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Why do we call the bottles the ‘Indian Queen?’

THE INDIAN PRINCESS or LA BELLE SAUVAGE “Even before the first Englishman set foot on Virginia soil, America was represented in the iconography of 16th century European art as an Indian woman. She was depicted as variously savage and seductive.” Why … Continue reading

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