The Gibson Girl made her 1st appearance in the 1890s as a collection of illustrations published in LIFE Magazine created by Charles Dana Gibson 1867-1944. He wanted to personify the ideal of womanhood & femininity based on their looks, their fashion tastes and their interests
The success these unreal women had was such that Gibson Girls became the aim to follow for American women. Basically he drew MTFs.
The Kardashians are modern-day Gibson Girls, covert trann-ees
Charles Gibson’s illustrations made women across the world strive to match and follow the idealised image, creating a national beauty standard for American women. For REAL women this was unattainable because the Gibson Girl was a Male to Female transgender depiction.
Men sought after women who looked like a Gibson girl. Just like today they are lusting after men!
Many women posed for the Gibson Girl-style illustrations, including Gibson’s wife, Irene Langhorne, who was probably the original model. Photos of famous Gibson Girl models below. 1901/1902
The Gibson Girl was presented as a gorgeous woman with a great sense of fashion.
The most famous of his models were the actress Camille Clifford (left) and the supermodel of the day, Evelyn Nesbit (right)
Charles' wife, Irene Langhorne
Charles Dana Gibson works on a portrait, 1939
Evelyn Nesbit – model for the iconic Gibson girls illustrations
The Gibson Girl became the standard beauty image. She set the standard for beauty and behaviour.
The Strange Obsession with Pig-Faced Ladies in Regency London 🐷 1/ In 1815, amidst the celebrations of Britain's victory over Napoleon, Londoners became captivated by a bizarre urban legend: the Pig-Faced Lady. But where did this fascination come from?
2/ Belief in witchcraft was widespread, leading to assumptions that such afflictions were caused by curses. One story tells of a pregnant woman who refused to give money to a beggar, resulting in the vagrant cursing her, causing her female child to be born with a pig’s head.
3/ One of the earliest examples is Tannakin Skinker, a wealthy Dutch woman cursed with a pig's face. Her story was popularised through ballads and chapbooks, blending folklore with moral lessons about kindness and charity.
Photos that depict the interior of a Rococo period Pullman train car. 1800s
Original owners of Pullman Palacecars were EF Hutton and the Vanderbilt's had at least 3 of them, Harry, Willie, and Alice had one of their own... cattle barons bought them too.
The most famous stock holders of the Pullman company were JJ Astor, Ellen Banker, Chauncey Depew, Jay Gould, Julia Grant, John Hay, Henry Morgan, J Pierpont Morgan, JD Rockefeller, and the Vanderbilts.
Lillie Langtry (1853 – 1929) was a highly successful British actress, a renowned beauty, and socialite of the late 19th century. She was notorious for her long list of prominent suitors, which included the future King of England, Edward VII.
Lillie Langtry as Cleopatra 1895
Lillie as a young girl in the 1860s with her mother and father and an elder brother.
By the 19th century Bombay underwent an ambitious phase of building resulting in some of the finest architecture in Asia
British architects have been given credit in our historical narrative for the incredible creativity & skill of an advanced civilisation of master builders.
The Alexandra Native Girls' English Institution in Bombay 1890
According to the Imperial Gazetteer of India there were 134 secondary & 1,760 primary girls' schools in 1871.
Institutions used to indoctrinate children with the fake narrative, teach new, languages, new history.
A view of the village surrounding the Walkeshwar Temple in Bombay 1860