Imagine walking through Central Park one day and seeing a plump, fashionably dressed woman with her hair in a loose chignon walking a lion cub on a leash, trailed by a squad of servants. You’d stop and do a double-take, right? Park visitors in early 20th century who came across this lady and her lion […]

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Artifact #91James Joseph SmithCommencement ExercisesJeff Smith collection(Click image to enlarge) ames Joseph SmithCommencement Exercises for Soapy Smith's youngest son, circa 1897-1904.The document has no date, but advertises the piano as being furnished by the Val A. Reis Music Company of St. Louis, which had a store open between 1891-1908, thus, I am guessing that James was between the age