In 1932, workers re-paint the Eiffel Tower. Built in 1887-1889 for the World’s fair, the tower has been completely repainted at least 19 times since its completion. A team of about 25 painters (now in full safety equipment) clean, rust-proof and hand-paint the structure using 60 tonnes of paint each time. To get the job, painters are still required to be “completely unaffected by vertigo”. Photo Credit: Reblogged from solitaryfossil.tumblr.comThe skyline of Paris taken in 1957 by the legendary French photographer Willy Ronis (1910-2009). Ronis is renowned as a photographer of ordinary life in Paris and Provence. Photo credit: Willy Ronis 1957.Passengers wearing masks get on and off a tram in Sydney during the Spanish Flu epidemic in Australia in 1919. Police ensured all travellers wore a mask. Source: theaustralian.com1912 Indian board track racer. This one is fitted with a 61 cubic inch (about 1000 cc) v-twin motor which propelled the machine around a banked wooden track at speeds in excess of 100 mph (160 km/h). The bikes had no suspension and no brakes. The pedals were to assist with starting. Source: From an article by Ben Branch in silodrome.com. Photo by Mecum.A unique DIY wood-fired backyard hot tub. Photo by @jacobwitzling and @saraunderwood. Source: #timeouthomes.pinterest.com.auPhoto Credit: @festivalchicks.facebook.comSource: lushstories.comSource: maturewomenpictures.netThe wings of an angel. Source: MAMY girl.facebook.comFour ladies enjoy a day at the beach. Photo probably taken the 1940’s.Source: satin doll.tumbral.comTu-Bardh Stormcrow Wilson, drummer in the Clanadonia Tribal Highland Band, a Celt and Pict-inspired drum and bagpipes band. Photo by Brad.T Riley. Source: Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.comBathurst Lighthouse on Rottnest Island in Western Australia. The former lighthouse staff quarters are in the front left. Built in 1900, the lighthouse is a conical limestone tower 19.2 metres high (63 feet) and provides an important navigation aide to ships leaving from Fremantle. At night, the light flashes a white light 4 times every 16 seconds. Photo credit: theaustralian.comQuokkas at Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Also known as the short-tailed scrub wallaby, quokkas are small native marsupials who are herbivorous and mainly nocturnal (although often seen during the day). In 1696, a Dutch sea captain, Willem de Vlamingh, mistook these animals for giant rats and named the island “Rat’s Nest Island (translated from the Dutch).Source: Photo reblogged from Mia-down-under.tumblr.com
1954. Sunlight streams through the windows in the concourse at Grand Central Terminal in New York City – in the days before neighbouring buildings blocked out this direct light. Source: rarehistoricalphotos.comWaitress in a diner in New York City in the 1940’s. Photo by the legendary Elliott Erwitt; born in 1928, a French/American photographer based in New York City and known for his candid black and white photos of everyday life. Source: pinterest.com.auAustralians are posting images of their “nude in nature” experiences on Get Naked Australia’s Instagram page. Brendan Jones, a young physiotherapist from Sydney, started GNA on Instagram in 2015 and it now has more than 226,000 followers. GNA says it promotes body positiveness through naturism. The group organises hikes to remote locations for nude swims and other activities in a “non-judgemental” environment. Source: Get Naked Australia.comBronzed ladies at the beach. Source: FlashingJungle.comModel and actor, Riley Reid (Florida), takes a leisurely naked hike. Source: FVTGirls.comThree sports cars from Morgan Motor Company, together at their works in Malvern, Worcestershire, England. Morgan has been making hand-built sports cars since 1910. The cars on display are the Plus 6 (in the background), the 3-wheeler (centre) and the new Plus 4 (foreground). The new Plus 4 is fitted with a BMW 2.0 litre 4 cylinder twin-turbo engine producing 255 bhp. Source: Facebook.com > Morgan motors > postsGood advice for dangerous machinery. Source: Tumblr.comDefinition: “to put your face between someone’s breasts* and to turn your head rapidly from side to side while making a raspberry sound – to make a noise like a motor boat”. * only with the breast-owners consent! Source: Tumblr.comSource: Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.comThat looks very healthy! Source: reddit.comThe taste test. Model Eva Herzigova in 1998. Source: Photo by Bruce Weber for Pirelli Calendars.The legendary