A new beginning!
Yes, my keen-eyed viewers, this was the last photograph posted by me on that "other" Site, and I have decided to have it also as my first photograph on Ipernity - highly symbolic! For see, the mother...
View ArticleOn our estate in East Prussia - 1860s
I thought it a good idea to duplicate some of my more "autobiographical" photographs, with comments saved from their first apearance on that "other" Site. Previous description:- "I crave the viewer's...
View ArticleAt the Opera, Amsterdam - 1890
Another photograph originally posted on Flickr, which viewers may remember, together with the comments it received. I should add that several of these photographs of "your's truly" and their comments,...
View ArticleDymphna - a studio portrait, circa 1899
Another photograph from a "past life", together with comments Dymphna is my devoted maidservant of many, many years. Comments:- derAmialtebloede: I fear her headgear bears a rather too uncanny...
View ArticleIntrepid aviatrixes
A scan from my vintage photograph collection, and which was posted to Flickr over a year ago. Caption:- A photograph taken of me, and my maid Dymphna, on the occasion of my first solo flight. She was...
View ArticleA performance by the 1920s Berlin "Notte Bohm Schule"
Original Flickr caption:- "I was the dancer on the left of picture! Rather a stupid ballet in hindsight, celebrating the Bauhaus architectural principles of Walter Gropius, to a soundtrack of Berlin...
View ArticleTwo exotic dancers in their back garden - 1920
Horace Pettifer and wife Phyllis had recently enrolled in an evening class in Javanese classical dance. The low ceilings of their bungalow meant, however, that practice had to take place on the back...
View ArticleFive German soldiers, a plank of wood and a camel - World War II
They are obviously very fond of their little pet, who, no doubt, is called Hermann or Rommel. But WHY the plank of wood? Formerly for sale on Ebay.
View ArticleThree German soldiers making music - World War II
I know Mr. derAmialtebloede would have loved this photograph . . .I wonder where he can be? For those viewers who may be new to my photograph collection, I should point out that he was very fond of the...
View ArticleBeer drinking, singing and the playing of the accordion - World War II
After a succesful morning's invasion, what better way to spend lunch than a spot to eat in an outdoor bistro, a pint of good beer and a rousing chorus of Lili Marlene, played so expertly on the...
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