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Teen Girls Out West
Credit: Courtesy Serge Sorokko Gallery/Glitterati Editions
Unseen photos provide a sensitive look at America's early 'working girls'
Dita Von Teese is a burlesque performer, model and author. This is an edited extract from her foreword to "Working Girls: An American Brothel, Circa 1892" by Robert Flynn Johnson.
Women in sexual professions have always distinguished themselves from other women, from the mores of the time, by pushing the boundaries of style. The most celebrated concubines and courtesans in history set the trends in their respective courts. The great dames of burlesque -- Sally Rand, Gypsy Rose Lee -- boasted a signature style on- and offstage, reflecting broader-than-life personalities.
Dita von Teese on the eternal allure of a well-dressed gentleman
Given that photography was still an emerging technology, an emerging creative medium, when these "working girls" posed for William Goldman in the 1890s at a Reading, Pennsylvania brothel, the entire exercise transcends their initial business liaison. The instantaneous concept of click-and-shoot was still decades away. To be photographed required sitting very still. The women featured in Goldman's collection obviously caught his eye. Not just anyone is asked to be the subject of artistic documentation.
Courtesy Serge Sorokko Gallery/Glitterati Editions
The local photographer and his anonymous muses appear to straddle an artful titillation, at times striving toward Degas nudes and at another, more in the spirit of a strip and tease. There is a beauty in even the most mundane moments.
Among Goldman's models, my own gaze zeroed in on the striped stockings and darker shades of their risqué brassieres. These ladies of Reading, Pennsylvania, might not have had the wealth of Madame du Barry, celebrated mistress of Louis XV of France, or the fame and freedom of a silver-screen sex goddess such as Mae West. But they sought to elevate their circumstances, to feel lovelier and more fashionable, with a daring pair of knickers.
Courtesy Serge Sorokko Gallery/Glitterati Editions
To feel special is fundamental to the human condition. Few opportunities outshine a sense of specialness than when an artist asks to record your looks, your beauty. Under the right circumstances, to be the object of admiration -- of desire -- to be what is essentially objectified is not only flattering. It can also provide a shot of confidence and a sense of strength and power and even liberation, however lasting or fleeting.
Courtesy Serge Sorokko Gallery/Glitterati Editions
For these working girls who were already going against the drudgery of toiling in a factory or as a domestic, who were surviving in a patriarchal world by their wits and sexuality, the opportunity to sit for Goldman was very likely not only thrilling. It was also empowering.
One can only imagine the mutual giddiness prevailing among them all, too, at the possible outcome from all these lost afternoon shoots. In a singular image from this collection appears Goldman striking a pose as proud as a peacock. It's one of stock masculinity in the canons of classic portraiture (though usually in military uniform), and like his muses, presented in all his naked glory. By sharing in the objectivity of the process, Goldman basks in the specialness his models must have felt. By stepping around the lens, he becomes a true confidante.
Courtesy Serge Sorokko Gallery/Glitterati Editions
It suggests a balance of power between artist and muse, man and woman -- at least behind closed doors. Their collective decision to strip and strut for the camera reveals a shared lack of shame for the body beautiful and, in that, a shared, albeit secret, defiance of cultural mores.
Courtesy Serge Sorokko Gallery/Glitterati Editions
By all accounts from curator Robert Flynn Johnson's devoted research on this once-lost collection, Goldman seems to have kept his treasured collection as a personal trove. As a successful photographer of weddings and social events, it was most certainly not in his interest for the public to know about his private creative pursuits.
Courtesy Serge Sorokko Gallery/Glitterati Editions
The brothel was a necessary evil in town, where men with certain desires visited women who would oblige. In this case, it was the desire of a man to capture the beauty and sensuality of the women he befriended. There is much to learn and (most of all!) take pleasure in with this discovery.
As these lost photographs illustrate more than a century later, one period's "social problem" is another's cultural revelation.
"Working Girls: An American Brothel, Circa 1892" by Robert Flynn Johnson, with a foreword by Dita Von Teese, is out now.
"To our contemporary eyes, Modigliani's hirsute women are hardly shocking, in fact their poses reveal the painter to be in thrall to elegance and classicism."
