Farm children in Germany, 1913 … by German photographer August Sander, information from an exhibition of his work at Penn State, other copies are in collections at the Carnegie and other museums
Each region of the country has a different way of saying this, in the midwest area we have always said, Larry, Curly and Moe! I read this a long time ago
Wikipedia says Sander has been described as “the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century”.
This was taken in 1913, and published in his first book of photographs, in 1929. This particular copy was not taken from the book, but from a print made much later from one of his original negatives.
I agree that the boy’s face on the right looks a bit strange, but it’s not likely any such technology was available by 1929, or that a museum would later tinker with his negatives or the prints.
He also would have had to take the underlying photo to which to apply the faces, and they would have had faces of their own, which he had no need to cover up.
My guess would be that the reason they look that way is more likely to be his equipment.
They’re not in a studio, but standing.outdoors in the shade. Film in 1913 was not fast. He probably needed a wide aperture, which you can also see in the short focal distance. It makes the fence behind them look blurry, and the faces much more distinct.
He may have also been using a strong “fill flash”, which often adds a white cast to skin that reflects it.
The file name labels it a beach in China. So do a ton of websites.
However… several fact-checking sites say it’s not.
In fact, a couple of sites, along with a French newspaper, say that calling it a Chinese beach started as a rather racist meme.
It’s actually Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and this is not a daily occurrence.
But here it splits…
Some say it’s a free Rod Stewart concert, New Year’s Eve, 1994, which drew 3.5 to 4.5 million people to the beach, and which still holds the Guinness World Record for the largest ever free rock concert attendance. Some say that the figure is inaccurate, because it includes the over a million people who come to the beach every New Year’s Eve for the free fireworks.
Others say it’s the attendance on World Youth Day, 2013, when about 3.5 million people flocked to the beach to hear Pope Francis, at the end of his first world tour as pontiff, say mass to a huge Catholic youth gathering.
Two events, and real pictures of both are too similar to tell apart.
The picture is in daylight, and Rod Stewart’s concert was at night, in December, which could mean it’s the Pope… then again, people waited all day for both.
This is Benjamin A. Hawley, Vice-President of the American Hardware Corporation, New Britain, Connecticut, October, 1916.
He has gathered neighborhood kids for a ride in his new 1916 Hudson.
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In his will Benjamin Hawley bequeathed $150,000 to the New Britain Institute, which includes the New Britain Public Library. With it, they built the Hawley Memorial Children’s Library on High Street.
This Almanac was credited to Davy Crockett’s heirs, according to the cover, and apparently inside to his “estate”, and was a major influence in fueling the myths surrounding his story.
He was already what we today would call a celebrity when he died fighting at the Alamo in early 1836. This 1837 book is already No. 3.
Those heirs jumped immediately on that opportunity, not only to polish his legend, and, as they claimed, to ensure his place in history, but also to capitalize on his fame.
This pictures him in a coonskin cap, an essential part of his lore, though historians say he probably never wore one. In fact the idea may come from these almanacs.
Grinning down bears, feats of strength, even buckskin clothing… the whole woodsy image later portrayed by Fess Parker for Disney, and copied in plastic leather and fake racoon caps by a generation of schoolboys, was partially recorded here.
And I hate to say it… but…. «shhhh» ….. some of it may not have been exactly true.
Mmmm…love sauerkraut. With sausage. Or even beef franks if that’s all I have. One of my favorite pizzas was “Bavarian Special” – Polish sausage and sauerkraut. But the local pizza place dropped it from the menu 🙁
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Only one thing to say: delicious meets adorable.
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Does their book about “Being Canine” have humans on the cover?
Is Thames standing on Hudson’s back?
Could be Goofy and Pluto.
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I detect a faint family resemblance…
They all look alike except for the pointy one.
Including the horse!
Farm children in Germany, 1913 … by German photographer August Sander, information from an exhibition of his work at Penn State, other copies are in collections at the Carnegie and other museums
wonder if they survived WW2
‘Curly, Larry, and Moe, the early years’.
I guess Curly could be a girl’s name. 🙂
Each region of the country has a different way of saying this, in the midwest area we have always said, Larry, Curly and Moe! I read this a long time ago
Looks like someone took a stock photo and just collaged the children’s heads (Photos of them!!!) in.
Yes, the right hand one looks odd.
Wikipedia says Sander has been described as “the most important German portrait photographer of the early twentieth century”.
This was taken in 1913, and published in his first book of photographs, in 1929. This particular copy was not taken from the book, but from a print made much later from one of his original negatives.
I agree that the boy’s face on the right looks a bit strange, but it’s not likely any such technology was available by 1929, or that a museum would later tinker with his negatives or the prints.
He also would have had to take the underlying photo to which to apply the faces, and they would have had faces of their own, which he had no need to cover up.
