Surprising, to many people, is that neither Marlene Lyden, who played the sweet little Dutch girl, nor Edmund Gwenn, who played Kris Kringle, could actually speak a word of Dutch.
They both learned their lines, which actually were in Dutch, phonetically, sometimes practicing together, and the result was, if not perfect, understandable to Dutch speakers.
Also… the movie’s big scene showing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade was actually filmed during the 1947 parade… The crowds, the floats and balloons… everything but showing Edmund Gwenn as Santa was real.
The file name includes “Washington DC Western Electric Company”.
You can tell this was quite the occasion for the female staff… most of whom were probably secretaries and other support staff, back in the 1920s.
Some are wearing silk dresses… there wasnt a lot of synthetic material around, though there was rayon crepe. That soft, shiny stuff was silk. Some have new shoes… You can see the unworn soles… and brand new Marcel waves, which don’t look that precise after a day or two, and required spending time that morning at the salon.
All of that was a splurge on a secretary’s salary… maybe meant to catch the eye of a company executive at this rare chance to mingle.
They may have just had a gift exchange… and since one woman got an oil can, it night have been the “white elephant” type.
I was wondering about the gazes of some of the participants, not looking at the photographer but off to the side for some, others looking at other participants.
I like the electrical cord coming out from the overhead light, we had one when I was a kid, it as an adapter which screwed into the lamp where the bulb formerly was, I probably still have one in my electrical parts bin in my garage (I never throw anything out that is still usable, and, no, I’m not a hoarder…)
A very interesting photo or a long-ago time that still holds elements of curiosity…
I think sidelong glances were considered stylish for ladies in that era of silent film stars.
And sometimes a photographer, even into the 1960s, would still direct people’s gaze so as to have them not stare directly at the camera. Indirectness was considered more flattering, and more proper.
And hey… I still have one of those adaptors screwed into a kitchen light socket… It’s a low, sideways light fixture over the sink, and the triple tap adaptor has a bulb receptacle on the end, so you still have the light.
It’s not the really old ceramic kind with just one outlet…. It’s green plastic, probably from the 70s.
But I’ve always been leery of putting anything into it that isn’t very low wattage.
I have one of those. I remove the bulb from the front porch light so I can plug in the Christmas lights. My house was built in 1954 and doesn’t have an outlet on the porch. It’s the only way to get the lights to work. The one my Dad bought in the 60s failed a few years ago and I had to go out to the hardware store mid-decorations to try to find a new one.
Most outlets in older places like mine are two prong, as are most lamps, even now.
I only have one grounded outlet indoors and two outdoors, which were probably added later.
I’ve put 3-prong adaptors in several others (the kind that attach to the screw in the middle of the outlet plate)… even bought one of those tester plugs to make sure they’re grounded.
But I wouldn’t put one in the light socket adaptor, cos it wouldn’t seem safe.
Besides lamps… clocks, radios, phone chargers, coffee grinders… There are still lots of non-heating things with 2-prong plugs.
Here in the UK where all the plugs (With a few exceptions) are three pin, we do have a lot of electrical stuff that only has a two-core flex on it. If an appliance is double insulated, then it doesn’t require an earth connection.
I’ve just repaired a couple of metal table lamps, and they use a two-core cable and the metal is not earthed, but they are constructed in such a way that the flex retains both its inner and outer sleeves all the way to the actual lamp holder, so it’s double insulated all the way.
For those who aren’t aware, all cable/flex here in the UK must have two layers of insulation to be compliant, and all plugs (With a few exceptions) must have a fuse of the correct size fitted..
It’s moving fast, but I believe the machine says “Açai, sorvetes e picole.”
According to Google translate, the last two words are Portuguese for ice cream and popsicles.
So while it looks brown, it’s probably actually dark purple… the machine, itself, is lavender and dark purple, which makes sense.
So it’s not the disgusting brown it looks like.
But when I think about it, brown would be chocolate, which would look horrible, but probably taste great… and açai may look more attractive, but to me, tastes horrible.
