I’ve added four new images to my ever growing collection of anonymous/vernacular photography after a successful hunt today. Enjoy.
Family sawing event?
A sinking battleship
Ship has been identified as the Marseillaise, photo taken during The Scuttling of the French fleet in Toulon
A woman inspects a swan
The location of this photo has been identified. Read more about it in my post Found Photograph Found Again
A woman enters a car
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Awesome info Mike. Thanks!
The ship is a French Cruiser scuttled during the war at Toulon in France to stop it getting into German hands.
there is a similar picture on this website
http://www.worldnavalships.com/la_galissonniere_class.htm
Mike
Freddie: That is awesome. It is moments like that which absolutely make me LOVE the Internet.
Hello, I know this was posted 2 years ago, but I justed wanted to tell you that the photo titled “A woman inspects a swan” from your collection is located in Glendale, CA not far from my home in Los Angeles. It is located at a memorial park called Forest Lawn Memorial Park. It is part of a chain of cemeteries around southern California that is privately owned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Glendale)
If you enter these coordinates into Google maps “34.125443,-118.253134,” then use the street view option, you should be able to see the fountain depicted in your found photo.
I worked at the Hollywood hills location from around 2002-2005, and the cemeteries have been part of my life growing up, family, and friends being interred there. I hope you enjoyed this tidbit as I have enjoyed what you share with us. Thanks.