The Toybox Killer Strikes Again

“Stagecoach” Mary Fields (c. 1832-1914) was born a slave in Tennessee and following the Civil War, she moved to the pioneer community of Cascade, Montana. In 1895, when she was around 60 years old, Fields became the second woman and first African American carrier for the US Postal Service. Despite her age, she never missed a day of work in the ten years she carried the mail and earned the nickname “Stagecoach” for her reliability. Fields loved the job, despite the many dangers and difficulties such as wolves and thieves (she was an excellent marksman, defending her route with a revolver and a rifle). The people of Cascade so loved and respected Fields, that each year on her birthday they closed the schools to celebrate the occasion. They even built her a new house when she lost her home in a fire in 1912.

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vintagevision:

I enjoy that even in the midst of the slaughter he still keeps on his top hat. Gives “You can leave your hat on” a new and uber-creepy meaning!

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1875, [tintype portrait of a butcher]

via the International Center of Photography, American and the Tintype Collection

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Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies

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c. 1870 Carte de visite of a deceased young girl, posed as if sleeping.

Robert Doisneau

1952 Untitled

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Mourning women. Tintype c. 1880s

Mourner, c. late 1800s