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Offline subdjoe

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Photos of Paris, 1914
« on: November 23, 2012, 04:12:03 AM »
From "Mail Online"



and the caption:  Paused for thought: A uniformed soldier with a wooden leg looks into the distance as he stands beside a cannon

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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2012, 01:01:49 AM »
France entered WWI in 1914; I wonder which previous disagreement took this old soldier's leg?
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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2012, 01:26:27 AM »
Hard to say, there are so many from which to pick.  Franco-Dahomean, Wadai, Franco-Siamese, to name just a few.  Or it could have been a training accident or disease. 
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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #3 on: November 24, 2012, 03:29:22 AM »
Color photographs in 1914 would be relatively rare.
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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #4 on: November 24, 2012, 06:35:29 AM »
I believe that they would have been colored by hand at that time, not a chemical photo process. The site states that the photographs were commissioned by a French millionaire in 1914.
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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #5 on: November 24, 2012, 10:26:31 AM »
May be a vet of the Franco-Prussian war.... need a medal expert to see what medals he's wearing... might be able to tell from that....
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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2012, 01:42:57 PM »
That is an interesting standing garrison carriage. The rear "wheels" are not wheels at all, but skids cast into the cheeks in the form of three spoke wheels. There is no axle but there are projections that look like axle ends, which handspikes could be worked against.
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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2012, 08:18:00 PM »
Quote from: Max Caliber on November 24, 2012, 01:42:57 PM
That is an interesting standing garrison carriage. The rear "wheels" are not wheels at all, but skids cast into the cheeks in the form of three spoke wheels. There is no axle but there are projections that look like axle ends, which handspikes could be worked against.

Oh! Nice catch!  I hadn't noticed that before.  Thanks!
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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #8 on: November 25, 2012, 12:09:34 AM »
Franco-Prussian veteran would be appropriate since he is standing in front of Prussian cannon.
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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #9 on: November 25, 2012, 02:37:01 AM »
Quote from: Cannoneer on November 24, 2012, 06:35:29 AM
I believe that they would have been colored by hand at that time, not a chemical photo process. The site states that the photographs were commissioned by a French millionaire in 1914.

Color photography was available at this time, but not common.
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Re: Photos of Paris, 1914
« Reply #10 on: November 27, 2012, 01:28:39 AM »
You're right Norm, color photography was being done, and this guy had the money to pay for the involved process. Ansel Adams I aint, but I could have at least read the whole article: "Kahn's love affair with colour photography was brought to an end by the Wall Street Crisis, which caused his fortunes to vanish and forced him to terminate the project in 1931."

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RIP John. While on vacation July 4th 2013 in northern Wisconsin, he was ATVing with family and pulled ahead of everyone and took off at break-neck speed without a helmet. He lost control.....hit a tree....and the tree won.  He died instantly.

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