Picnic
Caught unawares, or just uncooperative? (c. 1960s)
Vintage Snapshots
the wondrous world of vernacular photography
Category: Funny
April 30, 2012
A Happy Mistake
Up in the Air, circa 1920s
Or at least I assume this result was not exactly what they were trying to achieve. If they were, more power to them. It is sort of a particularly well-composed shot as it stands, and is one of my favorite images at the moment. It makes me at least wonder, though, how many digital photos today may end up being deleted should they at first glance appear something of a mistake.
April 23, 2012
Wired Woman
Well-placed woman (circa 1960s negative)
Following up on a previous post about heads intersecting with background elements, here is another example of a woman captured without too much attention having been paid to where she was standing – unless, of course, they were actually trying to give her head that extra ‘something’.
February 29, 2012
Shooting at Water and Other Pursuits
Crossing a river, c. 1900
Here are three great snapshots in, on and around water.
Speedboat, c. 1920s
Gun Woman, 1966
December 20, 2011
Christmas is a Time of Peace
Peace, circa 1970s
I wonder if she tired of that guy after a while.
December 10, 2011
One Guy Who Isn’t Afraid to Ask for Directions
Conversation outside Acme Machinery Co., circa 1930s
October 29, 2011
The Leaning Family
Left-leaning family, 1950s
A family posing at Christmastime. There are a million of these, but this one just has that certain something in my view.
July 29, 2011
Priceless
Average cost of a new car in 1967: $2,750; average price of a gallon of gas: 33 cents; hitting the road for a day out with those guys: priceless.
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