Sepia Saturday 256 : 29 November 2014
As a general rule, if you take a daft photograph and then let it soak up eighty years of history it will become even dafter. This is certainly true of this 1930 photograph of the Swan Maiden's Carriage at the Grace Brothers Ball in Sydney, Australia. Grace Brothers were - believe it or not - a famous Department Store, and the strange scene depicted in this photograph (which comes to us by way of the Flickr stream of the Powerhouse Museum) is as strange as anything you might have seen in an episode of "Are You Being Served?". Possible themes for Sepia Saturday 256 include festivals, floats, feathers and fair maidens.
Ah Grace Bros....now that brings back memories. When I was a slip of a gel (hard g), we used to live in Glebe and then I moved to Chippendale to my first share house. I would walk past Grace Bros just about every day and admire it's cupolas. Here are some views ...
and yesterday...well not yesterday...but you know what I mean....
This is taken from the bottom of Broadway. You can see the cupolas in the distance on the right. Sydney Uni campus is up on the top left hand side.
The photo prompt today reminded me of a trip to Luna Park earlier this year. The somewhat garish paintings on the walls have been preserved thankfully as a reminder of less politically correct times. Check them out. Kind of creepy....kind of fun.....kind of mad.....
This is what Luna Park looked like back in the 50s. This is a slide from my husband's family collection
It has changed a little bit but not much.
Here are some photos of it now.
This is the back of the entrance gate from the inside.
There were wedding parties there the night we went. It's a very popular venue for weddings and 40th Birthday parties and the like.
Outside Coney Island....
Cough cough...ah yes...the little woman.
Last night we had our office Xmas party. Much fun was had by all - Scavenger hunts, carol singing, secret Santa. I am constantly amazed by the creativity of my colleagues...tables were decorated with the broad theme of Adventure .
Library luaus...
I was channeling The Cat in the Hat.
Who knew tinsel makes you hot? Well not hot but you know, warmish.
All in all a great night but I'm a bit weary today.
I know I haven't provided many Sepia photos today....but I hope I ticked some boxes....for more silly season festivus click here.
This is taken from the bottom of Broadway. You can see the cupolas in the distance on the right. Sydney Uni campus is up on the top left hand side.
The photo prompt today reminded me of a trip to Luna Park earlier this year. The somewhat garish paintings on the walls have been preserved thankfully as a reminder of less politically correct times. Check them out. Kind of creepy....kind of fun.....kind of mad.....
This is what Luna Park looked like back in the 50s. This is a slide from my husband's family collection
It has changed a little bit but not much.
Here are some photos of it now.
This is the back of the entrance gate from the inside.
There were wedding parties there the night we went. It's a very popular venue for weddings and 40th Birthday parties and the like.
Outside Coney Island....
Inside Coney Island.....
It probably all looks very quaint now by modern standards...timber floors (a fire trap now I suppose) but all I remember is the pounding of feet and shrieks of over excited teenage laughter.
Those slippery dips are huge. I admire my nephew and nieces for getting on a sack and sliding down them.
Did I mention politically incorrect?
See that blur in the bottom right of the photo?
That's nephew Charlie wizzing by! What a hero!
Remember trying to walk on the moving floors?
First you spin around and then your legs are going in different directions!
Cough cough...ah yes...the little woman.
Last night we had our office Xmas party. Much fun was had by all - Scavenger hunts, carol singing, secret Santa. I am constantly amazed by the creativity of my colleagues...tables were decorated with the broad theme of Adventure .
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Library luaus...
Our team's table - Dr Seuss theme - Oh the places you'll go!
Riding the Peace Train ! The hippies were lots of fun.
The Lakers table won best table and it was just stunning - such detail and thought.
I was channeling The Cat in the Hat.
Who knew tinsel makes you hot? Well not hot but you know, warmish.
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| photo credit to Amy Etherden - party organiser extraordinaire |
All in all a great night but I'm a bit weary today.
I know I haven't provided many Sepia photos today....but I hope I ticked some boxes....for more silly season festivus click here.
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