pin-up model Bettie Page (1923-2008), photographed by the equally famous photographer and model, Bunny Yeager (1929-2014). This photo dates from 1954, a few years before Bettie Page retired from modelling (see my post on May 24). Source: girlscv.com > Gallery > Vintage-Bettie-Page-54.A quiet read, at anchor, on a calm day. Source: repics.comThomas Point Shoal Light Station, a historical light at the mouth of the South River in Chesapeake Bay, USA. It is a screw-pile structure supporting a hexagonal cottage with a light and a foghorn. Photo Credit: amfone.netThe south side of Port Adelaide in 1886. “Northern Belle” is in the foreground; the vessel in the centre with painted ports is “Myrtle Holme” and beyond Myrtle Holme on the dock is “Kebroyd”. From a Pinterest article by Brian Charlie. Source: pinterest.com.au Underwater dreaming. Source: xhamster.desi
QLD-NSW border closure in January 1919 in response to the outbreak of the Spanish flu. The snap closure caught many visitors on the wrong side of the border and here they remonstrate with officials of the Quarantine Department to be allowed to cross the footbridge between Tweed Heads and Coolangatta. Sadly the Spanish flue killed about 15,000 people across Australia, many of them in the 15-35 year age group. Photo credit: Tweed Regional Museum.Joshua Slocum (1844-1909) was the first person to sail single handedly and alone around the world. Born in Nova Scotia, Canada, he became a Master Captain in the USA, sailing square-rigged ships to all parts of the world. With the coming of the steam age he fell on hard times, so he completely repaired and refitted a 90 year-old Delaware Bay oysterman, “Spray”, to sail around the world.
The Spray was 37 foot long and 14 foot wide (the beam), and it had a draft of a little over 4 foot. Slocum was 51 when he left Boston in 1895, to return home in 1898. He wrote a well-loved book about his experience, which is still in print; Sailing Alone Around the World (1900). Photo credit: Pinterest.comJoshua Slocum and “Spray” in Sydney Harbour in 1896 part-way through his single-handed voyage around the world. He spent 8 weeks in Sydney on this visit. The photo shows Spray’s new suit of sails which were given to Slocum by Sydney sailing enthusiast and shopping emporium owner Mark Foy (1865-1950). Source: Australian National Maritime Museum (William Hall collection).A windsurfing beginner. Source: Reddit.comThe model Johanne Landbo from Denmark aboard ship. Source: playboyplus.comFishing quietly. Source: tumbex.comRedhead carwash. Source: LuxeLee.comCape Byron Lighthouse, in New South Wales. Built in 1901 it is Australia’s most powerful lighthouse (at 2.2 million candela) built on Cape Byron, mainland Australia’s most easterly point. The Cape is a significant place for the indigenous Bundjalung people and also a popular look-out for whale-watching. It is an active heritage-listed light and at night it flashes a white light every 15 seconds . It also has a constant red-sector light to the north-east towards Julian Rocks and the nearby reefs. QLD-NSWPhoto credit: visitnsw.com. Photo by Dave Hall.Protecting public decency. Source: Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.comMorning coffee. Source: Reddit.comA handsome couple at the beach. Source: pinterest.com > pineapplepie899“The Longhorns” by artist John V Wilhelm from Springerville, Arizona. Source: Facebook.com > Wilhelm’s Art.Last month, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) completed a report on the impact on wildlife of Australia’s 2019-2020 bushfires. WWF indicated that nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced – almost triple the number estimated in January. The figure includes an estimated 143 million mammals, 2.46 billion reptiles, 180 million birds and 51 million frogs. Source: wwf.org.au.In January 2020, operation “Rock Wallaby” by the New South Wales Government oversaw food drops of thousands of kilograms of sweet potatoes and carrots to wallaby populations in Kangaroo Valley and the Capertee and Wolgan valleys as well as Yengo, Jenolan, Oxley Wild Rivers and Curracubundi national parks. Photo Source: Animals Australia
The striking Bawar sisters from Sao Paulo, Brazil; Sheila (left, 18), and her twin sisters Lara and Mara (15). Lara and Mara have albinism, a congenital absence of pigmentation or colouration in their skin, hair and eyes. The condition is rare worldwide (about 1 in 18,000-20,000) but it has a higher incidence in people of sub-Saharan African descent (about 1 in 5,000).
