The Thing

 

Just ... The Thing.

No info on the slide (as usual) except a processing date of 1991. Thanks.

But, I think it's a piece of Seljuk Glass, maybe this one.

More info - The Kubadabad Plate: Islamic Gilded and Enamelled Glass in Context

Bonus - North Korea TV censors Alan Titchmarsh's trousers

The Little Colonists

 

I have a bunch of similar slides in this set...clearly a family vacation, visiting one of the early colonial towns. Georgetown, or Williamsburg, or whatever.

I can only imagine what the costumed host is thinking, especially as this was in the early sixties.

Bonus - So, those kids who torture ants with sun + magnifying glass. What do they do when they grow older?

The Tinkling Waters

 

Modern Art, waterfall, fountain, sculpture...whatever.

Sorry, I'm suffering from Friday lethargy.

A bit worrying, as today is Wednesday.

Bonus - 

The Merchant

 

Written on this slide, in very small writing, "This merchant has his wares displayed right on the side walk which attracts and audience of children."

Current thinking is that this merchant, crap tho' he is, is a better choice as Chancellor of the Exchequer than Kwasi Kwarteng or Jeremy Hunt.

Bonus -

Damned Logic

Educational Trip to the Heritage Farm

 

The slide, from 1963, is one of a set covering a family's trip to (somewhere, possibly New England) to learn about American History. 

I hesitate to imagine what the chap on the left has to say, in character.

Bonus - 

Maori Concern Tonight

As usual, there was no info on the slide, but as you will recall, my knowledge of New Zealand Culturally-significant locations is very rusty.

Nevertheless, I suspect that this is the Tamatekapua meeting house, named after the captain of the Arawa, one of the voyaging canoes that brought the ancestors of Māori to New Zealand.

Maybe.  Te Papaiouru Marae

Bonus - Sheesh.   Some people !!!

 

The Studio - 14 Mar 1914

 

People photograph the strangest things, etc etc

Bonus - (Not me, but) "When my Latvian grandfather disappeared in 1949, my grandmother knew he had been a member of a notorious Nazi brigade. But then a pension cheque arrived from the Soviet security agency."

Bonus 2 - 

Yes, ANOTHER.

False conspiracy theories flourish after Texas shooting in familiar pattern

I'm no Art Expert, but...

 

... this is art. Metallic art.

Metallic art, involving horses and goats.

Bonus - How do you measure up against the average?

A Visit To Captain Harklefist's

 

Sunday, and time for a family drive to a local cultural landmark. Today, it is a trip to Cape Crenly, and the home of legendary mariner and master whaler, Captain Harklefist. The stories about him, and his crew of the whaleship Venus are many, varied and occasionally true, and there is no reason to repeat them here.

Bonus - Fleeing a Tsunami in Greenland

The Audience Go Wild !

 

Usually, there's little written on a slide to help identify it, but on the most recent box of mixed slides, there were a lot with scrawled information. In this case, 

Putting on show at Maori after concert

...which helps a little.

Bonus - Denmark launches children's TV show about man with giant penis