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1800s-1900s Portraits Of Native American Teen Girls Show Their Unique Beauty And Style (36 Pics)
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#1 Marcia Pascal, Half-cherokee, Daughter Of U.s. Army Officer George W. Paschal, 1880s
#5 Gertrude Three Finger, Cheyenne, 1869-1904, By William E. Irwin
#6 Hattie Tom, Apache, 1899, By Frank A. Rinehart
#7 Unidentified Native American Girl, Lakota, 1890
#8 Elsie Vance Chestuen, Chiricahua
#9 Native American Girl In Traditional Dress
#10 Taos Pueblo Tribe Girl, 1880-1890
#12 Tsawatenok Girl, 1914, By Edward Curtis
#15 Pretty Nose, Cheyenne, 1878, By L. A. Huffman
#16 A Girl At Taos Pueblo, 1895, By H.s. Poley
#17 Quanah Parker (Nocona), Comanche, 1848-1911
#18 Hopi Girls, 1900, By Carl Werntz
#19 Lizzie Long Wolf As A Performer In Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, 1886
#20 Isabelle Perico Enjady, Chiricahuah Apache Prisoner Of War, 1886-1914
#21 Hattie Tom, Chiricahua Apache, 1899, By Frank A. Rinehart
#22 Native American Teen Girls, 1870-1900
#23 Inusk, Kickapoo Chief's Daughter, By Lenny And Jordan, 1880-1890
#27 Hopi Girl On Her Wedding Day, 1900
#28 Amie And Carrie, Kiawah, By George A. Addison,1895
#29 Hopi Girls, 1900, By Frederick Monsen
#30 Alice, Unknown Tribe (possibly Cayuse, Walla Walla, Or Umatilla), 1900
#32 Arapaho Girl Only Child Saved Out Of Sand Creek Massacre, 1870-1880, By Mckinney, Albert S.
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These rare and beautiful vintage photos of Native American girls were taken between the late 1800s and the turn of the 19th Century, yet despite being over a hundred years old, many of the old photos are still in mint condition.
Women were well respected in traditional Native American tribe culture, and although they generally had different roles from men, the Native American women often had the same rights as their male counterparts. They usually owned the home along with everything in it, and in some tribes, while the chief was a man, it was the women who were responsible for electing him. Because women's activities were considered central to the welfare of the community in the Native American history, this gave them a certain level of social, political and economic power, and even today approximately 25% of Native American tribes recognized by the federal government of the United States are led by women.
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This is one of my favorite photos in this lineup. It's great to see a really old photo with a smile, let alone one showing teeth! I was told that because shutter speeds were slower in the early days of photography that photographers required their subjects to stand still for long periods of time to expose the image to the film negative, hence so many photos from the 1800's to 1900's without smiles in them!
her name is Pretty Flower , my daughter could have been her twin
Her pipe bone breastplate and bone earrings are awesome. Young girls usually didn't wear things so elaborate. Maybe she was the daughter of someone important.
Must be the inspiration for Princess Leia from Star Wars
I like her "I could be up to something" grin!
This is the same girl on the left in #15, though she doesn't look the same. In #15, pen has been added which ruined it. I'd never have known it's the same girl except clothing, footwear, belt and jewelry are all the same along with hair. She's beautiful here.
These old photos capture the moment and the beauty
I visited that Pueblo; their sacred places were in the mountains behind the Pueblo.
This was the tribal hairstyle for women was the elaborate squash blossom or butterfly whorls worn by Hopi maidens
Interesting that even though she was in Buffalo Bill's side shows, there isn't really much written about her.
Prisoner of war... there was no war, just invasion and extermination.
This is not the same girl as #6 Hattie Tom. Eyes are all wrong.
I wonder how and why she has the American flag on her lap or dress??
She appears to be "with child" but she also appears SO YOUNG!!
I found it interesting that her name was Nelson
Aw, she's sweet looking but so sad.
Such beautiful clothing! I was born at Ft. Sill in the 60s and when a girl all I wanted was moccasins and native clothing. It was all just so beautiful! Of course, tie dye was good too.
It is interesting how back in the day they would only color in one or two items of a photo
Yankton is in South Dakota, which is Sioux country
These photos are amazing and belong in a museum.
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and then we raped them, killed their families to stole their lands
Me neither or no one I know guilt only lasts so many centuries give it up
As they did to other tribes. Grow the f**k up and quit being a f*****g pussy
and don't forget about parking them into reserves like animals.
Why did you do that, Guimar???
And can you please provide evidence that your entire ancestral line has owned the ground they lived on and didn't take it from anyone back to the dawn of time?
Yes, it was so sad. But it was the Congress of the time that ordered the soliders to steal their land. The raping of women and girl,the killing of men were added extras by those soliders. Our government should be 200% ASHAMED OF ITSELF!!
The "noble warriors" did their fair share of killing, raping and enslaving too before whites ever arrived.
and here i am, wondering what shampoo/conditioner they are using
Native American is not the right term to use as these people are not Americans historically. The should be called the Rightful Inhabitants.
In Canada, they're called First Nation people. Talking to a husband and wife, not quite sure how I should refer to them, he laughed and said it didn't matter to them. Not all feel the same though.
Yes, true Jude, however in French, we call the "Natives" Autochtons as Israel Garcia mentions below for Mexico.... of which may of us French Canadians have their DNA.
