WW1 Mobile pigeon loft! Must say I have never seen one of these before, but I guess it comes as no surprise they actually existed. Where these taken to the front? and sent with important tactical messages home?
Christmas 1894: Frozen River Thames
It's hard to imagine these days but in our recent history, most of the fast flowing rivers around the UK would completely freeze over in the winter months. Not only did this stop alot of the boats going up and down them it would mean a welcome activity for families and kids to play on the ice. Here was can see the Thames in 1894, exact spot unknown but one can speculate by the amount of people not far from London suburb. Even the dog seems to be having a good time.
Christmas Past: Boris Karloff, Ginger Rogers & a toy
Boris Karloff and Ginger Rogers at a gala Hollywood Christmas party - 1932. How about that for a dress? I wonder what colour is was? my guess is yellow. I do wonder what this photo was staged around. Here Boris take this toy dog. Woof.
Christmas Past! 1930's & 1920s
Two women and their dogs in a car, taken by Zoltan Glass, c. 1933. I really liked this photo when I found it today. Something really iconic about it. Typical fashion of the day, with the must have dogs :) these days they carry their dogs in bags and carry them around.
Carole Lombard. Christmas, 1920s Very vintage photo, look at the style of the lady and the wavy hair, high heels and shorts. Wonder what Santa brought her that year? Shame Carole died so young, a great movie star at the time.
Christmas Soliders & Sparkles
German soldiers celebrating Christmas in the trenches, 1915.
I am guessing this is from a movie in Wartime, one of this Hollywood spectatulars where the costumes take a life on their own!
Christmas War: Palestine 1941
Christmas in Gaza, Palestine, 1941. V.A.Ds (Voluntary Aid Detachments). Decorations in those days may look a bit different but you get the jist! Saying that the man in the bed behind the nurse seems too busy sleeping to notice :)
The curse of King Tutankhamun, Valley of the kings
Valley of the Kings: The entrance to Abu Simbel is the most amazing part, with four giant statues of Rameses II. Look at the scale of the statues! just grasp the size of them compared to the people walking by. How long did these take to make and how many slaves/workers did they use? nothing it seemed was beyond the realms of possibility when it came to the Egyptians and their tombs.
In the late 1800's Howard Carter like many others went to Egypt to discover lost tombs and treasures from the past. With the backing of wealthy folk from back home we was able to spend years (literally 30+) searching for undiscovered tombs. In 1922 he hit the jackpot when he found King Tutankhamun's tomb. The amazing thing was it was completely intact, not robbed at all. The only tomb that has been discovered that had not been robbed.
As we can see inside Tut's tomb the lavish untouched chambers. The condition of the walls and artifacts were pristine. But the discovery of the tomb did come at a price. There was talk of a curse hitting the party involved in the expedition. Many died soon after but Howard Carter bucked the trend and lived to the ripe old age of 62. We don't get to see many photo's of inside tombs in the Valley of the Kings as it is forbidden, color on the walls would fade with people using camera's so only the official photos are available. Even more reason to go visit and see inside them yourself.
WW1 Officers Wat Wat!
Officers prepare to depart for the Channel coast and Dear Old Blighty. Looks like they wont see much trench action, although they have enough warm clothes on them to be OK in the trenches! I like the fact their trousers had enough tape around them to protect them from anything. As least they seem happy.
WW1 Injured Soliders, BoardWalk Empire
One of my Favorite shows is Boardwalk Empire, a story shot in America just after WW1. One of the leading characters had half his face blown off in the War. He wears a protective mask to hide his disfigured face. WW1 was the first time for many they had to deal with mass amounts of men, troops coming back injured, wounded, badly scared etc.
Wounded Canadians en route to Blighty (England). Just look at the poor chaps, covered with bandages around the face, left with a life or pain and suffering.
WW1: Mealtime in the trenchs, Sunday prayers
Mass is held in the ruins of a church at Cambrai, France, October 1918. Oh yeah churches and all places or worship were not spared in the bombings and War zones.
Either Scottish or Canadian Troops in the Chilly weather. Did he want to wear something warmer? long trousers with padded socks are in order me thinks. This is taken from the winter of 1916.
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