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Another shot taken in the Old Melbourne Gaol with my Ned Kelly standee made for the Federation Peoplescape project in 2001.
(The picture was probably taken by a publicist. )
The original suits of makeshift Kelly Gang armour encased to either side of me have recently had their components shuffled and reidentified but the harness on the left was then traditionally regarded as belonging to Ned Kelly himself.
For more information see the master photo of this set:
www.flickr.com/photos/83287853@N00/3392304338/
Fellow Flickerite Alan Jordan (check out his beaut Photostream here: www.flickr.com/photos/alan-jordan/) has inspired me to include some more detail about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mention of Ned Kelly's armour. I've lifted it out of the Comments for inclusion in this description.
"It was left to Ned Kelly to show the world the need for body armour."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Conan Doyle was certain that the Germans were preparing for war in the early years of the 20th Century, not as a result of any 'spiritualist' warnings I hasten to add (sadly, the man behind the Great Detective swallowed that guff and other absurdities probably inspired by his grief for lost loved ones) but because he'd heard rumblings from the German contingent at an international automobile event in 1911. He worked out that airplanes and submarines would be a major factor in the coming war and tried to warn the British government about the threat. They pretty much ignored him, though ironically the Germans did later use his warnings as propaganda, taunting their enemies that the idea of a submarine blockade had come to them after they'd heard Doyle's warnings. (He also supported the idea of a cross channel tunnel as one possible way of getting around submarine blockades...)
Doyle went on to use his popularity as an author to quite good effect during World War 1. After several British cruisers were sunk with tremendous loss of life in the early stages of the conflict he successfully campaigned for the War Office to introduce the forerunners of inflatable rubber life preservers for sailors. These later evolved into life jackets. Imagine how many lives that one idea has saved since then. Later, he mounted another campaign about carrying inflatable lifeboats aboard military vessels.
Doyle's own Boer War military medical experience and observations during the Great War plus his own enthusiasm about medieval knights in armour (he wrote some ripping yarns set in the Middle Ages, in addition to his better known Sherlock Holmes novels) led him to correctly deduce that soldiers on the modern battlefield were most vulnerable to shrapnel created by shell bursts and that body armour, especially metal helmets, would save lives. He also, very sensibly, thought that it was useless for unprotected troops to advance in the face of heavy machine gun fire. As you'd expect, he was also an advocate of the use of armoured fighting vehicles, which is to say, tanks...(You're welcome!) He was one of many who recommended that British tommies adopt protective kit, including helmets and bullet resistant vests. Again, something that has had a huge effect upon 20th and 21st century warfare.
"The head should be protected by a helmet such as the French have now evolved. The heart could be covered by a curved plate of highly tempered steel."
-Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (letter to The Times)
Ned, incidentally, didn't die directly as a result of being shot in the legs at Glenrowan, though he was captured, tried and hanged. On the day at least, his armour did indeed save his life, as the was hit multiple times by what would almost certainly have been otherwise fatal shots. Many accounts have it that he breached the siege but returned to try and rescue his mates, which was when he was ultimately taken.
Doyle was keen on saving lives, knew very well the value of iconography and symbolism (as seemingly, and demonstrably given the establishment of the Kelly saga in Australia), and used it to further his own cause. It would not be the first or last time that the Kelly saga was used thus.
(Thanks for inspiring me to revisit this Alan, it reminded me that I really ought to aquire a copy of Doyle's correspondence related to ths matter, which has become available since the originals were rediscovered recently. )
*gesso covered cardboard silhouette cutout standees, acrylics mixed with sand applied with scrubbing brush.
These paintings are part of my new series of tableaus set in "living rooms". a term used to describe artists studios where artists actually "lived" unlike those of to-day where artists just go to paint.