The three Bawar sisters are each established professional fashion models. Photo by Vinicius Terranova. Source: famousbirthdays.com.Two light beacons at the entrance to the harbour of Fiskardo, in Kefalonia, Greece. The oldest is the remains of a tower built by the Venetians in the 16th century (the cylindrical stone tower on the right of the photo). Beside it, in the centre, is a stone light keeper’s cottage dating from a later period.
To the left is the second light beacon built in the 19th century. It is an active light on a square tower over 14 metres high. At night, it flashes a white light every 3 seconds. Source: Photo and information from mygreekheart.com.Relaxing at Kefalonia with the lighthouses of Fiskardo in the background. Source: Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.com.1950. Back stage at the Moulin Rouge, Paris. Source: Pinterest.com/burlesque.Coffee and cake with calmness. Source: FlashingJungle.com.Four beach beauties arrive for a day at Miami nude beach (in pre-COVID days). Source: ctcollection.eu.The many joys of working from home. Source: Tumblr.com.Leonard Cohen (1934-2016); a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, novelist and Buddhist. Cohen did a world tour between 2008-2010 (at the age of 74) involving 84 concerts throughout the world. His emblematic song Hallelujah has been covered by over 150 different artists. As a performer he was always impeccably cool. Source: Pinterest.com.au.Mercedes-Benz W196. The W196 was a Formula 1 racing car produced by Mercedes-Benz to compete in the 1954 and 1955 F1 seasons. The car was driven to many wins by legendary drivers Juan Manuel Fangio (Argentina) and Stirling Moss (England). Source: Photo by UK Racing History.Models Roxanna June (Canada) and Jessica Clarke (New Zealand) photographed by Ali Mitton for Playboy U.S. (March-April 2018).Climbing back on board. Source: truthordarepics.com.Peering down the rabbit hole. Source: Tumblr.com.A handsome naked couple at a nude beach. Source: drtuber.com/albums/outdoor.Woman’s rowing four on a training run. Photograph by Jeff Clark. Source: forums.sailinganarchy.com.In 1936, New York Central’s streamlined Mercury steam train at Chicago’s LaSalle Street station. These trains were designed by noted industrial designer, Henry Dreyfuss. At the first visit of the Mercury to Chicago on 6 July 1936, 17,200 people turned out to view the train on exhibit. Perhaps this photo is from that day. This image was colourised by Patty Allison. Source: American-rails.com.
Nudity to disarm. At about 1.45 am on Saturday 18 July, a woman clothed only in a facemark and a beanie confronted armed Federal agents in Portland, Oregon. The agents fired pepper bullets at the woman’s feet but overall her strategy seemed to have the desired effect as the agents withdrew about 10 minutes later. Source: oregonlive.com.This elegant 1935 two-tone Renault Celtaquatre was manufactured in France between 1934 and 1938. The 1463cc, 30hp saloon was capable of a top speed of 100 kilometres/hour (62 mph). Source: autocart.biz.Fashion models in Italy in 1951 take a cigarette break. Something across the road has caught their attention. Photograph by Milton Greene. Source: messynessychic.com.The skipper keeps a sharp eye out. Source: truthordarepics.com.Source: reddit.com.In 1929, photographer R J Salmon stands in a box suspended from a crane to take an aerial photo of Fleet Street in London. St Paul’s Cathedral is in the background. Photographer unknown. Source: Pinterest.com.au.Source: poringa.net.Is this a paddock find? In the foreground is a V-twin Brough Superior made in Nottingham, England, up until 1940. Source: Motocavaquinhos on Facebook.com.Stefania Ferrario is a beautiful Australian fashion model. In 2015, Stefania started a campaign to stop the use of the term “plus size” to describe models in the fashion industry who are above U.S. dress size 4. Source: Pinterest.com.Source: mia-down-under.tumblr.com.Homemade pasta. Source: Tumblr.com.The Boomerang was an Australian fighter aircraft produced between 1942 and 1945, in response to the Japanese invasion of the Pacific. It was the first combat aircraft designed and manufactured in Australia. Although based on the North American NA-16 and using some components of the CAC Wirraway trainer it was substantially different to both. The Boomerangs were highly manoeuvrable, and well armed although their flight ceiling was somewhat limited. They were used effectively for ground attack and also aerial reconnaissance and air sea rescue.
