This is the third of the photos I found at Graveface Curiosities #2 on their opening night. I am guessing that this one is form the late 1930s, based on the car and his ill-fitting suit.
I found this photo at Graveface Curiosities #2 as well. I am guessing it is from the late 1920s or early 1930s, based on the the car and the woman’s clothing.
I found this photo at the new Graveface Records and Curiosities location. They had their opening a couple of nights ago. I am guessing this is te 1920s, based on their dress.
“Polish photographer Marcin Ryczek snapped this once-in-a-lifetime photograph of a man feeding swans and ducks from a snowy river bank in Krakow.” via This is Colossal
The joy of street photography…
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.” — G.K. Chesterton, “On Running After One’s Hat,” 1908
Early photography coincided (perhaps not coincidentally) with a spike in spiritualism, mediums and magic. Because the common person did not understand the mechanics of photography, it was relatively easy to trick them with photographs — something that could only show reality.
The Perfect Medium is a well written book with hundreds of such photos. The era, the mentality and the desperation to believe in ghosts is so very evident.
Here are some photos typical of the era.
Have you ever been to a seance? Or taken a photograph with strange results?
I don’t know who this man is, but he looks very kindly and wise. I think he would have been an excellent grandfather or uncle.
Who does he remind you of?
Thanks to QuelleBooks, I’m obsessed with finding these “Missing Mother” portraits. According to the fascinating and unnerving post on Retronaut, “This was a practice where the mother, often disguised or hiding, often under a spread, holds her baby tightly for the photographer to insure a sharply focused image.” Some are more subtle than others and it’s amusing to see feet peeking out beneath heavy tapestries.
I found this photo at a little antique store in Greenup, Illinois.
What I find so intriguing with this one is the extensive work the photographer did during the printing process to “burn and dodge” out the mother’s head. There is also a strange double exposure on the right hand side, near the baby’s feet. it seems clear to me that the mother’s arms are around the baby, and that her head has been “photoshopped” out, Victorian style.
What do you see?
He had a weak point — this Fortunato — although in other regards he was a man to be respected and even feared. He prided himself on his connoisseurship in wine.
We passed through a range of low arches, descended, passed on, and descending again, arrived at a deep crypt, in which the foulness of the air caused our flambeaux rather to glow than flame.
The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe
Looks like Penguin has got himself into a bit of bother…
Check out more adventures at Penguin English Library.
The super cool people at Penguin English Library have been having a little fun with a penguin figurine and some famous scenes in classic literature. This has been christened Penguin Acts Out.
I’ve been inspired to do the same but I’ve only done a couple so far. Watch this space for my contribution to Penguin Acts Out!
I found this photograph in the basement of The Paris Market & Brocante in Savannah. It is in terrible condition but I couldn’t resist. These ladies are having so much fun — and looking great doing it!
Looks like it could be out of a photo album in The Others…
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting:
The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star,
Hath had elsewhere its setting,
And cometh from afar:
Not in entire forgetfulness,
And not in utter nakedness,
But trailing clouds of glory do we come
William Wordsworth. 1770–1850
Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early Childhood
Greatly enjoying these photos by Gavin Hammond, of London in reflection. Thank you, Gabrielle, for sharing them!
You know that railroad you can buy in Monopoly? It actually exists. Today’s found photo is a Baltimore & Ohio locomotive.
Today’s found photo is a small snapshot of the Chrysler Building in its infancy. It was intended to be NY’s tallest building, until the Empire State Building overtook it. Today, the Empire State Building will officially be dwarfed by One World Trade.
This photo was found in Cumberland Co. Illinois. I assume it was taken by Northway Studios (Greenup) as they did most of the professional photography in that area. Looks like they have a keyhole shaped filter that they laid over the negative during developing. Look at her cool shoes!
I found this photo at The Paris Market in Savannah. At first glance I thought it was a wedding photo, but now I think it might be a father and a daughter, perhaps for her prom or coming out party.
From near Effingham, Illinois.
From the New York World’s Fair in 1939. Here is a link to some more about Goodrich and the fair.
A group of fun-loving folks out for a day in the snow.
I found this photo at a garage sale and I liked it because it was clearly a vintage photo of a big band. Upon closer inspection, I think it may be the Glenn Miller Orchestra. The lead trombonist looks like him, and the musicians’ big band music stands say “GM”. Any experts out there who might know?
I found this photo on an old scrap book page. The page label said this was a car rally in 1915.
This is another of the photos I found at The Paris Market in Savannah. It is marked 1915.
I found this photo yesterday at The Paris Market in Savannah.
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