*un amigo a quien lo encontraron boracho y desnudo en el parque Abraham Lincoln en 1982,
/nude and drunk in Lincoln Park; I was told/ youtu.be/qroThQy8wtQ as per Bernard Lavilliers who so well understands what it is to be "ni de aqui, ni de alla"
Funko POP Harry Potter Dementor - NYC - Ghosts spook spooky forty second St New York City 2016 Logo Halloween film supernatural spectral Boo marketing advertising standee ADs commercial
2022 Shark Week Painted Billboard film Movie Poster Standee Billboard 23rd Street and Park Avenue - New York City Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror by Steve Alten - Giant shark movie that has bounced around studios for two decades - the megalodon monster shark scary - horror terror Halloween fright creature shadow JAWS like similar NYC 07/09/2022 ocean sea adventure teeth tooth fang fangs bite biting bites
Defaced movie standee at the Rolling Acres Cinema. Rolling Acres Mall, Akron Ohio - 5/31/08
It reads:
VANDALISM!! Why did you destroy our standee? What have we done to you? We try to furnish a nice theatre for everyone to enjoy...it's things like this that eventually close down businesses! Don't you want a theatre here to enjoy? Take a minute to think about this!! ~Rolling Acres Management
**Vandalizing innocent standees is seriously lame. A kick in the butt to whomever did it. Well done....moron**
Standee's neon sign is lowered down to a waiting trailer.
Standee's Restaurant
1133 West Granville
Chicago, Illinois
Cook County, USA.
Standee's Restaurant
1133 West Granville
Chicago, Illinois
Cook County, USA.
1950 – 2010 Standee’s (60 years) 👍
2011 – 2013 ? M. Henrietta ~ Chow For Now
2014 – 2018 ? Revival Social Club (Vegan food)
2019 -? Farm Bar
2022 – Vacant store front
It seems like a new business only stays in business 3 or 4 years now.
2014 Henrietta
2015 Revival
2019 Farm Bar
2023 Rudy Porcine Easter Day Waving Pig Repainted outside of Rudy's Bar 9th Avenue and 44th Street Hell's Kitchen Clinton 04/09/2023 New York City - original date NYC statue sculpture standee cartoon character type pink red creature retouched modified Polychrome Porky pigs mascot happy bars paint job wheels Hells Rudys Putti Holiday Bunny Rabbit Hat egg eggs flowers floral fashion
Go-Ahead London General: LDP291/LX06EZW, Alexander Dennis Mini Pointer Dart, route 315 on stand at Balham Station. Route 315 is based at Stockwell(SW).
Captain America The First Avenger - Steve Rogers super soldier marvel shield comic book super hero in Theater Lobby Standee billboard movie poster - Theatre holiday ornaments Chris Evans World War II Two ornament spring at the 42nd Street AMC Theatre in New York City 07/25/2011 - NYC directed by Joe Johnston Red Skull Hugo Weaving
Sometimes you just have to take the bus
52: High Contrast
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London Transport Museum Depot Open Day
1997 London Country BN class Bristol LHS TPJ61S BN61
1969 MBA-type AEC single deck standee motor bus MBA582 AML582H
OK, it's only just started loading here, but it did have standees when it left!
It's Buses Excetera S40 (S40 ETC, ex-SN54 GRU), seen loading up fifteen minutes before departure, just after arriving. It was nice that the driver let the passengers on during the layover.
The 479 an hour behind this was fellow Enviro prototype S12 (S12 ETC). However, that had started the day in Guildford - the inbound trip to Guildford was step entrance Olympian VA141 (R141 EVX)...! Good that they swapped it off though.
Clock Tower, High Street, Epsom, Surrey.
After delivering the aforementioned Alexander 'Q type' B10M to Kent yesterday, the return load was something more to my liking. AML 97H is a rare survivor of hundreds of ill starred London Transport AEC Swifts. Their only remaining enclave, (though most much modified), is Malta and the good times are due to end there soon. The Park Royal bodied standee saloon is seen at Scratchwood Services (London Gateway in new parlance) yesterday with RBW's little van for company. The journey back was a protracted affair as we trundled primarily up the A5 in preference to the Motorway. The old girl ran well considering her only outing in many years has been to the test station.
The last PSV usage was with Basil William's famous Hants and Sussex operation the remains of who's livery it still wears.
Following buses around is apparently good for 'little van' as it returned a most pleasing 70mpg!
*This life size, cut out standee with that of a female, was sold to a private party anonymously /have no clue where or who owns them/ from an exhibit held at the "Los Angeles Federal Savings Art Gallery in 1985.
p.s. as to the title, it is absolutely true for I can swear that every time I look at myself in the mirror I see the marks the war has left on my own face.
