The Non Shorpy Web All Stars.

[Zombie_61]

Without a doubt.... my favorite:
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I think of my dad and all the men who have served our Country.

Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal, Feb. 23, 1945.

I liked it a little better before I found out it was staged, but I can't argue the reasons behind why the photo was taken and what it symbolizes.

Some local kids got into my UPS boxes on the porch before I could today...

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Ohhh those little rascals...

 

[2jakes]

I liked it a little better before I found out it was staged, but I can't argue the reasons behind why the photo was taken and what it symbolizes.

In a sense, you could say it was staged. But there's more to this as
explained by Mr. Rosenthal.

For me, what matters is what it represented... and still does.

 

[2jakes]

"Speak softly and carry a big stick!"
Or better yet....
“Have a friend who will lend you support when you need it the most!"

 

[BobHufford]

 

[BobHufford]

J.L. Hudson department store in Detroit. 1940s.

"Rainbow Jones" ???

 

[Frunobulax]

J.L. Hudson department store in Detroit. 1940s.

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"Rainbow Jones" ???

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I think it's "Rainbow Tones," Bob.

I believe Rainbow Jones was a character in a 70s Pam Grier flick.


Sent directly from my mind to yours.

 

[BobHufford]

I think it's "Rainbow Tones," Bob.

I believe Rainbow Jones was a character in a 70s Pam Grier flick.

Hahaha...that makes a lot more sense. More coffee...

 

[Hurricane Jack]

I believe Rainbow Jones was a character in a 70s Pam Grier flick.

He quit acting & went on to form the Rainbow Family of Living Light.

 

[2jakes]

Buck Jones...

American actor Buck Jones (1891 - 1942) wearing a ten-gallon hat, circa 1930.

 

[Zombie_61]

I think it's "Rainbow Tones," Bob...

Give 'dat man a seegar. A little online research, and probably the same website where Bob found that photo, confirms it is indeed "Rainbow Tones":

"There's something about the 'feel' of this soft hand-worked felt that says, 'Quality!' And there's something about the way Rainbow Tones snap up your whole appearance that says, 'Buy one...now!'"

If only they were still going for $8.50.

 

[BobHufford]

And there's something about the way Rainbow Tones snap up your whole appearance that says, 'Buy one...now!'"

It figures that the only one I own is brown. That is trout like, but not very rainbow like.

 

[2jakes]

Joaquin Jackson, Texas Ranger.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Joaquin Jackson, Texas Ranger.
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Read his 1st book but never got to his 2nd.

 

[2jakes]

Edwardian Gentlemen 1900s

Ladies

 

[2jakes]

Teddy!

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Private William Sergeant
Company E, 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry. Forever known after the war as the Empty Sleeve.

Historians estimate that around 60,000 soldiers from both sides endured the removal of a body part during the Civil War. Only an estimated 45,000 of those men survived the procedure.

http://wskg.org/history/the-empty-sleeve-amputees-and-the-civil-war/?c=history

 

[BobHufford]

Springfield Missouri (looking north from the Square) at the turn of the last century. Note the Springfield Hat Company in the background.

Today:

Back then:

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Springfield Missouri (looking north from the Square) at the turn of the last century. Note the Springfield Hat Company in the background.

Today:

Back then:

Good old Booneville.

 

[BobHufford]

Description: Rare photograph depicting the Mercaz HaRav Yeshivah during its first years, in the midst of the daily lecture delivered by the rosh yeshivah, Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, when the yeshivah was known as "Beit HaRav," on Rav Kook street in Jerusalem. Photographed by Tzadok Bassan - plate-signed 'Photographer Tzadok Bassan Jerusalem.' Early 20th century.

 

[RBH]

A silent western from 1915 with Harry Carey Sr.
I like the wide ribbon on the cameraman on the left and check out the crease on the cowboy on the far right !
Photo credit: University of Southern California. Libraries and California Historical Society.