Vernacular Photography
posted by Ookpik at 1:37 PM
I began my interest in vernacular photography by a chance acquisition of over 10,000 negatives dating from the late 1920's through the early 1970's. Luckily, I knew what I had was something more than "someone's old pictures." This cache of old images became the impetus for me to create two Photoblogs: Ookpik’s Negativity and Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes. Ookpik’s Negativity contains photos that I would like to know more about while Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes features photos of ships that I am trying to identify.
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And like all down-on-their luck folks, he has enough cash for smokes. He could use the sharpening stone on those bits of metal from cars, and go Road Warrior on someone's arse! :)
LoL! I can just see a Model A all decked out Road Warrior style.
I would think that the picture is of a later date? His clothes and hairstyle looks like the 1950´s?
Hi Lasse,
Although the man's appearance may suggest to you that the photo is from the 1950's, I can assure you that it is not. The photo, actually a negative, came with a batch of other negatives that dated from the mid to late 1930's. Without going into long and probably boring details, various elements of the photo indicate that the 1930's is the most likely time frame. :)
"Ever' tahm Ah try to bild me a car, it comes out lahk ma nayber's house - 'cep' crappy."
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