Interesting old photos
Posted by: Cbr600 on 28 May 2013
thought it was time i posted a new thread. here are some interesting old photos, that show some iconic moments, or are simply thought provoking. This is not intended to compete with the nice photo thread, and is not listed for its high quality images, just a series of old and interesting images.
Hippo cart in 1924. The hippo belonged to a circus and apparently enjoyed pulling the cart as a trick
Charlie Chaplin in 1916 at the age of 27
Suntan vending machine, 1949
Annie Edison Taylor (1838-1921), the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She did it in 1901 because she needed money, and after doing it said she wouldn't recommend it to anyone! 
Only known authenticated photo of Billy the Kid,ca. 1879
One of the most famous images from the Blitz - a bomb that fell on Balham High Street in 1940. Unfortunately hundreds of people were sheltering in the Tube station a few yards down the road. The bomb ruptured a sewer, and 64 people sheltering in the station were drowned in a tide of mud and sewage. There's a plaque in the station to commemorate the tragedy.
I love this picture of Picasso and the war photographer Lee Miller, taken on the day Paris was liberated by the Allies in 1944:
Al Vandenberg took this shot of a disaffected-looking girl with a portable cassette recorder in London in 1975. My guess is that a year later she probably became a punk.
My guess is that she was looking for a NAC12/NAP 250 combo to plug her tape deck into!
Al Vandenberg took this shot of a disaffected-looking girl with a portable cassette recorder in London in 1975. My guess is that a year later she probably became a punk.
My guess is that she was looking for a NAC12/NAP 250 combo to plug her tape deck into!
Bill Brandt was one of the immortals of photography. A housewife in Bethnal Green, East London, 1937:
Still striking but Scandalous Akadama Port Wine Suntory adveritising photography shot in 1922 Japan. It was a first of kind featured a young bare shouldered girl. Taisho Period lasted very short (1912-1926) but it is viewed as a romantic time well before the military buildup and the Western/European influenced arts and living style were popular.
Separated at birth?
Separated at birth?
Blimey. Actually, the skills needed to marshal the resources of a symphony orchestra and passengers on the No.37 to Peckham during the rrush hour are pretty similar.
And have you ever seen the two of them in the same room at the same time?
Old or new..?
Actually old. Beirut 1983. New Muslim groom and Christian bride make their way through the ruins. Depressingly familiar isn't it..?
Jay Ullal
Separated at birth?
Blimey. Actually, the skills needed to marshal the resources of a symphony orchestra and passengers on the No.37 to Peckham during the rrush hour are pretty similar.
And have you ever seen the two of them in the same room at the same time?
Otto Klemperer used to terrify orchestras that were new to him, though gradually a thaw would occur. Klemperer's idea of praise was to call the effort "good" and if if the playing was not good enough, he would say, "Dat iss not goot. Please try to play the notes - all of 'em! Singin',always singin'"
He always got huge loyalty and support once the orchestra knew his standards and expectations. He used to beam those powerful eyes straight into players, and as they would often observe afterwards, "We did not know why or how, but we could only play it one way, the way he had in mind, even if the actual physical conducting was never completely clear." It was act of willing will- power on both sides.
If ever there was a telepathist on the podium it was Klemperer. And great soloists [instrumental and singers] would gladly work with him for the result even if it was not always an easy ride as he was as direct in his criticism of his soloists as of his orchestra!
Another great conductor who actually did straddle the line between bus and orchestral conductor was Sir Adrian Boult, who being even less willing to spend money than Klemperer always travelled on the bus in London. He was well known to many bus conductors and in his eighties joined the appropriate "bus conductors' union!"
ATB from George
PS: Strange to say, but Klemperer and Boult were very good friends, though they could hardly have been more different as personalities. Two great musical minds recognising and liking each other perhaps, without a hint of rivalry.
Al Vandenberg took this shot of a disaffected-looking girl with a portable cassette recorder in London in 1975. My guess is that a year later she probably became a punk.
A long time ago I owned a portable tape cassette player just like that one.
Purchased mine in 1975 too.
That’s not me though.
At least i don’t think it is, can't be... 
Al Vandenberg took this shot of a disaffected-looking girl with a portable cassette recorder in London in 1975. My guess is that a year later she probably became a punk.
A long time ago I owned a portable tape cassette player just like that one.
Purchased mine in 1975 too.
That’s not me though.
At least i don’t think it is, can't be...
It does say she's disaffected....
Better times
Here are some old pics of the flagship HMV Shop in London, from the 1920s on
Here's the Balham Odeon in 1937. It;'s still here, but now it's a Majestic Wine Warehouse:
2 VERY close friends of mine(brothers) were Balham boys. They went to Alderbrook school in Oldridge rd where their old man was the school keeper.
Mista h
Here's the Balham Odeon in 1937. It;'s still here, but now it's a Majestic Wine Warehouse:
2 VERY close friends of mine(brothers) were Balham boys. They went to Alderbrook school in Oldridge rd where their old man was the school keeper.
Mista h
Mista
Alderbrook School is still on the same site - my friend's daughter goes there. I'd take a pic but hanging around schools with a camera in your hand is probably not a good idea