Old images you like

[duotone]

Came across this picture while reading up on cycling, and thought it was great to see the causal style of the spectators.

http://bp2.blogger.com/_SZx2oaxuJSA/SBHFE-z0kSI/AAAAAAAABI8/j_bOqitcmf0/s1600-h/Clothes01.jpg

This was from this website: http://davesbikeblog.squarespace.com/blog/2008/4/25/what-to-wear.html

What pictures do you enjoy? Post links of where they came from if you can.

 

[Cynomys]

Here's another cycling photo, this one from the Tour de France in the 1920s:

http://twistedsifter.com/2011/12/picture-of-the-day-vintage-tour-de-france-shot-from-the-1920s/

Apparently it was thought that smoking "opened up the lungs" and was therefore a good thing to do before heading into a serious climb.

 

[duotone]

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/6M7ma...fi/wow-historys-most-iconic-photos-in-colour/

Some cool coloured photos compared with their original black and white ones

 

[Doc4]

Golf ... this is how you do it:

... and fishing ...

 

[Isaac]

A day at the baseball stadium. I do not condone the Red Sox picture...GO YANKEES!!

 

[Legion]

I try to model myself somewhere between these guys...

... And this guy.

Aww yeahhhh!

 

[Doc4]

You end up with this ...

 

[StillShaving]

"July 1939. Gordonton, N.C. “Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. Note kerosene pump on the right and the gasoline pump on the left. Rough, unfinished timber posts have been used as supports for porch roof. Negro men sitting on the porch. Brother of store owner stands in doorway"

You can dig through this thread if you are interested in comments about the picture or slightly different versions of it.

Here is what the country store looks like today:

 

[malocchio]

Jimmy with Sonny Til & the Orioles

 

[duotone]

Still Shaving, I really enjoyed that pic, checking the link out now.