Avengers Endgame - Steve Rogers Captain America Thor Iron Man Black Widow The Hulk Loki Nick Fury super soldier marvel shield Guardians of the Galaxy comic book super hero in Theater Lobby Standee billboard movie poster - Theatre holiday ornaments Chris Evans Robert Downey Jr Mark Ruffalo Chris Hemsworth Scarlett Johansson Tom Hiddleston Samuel L Jackson at the 34th Street AMC Theatre in New York City 2019 - NYC standee Thanos bad guy IMAX AD May 12th 05/12/2019
Star Wars The Last Jedi AMC Loews 34th St Theater Lobby Standee - November 2017 New York City - Daisy Ridley as Rey and Adam Driver as Kylo Ren portrait portraits eight 8 Space Opera film movie Science Fiction Sci-fi Droid Android protocol robot metal man adventure galactic prototype design Metropolis NYC billboard Poster billboards posters theatre 11/25/2017
Blade Runner 2049 - Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard and Ryan Gosling as Officer K Theater Lobby Standee billboard movie poster at the 34th Street AMC Loews Theatre in New York City 2017 - NYC standees robot android sci-fi science fiction scifi android film movie action adventure revenge Blade Runner like space future futuristic city Metropolis 10/07/2017 street Avenue
Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter in Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland Movie Standee billboard in the hallway lobby of the AMC Empire Theater on 42nd street and 8th Avenue in NYC 1/15/2010 Film Lewis Carroll New York City
Build the Thrills :D
You can stand behind that minifig and put your head there for a photoshoot. I guess it's meant for kids since the minifig height is rather short for adults... :DD
This image shows the back side of the Zombie Standees. This creates a business card that doubles as a product & gift. The web address lines up to stay intact after trimming out the zombie. I use mini-moo cards as my standard Idle Afternoon business cards.
Standee's Coffee Shop, 1133 W Granville Ave. Open 24 hours and near the El, a place (and sign) out of another era. Not sure if it was once affiliated with this Standee's on Milwaukee Ave.: www.flickr.com/photos/pjchmiel/66063570/
A London Transport Leyland National II from the Red Arrow unit heads down Old Oak Common Lane in September 1981, destined for the British Rail depot of the same name for the open day that was being held on the 20th of that month.
It would seem by looking through the bus windows that by using the standee buses in place of normal seated ones, more people could be crammed in and LS472 demonstrates this point with a healthy load.
Olaf the Snowman standee from film - Frozen - Disney movie - Hula dancer grass skirt dancing ukulele playing AMC Empire 25 theater 42nd street lobby NYC 2013 New York City computer animation generated cartoon mechanical robot motion animatronic puppet animatronics green
Avengers Endgame - Steve Rogers Captain America Thor Iron Man Black Widow The Hulk super soldier marvel shield Guardians of the Galaxy comic book super hero in Theater Lobby Standee billboard movie poster - Theatre holiday ornaments Chris Evans Robert Downey Jr Mark Ruffalo Chris Hemsworth Scarlett Johansson at the 34th Street AMC Theatre in New York City 2019 - NYC standee Thanos bad guy IMAX AD Brie Larson as Carol Danvers / Vers / Captain Marvel
So, I was passing by this standee today, and 2 people were walking by it. Said the first "Do you know what that movie is about?"
The second said "No, not really, but I think it is about that robot that helps Luke Skywalker fly his plane."
It took me several minutes to stop laughing.
The installation display by Yuewen at the Event Plaza, Marina Bay Sands Square, Marina Bay during the Chinese New Year festival.
De 1022 kruist komende vanuit de Regentesselaan de Loosduinseweg; augustus 1978. Uiteraard was er toen nog geen sprake van 'museumwagen'.
Detail: dit was de zesde foto op het allereerste filmpje in de camera die ik eerder die week had gekocht.
One of the first batch of PCC cars (1003-1024, plus two prototypes 1001 and 1002) in The Hague with the original American standee windows. Car 1022 is preserved and sometimes used for specials.
The Avengers - Steve Rogers Captain America Thor Iron Man Black Widow The Hulk Loki Hawkeye Nick Fury super soldier marvel shield comic book super hero in Theater Lobby Standee billboard movie poster - Theatre holiday ornaments Chris Evans Robert Downey Jr Mark Ruffalo Chris Hemsworth Scarlett Johansson Jeremy Renner Tom Hiddleston Samuel L Jackson at the 42nd Street AMC Empire 25 Theatre in New York City 2012 - NYC directed by Joss Whedon standee