Finally, there's a little bit of Hollywood dreams down on the Plains.

There are dozens of mentions of Katherine Thorington in the society pages. She traveled a lot, to see friends and take part in events like dances and musical performances, and someone made sure the papers knew about it. She was, I think, from Montgomery, the state capital, a short interstate trip away today. She worked in state government. Seems that she became a secretary for someone(s) in the state senate. But then, after 1932, she doesn't appear in (the digitally scanned archives of) print again.

I really do want to know about that flower. Prop or perfect accident? Was it symbolic or something she tossed aside? And, just what she was thinking of when this portrait was being taken?

"Good skin day, good hair, a photographer that understands me. This is my moment ...

One of many, Katherine, one of many.

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