This aircraft, VH-MHR, is the CA-13 variant built in 1943. It is fitted with a 1,830 hp Pratt and Whitney Twin Wasp Radial engine. It is owned by the Temora Aviation Museum in New South Wales. Photo is by Naemick Photography. Reblogged from redbubble.com.
In 1956, members of the Cavedon family push their car through the mud on Tobacco Road near Ovens Valley, Victoria. Tobacco Road has become a major highway; part of the Great Alpine Road. The photograph was taken by the iconic Australian bush photographer Jeff Carter (1928-2010). Source: artgallery.nsw.gov.au.A proud participant in the Fremont Solstice Cyclists Parade in Seattle, Washington in June 2013. Source: Wikimedia Commons.Source: figuresfordrawing.tumblr.com.Two playmates, Hollywood, 1986. Photograph by German-Australian Helmut Newton (1920-2004) a “prolific, widely imitated fashion photographer whose provocative, erotically charged black and white photographs were the mainstay of Vogue and other publications” (Wikipedia).Aly Raisman, captain of the gold medal-winning U.S. woman’s gymnastics team at the 2012 London Olympics. This photo was by Mark Seliger for the 2015 Body Edition of ESPN Magazine. Source: thesportster.com.Keep living retirement to the full. Source: Tumblr.com.Barque Europa, built in Germany in 1911 was fully restored as a tall ship training vessel in 1994 and is now registered in The Netherlands. In March she found herself stuck in Argentina due to the COVID-19 shutdown. The Captain and crew decided to sail the ship non-stop back to her home in The Netherlands. Here she is at the start of the journey, sailing through Drake’s Passage. On 17 June 2020, Europa arrived back in Scheveningen after more than 80 days at sea. Photo by Jordi Plana Morales for Newsweek.com.French figurative sculptor, Christopher Charbonnet, works on one of his recent pieces. Source: Reblogged from cavemanfeet.tumblr.com.Marblehead Lighthouse (Ohio) at night. Built in 1822, it is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the U.S. side of the Great Lakes. Source: marbleheadlighthouseohio.org. Source: Tumblr.com.Grace Jones as Zula in Conan the Destroyer, 1984. Source: pinterest.com.Dancing at Chez Max, Joinville-le-Pont in 1947. Photo by French photographer Willy Ronis (1910-2009). His best known works show life in post-war Paris and Provence.Paard van Marken Lighthouse in Marken, North Holland, under dark skies. The lighthouse was built in 1839 and is 15.5 metres high. Photo is by Daniel Lybaert, 2013.
1934. Margaret Bourke-White, a photographer for LIFE magazine, takes photos from the 61st floor of the Chrysler Building in New York. Source: theatlantic.com.Amanda Bingson, Olympic hammer thrower on the cover of ESPN in the 2015 Body Series. Bingson held the American woman’s record in 2013 with a distance of 75.73 metres (284+ feet).Surfer in action. Source: Pinterest.com.Volleyball player unknown. Source: Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.com.This is powerful. Source: Tumblr.com.Good advice. Source: Tumblr.com.Laundry with style. Source:Conceptual painting by Sasha Beliaer, Share Creators Inc, White Rock, Canada. Source: sashabeliaev.artstation.com.Disney’s Flying Dutchman prop used in the Pirates of the Caribbean moored at Castaway Cay cruise ship terminal in the Bahamas. Source: Pinterest.com.au.Fashion with a mask. Model: Miss Psycho Cat, Belgrade. Dress and matching mask by @ british_retro. Source: Facebook.com>misspsychocat>posts.There’s nothing as delightful as Sydney Harbour. Source: Playboyplus.com.Source: Reblogged from this-old-stomping-ground.tumblr.comVW Kombi in the rough. Source: Tumblr.com.What grandma was up to. Another 1950’s beauty. Source: Tumblr.com.A 10 foot traditional clinker dinghy designed by Paul Gartside from Nova Scotia and crafted by Andrew Denman and his professional crew at Denman Marine at Kettering, Tasmania. The dinghies are planked in Huon and King Billy pine with Celery Top pine backbone and frames. Source: denmanmarine.com.au.
