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 - 


Friday 13 September 2024

Another European Bride.

 

After yesterday's thunderous response to a Continental Wedding, let's have another.

This time, the slide says Helsinki Wedding at Underground Church Jane 1987.

Which is nice.

Bonus - 

Clever IT

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

Miguel, The Hat-Man


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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 - 


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.

Bonus - How Kids Menus at Restaurants should be. 

Tuesday 3 September 2024

The Island Boys

 

...feature Johnny Hawaii, bring you the  calming sounds of Cradle Of Filth.

Bonus - 

My Nightmare

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 -