Great Photographs

[isha]

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Swans collected from Thames in advance of 1920 Regatta

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The gym for first class passengers on the Titanic.

[isha]

George W. McLaurin, a 54 year old African American, sits in an anteroom, apart from the other students, as he attends class at the University of Oklahoma in 1948. The university insisted that segregation be maintained, but a Supreme Court ruling forced the institution to accept McLaurin as a student.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._McLaurin

What is law is not always what is right.

[isha]

Sorry, this is not a very upbeat Friday Feeling type of photograph but I am very struck by it. I will find something nicer and put it in later, I promise.

Australian solidiers after their release from Japanese captivity from Singapore , 1945



This is it colourised.

[isha]

A cheerfuller one
Delivering bread in Ireland in 1920s

[Scotty]

A cheerfuller one
Delivering bread in Ireland in 1920s

In the 1920's it seemed they bragged about stuff being 'machine made'. How times have changed.

[CelticRambler]

From an article in the Guardian about a nomadic shepherding couple in the Dolomites:

[isha]

I just really like this photograph. It says so much.
Plus some day i would like to spend some time living in a proper yurt/ger in Mongolia...and have a bit of internet for the chat.

[isha]

Found a little trove of interesting photos this morning. A few..



Early residents at Lake McDonald, Montana, posed with “Wives Wanted” sign, left to right: Bill Daucks, Frank Geduhn, Esli Apgar, and Dimon Apgar, ca. 1901. This is where the Tinder ploy of 'man posing with cat' first evolved.




Zanzibar, 1947. Nanny posing with her charge, Farrokh Bulsara. Who would grow up to be known as Freddie Mercury.



Launching the James Caird from the shore of Elephant Island to South Georgia which is 800 nautical away, 24 April 1916. 800 nautical miles is 920 miles. This was part of Ernest Shackleton's mission to rescue the men stranded during the Endurance expedition. It took 17 days to sail to their destination and then they had to walk across the mountains and get help. All survived.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_James_Caird



Compulsory collectivisation. 1929. Soviet Russia. The banner says ''Read books. The book is the best friend of the peasant. Books will teach you how to carry out agriculture properly.''
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collectiv ... viet_Union
Collectivisation was pursued between 1928 and 1940, resulted in many famines and the death toll is estimated at 4 - 7 million people.




An active service unit of the IRA preparing for foot patrol in Northern Ireland, 1994.

[isha]

My daughter sent me a photo of her morning coffee break in Italy, where she is cycling at the moment, and I think it's a work of art

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[isha]

Some nice photos to cheer us all up.

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Robert Wadlow at 10 years old with his Dad. He went on to be 8' 11'' tall, but unfortunately died at 22 years old.

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Elvis Presley at 2 years old with his parents in 1937. You can see how he turned into a good looking adult.

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A little girl riding an alligator at a Californian alligator park in the 1950s. As you do.

[isha]

Ahhhh look, Tom Cream with all the good boys

That would really make Fridays cheerful.

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[isha]

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This guy mowing the grass at Stonehenge 1955

[isha]

https://www.garretsuhrie.com/best-sellers

This guy takes lovely photographs.

This is an unusual one of alligator eyes in a stream at night. It's not among his beautiful photos which you can see at the link. But it is unusual.

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[knownunknown]

What James Webb sees vs what spritzer saw. These telescopes work on a longer wavelength of light so they can peer further back in time, since light that travels long distances tends to increase its wavelength.



This is what the infrared telescopes see vs what Hubble saw:

[isha]

A few pals having a fag break during the Tour De France. 1920s.

[isha]

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Martin Amm is the photographer.
It's a dragonfly with dew on them.

[CelticRambler]

Jeez - those dew-drops on the eyes look worse than getting rain on me specs!

[isha]

Jeez - those dew-drops on the eyes look worse than getting rain on me specs!

The shapes in creatures eyes close up, like you see in those macro shots of ants faces and magnified in those dew drops etc look to me like cyborg technology. The forms in nature are awesome. Some microscopic creatures look like they have cogs.

[isha]

Microsoft staff, 1978.

These are the people who took over the world.

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[Del.Monte]

No wonder we're fooked!

[marhay70]

Microsoft staff, 1978.

These are the people who took over the world.

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So that's where Gerry Adams was hiding.

[quodec]

So, which one is Bill Gates? Hard to tell with all the hair!

[isha]

So, which one is Bill Gates? Hard to tell with all the hair!

Bottom left. He looks a bit sickly. But some of the others look like serial killers.

[Del.Monte]

I was going to ask which one was Charles Manson?

[765489]

I see Ozzy Osbourne and Fred West in that photo.