Interesting Black and White pictures ripped from the net

[misskit]

Little Richard and The Beatles

[Boon Mee]

Boon Mee. The Later Years

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A Southern Cheyenne Man 1868

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Friday - Open Road

[Boon Mee]

German submarine U-805 in 1945. The US Navy took U-805 on several Victory Visits to ports on the east coast before sinking her.

[Luigi]

Shame they didn't keep her.

[Boon Mee]

Cheyenne 1910

[misskit]

[Boon Mee]

A Ute boy with drum. ca. 1900. Photo by Charles Ellis Johnson.

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Sydney Harbour Bridge Construction, 1930

[Cujo]

^ brilliant.

[Boon Mee]

Close air support

[CalEden]

This photo is of nuclear bomb explosion detonated underwater on/near Bikini Atoll in 1946. The mushroom/stem is actually seawater being spewed upward by the explosion, over 200 million tonnes of superheated seawater expelled skyward. This the second of scheduled 3 nuclear tests, only two tests were conducted by US Navy. The tests were named Operation Crossroads, the second test explosion named Baker and the photo is often referred to as the Baker Photograph.

Operation Crossroads (Baker info end, very interesting reading):


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...99028883,d.cGU

[Cujo]

^ Already been done.

[Davis Knowlton]

^As well as reposted a zillion times.

[Boon Mee]

Quanah Parker & W.C. Riggs // Fat Stock Show, Fort Worth, Texas // 1909

[rebbu]

Father Francis Browne is a remarkable figure in the history of photography. Whilst he dedicated himself to life as an Irish Jesuit priest, he was also present at many of the pivotal events of the 20th century, and bore witness to them through his work. His photographs of the Titanic – some of the last of the ship before it met with disaster – and of his time on the Western Front, have become iconic. His images are inextricably linked in the public consciousness to such momentous events. Father Browne’s special personal insight into historic moments that appear to dwarf the individual led one newspaper editor to describe the discovery of Browne’s negatives, 25 years after his death, as ‘the photographic equivalent to the Dead Sea Scrolls’.

Frank Browne: A Life Through the Lens, published this winter, is an in-depth survey of an important body of photographic work. The book presents a selection of photographs from Browne’s youth right up until the 1950s, along with informative essays by David Davison and Father Edward O’Donnell SJ, and includes an introduction by Colin Ford.

Frank Browne (1880-1960) was born in Cork, Ireland. At age 17, before commencing his studies for the priesthood, he embarked on a tour of Europe armed with a camera. Browne quickly discovered a strong affinity for photography, and continued to take photographs throughout his life. Given a ticket for the Titanic as a present, he sailed on the ship from Southampton to Cobh via Cherbourg. During the voyage Browne befriended an American millionaire and his wife, who offered to buy him a ticket for the full voyage. Browne would have accepted the ticket, but his Jesuit superiors insisted he disembark once the ship reached Ireland, affording him the opportunity to take the last ever photograph of the ship afloat as she steamed away from Cobh.


The last photo of the Titanic taken by Father Francis Browne.



After being ordained he joined the Irish Guards as a chaplain in 1916, going on to serve on the Western Front. Browne was present at many of the most infamous and bloody battles of the First World War, including the Somme, Ypres, Passchendaele and Arras, and was often noted for his bravery; his commanding officer Harold Alexander, later supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Mediterranean during WWII, declared that ‘Father Brown was the bravest man I ever met’. This bravery was recognised with a Military Cross, along with comparable honours from the Belgian and French governments.






One of Fr Francis Browne's eloquent silhouettes

[Boon Mee]

Big Moon. Siksika. 1909. Photo by Walter McClintock.

[Boon Mee]

Marvin Gaye and Jesse Jackson shoot hoops back in the 70's

[bobo746]

Love the shorts.

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The Australian team that toured England in 1878.

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Racing the train.