*Electric Pomegranate*

Frances Richards, in 1955, modeling a smoking device that allowed an entire pack of cigarettes to be smoked at once. Photo: Jacobsen/Getty Images

Frances Richards, in 1955, modeling a smoking device that allowed an entire pack of cigarettes to be smoked at once. Photo: Jacobsen/Getty Images


After gaining fame on the frontier, Calamity Jane penned her own autobiography, and starred in her own one-woman show. After showing up intoxicated to one of her first shows in Minneapolis, MN, Jane was kicked off the stage and her endeavors in performing came to a halt soon after.
Calamity Jane: an original party grrrl

After gaining fame on the frontier, Calamity Jane penned her own autobiography, and starred in her own one-woman show. After showing up intoxicated to one of her first shows in Minneapolis, MN, Jane was kicked off the stage and her endeavors in performing came to a halt soon after.

Calamity Jane: an original party grrrl