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Visions of Lady Feodorowna Sturt Baroness Alington who was the eldest daughter of Charles Yorke, 5th Earl of Hardwicke. Living from 1864 to 1934, if all she did was pose for these two photographic portraits that was enough for a lifetime. I found her (and the second image here) in the jewelry themed Instagram of Carol Woolton.

Lady Feodorowna Sturt, later Baroness Alington, née Yorke (1864–1934). February 14, 1900 image. She is in costume for The Masque of War and Peace, written by Louis N. Parker, music by Hamish MacCunn, and organised by Mrs. Arthur Paget in aid of the Widows and Orphans of the Household Troops, followed by the concluding Patriotic Picture of Great Britain, her Colonies and Dependencies, arranged by Percy Anderson, music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, 13 February 1900. A fundraiser like today’s GoFund Me in other words but not a theatrical benefit as then you’d have professional actors and actresses taking the parts. Presumably it was staged in London. The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London, W, photographers. via http://lafayette.org.uk/stu2259d.html
Lady Feodorowna Sturt, later Baroness Alington, née Yorke (1864–1934). February 14, 1900 image. She is in costume for The Masque of War and Peace, written by Louis N. Parker, music by Hamish MacCunn, and organised by Mrs. Arthur Paget in aid of the Widows and Orphans of the Household Troops, followed by the concluding Patriotic Picture of Great Britain, her Colonies and Dependencies, arranged by Percy Anderson, music by Sir Arthur Sullivan, Her Majesty’s Theatre, London, 13 February 1900. A fundraiser like today’s GoFund Me in other words but not a theatrical benefit as then you’d have professional actors and actresses taking the parts. Presumably it was staged in London. The Lafayette Studio, 179 New Bond Street, London, W, photographers. via http://lafayette.org.uk/stu2259d.html

Shopping for your next Halloween costume in the produce aisle. Entries in a fashion show organized by the Weslaco Texas Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley.

Lucille Parrish: red bell peppers and citrus leaves. An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Miss Parrish from the Beta Sigma Phi Club is wearing a costume made out of bell peppers and citrus leaves. 1948 image. American. Yoder of Weslaco, photographer. Collections of the Weslaco Museum. via the Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21142/?q=Weslaco
Howard Wiley: Eggplant. An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Howard is representing the Kiwanis of Weslaco. Costume of “Mammy Yoakum.” Made of eggplant and mums. Stockings made out of ebony leaves and poinsettias, shoes of corn, and pipe of corncob. Undated, mid 20th c. American. Yoder of Weslaco, photographer. Collections of the Weslaco Museum. via the Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21254/?q=Weslaco
Claricia Balli: An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Claricia Balli is wearing a suit made of shattered green fern. The lapels and her purse are made of mums and the hat and shoes are of the fern trimmed in mums. December 1952 image. American. Yoder of Weslaco, photographer. Collections of the Weslaco Museum. via the Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21369/?q=Weslaco
Nikki Lettunich: An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Miss Nikki Lettunich (7 years old, daughter of Mr. N.J Lettunich) Jack & Jill’s childrens shop, 1950. Party dress of orchid yellow short circular skirt: grapefruit membrane ruffling. Bodice and Bonnet: bachelor button petals. Shoes: glypsolphelia seed sprayed with lacquer. Nikki Lettunich became Ms. Texas. December 14, 1950 image. American. Photographer not given but probably shot by Yoder of Weslaco. Collections of the Weslaco Museum. via the Portal to Texas History. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21399/?q=Weslaco
Contestant 24: An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Women wearing a Red Cross Nurse costume and shield. Nurse uniform was made of inside citrus peel shield was of cornflowers in red and blue and white mums. Undated image, 1940s or 1950s perhaps. American. Edrington Studio, photographer. Collections of the Weslaco Library and via the Portal to Texas History. See the link to see it bigger or to download. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21319/?q=Weslaco
An Entry in Weslaco’s annual “Birthday Party” fashion show. Organized by the Chamber of Commerce to highlight the fruit and vegetables grown in the Rio Grande Valley, area citizens created and modeled clothing made from local fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Elizabeth McKeehan is wearing a dress made out of citrus peel with feather like trimming. December 1937 image. Photographer not known. Collections of the Weslaco Library and via the Portal to Texas History. See the link to see it bigger or to download. https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth21384/?q=Elizabeth

An envisioning . . ..1960’s America and a hot afternoon at the county fair on the edge of town . . . . . .

Oh to go back and be here.

America somewhere out in the heartland and a hot afternoon in the summer of 1960 something. Yellow crop-dusting plane out where the fields meet the sky heading straight for Canada dipping its wings as it gets ready for another pass.

The state fair on the edge of town and something new to do or at least sort of new. Partly forgotten since last summer and that good enough.

A midway filled with cotton candy and a man with ice cold Coca-Colas. Someone calling with one of those games where you toss beanbags to win prizes. But no. All his good prizes old looking and covered with dust. Better the younger fellow two down with a bigger booth or the one down at the end to watch with his magic tricks.

The airplane ride but parallel to the ground, the better to scare Grandmother. Something that looks like the roller coaster cousins talked about after they went to the big fair in Saint Louis.

But the merry go round the same with its brass ring to try to grasp. Same swan and duck shaped benches for babies with their mamas and the horses and unicorns for everyone else. Mothers to stand beside and hold on when the man flips the switch and the music begins.

Corn dogs and cheeseburgers for supper. Father springing for all the french fries one can stuff in.

The last day and the excitement gone tomorrow with a chewed-up chunk of dirt and grass where it all went. Carnival people gone before the sun rose for their next show.

The stars overhead and the fireflies giving their own light, seeing to blink off and on like the lights on the rides as children race to take their seats before the last turn of the ferris wheel comes.

A dream sequence and then another. Light upon light revolving in the air. Magical. Suspended between one and the other in a summer night meant to never end.

Merry go round, Fair Park, Little Rock Arkansas. Undated photograph.
Merry go round, Fair Park, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. Undated photograph. Image via University of Arkansas Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture.