canada would train an "Indian". She applied and was accepted at the New Rochelle Hospital, in New ... 
 
Posted by Mudhooks - 11/05/2011 - 11:00am -

My ex-husband's grandmother, Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture, in her AEF Red Cross nurse's uniform. "Andy" served in France during WWI. Although she was a Mohawk from the Six Nations Reserve, in Southern Ontario, she served with the American Forces. She was the first Native woman in Canada to be trained as a nurse. However, because of racial attitudes in the day, no hospital in Canada would train an "Indian". She applied and was accepted at the New Rochelle Hospital, in New York, and trained there as a nurse, becoming a school nurse. When the Americans joined the War, she signed up, too. She served at Buffalo Base Hospital 23, in Vittelles, France. She returned home to Six Nations after the war, serving her people as a nurse until 1955. She died just short of her 106th birthday, in 1996. It was a privilege to have known her. (As a side note, she had the opportunity to dance with Eddie Rickenbacker when he visited the hospital. She said he was "a bit full of himself"...) View full size. (ShorpyBlog, Member Gallery)
Ritual Laughter: 1960
... Price, chairman of the Department of the Interior's Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Left to right: Chief Iron 'Gus' Shell Necklace ... Sioux; survivors of the Wounded Knee Massacre); Chief Ben American Horse; Chief Frank Kicking Bear (Minnicoujou); and Chief John Saul ... 
 
Posted by Dave - 10/28/2019 - 10:20am -

Los Angeles, 1960. "Sioux tribal leaders on the TV show This Is Your Life, with actor Vincent Price, chairman of the Department of the Interior's Indian Arts and Crafts Board. Left to right: Chief Iron 'Gus' Shell Necklace (Brulé Sioux); Chief Howard Bad Bear and Chief Henry Weasel (Oglala Sioux; survivors of the Wounded Knee Massacre); Chief Ben American Horse; Chief Frank Kicking Bear (Minnicoujou); and Chief John Saul (Yanktonai)." View full size. (Kodachromes, Native Americans, TV)
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