tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post8465944696460110127..comments2024-03-28T20:35:00.265+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Discovering World War One records for the first time in 2011.Helshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35540680440600105022013-05-12T12:41:23.024+10:002013-05-12T12:41:23.024+10:00Jim
Ahhh thanks. That makes sense.Jim<br /><br />Ahhh thanks. That makes sense.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-14954730536806330802013-05-12T12:39:51.434+10:002013-05-12T12:39:51.434+10:00Ann,
I don't understand why the images were ...Ann, <br /><br />I don't understand why the images were NOT all saved and put into the Australian or British War Memorial collections. Not only would there be a treasure trove of WW1 history saved for a grateful nation, but modern families would be able to put a name to each of these beautiful boys.<br /><br />Not financial considerations, surely.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-29616408974872336542013-05-11T19:18:49.278+10:002013-05-11T19:18:49.278+10:00why am I not surprised that 'British and Austr...why am I not surprised that 'British and Australian authorities ignored requests to protect the 3000 slides' and we end up with only 74 when with a bit of care we could have swooped on them all.<br />Anything about WW1 just breaks my heart (except Blackadder, bless them). I like to think my Hamilton grandfather had fun with French village girls (remember that they all thought they were going to be killed soon), on breaks from his year-long work driving ammunition to the front of the Hindenberg Line. I have one of those photos of him and his brother together.Ann ODynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159263330547329077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-81194181164595462412013-05-02T16:04:54.306+10:002013-05-02T16:04:54.306+10:00Hels, regarding my Cable Station post. It was actu...Hels, regarding my Cable Station post. It was actually a station for a submarine telegraph cable between Australia and New Zealand. Although, there was a tram service to La Perouse in the early days too.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16361781616939928650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-63347460631933480892013-05-01T09:49:13.849+10:002013-05-01T09:49:13.849+10:00foto fanatic
you are so right about conservation....foto fanatic<br /><br />you are so right about conservation. I understand why glass-plate negatives would fade... but I wonder if they would break, inside their undisturbed attic crates.<br /><br />They must do. Laurent Mirouze had already suggested 20+ years ago that the plates needed urgent preservation work. Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-39733111849026681332013-05-01T09:41:51.036+10:002013-05-01T09:41:51.036+10:00Parnassus
I thought of that very issue about the ...Parnassus<br /><br />I thought of that very issue about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Miraculously found in remote caves by shepherds in 1946-47, half of the scrolls ended up in a fantastic public museum in Israel. And there have been endless academic and popular publications.<br /><br />The other half were sold in an open market in Jordan. These might have ended up in secret university archives or they might have been pulped for wall insulation. Once the collection was broken up, its integrity was lost forever.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-85248285266661736672013-05-01T09:32:26.771+10:002013-05-01T09:32:26.771+10:00Andrew
if I was a mother living on a farm in Wont...Andrew<br /><br />if I was a mother living on a farm in Wonthaggi in 1916, I would have just hoped and prayed that some caring family was looking out for my lad in France.<br /><br />The soldiers themselves may have had other goals for their rest and recreation period behind the lines. Clean food, a bath and regularly sex come to mind :) Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-3071566243721518402013-05-01T06:18:09.269+10:002013-05-01T06:18:09.269+10:00“Pour les Australiens!"
Bless her!
What a w...“Pour les Australiens!"<br /><br />Bless her!<br /><br />What a wonderful legacy - let's hope the necessary conservation work can be carried out so that all of these precious images can be unveiled.the foto fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17234840691455844914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-1244300717525843912013-04-30T21:41:11.012+10:002013-04-30T21:41:11.012+10:00Hello Hels, Archival treasures like this used to ...Hello Hels, Archival treasures like this used to end up often at universities, which had the wherewithal to preserve them and to allow scholarly access. A recent unfortunate trend is to cherry-pick the collections, selling off the most valuable components, and breaking up what was once complete. Even more disturbing is that it is sometimes the universities that are doing the selling.<br />--Road to ParnassusParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-64015643652385845982013-04-30T21:17:39.066+10:002013-04-30T21:17:39.066+10:00Yes, yes, very interesting. The photos are great, ...Yes, yes, very interesting. The photos are great, but I can't help but think of a twenty year old Australian in the 19teens, living with a French family, who presumably spoke no English. That is not just a language gap, but a giant cultural chasm. How well did it work?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-71423005323610100122013-04-30T19:26:22.536+10:002013-04-30T19:26:22.536+10:00ian
I haven't seen all 4,000 images, but I _h...ian<br /><br />I haven't seen all 4,000 images, but I _have_ seen hundreds. The soldiers look so casual and so sloppily dressed, they could only have been Australian :)<br /><br />Some photos have young Fench girls/women, sitting on the soldiers' laps. We have to hope that the soldiers loved their time in Vignacourt and looked back on the locals very fondly.fioreas meanHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-72834336573228322132013-04-30T18:11:36.173+10:002013-04-30T18:11:36.173+10:00What a fantastic find!
Some great casual shots the...What a fantastic find!<br />Some great casual shots there.<br />Cheers, ic<br />iancochranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300908747367109450noreply@blogger.com