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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 29, 2010 8:31:07 GMT -5
The first century to have photographs of course, but even still they managed to have some fun photography. Inspired by this pic I saw of Harry Houdini:
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 29, 2010 8:48:41 GMT -5
The Eiffel Tower while under construction. Amazing stuff: And of course, this (hey, 1900 is still the nineteenth century):
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Post by ani on Dec 29, 2010 9:37:07 GMT -5
I've always liked this pic: The guy to the left of Abe is famous too. It's Alan Pinkerton of the Pinkerton detective agency.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 29, 2010 10:44:52 GMT -5
I've always liked this pic: The guy to the left of Abe is famous too. It's Alan Pinkerton of the Pinkerton detective agency. Damn, the guy was a freaking giant. Oh wait, I think... ABE LINCOLN IS THE SLENDER MAN!! AAAAAAAAAAH!! EVERYBODY RUN!!
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Post by Yami Daimao on Dec 29, 2010 14:22:42 GMT -5
I've always liked this pic: The guy to the left of Abe is famous too. It's Alan Pinkerton of the Pinkerton detective agency. Damn, the guy was a freaking giant. Oh wait, I think... ABE LINCOLN IS THE SLENDER MAN!! AAAAAAAAAAH!! EVERYBODY RUN!! Hm, you really can't make out his face in this picture either...
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Dec 29, 2010 18:57:46 GMT -5
Eugene Sandow, Grandfather of Bodybuilding. Ridiculous physique for the 19th century. George Lurich, early pro-wrestler. Estonian contemporary of George Hackenschmidt. Aleksander Aberg, another Estonian contemporary of Hackenschmidt. Both Aberg and Lurich were stranded in Armavir in 1920 during the Russian Civil War, following a tour of the Far East and Russia and as the town kept changing hands between the White and Red armies, they were unable to escape Russia across the Red Sea as they planned. They caught typhoid in an outbreak and due to the inability to get medical supplies died within a month of each other and are buried in the same grave. Aberg managed to recover the illness, but rushed his recovery and caught pneumonia which killed him. from Both those pictures are circa 1895. Lurich trained both Hackenschmidt and Aberg. Nether Aberg or Lurich got the same amount of fame as Hackenschmidt or enjoyed the same successes, but if they had lived, given their close relationship with Hackenschmidt, probably would have had higher profiles alongside Hackenschmidt and Gotch et al. Lurich lost in a world title shot against Gotch, which was infact his last match. I'm sure he'll tell you about it himself as he's around on the forum a fair bit Also Lurich and Aberg, moreso than Hack, as he relocated to London, were pretty much worshipped in Estonia as examples of the 'Estonian spirit' and strength, Lurich in particular became a figurehead for independence movements as Estonia tried to wrest control from under Tsarist Russian rule. Speaking of Tsarist rule... That's Olga Nikolaevna Romanova, the eldest daughter of Nicholas II and the older sister of Anastacia (she of the conspiracy theory, a few people claiming to be her and a Disney film in which she is portrayed as a mouse) in 1898. Apparently she was a right stuck up mardy teenager, but worked as a nurse during WWI and helped a lot of wounded soldiers one on one with extra care and attention. The stresses of nursing during war almost gave her a breakdown however. Of course she died with the rest of her family towards the end of the Russian Civil War.
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Post by ani on Dec 29, 2010 19:52:39 GMT -5
The Anastasia film is Don Bluth, not Disney.
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Dec 29, 2010 20:14:11 GMT -5
The Anastasia film is Don Bluth, not Disney. Is it? I thought there was a Disney one too, but I always seem to get things wrong when it comes to animation! Still a bizarre conspiracy to base a kids film around.
