On June 3, 1906, Carrie McDonald gave birth to a little girl in St. Louis, and named her Freda Josephine.
Freda Josephine, age 2
If someone could’ve predicted to Carrie that her daughter would become a style icon, a famous singer, the toast of Paris, the owner of a pet cheetah, and a spy for the French Resistance, she would have laughed incredulously. But all of these things would come to be.
What do you suppose will come to be in your life?
Listen to a few of Ms. Baker’s most wonderful songs as you peruse these photographs, and ponder your own unlikely but wonderful future. C’est Lui is my favorite, but you may like a different one best.
Josephine Baker, 1920s
Ms. Baker, defining style in Paris
Josephine Baker with her cheetah Chiquita
Josephine Baker, decades after she first achieved fame, in 1949 (LOC)
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She was SO ahead of her time, a true Trailblazer, awesome!
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She was! A real original!
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I Think Zendaya should be casting as Josephine Baker In a A limited series about Josephine Baker
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Hi Thena! I haven’t heard of Zendaya before. Is her style similar?
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Uh, no, but maybe she could do a great job at it. I hear she is a good actor.
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