Also, I think this is why most machines of this sort dispense the product through a fluted or star-shaped spout, that gives it a swirled look… same with decorative icing on a cake. Otherwise a chocolate frosted cake would look pretty weird too.
Fagradalsfjall volcano, near Reykjavik, Iceland, April 2021.
Spectators are standing close enough to warm their hands, which the government was allowing because the lava was “still slow-moving.” They did warn that it would be prohibited if the flow got faster. Duh.
This was the fourth fissure in this series of eruptions that had started in March, all oozing scorching hot molten rock.
I didn’t see a later update, so maybe it stayed safe.
But, you know… I think I’d stay home.
Safeway store on Main Street in Tulelake, Siskyou County, California, August 1939.
I recently read an online article about Safeway… In the 30s they had more stores than they do today, because of buying up hundreds of small grocery chains all over the country.
They started the practice of selling produce by the pound, and were the first to have large parking lots.
Later they consolidated, sold lots of their stores in the Midwest and south, and concentrated on large supermarkets, mostly in the western states.
They sold all the ones in Canada to one company, so they’re still called Safeway, but it’s not the same chain.
Lots of years ago I saw some footage on the news of the blizzards that were sweeping Scotland that winter. The footage was showing a Linesman (UK Spelling) laying on his back on the snow repairing the wires. The crossarm was probably 30-35′ above normal ground level.
Damn! Now you’ve got me wondering… what is the washing machine doing in the living room? Why do the Christmas cards look like grocery store packages? Where did Randy get tartan coveralls?
Maybe this was before Christmas, so Ralphie doesn’t have the rifle yet.
I’m not taking those boxes as meant to be Christmas cards… if they are, they’re sure weird. Okay, they’re weird anyway.
And yeah… I’ve never seen overalls like that… not only the plaid, but they’re double breasted with brass buttons, instead of having a farmer style bib. It’s supposed to be the 1940s… so who knows.
But it’s your fault I’m going to be thinking about why that wringer washing machine might be in the living room!
While it sure looks like the wringer from an old washing machine, I only see one roller, indicating it’s most likely something else. But I’m at a loss for what it might be.
It also looks like it’s made of wood, something I have never seen a wringer made from.
I checked out the house It’s a museum) and nothing looks like what that is in the back. There’s a wringer washer, but it’s in the kitchen area.
Perhaps they took a family photo at the Department store or something.
The world famous Bassettes, in their spectacular, animal Christmas performance! Get your tickets quickly, if you’re in New York. It may already be sold out!
Aged sixteen in the summer of 1939 for a portrait by Larry Tarr, the husband of (Spoiler’s) sister Bappie and a professional photographer. The pics were submitted to MGM and (Spoiler) was given a screen test. Said Louis Mayer, “She can’t act, she can’t talk, but she’s terrific!”
He takes after his mother.
From the New York Daily News, 1936. A snowstorm stops the streetcars in Times Square.
Is tat a sign for Schafer Beer?
It says Schafer … next word looks too long for “beer”, but if there is a Schafer beer, it might.
An 8″ tablet isn’t the most discerning platform for images.
Today (Sunday) a power outage stopped the Waymo self-driving cars in San Francisco.
Surprising, to many people, is that neither Marlene Lyden, who played the sweet little Dutch girl, nor Edmund Gwenn, who played Kris Kringle, could actually speak a word of Dutch.
They both learned their lines, which actually were in Dutch, phonetically, sometimes practicing together, and the result was, if not perfect, understandable to Dutch speakers.
Also… the movie’s big scene showing the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade was actually filmed during the 1947 parade… The crowds, the floats and balloons… everything but showing Edmund Gwenn as Santa was real.
The remake had Richard Attenborough using ASL to talk with a deaf girl…
Dec, 1925 office Christmas party
“Have yourselves a prohibition Christmas…”
The file name includes “Washington DC Western Electric Company”.
You can tell this was quite the occasion for the female staff… most of whom were probably secretaries and other support staff, back in the 1920s.