Imperial Airways flying boat “Centaurus” moored in the Brisbane River (near the Botanic Gardens) on 21 December 1937. It had just completed a flight from London taking about 13 days. The Short S.23 flying boat carried a crew of 5 and 17 passengers. Powered by four 920hp Bristol Pegasus Xc radial engines it had a maximum speed of 174 knots (320 km/hr).Wallace’s Hut at Falls Creek, Victoria; the oldest hut in the Victorian Alpine National Park. It was built by the three Wallace brothers who came as young boys to Melbourne from Ireland in 1869. It is still used as an emergency shelter. Source: Pinterest.ca. Photo by Michael Boniwell.Uluru (Ayers Rock), a large sandstone rock formation in Central Australia, is about 335 kilometres south-west of Alice Springs. It is 348 metres high and 9.4 kilometres around the perimeter. Uluru is sacred to the Pitjantjara Anangu, the First Nation people in the area. Source: Dogwood Images.Portland Head Lighthouse on Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA; the oldest lighthouse in Maine, built in 1791. Source: portlandheadlight.com. Photo by Richard Morin.1938 Auto Union (a predecessor of Audi) Type D racer. This supercharged 3.0 litre V12 produced 478 bhp and a top speed of 340 kilometres/hour. Its success on the track was cut short by the advent of World War II and, after the war, remaining vehicles were carted away to Russia. Source: Pinterest.com and roadandtrack.com.Relaxing with wine and fruit. Source: Tumblr.com.Source: Tumblr.com. Reblogged from Mia-down-under.A real “French postcard” from 1910-1920, of the sort that were sold as souvenirs by many booksellers along the Seine River and elsewhere in Paris from about 1900 onwards. Source: unregardoblique.home.blog. Alfred Noyer Studio, Paris. Photo by Julien Mandel.Photo by Alexandre Abel of Katelyn Pascavis at the airport at St Barts, where small aircraft come within metres of car traffic at the approach to the airport.Shooting hoops. Source: FVTGirls.com.Source: Facebook.com. Photo by Tik Vyrams.Celebration. Source: Tumblr.com. Reblogged from Mia-down-under.Sunbathing at anchor. Photo by Captain Butch.Source: Tumblr.com. Reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblr.com.Art in ink. Source: Reblogged from this-old-stomping-ground.tumblr.com.My sort of bookshop. Source: Tumblr.com.
Paddling in Sydney Harbour. Source: Tumblr.com.Construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1930. Source: National Museum of Australia.Hunt Street in The Rocks in Sydney during cleansing operations for the Bubonic Plague outbreak in 1900. Source: Pinterest.com.Bondi Beach in 1894. Source: National Archives of Australia.What Grandma was up to. A 1950’s beauty. Source: Tumblrgallery.com.Source: Tumbral.com/blog/knl69.Life is made of encounters. Source: Facebook.com/photos/la vita e fatta d’incontri.Morning coffee. Source: Tumblr.com.Sailing off Mooloolaba, Queensland. Source: Aussienaturists.com.A nice day out. Source: Tumblr.com.Source: Tumblr.com.In the clear waters of the west coast of Turkey. Source: Dogwood Images.
Michael Leunig is an Australian cartoonist, writer, painter, philosopher and poet. He was declared an Australian Living Treasure in 1999.Coffee time. Source: Reddit.com.Split Point Lighthouse is located at Aireys Inlet on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. It is a concrete 4-story tower of 34 metres (112 feet), built in 1891. Source: Strawbridge Images.About 300 years before Jesus was born the Greek philosophers were grappling with the question of why there is evil and suffering in the world. Why would a loving and all-powerful god allow evil and agony to continue? Read Professor Bart Ehrman on suffering, in ehrmanblog.org. Epicurus was born on the Greek island of Samos to Athenian parents in 341 BCE and he died in 270 BCE.Keep laughing! Source: Citizenmiles.wordpress.com.And style is everything. Source: Tumblr.com.One more benefit of working from home. Image by Nick Mesh at nickmesh.com.Source: Tumblr.comSwinging on the Hills Hoist. These clothes lines were common in many backyards in Australia in yesteryear. Image source unknown.Source: Pinterest.com.VW Beetle graveyard. Source: Tumblr.com.Someone’s pride and joy lost at sea. Source: Tumblr.com
