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

Posted on: 21 June 2013 by Steve J

Obviously I am as your post with the link has now been deleted.

Posted on: 21 June 2013 by mista h

Try this one Steve,other half is mustard on computers......me i am the village idiot.

www.vimeo.com/7638752

Mista H

Do let me know if it works

Posted on: 21 June 2013 by Steve J

Gotcha.

It's great seeing colour film from the old days.

Steve

Posted on: 21 June 2013 by winkyincanada

Originally Posted by Steve J:

Gotcha.

It's great seeing colour film from the old days.

Steve

Yeah, you simply can't get colours like that nowadays with these new-fangled computers. Oh wait, hasn't it been digitally scanned, and aren't I looking at it on a computer? Never mind.

Actually it is a great bit of footage. Really nostalgic. I really enjoyed it.

Posted on: 23 June 2013 by Kevin-W

Here's a Bill Brandt picture from 1930, of a tattoo parlour on the Waterloo Road.

Posted on: 24 June 2013 by JamieWednesday

"Good Old Gays"

Not so old but interesting...

Posted on: 24 June 2013 by Cbr600

Thats a really nice, and powerful photo Jamie. Not sure out the picture on the wall with the exhibitionism though

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by Kevin-W

As it's Wimbledon fortnight, here's a 1921 picture of what one presumes is the equivalent of today's Murray Mount/Henman Hill:

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by DrMark

Sorry to divert the thread a tad, but on "Wimbledon fortnight" there is one picture that stands out above all others!

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by Kevin-W

Horacio Coppola, about 1930, in London. The boom box of its day:

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by J.N.

Fans of Don McCullin might like to know that there's a 2012 film about him being broadcast next Tuesday evening (2nd July) on the Beeb.

Link.

John.

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by Kevin-W

Another pic from Neil Kenlock. This is the famous Hit City record shop in Brixton after it was trashed by the National Front in 1974.

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by Kevin-W

Wolfgang Suschitzky - Bishops Bridge Road, Paddington W2, 1934:

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by Kevin-W

Here's the old Pyke's Cinematograph Theatre in Balham High Road (opposite where Sainsbury's now is), shot in about 1914. The building stood until 1983.

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by Kevin-W

At one time, Balham had no less than four cinemas - Pyke's, the Gaumont, the Odeon and the Palladium. Here's the old Gaumont Empire (also once a music hall), closed down in 1970. The parade is still there (no longer a cinema, obviously)

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by Kevin-W

Here's the Palladium next to the station in 1915, which was destroyed by a bomb in the Blitz.

Posted on: 27 June 2013 by Kevin-W

We even had a very grand theatre, The Royal Duchess, built in 1899. It was another casualty of the Blitz, remaining derelict until the 1960s, until the present-day Balham Hill Estate was built.