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[2jakes]

Chilly day

 

[2jakes]

Police opened fire hydrants during unbearable summer heat in 50s Chicago.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

It might be.
Shovel used to make a hole to insert the cardboard snowman on the ground. View attachment 156986
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When have you ever seen a snowman with a sculpted thumb on either hand?

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Boy giving his donation to flood prevention fund in Dayton, Ohio on May 24, 1913.

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I was looking at this up close & the sharpness of the focus is amazing for 1913.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

...summer heat in 50s Chicago.

There's a time traveler driving a 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne.

 

[Frunobulax]

I was looking at this up close & the sharpness of the focus is amazing for 1913.

Probably glass plate photography. I've seen some historical photos using that technology that look as good as HDTV, or better.

Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Probably glass plate photography. I've seen some historical photos using that technology that look as good as HDTV, or better.

Sent directly from my mind to yours.

I'm sure it was but with the slower lens/long exposure time everyone/everything would have to stay perfectly still. I have a small collection of glass slides for a Magic Lantern projector (pre moving picture films) & I don't think they are that sharp in focus.

 

[2jakes]

When have you ever seen a snowman with a sculpted thumb on either hand?

When you work in the "Trim-A-Tree" dept
around Christmas and the boss knows you
do oil paintings....
And assigneds you to do the walls and cutouts of Santa, reindeers etc, standing around faked snow.

 

[Woodtroll]

"Remember the Promises You Made in the Attic" was the slogan used to promote collection for future flood prevention.

Now THAT is one of the most poignant slogans I have ever heard! Here in the Appalachians, there are a lot of stories of mountain towns wiped out by flash floods. The stories always include tales of those who survived, or didn't, by seeking refuge in their attics.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

When you work in the "Trim-A-Tree" dept
around Christmas and the boss knows you
do oil paintings....
And assigneds you to do the walls and cutouts of Santa, reindeers etc, standing around faked snow.

My wife has a childhood pic of her mom at Christmas time, on a stuffed reindeer, painted backdrop & a terrible Santa Claus (think "Bad Santa"). It was taken in some department store I'm sure. Hard to believe Christmas decorations were once so crude.

 

[BobHufford]

 

[Rmccamey]

My dad worked for Texas Electric Service company (TESCO) for years.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

 

[BobHufford]

Big Knife, Blackfoot.

 

[2jakes]

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Big Knife, Blackfoot.

I like the beaded cuff shown. I have a pair of ceremonial beaded dance cuffs with longer fringe. I'll try & include them in a pic soon.

 

[Michael A]

The adventurers and photographers Ellsworth and Emery Kolb on the Colorado river, circa 1911-12. ‘Ellsworth and Emery Kolb were the last of the Grand Canyon pioneers, and the most colorful,’ says Roger Naylor, who wrote a book about the brothers. ‘They dangled from ropes, clung to sheer cliff walls by their fingertips, climbed virtually inaccessible summits, ran seemingly impassable white-water rapids, braved the elements, and ventured into unknown wilderness – all for the sake of a photo’

Photograph: Courtesy of Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection
Found this photo and text in the Guardian Newspaper today.

Michael

 

[Hurricane Jack]

The adventurers and photographers Ellsworth and Emery Kolb on the Colorado river, circa 1911-12. ‘Ellsworth and Emery Kolb were the last of the Grand Canyon pioneers, and the most colorful,’ says Roger Naylor, who wrote a book about the brothers. ‘They dangled from ropes, clung to sheer cliff walls by their fingertips, climbed virtually inaccessible summits, ran seemingly impassable white-water rapids, braved the elements, and ventured into unknown wilderness – all for the sake of a photo’

Photograph: Courtesy of Grand Canyon National Park Museum Collection
Found this photo and text in the Guardian Newspaper today.

Michael

I wonder if the Kolb brothers saw the Navajo place of emergence in the canyon; the Sipapu?

 

[Michael A]

I wonder if the Kolb brothers saw the Navajo place of emergence in the canyon; the Sipapu?

Don't know, HJ, but you might find the answer in this book
http://www.rogernaylor.com/books-1

Michael

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Don't know, HJ, but you might find the answer in this book
http://www.rogernaylor.com/books-1

Michael

The Sipapu & the Sipapuni is in the area of where the Little Colorado River empties into the Colorado River. That's very near where the Smithsonian removed Egyptian-like artifacts around the turn of the 20th century. That whole area has been restricted & off limits by the government since that time. Only the earliest of explorers could have possibly seen what was there.