The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[2jakes]

MAS-36 (7.5MM)

 

[2jakes]

 

[2jakes]

Michael I know you've been married a couple of times but are all of those children yours?

These are mine.

I'm the chap toasting myself on how
well-mannered my kids are with the elders!

 

[2jakes]

Women of the west.

Library of Congress

 

[Michael A]

These are mine.
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I'm the chap toasting myself on how
well-mannered my kids are with the elders!

Isn't the guy holding the cigar above his head Fred Ziffel?

Michael

 

[BobHufford]

Women of the west.

This one ("The Moonshiner's Daughter") used to hang in our conference room at work. It looks a lot like my wife back in the day. Well, not dressed like that or sporting the rifle...

 

[Redfokker]

This one ("The Moonshiner's Daughter") used to hang in our conference room at work. It looks a lot like my wife back in the day. Well, not dressed like that or sporting the rifle...

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Lucky you!

 

[BobHufford]

Lucky you!

Don't I know it! I'll tell her you said so...

 

[2jakes]

Don't I know it! I'll tell her you said so...

Include me as well!


Btw: My next door neighbor looks like her, no kidding.

She’s divorced single, a lawyer that works from the house.
Owns two colt revolvers.
Her language is “colorful” to say the least.
One time in a conversation, out of the blue, she told me:

“Hell,some s.o.b. banged away on the f--kin' door
and there I was with a crying baby on one hand
(she was baby-sitting) my colt on the other,
standing butt naked & PO’d big time...
I coulda shot that pecker-wood for waking up the kid!”

All I could think was “what’s the best way to reply and not antagonize
her further!”

She thinks the world of Polo!

 

[2jakes]

Happy Thanksgiving Day to all my fellow Loungers !

November 1911. Before Halloween came into its own as a holiday in this country, there was "Thanksgiving masking," where kids would dress up and go door to door for apples, or maybe "scramble for pennies." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Another tintype photo dated August 2, 1880 with William H. Bonney & Pat Garrett in the group has surfaced. Facial recognition software has certified that it is "most likely" Billy the Kid & Pat Garrett. Let the debate of the experts begin!

Bonney is 2nd from left; Garrett is on the far right.

 

[2jakes]

Billy, do you mind if I make some changes?

No jake....go ahead!

How do I look?

Wow Billy... you're gonna drive the ladies on the Lounge crazy with that grin
and sleepy bedroom eyes...
No kidding, just ask Hurricane Jack,
I'm sure he would agree!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Billy, do you mind if I make some changes?
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No jake....go ahead!
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How do I look?
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Wow Billy... you're gonna drive the ladies on the Lounge crazy with that smile
and sleepy bedroom eyes...
No kidding, just ask Hurricane Jack!

Good job on the restoration!

 

[2jakes]

Good job on the restoration!

Thanks, but cannot take credit on this
one. It's on the internet.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Thanks, but cannot take credit on this
one. It's on the internet.

If it's a full image I'd like to see the link; interested in his hands.

 

[2jakes]

Check this one out!

Looks like some one took the task of having the folks in sharp focus while
everything around is soft.
Not sure if this was possible for the lenses of that period to do this.

My guesstimate...
Make copies of original.
Use online editor to sharpen the image.
Outline and remove the people only.
Drag & paste to first copy that was soft.
Now you have the folks in sharp contrast
to the rest of the image.

 

[2jakes]

If it's a full image I'd like to see the link; interested in his hands.

Using iPhone.
Didn't save link.
I'm at work now & it's
"Black Friday"....!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Check this one out!
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Looks like some one took the task of having the folks in sharp focus while
everything around is soft.
Not sure if this was possible for the lenses of that period to this.

Gives it a 3D quality to it.

 

[scottyrocks]

Wouldn't that have more to do with aperture?

 

[2jakes]

Wouldn't that have more to do with aperture?

Of course!
The lens aperature can be adjusted to isolate the specific part of the subject you
want to focus sharply.

It just looks odd to me somehow.
Like H J said... it gives it a "3D" quality.

Just my 2¢!