Being a construction of your humble blogger Tepid Halibut, with the aim of posting one vintage slide image per day, from now until Kingdom Come. (Or until Mr Halibut gets bored.)
Friday 20 September 2024
Thursday 19 September 2024
Wednesday 18 September 2024
Tuesday 17 September 2024
The School of Brutalism
Same box as the Helsinki slides, but this is only labelled as "Rutle".
So, could be Rutland, and the Ruthaus school of brutal architecture.
Bonus -
Monday 16 September 2024
Sunday 15 September 2024
Saturday 14 September 2024
Friday 13 September 2024
Another European Bride.
Thursday 12 September 2024
The Bride of Röthis
All that was on this slide was "Rothis Bride", but I'm 97% certain that they're referring to Röthis in Austria.
Probably just a grabbed image from a passer-by photographer. Who and when? I dunno.
Bonus - The way these cats react
Wednesday 11 September 2024
The Common Clay of the Frontier
From their faces, I just know that this pair fought and scraped and battled their way through the US Stockmarket Crash, Depression and the Dustbowl.
Alas, I also hear "You've got to remember that these are just simple farmers. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know... morons."
Bonus - Source
Bonus 2 - To cheer you up
Tuesday 10 September 2024
The tedious speedboat
Surely not.
Tedious Tuesday, and I'm posting a picture of a speedboat? Travelling at hi speed??
Yep. And, isn't it tedious.
Bonus -
Monday 9 September 2024
How Rare! The Bronx Zoo
As I have said, 2,318 times, it's weird the things that you find in a box of slides. Like a photograph of a photograph.
Tonight, my plan of an evening of political discourse, obscene discussions and a moderate intake of alcohol was thwarted by Mr H heading off to visit Dublin Zoo. So, here's a picture of Laurance Rockefeller, Fairfield Osborn, Capt. Jean Delacour, Allyn Jennings, and Raymond Ditmars holding a baby chimpanzee, sitting at a table having tea at the Bronx Zoo in New York. From a 1941 edition of Vogue.
Probably related to this pic in the Getty Archives.
Bonus - Vintage Portraits of Krystal Fast-Food Employees From the 1960s
Sunday 8 September 2024
T'was Sixty Years Ago
This slide had just the right look for a blog post today.
Then I noticed the date stamp: September 1964.
Yep. Perfect for the end of summer mood here is Slideville.
Bonus -
Saturday 7 September 2024
Friday 6 September 2024
Well ... Dam!
Ah, Civil Hydro-Electric Engineering. As usual, no info on the slide, but using my magical searching powers, I reckon that his is Moyie Dam in Idaho.
In fact, this news article has a very similar shot.
Bonus -
Thursday 5 September 2024
Fishin' At The Hole
It was an Idaho tradition, or so I am told. A family would dig a hole in their back yard, fill it with water, stock it with fish, and spend the summer at their "Cabin" with Papa fishing, and the family sunning themselves.
The tradition lasted until the late 70s, when a combination of cheap air fares and Trout Live disease mean that flying to Florida was a better summer break.
Bonus - Machine Hallucinations
Wednesday 4 September 2024
it's .... A Cow.
With a calf. (OK, a "Cowlet" to use the proper term.)
This was in a box marked as "American Zoos", and the other slides were of more orthodox zoo contents. Maybe cows are exotic beasts in Montana.
Tuesday 3 September 2024
Monday 2 September 2024
Of course you recognise this.
I'm sure that most of my followers are experts on Medieval German Churches, and that's handy...as the slide had no info on it.
But, obviously, this is The Holy Ghost Church, in Heidelberg.
Bonus - The future of packaging - Automated Custom Cardboard Boxes
Sunday 1 September 2024
A Young Norbert Colon
Tho' he would later find fame as a character in the scientific journal "Viz", Norbert first found fame as BBC Radio Bracknell's "The Prepubescent Plant Botanist".
That changed after the infamous "Noodle Incident."
Bonus -