The Oldest Woman in Walpi, 1900, Colorized Little Italy Taken: 1898Location: Omaha

Taken: 1898Location: Omaha

United KingdomPhotographer: UnknownRemaster: Jordan J

In what was one of the most memorable and effective political demonstrations in subject and organisation of all time

swaggering affair

heralded a turning point in the American Civil War

The Oldest Woman in Walpi, 1900, Colorized Little Italy Taken: 1898Location: OmahaABOUT THIS PHOTOGRAPH Monsen was one of several photographers operating at the turn of the century in this part of America, alongside his more famous contemporary Edward S. Curtis. Walpi ('Place of the Notch') is a Hopi village in what is now Arizona that has been continuously inhabited for over a thousand years. Pictured is Kauowena, who according to the caption was the oldest woman in Walpithe unnamed child is separated by four generations. As ever,