The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[BobHufford]

 

[steur]

Eton college mobilised in 1915. They did it in style.

 

[steur]

Fishing contest in Holland, 1941.

 

[KarlCrow]

Eton college mobilised in 1915. They did it in style.

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they still dress much the same, i went to a university with a pile of them a few years ago and to a man they can tie a bow-tie single handed whilst running down a stairs. To a man they also yearn for modern feudalism but that's neither here nor there.

 

[steur]

they still dress much the same, i went to a university with a pile of them a few years ago and to a man they can tie a bow-tie single handed whilst running down a stairs. To a man they also yearn for modern feudalism but that's neither here nor there.

Tried to tie a bow tie once; took me a couple of days and a few hours of youtube videos before I figured out what on earth was going on (and I know how to tie a tie)!

 

[RJR]

they still dress much the same, i went to a university with a pile of them a few years ago and to a man they can tie a bow-tie single handed whilst running down a stairs. To a man they also yearn for modern feudalism but that's neither here nor there.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Hatfields and McCoys?

I think that "pistol" is one of those American Bulldog toy cap pistols.

Fishing contest in Holland, 1941.

Is it a rule in the contest that you have to measure the bait?

 

[steur]

I think that "pistol" is one of those American Bulldog toy cap pistols.


Is it a rule in the contest that you have to measure the bait?

Maybe to ensure a level playing field?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

William Poole, Bill the Butcher (1850)

 

[KarlCrow]

William Poole, Bill the Butcher (1850)

looks cooler than daniel day lewis and i expect cut rather than revelled in ham.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

looks cooler than daniel day lewis and i expect cut rather than revelled in ham.

Maybe he butchered something other than animals?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Poole

 

[KarlCrow]

Maybe he butchered something other than animals?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Poole

yeh i read that cause i knew i'd heard that name / seen a similar image before. Day Lewis 'channelled' him in Scorcese's Gangs of New York, whatever that means. But then I find Day Lewis a bit much, and gave up half way through 'Lincoln' as as far as I could see and hear he was chanelling Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.

 

[scottyrocks]

Tried to tie a bow tie once; took me a couple of days and a few hours of youtube videos before I figured out what on earth was going on (and I know how to tie a tie)!

My learning curve was pretty steep, too, but I've pretty much got it down now. haha

 

[Hurricane Jack]

yeh i read that cause i knew i'd heard that name / seen a similar image before. Day Lewis 'channelled' him in Scorcese's Gangs of New York, whatever that means. But then I find Day Lewis a bit much, and gave up half way through 'Lincoln' as as far as I could see and hear he was chanelling Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.

I never was able to get thru "Gangs..." either but enjoyed him in "Lincoln".

 

[KarlCrow]

I never was able to get thru "Gangs..." either but enjoyed him in "Lincoln".

i probably shouldn't have mentioned the mr burns thing in case anyone who reads it hasn't seen it. Apparently I ruined Lincoln for a friend as I'd mentioned it and then that's all he could hear too. Pity cause unlike the cool kids I generally like anything spielberg touches. I'm sure if I was from those neck of the woods I'd have been more emotionally involved.

 

[Michael R.]

Picking Cotton , the same way we did before one row cotton pickers took over . White , Black , Men , Women , and Children .

 

[Zombie_61]

yeh i read that cause i knew i'd heard that name / seen a similar image before. Day Lewis 'channelled' him in Scorcese's Gangs of New York, whatever that means. But then I find Day Lewis a bit much, and gave up half way through 'Lincoln' as as far as I could see and hear he was chanelling Mr. Burns from The Simpsons.

For modern audiences, part of the "problem" is that we've all seen Lincoln regularly portrayed by actors with a deeper, baritone voice--Raymond Massey, John Carradine, and Gregory Peck, to name a few. No recordings of Lincoln's voice exist because he died before that technology was invented, but numerous reports and newspaper commentaries exist that mention his higher-pitched "tenor" voice. So Lewis' performance in Lincoln might be more historically accurate, but a lot of people found it off-putting because it didn't match what they've been led to believe.

 

[KarlCrow]

For modern audiences, part of the "problem" is that we've all seen Lincoln regularly portrayed by actors with a deeper, baritone voice--Raymond Massey, John Carradine, and Gregory Peck, to name a few. No recordings of Lincoln's voice exist because he died before that technology was invented, but numerous reports and newspaper commentaries exist that mention his higher-pitched "tenor" voice. So Lewis' performance in Lincoln might be more historically accurate, but a lot of people found it off-putting because it didn't match what they've been led to believe.

He should have gone for a nice thespian baritone, I mean if I wanted reality I'd turn on The Simpsons.
P-)

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The Manuel Heredia Crespo Panama hat company, Ecuador, 1900 -1940

 

[2jakes]