Thread: Old Black & White Photos

Originally Posted by NoseWarmer

Well it's been another 30 days for this thread to silent... So for the end of the year... Here we go...

The Moonshiners remind me of the stories my Dad told about his youth. During the Depression there were a lot of stills around. If Dad's folks had company, he would be sent out with a Mason Jar of the correct size to get moon! Since money was scarce, he might have a jar of stew or a pair of socks..whatever they could spare. Since he pot hunted, as did most kids back then, he knew where the stills were and they knew him. So he would come home with the goods.

He said the when the stills got too bad to use anymore and were makin' bad moon, the owners?? would tip off the local sheriff and the Revenoors. The still would go smash, the rotgut would get dumped, and everybody was happy. The good stills and the new one 50 yards away would go on producing!

He also said that among others things the folks had a lot of kids and everyone had a garden in town. They would often have block meals..yes, the entire block would chip in what they had and everyone would have a pail of leftovers to take home.
Happy New Year!
~Richard

My kinda girl.

Originally Posted by HarleyFXST

My kinda girl.

That wouldn't be a Lucky Strike Stud she's smoking would it? I must say, nice blouse she's wearing...

Too bad its a Bren.

Found these old pics, who is scared of a little lead vapor...
The Mad Potter of Biloxi - Retronaut

Originally Posted by Lemur

Found these old pics, who is scared of a little lead vapor...
The Mad Potter of Biloxi - Retronaut

I love the last pic.. is that a dress?
He scares me at least!

"Tom Crean, nicknamed the "Irish Giant" (20 July 1877 - 27 July 1938) was an Irish seaman and Antarctic explorer from County Kerry. He was a member of three of the four major British expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott's 1911–13 Terra Nova Expedition, which saw the race to reach the South Pole lost to Roald Amundsen and ended in the deaths of Scott and his polar party. During this expedition Crean's 35 statute miles (56 km) solo walk across the Ross Ice Shelf to save the life of Edward Evans led to him receiving the Albert Medal.

Crean had left the family farm near Annascaul to enlist in the British Royal Navy at the age of 15. In 1901, while serving on HMS Ringarooma in New Zealand, he volunteered to join Scott's 1901–04 British National Antarctic Expedition on Discovery, thus beginning his exploring career. After his return with the Terra Nova, Crean's third and final Antarctic venture was the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition on Endurance led by Ernest Shackleton, in which he served as second officer. After Endurance became beset in the pack ice and sank, he was a participant in a dramatic series of events including months spent drifting on the ice, a journey in lifeboats to Elephant Island, and an open boat journey of 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) from Elephant Island to South Georgia. Upon reaching South Georgia, Crean was one of the party of three which undertook the first land crossing of the island, without maps or proper mountaineering equipment, to get aid.

Crean's contributions to these expeditions sealed his reputation as a tough and dependable polar traveller, and earned him a total of three Polar medals. After the Endurance expedition he returned to the Navy, and when his naval career ended in 1920 he moved back to County Kerry. In his home town of Annascaul, Crean and his wife Ellen opened a public house called the "South Pole Inn". He lived there quietly and unobtrusively until his death in 1938."

Thanks for the story, Phil

I've read several stories about Shackleton and his expedition with Endurance. One of the real great true life stories there is.

Originally Posted by Sailor

Thanks for the story, Phil

I've read several stories about Shackleton and his expedition with Endurance. One of the real great true life stories there is.

"Men Wanted for hazardous journey. Small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful. Honor and recognition in case of success." / Ernest Shackleton (1874—1922)

If you would like to check out some of the greatest black & white photographs, have a look at War photographer, British photojournalist Don McCullin famous for his Vietnam photographs, amazing.

Jamie.