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Title: Belle Starr
Post by: Zulch on February 06, 2023, 07:07:42 AM
Found this interesting. In this photo, purportedly, she has been arrested. So why is she shown with a gun in her holster if she were arrested? Maybe the gun was emptied of cartridges. Chivalry? Photo Opportunity?  No big deal just thought this was something to talk about. Wonder what pistola she was packin'?? any ideas out there?  :icon_scratch:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle_Starr#/media/File:Belle_Starr,_Fort_Smith,_Arkansas,_1886.jpg
Title: Re: Belle Starr
Post by: mike116 on February 06, 2023, 07:47:49 AM
Looks like a Schofield revolver to me.
Title: Re: Belle Starr
Post by: Zulch on February 06, 2023, 07:49:44 AM
Quote from: mike116 on February 06, 2023, 07:47:49 AM
Looks like a Schofield revolver to me.
Mike, thank you. Believe it or not I actually wondered that myself.
Title: Re: Belle Starr
Post by: Hawg on February 06, 2023, 07:56:11 AM
I would have never thought she rode sidesaddle but apparently she did and wore two guns with expensive dresses.
Title: Re: Belle Starr
Post by: Zulch on February 06, 2023, 08:06:44 AM
Quote from: Hawg on February 06, 2023, 07:56:11 AM
I would have never thought she rode sidesaddle but apparently she did and wore two guns with expensive dresses.

Yeah Hawg. Dang dresses drug the ground even.  :icon_scratch: I'm sure her real life story is lot different than the dime store novel or the hollyweird depiction of her. It seems she was most known for horse thievery than anything else. LOL
Title: Re: Belle Starr
Post by: Hawg on February 06, 2023, 09:26:57 AM
Quote from: Zulch on February 06, 2023, 08:06:44 AM
Quote from: Hawg on February 06, 2023, 07:56:11 AM
I would have never thought she rode sidesaddle but apparently she did and wore two guns with expensive dresses.

Yeah Hawg. Dang dresses drug the ground even.  :icon_scratch: I'm sure her real life story is lot different than the dime store novel or the hollyweird depiction of her. It seems she was most known for horse thievery than anything else. LOL

Ground length dresses were normal for back then. It was scandalous for a woman to show her ankles.
Title: Re: Belle Starr
Post by: Captainkirk on February 06, 2023, 09:49:40 AM
She looks like a tough old crow...
Title: Re: Belle Starr
Post by: Zulch on February 06, 2023, 09:57:57 AM
Quote from: Captainkirk on February 06, 2023, 09:49:40 AM
She looks like a tough old crow...
She does Cap. That's right Hawg. Wonder how the women of today would like to dress like that.  L@J
Title: Re: Belle Starr
Post by: Hawg on February 06, 2023, 10:00:21 AM
Quote from: Zulch on February 06, 2023, 09:57:57 AM
Quote from: Captainkirk on February 06, 2023, 09:49:40 AM
She looks like a tough old crow...
She does Cap. That's right Hawg. Wonder how the women of today would like to dress like that.  L@J

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Title: Re: Belle Starr
Post by: Zulch on February 06, 2023, 10:10:34 AM
Quote from: Hawg on February 06, 2023, 10:00:21 AM
Quote from: Zulch on February 06, 2023, 09:57:57 AM
Quote from: Captainkirk on February 06, 2023, 09:49:40 AM
She looks like a tough old crow...
She does Cap. That's right Hawg. Wonder how the women of today would like to dress like that.  L@J

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yep...good reply.