It’s a London traffic jam, in 1890… at the junction of Princes Street and Threadneedle Street. Before cars, before traffic lights, it was a crowded center of commerce, with rush hour traffic jams.
London at the time was the largest city in the world, with a population of over 5 million people.
New York was far behind at about a million and a half.
Of course, it depends on what you count, ie, city centers, metropolitan areas, etc… but any way you count neither even makes the top ten any more
We had a blue spruce hit in front of the office – it blew pieces of bark, branches and cones over 30 feet in all directions. Tree was dead – we had to get it removed the next spring. Made me sad – it was one of my favorites.
Iconic shot – I love to put a polarizer filter on my camera and play with the water depths there. The polarizer changes the light refraction, and thus the colors change from shallow to deep. I’ll be back there in the fall with my brother, sister-in-law and Mom.
The first caption I found said they were from the same family…
But the rest, including one from the smalltown newspaper whose photographer originally took the photo, said they all came from, were still living in, the same tiny town, Geary, Oklahoma.
Mr. Everest (Civil War), O.P. Ruth (Spanish-Am War), ‘Red’ Young (WWI), and Pearl Johnson (WWII) were being honored at a Veterans Day event there, in 1945.
In my image l search, I found his Facebook page, where he says, “I wanna share this Vulture that I made with scrap metal and some broken typewriters and adding machines.”
But I also found an Etsy page, where it sold for $1,800!
Google Lens says:
This iconic image captures the “Three Jacksons” acrobatic troupe performing a dangerous balancing act on the ledge of the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in 1934.
The performers, identified as Jarley Smith, Jewell Waddek, and Jimmy Kerrigan, executed this stunt for publicity.
Purely audio formats aren’t supported on this site.
It’s not giving me the option to download it or open in a new tab, so I can’t see the extension/file type on my tablet. Maybe I could on a computer.
But whatever it is, it’s possible that WordPress isn’t recognizing it, so it’s trying to show it as a video… which doesn’t work, if it’s avi or mp3 or some such.
Very funny, and cute.
I’m going to have to show this one to my wife.
Does she like chicken too?
Saucy the dog would even react if you spelled carrot. The baby ones were a favorite treat.
Crunchy!
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That would have been an unbelievably prescient cover. (And probably get Henry Luce arrested!)
Um…. Sorry, but I don’t get it.
It is a cover, isn’t it?
Magazines are generally published before their cover date. If this were authentic, it would have revealed the secret date of the invasion.
Oops
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Doesn’t look like a very safe place to walk. Remember to wipe your shoes before you come inside.
It’s a London traffic jam, in 1890… at the junction of Princes Street and Threadneedle Street. Before cars, before traffic lights, it was a crowded center of commerce, with rush hour traffic jams.
London at the time was the largest city in the world, with a population of over 5 million people.
New York was far behind at about a million and a half.
Of course, it depends on what you count, ie, city centers, metropolitan areas, etc… but any way you count neither even makes the top ten any more
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Wheee!
Crack the whip? Ribs? Tailbone?
Do you ever wonder about how some people make it to adulthood, when the odds seem abysmally low?
tree struck by lightning
When bananas bolt…
It just needs a musical accompaniment:
Good grief… You keep posting exactly what I was going to post.
Great tune. We used to play it in HS stage band. Sadly forgotten today.
We had a blue spruce hit in front of the office – it blew pieces of bark, branches and cones over 30 feet in all directions. Tree was dead – we had to get it removed the next spring. Made me sad – it was one of my favorites.
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Wizard Island?
Yep.
Iconic shot – I love to put a polarizer filter on my camera and play with the water depths there. The polarizer changes the light refraction, and thus the colors change from shallow to deep. I’ll be back there in the fall with my brother, sister-in-law and Mom.
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Gotta stop thinking naughty thoughts…
Nothing wrong about a little cheesecake.
It took me longer than it should have to figure out that the “robot” isn’t vertical… It’s a bowling ball return rack.
Yeah yeah, you probably know that. But maybe somebody else is pausing like I did.
I guess it could kind of look like a robot. I didn’t notice it until you said it.
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Same family?
The first caption I found said they were from the same family…
But the rest, including one from the smalltown newspaper whose photographer originally took the photo, said they all came from, were still living in, the same tiny town, Geary, Oklahoma.
Mr. Everest (Civil War), O.P. Ruth (Spanish-Am War), ‘Red’ Young (WWI), and Pearl Johnson (WWII) were being honored at a Veterans Day event there, in 1945.
Mr. Everest was about 102 years old.
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I wonder what crows think of this one? Do they come down to check it out?
A robot vulture sculpture by Ricky Duran.
In my image l search, I found his Facebook page, where he says, “I wanna share this Vulture that I made with scrap metal and some broken typewriters and adding machines.”
But I also found an Etsy page, where it sold for $1,800!
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I think everybody has itches that are between hard and impossible to scratch. We all appreciate a helping hand once in awhile.
That’s about how Buddy reacts when he gets a good scratch and rubbing down.
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I think I’ve got most of them, but right now I can’t think of #3.
Funny thing is, I “can” think of the opposite…. A can that is
A bit of the grammar is garbled… I think #5 means A country. Does #10
If anybody wants my list to compare, just say and I’ll post it tomorrow. I gotta sleep now.
oh…. Maybe for #3 they
My # 10…
Yeah… I like that better.
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No, thanks…!
Very good, though I would like to know how they get out of that.
Nope!
Google Lens says:
This iconic image captures the “Three Jacksons” acrobatic troupe performing a dangerous balancing act on the ledge of the 86th floor of the Empire State Building in 1934.
The performers, identified as Jarley Smith, Jewell Waddek, and Jimmy Kerrigan, executed this stunt for publicity.
“This video is not available.”
I’m listening to it right now ??
I got the same thing.”Video Unavailable.”
”This video is not available.”
Just checked and it is blocked in the US and Europe for some reason. First time I’ve ever had that happen.
Interesting. I believe you’re posting from Canada? Maybe you could describe it and we can search for it here in the US under a different name.
Kate Bush – Topic – Babooshka, Remastered.
Is this the one?
Same song but my link didn’t have a video …only the audio.
Oh!
Purely audio formats aren’t supported on this site.
It’s not giving me the option to download it or open in a new tab, so I can’t see the extension/file type on my tablet. Maybe I could on a computer.
But whatever it is, it’s possible that WordPress isn’t recognizing it, so it’s trying to show it as a video… which doesn’t work, if it’s avi or mp3 or some such.
Works in Canada for a change!
Not blocked in the UK.
I’m wondering why you get audio files and we don’t. Unless it’s actually a video file that’s blocked, but as I said, I can’t see the link
We get an audio file with a picture over.
No problems here in Germany with either video for a change.
Ubuntu, Firefox, laptop.
Actually, a bunch of things aren’t showing up at this time (12:27AM on the west coast of the US).
I think i see everything, except the video Voxx posted. But that’s not “missing”, it’s just not working.
I blew it yesterday on one picture… the one of the fellow flipping upside down near a pretty girl on the street.
I googled it and failed to post the result…
It was very athletic actor and dancer Russ Tamblyn, showing off, alongside his wife, actress Venetia Stevenson, in 1955. (Photo by Allan Grant.)
Tom Holland does that, too…
On an ‘Ordinary’ (Penny Farthing) Bicycle.
And in heels, from the look of it.
In heels and backwards? Doesn’t look like Ginger Rogers…
Purple Crowned Fairy Wrens – Northern Australia – (Female top – Male bottom).
That IS purple.
And a lovely shade of it!