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Colorized photograph, 1940s.
Vintage African American photography courtesy of Black History Album, The Way We Were.
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Maynard Parker, photographer.
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This 1940s style truck was created for LOLUG's train layout.
I submitted it to the Museum of American Speed's Back to the Bricks competition.
An attractive young woman on the home front prepares a wartime meal. Looks like summertime. Found photo. Interesting how some 1940s hairdos came back in the 1980s.
'Salute the '40's' at Chatham Dockyard MINOLTA Dynax Cameras Dynax 5 1996 Dated EFKE KB40 processed in FX-37 1+9 War Time Comedy Duo 'Flanagan & Allen' I am OLD ENOUGH to remember them 'on The Wireless'
Last Few of 'Salute The '40's ' at Chatham Dockyard. MINOLTA DYNAX 5 1996 Dated EFKE KB40 in FX-37 1+9
The 'Desert Group'
The portrait of a young lady posing in a photographer's studio. She is wearing a white-collared dress in the fashion of the 1940s. The photograph is signed "Hannover – Alice Prechtel-Hofmann" at the bottom of the print in pencil.
Country of origin: Germany
A cheerful young lady posing on the windowsill of a timber house in summertime. She is wearing a patterned female suit in the fashion of the 1940s. The words "Love, J. Petty" are handwritten on the print.
Country of origin: USA
This was an image from a kitchen design article in Ladies Home Journal. The green and pink are complementary, and the cabbage roses are over the top, but I really like it. The dinnerware is Homer Laughlin's shell pink "Jubilee".
Gorgeous cover of a companion pamphlet to the original 'Bananas Take A Bow' cookbook.
Originally posted to curly-wurly.blogspot.com/
A slightly melancholy-looking blonde lady posing on a chair in a sombre interior. She is dressed in an elegant black lace dress and holding a bouquet of flowers in her hands. Several vases with more flowers can be seen sitting on the table beside her. She is dressed for a special occasion, possibly a graduation ball. An unfinished dedication to her headmaster is handwritten on the reverse side of the print (see below).
Country of origin: Germany
'Salute the '40's' at Chatham Dockyard MINOLTA Dynax Cameras DYNAX 4 Minolta MD 50mm f1.7 2005 dated TUDOR 100 ( Fuji) film rated 80 ASA + Fill-in Flash A Royal Navy Policeman with British Bull Dog
Crich 1940s re-enactment weekend.
I’m a Private from The 2nd Ranger Battalion prior to Normandy and the landing in Pointe Du Hoc (we tried to recreate the sea front march from this battalion prior to D Day) I’m carrying a 30 Cal Machine Gun it was a real beast. I’m from Normandy44 (you can check out our group page).
I got a picture of this 1940s era Greyhound Bus at the park near the Rosie the Riveter Museum at the Richmond California Waterfront.
I didn't notice until after I scanned the picture that her right hand is grasping the car's antenna... kind of odd. Balancing herself, maybe?
Update 3/17/14: This image was featured in #Vintage on Tumblr. I'm delighted! Thanks for all the reblog love! <3
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Spring and fall are the best times of year for sightseeing in Istanbul. The weather is pleasant, with comfortable temperatures averaging around 15°C. While spring is high season in Istanbul, crowds don’t reach their peak until late May. In the fall, the number of tourists who arrive begins to dwindle, with the crowds thinning by early October. Many feel that spring is the best time of all, and particularly April, when the entire city is in bloom for the International Tulip Festival held throughout the month. Still, autumn is the time when the city comes alive in a gamut of colors, both somber and bright, while the light rain and glorious sunsets make for an impressionist painting of sorts. When visiting in the spring, summer or fall, the most pleasant time to experience Istanbul’s top sights is early in the morning, soon after opening, or late in the day. Popular Topkapi Palace is best visited on a Monday morning when it’s usually at its quietest. In winter, you can usually arrive at any time and find no queue or crowds. Summer is just the opposite, arguably the worst time to visit due to the sweltering heat, massive amounts of people visiting the city, and the lines for attractions and other tourist sites. As the major sights in Istanbul all have their own closing days and slightly different operating hours, be sure to check with each one before planning your itinerary.
EMIRGAN PARK -
The Emirgan Park is a historical urban park located at the Emirgan neighbourhood in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey, on the European coast of the Bosphorus. It is one of the largest public parks in Istanbul.
In the Byzantine era, the entire area, where today the park stretches, was covered with cypress trees and known as "Kyparades" or "Cypress Forest". It became known as "Feridun Bey Park", when the uninhabited land was granted in the mid-16th century to Nişancı Feridun Bey, a Lord Chancellor in rank in the Ottoman Empire.