Some are wearing silk dresses… there wasnt a lot of synthetic material around, though there was rayon crepe. That soft, shiny stuff was silk. Some have new shoes… You can see the unworn soles… and brand new Marcel waves, which don’t look that precise after a day or two, and required spending time that morning at the salon.
All of that was a splurge on a secretary’s salary… maybe meant to catch the eye of a company executive at this rare chance to mingle.
They may have just had a gift exchange… and since one woman got an oil can, it night have been the “white elephant” type.
I was wondering about the gazes of some of the participants, not looking at the photographer but off to the side for some, others looking at other participants.
I like the electrical cord coming out from the overhead light, we had one when I was a kid, it as an adapter which screwed into the lamp where the bulb formerly was, I probably still have one in my electrical parts bin in my garage (I never throw anything out that is still usable, and, no, I’m not a hoarder…)
A very interesting photo or a long-ago time that still holds elements of curiosity…
I think sidelong glances were considered stylish for ladies in that era of silent film stars.
And sometimes a photographer, even into the 1960s, would still direct people’s gaze so as to have them not stare directly at the camera. Indirectness was considered more flattering, and more proper.
And hey… I still have one of those adaptors screwed into a kitchen light socket… It’s a low, sideways light fixture over the sink, and the triple tap adaptor has a bulb receptacle on the end, so you still have the light.
It’s not the really old ceramic kind with just one outlet…. It’s green plastic, probably from the 70s.
But I’ve always been leery of putting anything into it that isn’t very low wattage.
I have one of those. I remove the bulb from the front porch light so I can plug in the Christmas lights. My house was built in 1954 and doesn’t have an outlet on the porch. It’s the only way to get the lights to work. The one my Dad bought in the 60s failed a few years ago and I had to go out to the hardware store mid-decorations to try to find a new one.
WOW!
I am surprised that they are still available! Amazing, since there is no “ground” connection in it.
Most outlets in older places like mine are two prong, as are most lamps, even now.
I only have one grounded outlet indoors and two outdoors, which were probably added later.
I’ve put 3-prong adaptors in several others (the kind that attach to the screw in the middle of the outlet plate)… even bought one of those tester plugs to make sure they’re grounded.
But I wouldn’t put one in the light socket adaptor, cos it wouldn’t seem safe.
Besides lamps… clocks, radios, phone chargers, coffee grinders… There are still lots of non-heating things with 2-prong plugs.
Here in the UK where all the plugs (With a few exceptions) are three pin, we do have a lot of electrical stuff that only has a two-core flex on it. If an appliance is double insulated, then it doesn’t require an earth connection.
I’ve just repaired a couple of metal table lamps, and they use a two-core cable and the metal is not earthed, but they are constructed in such a way that the flex retains both its inner and outer sleeves all the way to the actual lamp holder, so it’s double insulated all the way.
For those who aren’t aware, all cable/flex here in the UK must have two layers of insulation to be compliant, and all plugs (With a few exceptions) must have a fuse of the correct size fitted..
Winters Palette, by Kaoru Yamada, which he says he created using digital tools and AI.
Dang! Just when I was about to let myself like it.
Um… Yeah.
The tuition may be reasonable, but… um… let’s check the next one on our list.
That water…. yuck!
Not fit for a dog bath.
Good boy. Loves his dog.
Nope.
Pass.
Yecch!
It’s moving fast, but I believe the machine says “Açai, sorvetes e picole.”
According to Google translate, the last two words are Portuguese for ice cream and popsicles.
So while it looks brown, it’s probably actually dark purple… the machine, itself, is lavender and dark purple, which makes sense.
So it’s not the disgusting brown it looks like.
But when I think about it, brown would be chocolate, which would look horrible, but probably taste great… and açai may look more attractive, but to me, tastes horrible.
Also, I think this is why most machines of this sort dispense the product through a fluted or star-shaped spout, that gives it a swirled look… same with decorative icing on a cake. Otherwise a chocolate frosted cake would look pretty weird too.
Fagradalsfjall volcano, near Reykjavik, Iceland, April 2021.
Spectators are standing close enough to warm their hands, which the government was allowing because the lava was “still slow-moving.” They did warn that it would be prohibited if the flow got faster. Duh.
