tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post6006428302472103524..comments2024-01-20T16:49:46.154-08:00Comments on Soapy Smith's Soap Box: Fatima ("Little Egypt") in Skagway 1898.Jeff Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14680146273701688630noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-17633027856068376792018-07-30T10:23:17.644-07:002018-07-30T10:23:17.644-07:00Jeff,
Some additional info on the "Fatima&quo...Jeff,<br />Some additional info on the "Fatima" of the Bird Cage. That painting is in fact done by a man named M. Vaccari, a Tombstone local who painted it in 1882. It was a copy of a painting titled "A Dream at the Alhambra" done by a man named Henry Humphrey Moore. The scene depicted is actually inside the Alhambra Palace of Granada, Spain. Vaccari's painting was raffled off in they Crystal Palace Saloon right in Tombstone. I have far more specifics on the painting, Moore, and the whole story if you're interested. The version given to the public is a bold faced lie intended to increase the romantic value of a trip inside the already wonderful walls of the Bird Cage. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11149576643386600191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4127229959267257059.post-38120817088595558512010-09-01T17:27:28.690-07:002010-09-01T17:27:28.690-07:00Pam Potter writes the following:
"Jeff, than...Pam Potter writes the following:<br /><br />"Jeff, thanks for bringing this up, it is an interesting topic. For more information on "Little Egypt" and "Fatima" see <i>LOOKING FOR LITTLE EGYPT</i> by Donna Carlton. There is a picture of "Fatima" on the boardwalk in Coney Island in 1896. There is also a drawing of her on the cover of the <i>Police Gazette</i>, March 31, 1894."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com