In the 17th century, Ottoman sultan Murad IV (reigned 1623-1640) presented the estate to Emir Gûne Han, a Safavid Persian commander, who surrendered his sieged castle without any resistance, and followed him back to Istanbul. The name "Feridun Bey Park" was changed to "Emirgûne", which in time became corrupted to "Emirgan".
During the centuries, the estate's owner changed several times, and by the end of the 1860s, it was owned by Khedive Ismail Pasha (reigned 1863-1879), Ottoman governor of Egypt and Sudan. The area was used as the backyard of a large wooden yalı that he built on the shore of the Bosphorus. Further, he built within the park area three wooden pavilions, which still exist.
The heirs of the Khedive's family sold the estate in the 1930s to Satvet Lütfi Tozan, a wealthy Turkish arms dealer, who granted the park grounds, the three pavilions included, later in the 1940s to the City of Istanbul during office of Governor and Mayor Lütfi Kırdar (1938-1949).
The park today-
A pond with fountain in the Emirgan Park
The park, owned and administered today by the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul, covers an area of 117 acres (470,000 m2) on a hillside, and is enclosed by high walls.
Inside the park with two decorative ponds are plants of more than 120 species. The most notable rare trees of the park's flora are: Stone Pine, Turkish pine, Aleppo Pine, Blue Pine, Eastern White Pine, Maritime Pine, Japanese Cedar, Norway Spruce, Blue Spruce, Atlas Cedar, Lebanon Cedar, Himalayan cedar, Beech, Ash tree, Sapindus, Babylon Willow, Hungarian Oak, Colorado White Fir, Maidenhair tree, California incense-cedar, Coast Redwood and Camphor tree.
Many jogging tracks and picnic tables make the Emirgan Park a very popular recreation area for the local people, especially during the weekends and holidays.The three historic pavilions, called after their exterior color as the Yellow Pavilion, the Pink Pavilion and the White Pavilion were restored in time between 1979-1983 by the Touring and Automobile Club of Turkey under its CEO Çelik Gülersoy, and opened to the public as cafeteria and restaurant.
The Emirgan Park is closely associated with the tulip, the traditional flower, which gave its name to an era (1718-1730) of the Ottoman Empire. A special garden was established in Emirgan Park in the 1960s to revive the city's tradition of tulip cultivation. Since 2005, an annual international tulip festival is organized here every April making the park attractive and very colorful with these flowers.
The Yellow Pavilion - Sarı Köşk is a large wooden mansion in the form of a chalet built by Khedive Ismail Pasha between 1871-1878 as a hunting lodge and guest house.
Situated in the center of the park and overlooking the Bosphorus, the two-storey mansion with one balcony, one terrace and a basement is constructed on an area of 400 m2 (4,300 sq ft). It consists of four rooms, one hall and a kitchen in the lower floor and three rooms and one salon in the upper floor. Its layout reflects the architecture of the traditional Ottoman house with a salon encircled by many living rooms.
The ornaments at the ceilings and the walls were the work of the court architect Sarkis Balyan. The ceilings are enriched with oil painted flower figures and the facades with outstanding carvings. The high doors and windows, as well as the opulent interior decorations in bright colors reflect the glory of that era.
A pond is situated to the northeast, next to the mansion.
Used only by the owners from the very beginning, the pavilion was restored within four months in the beginning of the 1980s with due diligence, furnished with antiques and opened to the public as a cafeteria.The Yellow Pavilion, the main base of the park, is run since 1997 by Beltur, the tourism company of the Metropolitan Municipality of Istanbul. Up to 100 guests can be served at the premise in summer and winter time.
The Pink Pavilion - Pembe Köşk, one of the three mansions in the park built by Khedive Ismail Pasha, is a two-storey, typical Ottoman house. Named after its exterior's original color of cranesbill flower pink, the pavilion reflects the glory of its history with fine ornaments.
The pavilion is used as a cafeteria on weekends. Furthermore, it available for conventions and wedding ceremonies. In the summer months, the premise can accommodate up to 350 guests, for cocktails up to 500 people. In the winter time, groups of up to 150 guests can be served.
The White Pavilion - Beyaz Köşk is the third mansion within the Emirgan Park built by Khedive Ismail Pasha. It is only 150 m (490 ft) far from the Yellow Pavilion. The two-storey wooden building bears the architectural characteristics of the neo-classical style.
The mansion is used in the daytime as a cafeteria and in the evenings as a restaurant of Turkish-Ottoman cuisine.