In Mexico some of us prefer using the word which translated to english would be something like "autochthon" to refer those people who first inhabited these territories.
Shalom Israel .. I am French Canadian ... From the Province of New Brunswick. Just a little history here... I had my DNA done 12 yrs ago (Family Tree) and in my bank of relatives, ALL were Latinos. How can this be when my people did not travel in those days? Well, we came here via Southern France, while you were brought to "The Americas' by Christopher Columbus...directly from Spain.
It all happened during the SPANISH INQUISITION. Who are we?
We are Jews my friend. From Jerusalem we left at destruction of the Temple (70AD)
This is our real identity Israel. I have done extensive research which I could help you with.
Although many from the US thinks of our country as "America," "America" actually refers to the entire continent. Used correctly, it is not so much a cultural word as a geographic word. We would do well to remember this in our conversations. Assuming that people will know what we're talking about--especially those not from the US--assumes that the US is the best, most natural representation for an entire continent of countries and peoples, none of which is fair or true.
I have heard about this issue many times. I use to think that calling it America might be just a short form of the whole name "United States of America". I live en México and the whole and official name of the country is Estados Unidos Mexicanos (something like United States of Mexico or Mexican United States), but only in few ocassions we use it that form as we prefer to name it only Mexico.
The land they lived on is now called the Americas.
They were native to that land.
Thus, they are Native Americans.
Get over it.
Just because it's written in a book or on a document, doesn't make it the Truth. These are the True American people. Our race came over on ship. Welcomed them to Dinner and then the Greed took over and then the killing. Nearly Exterminated an Entire Race of Real American people
The more correct archaeological term is "indigenous people". Also called aboriginal people. YMMV
What's the right name to be addressed?
They are native to the North American Continent, so they are Native Americans. They are more American than we are.
They are native to the North American continent, hence they are Native Americans. They are more American than we are.
They should just be called Americans. And everyone else Invasive Americans.
and then we raped them, killed their families to stole their lands
Me neither or no one I know guilt only lasts so many centuries give it up
As they did to other tribes. Grow the f**k up and quit being a f*****g pussy
and don't forget about parking them into reserves like animals.
Why did you do that, Guimar???
And can you please provide evidence that your entire ancestral line has owned the ground they lived on and didn't take it from anyone back to the dawn of time?
Yes, it was so sad. But it was the Congress of the time that ordered the soliders to steal their land. The raping of women and girl,the killing of men were added extras by those soliders. Our government should be 200% ASHAMED OF ITSELF!!
The "noble warriors" did their fair share of killing, raping and enslaving too before whites ever arrived.
and here i am, wondering what shampoo/conditioner they are using
Native American is not the right term to use as these people are not Americans historically. The should be called the Rightful Inhabitants.
In Canada, they're called First Nation people. Talking to a husband and wife, not quite sure how I should refer to them, he laughed and said it didn't matter to them. Not all feel the same though.
Yes, true Jude, however in French, we call the "Natives" Autochtons as Israel Garcia mentions below for Mexico.... of which may of us French Canadians have their DNA.
In Mexico some of us prefer using the word which translated to english would be something like "autochthon" to refer those people who first inhabited these territories.
Shalom Israel .. I am French Canadian ... From the Province of New Brunswick. Just a little history here... I had my DNA done 12 yrs ago (Family Tree) and in my bank of relatives, ALL were Latinos. How can this be when my people did not travel in those days? Well, we came here via Southern France, while you were brought to "The Americas' by Christopher Columbus...directly from Spain.
It all happened during the SPANISH INQUISITION. Who are we?
We are Jews my friend. From Jerusalem we left at destruction of the Temple (70AD)
This is our real identity Israel. I have done extensive research which I could help you with.
Although many from the US thinks of our country as "America," "America" actually refers to the entire continent. Used correctly, it is not so much a cultural word as a geographic word. We would do well to remember this in our conversations. Assuming that people will know what we're talking about--especially those not from the US--assumes that the US is the best, most natural representation for an entire continent of countries and peoples, none of which is fair or true.
I have heard about this issue many times. I use to think that calling it America might be just a short form of the whole name "United States of America". I live en México and the whole and official name of the country is Estados Unidos Mexicanos (something like United States of Mexico or Mexican United States), but only in few ocassions we use it that form as we prefer to name it only Mexico.
The land they lived on is now called the Americas.
They were native to that land.
Thus, they are Native Americans.
Get over it.
Just because it's written in a book or on a document, doesn't make it the Truth. These are the True American people. Our race came over on ship. Welcomed them to Dinner and then the Greed took over and then the killing. Nearly Exterminated an Entire Race of Real American people
The more correct ar
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