October 3, 2012

Wordless Wednesday: 2-Year Old Billie Holiday (1917)


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3 comments:

  1. Carolyn MoonOctober 3, 2012 at 4:18 PM

    She, in her beauty,looks as if she has the weight of the world on her shoulders at that young age. It could be photographic limitations of that time, however, in reading about this woman's life; Langston Hughes'"Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" line in "Mother to Son" rings true.

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  2. ReggieOctober 3, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    Oh the possibilities that lie within each child.

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  3. UnknownOctober 7, 2012 at 4:28 PM

    Carolyn - Yes, I agree. I was struck by her serious look at the age of 2. She was a talented woman with demons inside...

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