Vintage shots from days gone by!

Charlie Chaplin in a genuine Autochrome photo, THANKS to KittyPackard.

 

This is a great World War I image I've not seen before, showing action from the German POV. What
an expansive shot! This Autochrome photo was as rendered on a photo-postcard, a medium that had
become very popular at the turn of the century. Arguably, the image suffers a little from the postcard
repro process, but it's stil a DYNAMIC shot. Look at that Zep! The spiked helmets, I think, peg this
to the 1914 or '15 campaigns. Thoughts? Thanks go to MetroPostcard.

 

Who can ID the push-prop plane and WAG the year? We can add this to the World
War I Autochrome shots posted last year. This photo is thanks to SandboxWorld
and come from the huge collection amassed -- for the permanent record of history --
by visionary French-Jewish capitalist Albert Kahn. He collected some 70,000 Auto-
chrome plates and hundreds of thousands of feet of vintage B&W film (all of it before
1980! LOL).

 

Mark S. Abeln actually posted this one this month at The RefactedLight.
The image is genuinely from between about 1910 and 1915, though Mark
restored the original Autochrome somewhat, as they tend toward dark-
ness due to the limited number of pigments in the Lumiere process. To
me, it is just wonderful to see a detailed shot of an early wheel-powered
mill. Not being intimately familiar with the history of milling, I cannot but
guess if this was only a grist mill, or for multiple purposes. Anybody?
One SUPER feature hear is the early type lightning rods up top! Shows
the mill was built in the 1800s, I reckon. Those glass globes would glow
when the air was highly charged, but the technology? Don't know!

 

Photos like this remind me so much of the master French impressionist painters
like Renoir. But as much as I have enjoyed, and value, painting as an art form and
method of recording life's visual elements, I'm a huge fan of photos. Even the poor-
est photo is still a more accurate image than almost any artist's interpretation, IMO.
This Autochrome from Belgium is thanks to DarkRoastedBlend.




A glimpse of a gentler age and place, thanks to TheImageWorks.

 

Ditto, thanks to PhotoTechnology. Entitled "Christina by the Boat." I almost hate to describe
it for fear of ruining the obvious enthralling mystique of this well-conceived, well-executed
photo study! Though it was created in 1913 -- basically a century ago! -- it appears
timeless, almost as if it could have been done last week! In fact, Christina was a REAL person.
Mervyn O'Gorman wanted a series of photos by which to remember his daughter in her youth.
This photo was captured near Lulworth Cove in Dorset. Amazing. For all intents, O'Gorman
succeeded in freezing a moment in time. An image for the ages.

[BTW, Lt. Col. Mervyn O'Gorman was one of the greatest British aeronautical engineers & designers.]

 

And just for the fun of it: A very nice Kodachrome from the late-'30s
or early '40s. In 1936, Kodak introduced this popular color film, re-
vered for its vivid (almost larger-the-life!) colors. Easy-to-use and
process, Kodachrome made the long-lived Autochrome obsolete --
and virtually forgotten -- almost overnight. This shot is THANKS
to OutlawJournalism.

 

Hey Jimi, this looks like it could've been taken at the Chaplin Studios. Or was it called the Chaplin Sound Stage?

 

Thanks Twin, if anyone wants to see more wood,
check out this thread:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=683549&highlight=woodies

 

I do believe that the middle is a new staged "Old" picture, different styles pf pumps, too many signs, car in perfect spot, too clean and more

 

I have to disagree. I think that's a snatch.

 

Anyone can see its a muff

 

This looks like the same car, but from a different angle? I can't remember where I found this pic on the 'net.

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It's still a car dealership, although they sell Fords now. The building on the left has been torn down but the two story building on the right is intact, with a fake facade added to the front.

 

Furburger, heavy on the fur, as God intended.

 

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photo: LIFE online archive​

 

Charlie Chaplin in a genuine Autochrome photo, THANKS to KittyPackard.

Hey, guy. I'm guessing you are RIGHT, as Chaplin liked to have control of production factors. But there was NO info with this keen photo. Lots of us run into this, but we try our best to provide avaialable info. Sorry I don't have more dope on WHERE Charlie was in this old Autochrome. I'd have to WAG that Charlie himself had the pic taken, since there were no paparozi back then. To get this pic, the photographer would have had to set it up and have a tri-pod --not exactly paparazi situation.

 

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Boston '57, from here.

 

TV Tommy Ivo here. Who's the guy in the cockpit? Love to hear the background!

 

Looks like Don "Snake" Prudhomme to me. This is another pic I found online from quite awhile ago, but no story to go with it. Maybe someone else has something on it?

 

AWESOME, John. But I can't even imagine how you did it, you magician!

 

Ron, that was my guess, but I didn't wanna go out on the limb!

 

Thats definitely Don I grew up with him . He was the first to drive the famed four engine car.

 

Don but before he was "The Snake"

 

Coolest crew cab I have ever laid eyes on

 

Don't worry about the shorts, theres about to be a wardrobe malfunction.