Sepia Saturday - 19 January 2013

"There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by thinking." 
-  E. L. Doctorow

SEPIA SATURDAY

 

Alan, has served a theme photo this week of a man standing in what appears to be the street looking outward.  So many avenues one could journey, with all that's going on in his photo.


The photo below, is not, the image of the man that Alan posted.   His gentleman reminded me so much of my beloved grandpa, that I thought I might post a photo of my grandfather but also, with so much talk of Alan's aunts recently, I found a picture that included my aunt as well.



Don't forget to click on the photos to enlarge them!

I can imagine he's thinking, "What a beautiful day to be alive!"

If one began a walk across town, which included his daughter-in-law, they might happen upon this scene below.

I've always enjoyed reflective photos where the viewer isn't sure what the person is truly thinking.

Surely, one can imagine what these two are discussing.  But still, we have no idea what they're going to shoot.

Quite vague, woodsy yes, and quite thick at that.  Perhaps a wild animal?


My Tante Margot known for catching people off guard, like this photo below of my Uncle Freddie!  My oh my, what was he thinking?

 

One can only speculate, but as he was a professor at the university.

 

In most cases, there is always something to see, but often when we gaze into the unknown, or what is before us, what's truly in our thoughts, has nothing to do with what we see at the moment.

In truth, we don't always need words to communicate, when a simple look can explain a hundred spoken words.

Can you guess what could be happening in this photo with that kind of expression on her sweet little face?

Surely we know what this man is observing, but do we know exactly what's in his thoughts?  What gives it away for me, is how his head is bent down.  At this moment, he's not even taking in this lovely view.




The next two photos don't really need an explanation.

Oops.

It's fairly obvious what they're looking at in this photo, as the photographer captured the incident and the onlookers.

They are looking at wrecked railroad cars after an accident in which the Mountain express crashed through two cars of the Bar Harbor Express, north of New Haven, Connecticut on September 2, 1913.  Car Chisholm, as described by the press.

Once you know who and why this man was arriving in Washington, D. C. to meet with President Roosevelt, you'll agree that his current thoughts weighed heavy on him.

William T. Malone, (former Chairman of the Illinois Tax Commission) on May 9, 1938 he arrived on business of Income Tax Fraud, (he was looking at two years in prison) and arrived in hopes to personally appeal to President Roosevelt.

For those who are familiar with Northwest Airlines, founded in 1926 and headquartered in  Eagan, Minnesota, (until being absorbed into Delta Air Lines 2008) this is one great picture from 1938.



A fun filled afternoon.  Could these be pages working at the Capital in Washington, D.C.?

Looking through the legs of pitcher, outside the U.S. Capital playing a bit of baseball during their lunch break.

Sharing secrets? Or, ?

On the left is Major General U.S.A. Peter Charles Harris, seated with his brother, Sen. William J. Harris, Director of Census, 1913-1915 and he was Georgia's senator from 1919-1925.  This photo was taken in 1919.

Caught!

Oh goodness gracious, seems a lady can't even apply her lipstick, without someone looking in, and snapping her picture!

CAPTURED! Sometime in 1923, a mother just in time, caught her daughter from leaping off her bedroom balcony to join her lover, (waiting in a heap of her clothes) spoiling their plans for elopement and also caught by the photographer, and possibly for the morning news?

Can you tell without being there, and no formal introduction, exactly where this photo was taken?

Photo taken in 1899.

Just in case you can't recognize it, here's a more revealing photo of it.

 

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