My guess would be that the reason they look that way is more likely to be his equipment.
They’re not in a studio, but standing.outdoors in the shade. Film in 1913 was not fast. He probably needed a wide aperture, which you can also see in the short focal distance. It makes the fence behind them look blurry, and the faces much more distinct.
He may have also been using a strong “fill flash”, which often adds a white cast to skin that reflects it.
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No! I like to keep my blood on the inside!
Hopefully, Fluffy thinks of this as playing.
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“The eagle has landed.”
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No. Stinkin’. Way. I’m staying home.
TSUNAMI!!!
I think there’s still room for a couple more.
The file name labels it a beach in China. So do a ton of websites.
However… several fact-checking sites say it’s not.
In fact, a couple of sites, along with a French newspaper, say that calling it a Chinese beach started as a rather racist meme.
It’s actually Copacabana Beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and this is not a daily occurrence.
But here it splits…
Some say it’s a free Rod Stewart concert, New Year’s Eve, 1994, which drew 3.5 to 4.5 million people to the beach, and which still holds the Guinness World Record for the largest ever free rock concert attendance. Some say that the figure is inaccurate, because it includes the over a million people who come to the beach every New Year’s Eve for the free fireworks.
Others say it’s the attendance on World Youth Day, 2013, when about 3.5 million people flocked to the beach to hear Pope Francis, at the end of his first world tour as pontiff, say mass to a huge Catholic youth gathering.
Two events, and real pictures of both are too similar to tell apart.
The picture is in daylight, and Rod Stewart’s concert was at night, in December, which could mean it’s the Pope… then again, people waited all day for both.
Actually, I think it’s really a close-up of the donut the little girl is eating in the first post above.
In December there is Summer.
Oh.. right. I forgot, thanks.
But this still doesn’t look like a late day picture.
Hard to say.
Doesn’t really matter anyway ….the point is that it’s a huge event on Copacabana Beach in Rio, not a Chinese beach on an ordinary day
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Why?
Think Simon says.
That’s what I’ve got.
No problem…
Same here. Done in my noggin.
Me too.
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The Gilbreth family? (Cheaper by the dozen…)
Good guess… But the Gilbreth children weren’t all so close in age.
Here they are in 1923, which means some weren’t born yet in 1916, and of course, thise who were, were all 7 years younger.
This is Benjamin A. Hawley, Vice-President of the American Hardware Corporation, New Britain, Connecticut, October, 1916.
He has gathered neighborhood kids for a ride in his new 1916 Hudson.
.
In his will Benjamin Hawley bequeathed $150,000 to the New Britain Institute, which includes the New Britain Public Library. With it, they built the Hawley Memorial Children’s Library on High Street.
He sounds as though he was a very generous man.
I take it he was kind of a local hero… and if course, that huge donation was when he died.
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WOW!
I doubt it! Saturn has 293 moons, more than any other planet in the solar system.
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“Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee…”
Kilt him a b’ar, when he wuz only three.
Or not.
“But poor little Davey was a bottle of beer.”
Wait …
Maybe a parody I missed??
This Almanac was credited to Davy Crockett’s heirs, according to the cover, and apparently inside to his “estate”, and was a major influence in fueling the myths surrounding his story.
He was already what we today would call a celebrity when he died fighting at the Alamo in early 1836. This 1837 book is already No. 3.
Those heirs jumped immediately on that opportunity, not only to polish his legend, and, as they claimed, to ensure his place in history, but also to capitalize on his fame.
This pictures him in a coonskin cap, an essential part of his lore, though historians say he probably never wore one. In fact the idea may come from these almanacs.
Grinning down bears, feats of strength, even buckskin clothing… the whole woodsy image later portrayed by Fess Parker for Disney, and copied in plastic leather and fake racoon caps by a generation of schoolboys, was partially recorded here.
And I hate to say it… but…. «shhhh» ….. some of it may not have been exactly true.
Never mind the coonskin cap. He’s wearing the whole raccoon.
Ornithologists call this “puddling.”
Washing its feet? Maybe saltwater removes some sort of parasite.
Working the sand (or mud) to get at little creatures living in it.
It brings the “worms” to the surface for a quick snack…
Mmmm…love sauerkraut. With sausage. Or even beef franks if that’s all I have. One of my favorite pizzas was “Bavarian Special” – Polish sausage and sauerkraut. But the local pizza place dropped it from the menu 🙁
Sorry Cleo, gotta disagree with you on this one!
Polish sausage and sauerkraut … mmmnn !
Sauerkraut is also very tasty fried with a little butter.
Smoked pork chops in the slow cooker covered in Kraut!
Bunny, for Bunday.
Playing with Mommy’s mascara again, I see.
Female and male Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Finches, native to tropical sub-Saharan Africa.