Old Photos - A thread we can all enjoy

[ticket2ride04]

This has been a routine installment on the Main Board which I lifted to place here.

The Kennedy family children, 1928

Future President Gerald Ford with teammate Willis Ward at the University of Michigan in 1934. Ford threatened to quit the team when Ward was benched for a game against Georgia Tech, who at the time refused to play against black players.

Mercury, a daytime streamliner passenger train operating between midwestern cities. Chicago, 1936

Harriet Tubman in 1911 at age 89

Elaine Reynolds, Miss October 1959

Leonardo DiCaprio and his parents, 1976

Woman relaxing in her living room (1920, Sweden)

Woman cutting her birthday cake in Tehran, Iran 1973

National Woman’s Party marching in Washington D.C. May 21, 1922

Helen Keller, the first deaf and blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, photographed sitting down in Looe, Cornwall, UK on 6th May 1932

There’s cool. And then there’s “Macho Man sitting on the pier with his Championship Belt” kind of cool. (1988)

Traffic Signal – Fifth Avenue and 34th Street, NYC, 1922

The models of the "American Gothic" painting

Girls in 1972

French girl speeding on a scooter, 1984

Roberta Vasquez, Miss November 1984

RMS Queen Elizabeth bringing American troops back home, New York harbour 1945

President Roosevelt, 1904

Los Angeles summer fashion along Rodeo Drive, 1953

1939: Last Person to be Publicly Executed in France

 

[ticket2ride04]

Broadway and 46th, New York City (1949)

Same view today

Young Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman 1973

The last photograph of Franklin D. Roosevelt, taken at Warm Springs, Georgia, 11th April 1945, he passed away the next day, just 11 weeks after into his fourth term

1914 - Young Adolf Hitler celebrating the announcement of World War One

Gig Gangel, Miss January 1980

Keshia Thomas protects a racist from being attacked by a mob: moments earlier she had been protesting the KKK group this man was a part of, but when he became a target she threw herself over him to shield him from the blows. (1996)

Hank Williams singing to his son Hank Williams Jr. (1949)

34 years ago today Purple Rain was released by Prince on 06-25-1984

December 1936. "Housing for poor and lower income groups. Washington Avenue, Bronx, New York."

Dorothy Counts – The First Black Girl To Attend An All White School In The United States – Being Teased And Taunted By Her White Male Peers At Charlotte’s Harry Harding High School, 1957

Tattoo parlor late 1930s

Woman beating neo-Nazi with handbag, Sweden, 13th April 1985.

Sharry Konopski, Miss August 1987

Aerial photograph of Edinburgh (circa 1920’s when aerial photography was still in its infancy)

1970’s Geography student

5 generation photo. Astoria, Oregon 1931

Jack Black, 1982

American casualties lying on stretchers aboard a landing craft, awaiting evacuation, Munda Point, New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 12 Jul 1943

 

[gunslingerdick]

4.5 star thread. Would have been a 5 star if you had actually thought it up. But we’re desperate for a good thread so kudos to you ticket.

Old photos are so cool to look at. They’ve always been cool to look at but especially in the post-digital age. I think we sometimes forget how much went into taking a neat picture pre-digital. You couldn’t just take a burst of 30 pics and then sort it out later. You had limited chances. You either got the picture you wanted or you didn’t. There was no “hold on, let me look at it...oops, my eyes are closed in this one, let’s take another.” Being a photographer pre-digital was so much cooler than being one now.

I remember getting film developed and the anticipation you felt on your way to the drug store to pick up your pics. That was fun. And you typically had a roll of 24 exposures and you knew a few were going to have part of the photographer’s thumb and then another one or two just would t come out. So we were left with about 20 pics that you hoped were what you wanted.

Now every picture is a perfect picture. Perfection is boring.

 

[UNC71-00]

4.5 star thread. Would have been a 5 star if you had actually thought it up. But we’re desperate for a good thread so kudos to you ticket.

Old photos are so cool to look at. They’ve always been cool to look at but especially in the post-digital age. I think we sometimes forget how much went into taking a neat picture pre-digital. You couldn’t just take a burst of 30 pics and then sort it out later. You had limited chances. You either got the picture you wanted or you didn’t. There was no “hold on, let me look at it...oops, my eyes are closed in this one, let’s take another.” Being a photographer pre-digital was so much cooler than being one now.

I remember getting film developed and the anticipation you felt on your way to the drug store to pick up your pics. That was fun. And you typically had a roll of 24 exposures and you knew a few were going to have part of the photographer’s thumb and then another one or two just would t come out. So we were left with about 20 pics that you hoped were what you wanted.

Now every picture is a perfect picture. Perfection is boring.