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Post by ani on Dec 29, 2010 21:54:45 GMT -5
The Anastasia film is Don Bluth, not Disney. Is it? I thought there was a Disney one too, but I always seem to get things wrong when it comes to animation! Still a bizarre conspiracy to base a kids film around. It's common. I think I may be the only one who knows it's not Disney. She was also a human in the film, not sure where you got the mouse part. Back on-topic, one of the most interesting trends from this time was post-moderm photography. Whenever someone (almost always kids) died, they took a photograph of the deceased. I speculate that the parents probably wanted a photo record of the child, perhaps for future family members to remember the all too brief life of the recently departed. Edit: Not an awesome fact but interesting at least.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 29, 2010 22:07:23 GMT -5
Is it? I thought there was a Disney one too, but I always seem to get things wrong when it comes to animation! Still a bizarre conspiracy to base a kids film around. It's common. I think I may be the only one who knows it's not Disney. She was also a human in the film, not sure where you got the mouse part. Back on-topic, one of the most interesting trends from this time was post-moderm photography. Whenever someone (almost always kids) died, they took a photograph of the deceased. I speculate that the parents probably wanted a photo record of the child, perhaps for future family members to remember the all too brief life of the recently departed. Edit: Not an awesome fact but interesting at least. Yeah, those photos are creepy as hell. For those unfamiliar with them Ani is pretty much right about why family's did them. Basically, photography was just emerging then and getting a professional portrait taken was not cheap. Often the photos taken after death were the only photos the person ever had taken of them. Anyway, perhaps fitting for the topic here is one of Edgar Allen Poe:
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Post by Yami Daimao on Dec 29, 2010 23:27:24 GMT -5
It's common. I think I may be the only one who knows it's not Disney. She was also a human in the film, not sure where you got the mouse part. Back on-topic, one of the most interesting trends from this time was post-moderm photography. Whenever someone (almost always kids) died, they took a photograph of the deceased. I speculate that the parents probably wanted a photo record of the child, perhaps for future family members to remember the all too brief life of the recently departed. Edit: Not an awesome fact but interesting at least. Yeah, those photos are creepy as hell. For those unfamiliar with them Ani is pretty much right about why family's did them. Basically, photography was just emerging then and getting a professional portrait taken was not cheap. Often the photos taken after death were the only photos the person ever had taken of them. I remember Cracked mentioned this not too long ago, where the deceased's family would take a family portrait WITH the deceased, as if every thing were normal. Weird.
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Post by The QC Loser on Dec 29, 2010 23:33:13 GMT -5
It's common. I think I may be the only one who knows it's not Disney. She was also a human in the film, not sure where you got the mouse part. Back on-topic, one of the most interesting trends from this time was post-moderm photography. Whenever someone (almost always kids) died, they took a photograph of the deceased. I speculate that the parents probably wanted a photo record of the child, perhaps for future family members to remember the all too brief life of the recently departed. Edit: Not an awesome fact but interesting at least. Yeah, those photos are creepy as hell. For those unfamiliar with them Ani is pretty much right about why family's did them. Basically, photography was just emerging then and getting a professional portrait taken was not cheap. Often the photos taken after death were the only photos the person ever had taken of them. Anyway, perhaps fitting for the topic here is one of Edgar Allen Poe: Man that thing is gigantic I just want to put him in a head lock.
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Post by percymania on Dec 30, 2010 3:44:27 GMT -5
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Dec 30, 2010 3:55:42 GMT -5
Yeah, those photos are creepy as hell. For those unfamiliar with them Ani is pretty much right about why family's did them. Basically, photography was just emerging then and getting a professional portrait taken was not cheap. Often the photos taken after death were the only photos the person ever had taken of them. I remember Cracked mentioned this not too long ago, where the deceased's family would take a family portrait WITH the deceased, as if every thing were normal. Weird. Well, when my dad died a few years ago, his mom took a picture of him in the casket, and her dying wish was to have one taken of her. She had a picture from every funeral she ever went to I think. That skeeved me out something fierce.
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Post by SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman on Dec 30, 2010 4:41:11 GMT -5
Oh man! How did I ever forget that one?! One of the most impressive pictures I've ever seen. I remember the first time I saw it, even my little kiddie self couldn't believe it happened and I thought it was a sculpture installed for an exhibit or something.
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Post by MCMGM on Dec 31, 2010 10:17:13 GMT -5
Oh man! How did I ever forget that one?! One of the most impressive pictures I've ever seen. I remember the first time I saw it, even my little kiddie self couldn't believe it happened and I thought it was a sculpture installed for an exhibit or something. What's the story with that picture?
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Post by Ultimo Chocula on Dec 31, 2010 14:00:02 GMT -5
"Good sir, I regret to inform you that this is a failure of the most epic of magnitude."
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Post by forgottensinpwf on Dec 31, 2010 14:14:46 GMT -5
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Post by strykerdarksilence on Dec 31, 2010 15:06:51 GMT -5
Good Sir, you win the internet and all it's trimmings.
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Post by percymania on Dec 31, 2010 15:15:26 GMT -5
Oh man! How did I ever forget that one?! One of the most impressive pictures I've ever seen. I remember the first time I saw it, even my little kiddie self couldn't believe it happened and I thought it was a sculpture installed for an exhibit or something. What's the story with that picture? Here's a summary: danger-ahead.railfan.net/accidents/paris_1895.htmlI'm disappointed I was beaten in making a NXT joke. lol
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