Oct 11, 2010: Olde Brits

xoxoxoBruce · 10-11-2010, 02:02 AM

Some people, like myself, are intrigued by old photographs, often as not for the details in the background, rather than the principle subject. Blogger Steerforth, at The Age of Uncertainty is rather passionate about them.

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As with almost every album I find, there are no names or places, although judging by the stone walls and dales, I think that it comes from the north of England. There is only one date - 1863 - but even if there wasn't, the fashions are quite clearly mid-Victorian.
This is the England of Charles Dickens, George Eliot and Wilkie Collins.
It's a little spooky to think that the old couple might have been born in the 18th century.

I doubt this couple is in their 60s, but that could be a grandchild. Life wasn't easy witout Botox.

They were probably very nice people, a loving family, but day-em.
No wonder the Brits managed to build an Empire... by terrifying the natives into submission.

Adak · 10-11-2010, 03:11 AM

I love the way the woman's block-shaped head is made to look even worse, by that OMG awful hair style.

No comment on Grandpa - he's clearly died, been brought back to life, and is now scaring everybody he meets, in his new role, as a Zombie.

I haven't seen an image of a more aesthetically challenged couple Yikes!

SPUCK · 10-11-2010, 05:18 AM

Why would the photographer leave out the family dog....
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Cujo?

And who's the guy in the shawl?

Griff · 10-11-2010, 05:43 AM

I suspect he was admonished not to move and is holding his breath not being familiar or comfortable with the camera.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-11-2010, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Adak

I love the way the woman's block-shaped head is made to look even worse, by that OMG awful hair style.

She spent all her time doing the kid's hair.

Shawnee123 · 10-11-2010, 07:19 AM

Are we certain that man isn't dead? I think they used to photograph a lot of people post-mortem and pose them as if they weren't all dead and stuff.

casimendocina · 10-11-2010, 07:45 AM

He looks furious.

mizzie · 10-11-2010, 07:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Are we certain that man isn't dead?

Actually, that's what I was thinking about the child. You had to stay very, very still to be clear in photos back then and look at the child's face, it's very clear. Also look at the crispness of the cheeks and ears against the man's jacket. Even the eyes are in focus! Meaning the child didn't move his eyes at all. And compare that to the woman, who is slightly blurry, and you can't even see her eyes. I think the child is dead, and perhaps the man.

ETA: Does anyone else think the woman looks a little like Robin Williams?

Shawnee123 · 10-11-2010, 07:52 AM

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The dead were often posed with surviving family members in this way. Parents holding dead babies were an especially common motif.

A couple more pictures on this page about post-mortem photography.

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http://socyberty.com/paranormal/phot...ho-look-alive/

There are some good pics here, too:

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/32946

HungLikeJesus · 10-11-2010, 07:55 AM

That's a hobby I want to take up.

Shawnee123 · 10-11-2010, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by mizzie

ETA: Does anyone else think the woman looks a little like Robin Williams?

Mrs Deadfire.

Cloud · 10-11-2010, 09:10 AM

wow. Lurch's great-grandfather!

spudcon · 10-11-2010, 09:21 AM

I just hope the happy couple and their little one would stop looking so silly and get serious for a change.

Mrs deadfire. Good one Shawnee.

footfootfoot · 10-11-2010, 09:47 AM

each night father fills me with dread
as he sits at the foot of my bed
I'd not mind that he speaks
in gibbers and squeaks
but for seventeen years he's been dead
(e. gorey)

Sheldonrs · 10-11-2010, 11:08 AM

After this picture was taken, they ate the photographers' brain.

10-11-2010, 05:43 AM	#4
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10-11-2010, 07:19 AM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Are we certain that man isn't dead? I think they used to photograph a lot of people post-mortem and pose them as if they weren't all dead and stuff. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-11-2010, 07:55 AM	#10
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	That's a hobby I want to take up. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

10-11-2010, 09:10 AM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	wow. Lurch's great-grandfather! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-11-2010, 09:21 AM	#13
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	I just hope the happy couple and their little one would stop looking so silly and get serious for a change. Mrs deadfire. Good one Shawnee. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

10-11-2010, 03:11 AM	#2
Adak Lecturer Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 796	I love the way the woman's block-shaped head is made to look even worse, by that OMG awful hair style. No comment on Grandpa - he's clearly died, been brought back to life, and is now scaring everybody he meets, in his new role, as a Zombie. I haven't seen an image of a more aesthetically challenged couple Yikes!

10-11-2010, 05:18 AM	#3
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Why would the photographer leave out the family dog.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cujo? And who's the guy in the shawl?

10-11-2010, 07:45 AM	#7
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	He looks furious.

10-11-2010, 09:47 AM	#14
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	each night father fills me with dread as he sits at the foot of my bed I'd not mind that he speaks in gibbers and squeaks but for seventeen years he's been dead (e. gorey) __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

10-11-2010, 11:08 AM	#15
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	After this picture was taken, they ate the photographers' brain. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

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