This is an old, real photographic postcard that must date from the first part of the twentieth century, and is full of questions. I can not be certain about the date, the place, the sport or the team. There are eleven players so I am immediately drawn to a football team (soccer team). The only … Continue reading A Question Of Sport
Category: Pictures From Nowhere
With Love From Hilda And Leo
There is something rather joyous about this little sepia print. The caption on the reverse simply says "With love from Hilda and Leo", and it is the smile on Hilda's face that is so striking. The photograph must have been taken during the mid 1920s, which suggests that Leo might have been one of those … Continue reading With Love From Hilda And Leo
Look Into Their Faces And See History
I have no idea who Mr George Day of Fairbury, Illinois was, or how the photograph of him and - I assume - his wife came into my possession. But now they are mine and I am prepared to share them with the world. They are fine figures, serious subjects, people who do not smile … Continue reading Look Into Their Faces And See History
There’s Tons Of Money At The Palace
Walking To The Palace (1924) : Taken from a photograph album of unknown origin. It is August 1924 and we are walking to the cinema to see Leslie Henson in his latest film, "Tons of Money". Where the cinema is and who we are is unknown, but film itself provides a date stamp. The advert … Continue reading There’s Tons Of Money At The Palace
A Grand Old Age
This is an old sepia photograph of a seaside resort, which was taken, I suspect, in the early twentieth century. I don't know where it was taken: I am sure it is somewhere in England, but there are few clues in the photograph itself. There is what looks like a ruined castle on the top … Continue reading A Grand Old Age
Seven On A Wall
UNKNOWN GROUP OF SEVEN AND A WALL Seven people and a wall. Seven mid-century faces: post-war, post-depression - all tweed jackets and Oxford bags. That first, troubling half century is behind them - the future is awaiting them.
Stone Antiquities And Tree Trunk Props
This little Victorian Carte de Visite dates from a time when photographs were for special occasions, rather than the result of a selfie-click on a smartphone. Young men or women would have their photographs taken on birthdays and holidays, wearing their very best clothes, and posing against a background of stone antiquities and tree-trunk props (the props … Continue reading Stone Antiquities And Tree Trunk Props
Conversations
Two Couples On The Prom (1930s) There was a time when people would dress up to walk along the prom. A time of hats and coats and canes. A time of conversations through pipe-clenched teeth.
Removals, Renovations And Warehousing
Sometimes, old photographs lay around for ages, decades, centuries - holding within them images of great beauty. They are warehouses of history, repositories of memories, constantly being removed from pillar to post, from old cupboard to old shoebox. And then someone comes and with the help of a little digital renovation, a new image emerges … Continue reading Removals, Renovations And Warehousing
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