This was the fourth fissure in this series of eruptions that had started in March, all oozing scorching hot molten rock.
I didn’t see a later update, so maybe it stayed safe.
But, you know… I think I’d stay home.
Drone photo by photojournalist Brian Emfinger
Ive been told that anything warm draws Icelanders.
Safeway store on Main Street in Tulelake, Siskyou County, California, August 1939.
I recently read an online article about Safeway… In the 30s they had more stores than they do today, because of buying up hundreds of small grocery chains all over the country.
They started the practice of selling produce by the pound, and were the first to have large parking lots.
Later they consolidated, sold lots of their stores in the Midwest and south, and concentrated on large supermarkets, mostly in the western states.
They sold all the ones in Canada to one company, so they’re still called Safeway, but it’s not the same chain.
I didn’t recognise
Nighthawks… you found a new hosting site?
IMGBB–I really like it
I’ll check it out.
I thought that was the name of the site you tried that weirdly floated the images in a black background… but I guess not.
Seems to be working fine.
The black one, it’s a lab.
– lol! appropriate!
When he gets out of the hospital, not only does he need to work on dog training, he needs to reinforce that dangerously unbraced stair railing.
♫♪”I am a lineman for the county…”♫♪
What is he standing on?
Snow can sometimes not only get that deep, but also get solid enough to walk on like in the photo.
I’ve only seen insulators at least 30 or 40 feet up… And I’ve never seen 40 foot snow!
Then again, I live in California.
But really?
Blown drifts can be seriously deep.
Snowshoes?
Lots of years ago I saw some footage on the news of the blizzards that were sweeping Scotland that winter. The footage was showing a Linesman (UK Spelling) laying on his back on the snow repairing the wires. The crossarm was probably 30-35′ above normal ground level.
I hope that those are telegraph wires.
They are. Power poles normally don’t string that number of wires like that.
Where’s the Daisy Red Ryder BB gun?
Damn! Now you’ve got me wondering… what is the washing machine doing in the living room? Why do the Christmas cards look like grocery store packages? Where did Randy get tartan coveralls?
Maybe this was before Christmas, so Ralphie doesn’t have the rifle yet.
I’m not taking those boxes as meant to be Christmas cards… if they are, they’re sure weird. Okay, they’re weird anyway.
And yeah… I’ve never seen overalls like that… not only the plaid, but they’re double breasted with brass buttons, instead of having a farmer style bib. It’s supposed to be the 1940s… so who knows.
But it’s your fault I’m going to be thinking about why that wringer washing machine might be in the living room!
While it sure looks like the wringer from an old washing machine, I only see one roller, indicating it’s most likely something else. But I’m at a loss for what it might be.
It also looks like it’s made of wood, something I have never seen a wringer made from.
I checked out the house It’s a museum) and nothing looks like what that is in the back. There’s a wringer washer, but it’s in the kitchen area.
Perhaps they took a family photo at the Department store or something.
Two… Two… Two animations in one!
Well, not in one, but in one day..
The world famous Bassettes, in their spectacular, animal Christmas performance! Get your tickets quickly, if you’re in New York. It may already be sold out!
And who doesn’t love Rat Fink?
Guy’s got good taste in cars.
Aged sixteen in the summer of 1939 for a portrait by Larry Tarr, the husband of (Spoiler’s) sister Bappie and a professional photographer. The pics were submitted to MGM and (Spoiler) was given a screen test. Said Louis Mayer, “She can’t act, she can’t talk, but she’s terrific!”
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(stolen from some Facebook page)
I don’t care if tat turns out to be ai. I love it!
Certainly digital, might not be AI.
For the Winter Solstice on Bunday.
I’m in terrible shape this morning.
The arthritis in my lower back is flaring up.
Here’s hoping the morning meds slow it down.
I’ve given your comment a ‘Like’, because there isn’t a button for ‘Boo, sucks!’
Thanks. 🙂
You need an emergency Bunny!
I’ll take them!
Take one at a time.
Don’t try to swallow two at once.