This is a startling response from you. I thought you would point him to the RPT.

 

[gunslingerdick]

This is a startling response from you. I thought you would point him to the RPT.

The RPT does indeed have a lot of these kind of pics. But I’m trying here, man. I’m trying really hard.

 

[ticket2ride04]

The RPT does indeed have a lot of these kind of pics. But I’m trying here, man. I’m trying really hard.

These have always gotten a lot of positive responses. It’s a well done weekly installment. I read your other post and am trying to inject some juice here. More cool stuff never hurt anyone

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

A Young Elvis


The Beatles meet Ali

JFK meets Bill Clinton

Young Bill Gates

Young Osama Bin Laden (on the right)

Fidel Castro and Che Guevara

Eiffel Tower mid construction

 

[uncboy10]

Old photos are like old music. Without the little imperfections, art becomes sterile.

 

[strummingram]

@ticket2ride04

That was the most interesting hodgepodge of choices for pictures.

Less-than-happy footnote: Sharry Konopski was in an accident that left her a paraplegic and just died last year. It's one of those weird things I know. I had the August 87 Playboy she was featured and she was born about a month before me. She was in a bad car accident in 1995 and posed again after the accident, but I don't remember when.

But... now... more old photos:

I saw some Civil War photos recently that had been retouched to color:

 

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[BorisSutherland]

Lately, I have enjoyed looking at old photos. They send me a unique vibe and clearly bring me to the past. Sometimes it's pretty impressive. Since I was a child, I admired photo shooting and all kinds of photos. Recently, I began to take online photo courses. I also selected a special space from www.aperfectspace.com, where I made my first official photo shoot. I would say that this website is fantastic if you search for a beautiful and amazing place for shootings. You can check your website for a better view.

 

[WhatTheHeel?]

A Young Elvis


The Beatles meet Ali

JFK meets Bill Clinton

Young Bill Gates

Young Osama Bin Laden (on the right)

Fidel Castro and Che Guevara

Eiffel Tower mid construction

I like how you titled it "JFK meeting Bill Clinton" instead of the other way around. LOL.

 

[blazers]

 

[gteeitup]

the young bin laden is funny and troubling to me for some reason 😂

 

[Grayhead]

the young bin laden is funny and troubling to me for some reason 😂

Looked like a normal dude.

 

[prlyles]

Looked like a normal dude.

Yep, troubling that he looks so normal.

 

[dadika13]

Weightless cat experiment

Dolly Parton, 1973

Drive thru Polio vaccine, 1960

Parenting in 1969

Protest in Little Rock, 1959

 

[Grayhead]

Is that @strummingram getting his shot?

 

[strummingram]

Weightless cat experiment

Dolly Parton, 1973

Drive thru Polio vaccine, 1960

Parenting in 1969

Protest in Little Rock, 1959

Race Mixing Is Communism!


I think that was the 11th plank of Communism that Karl Marx decided to put in the Special Edition of the Manifesto.

 

[Grayhead]

Race Mixing Is Communism!


I think that was the 11th plank of Communism that Karl Marx decided to put in the Special Edition of the Manifesto.

Its crazy. People have come a long way

 

[dadika13]

Race Mixing Is Communism!


I think that was the 11th plank of Communism that Karl Marx decided to put in the Special Edition of the Manifesto.

It was only available in the paperback version.

 

[strummingram]

Its crazy. People have come a long way

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose​

Proverb. the more things change, the more they stay the same. Turbulent changes do not affect reality on a deeper level other than to cement the status quo. A change of heart must accompany experience before lasting change occurs.


Never fear... I've come prepared!

 

[gunslingerdick]

People have come a long way

No they haven’t. White people are still racist. Maybe more than ever. Our country is racist at its core. You’re racist. Don’t believe me? Just turn on the TV and they’ll beat you over the head with it.

 

[strummingram]

And... I wonder if anyone can guess who this is:

 

[gunslingerdick]

Evelyn McHale killed herself in 1947 by jumping from the Empire State building. This photo, taken just hours after her death, became an iconic shot that was eventually dubbed, "the most beautiful suicide".

 

[Heelicious]

And... I wonder if anyone can guess who this is:

Are the last two: Merle Haggard and George Jones? Not such a distinctive face, I'm just going by what looks like the age of the photograph. I think Hank Williams Senior had a skinnier face than this pic.

 

[strummingram]

Are the last two: Merle Haggard and George Jones? Not such a distinctive face, I'm just going by what looks like the age of the photograph. I think Hank Williams Senior had a skinnier face than this pic.

Kris Kristofferson is holding the 12-string.

And, yes, a very young George Jones at the end! Good job!

 

[blazers]

1973? So.... They're really real?