# Post some beautiful black & white (or sepia) photographs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093 "2009-11-02T20:20:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/21 "2009-11-03T22:51:13Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > This, in my opinion, is the best image on Shorpy: > > [http://www.shorpy.com/node/786?size=\_original](http://www.shorpy.com/node/786?size=_original) I love that shot and was hoping someone would post it. Here’s another of someone underwater in a Florida spring: [A diver at Wakulla Springs in the 50s](http://dreamslikethat.blogspot.com/2009/08/scuba-diver-with-flashlight-in-spring.html). ---
**Author:** ![Weedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/weedy/32/301_2.png) [@Weedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weedy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/22 "2009-11-04T01:21:25Z")
Another underwater shot: [![](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477/3638225226_abd753997f.jpg) ](https://farm3.static.flickr.com/2477/3638225226_abd753997f.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/23 "2009-11-04T01:46:09Z")
Beautiful? I dunno, but here are a some cool oaks: [Pleasanton Ridge Open Space Preserve](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UZsioF7FB4jX6O1edjTnLA?feat=directlink) [Hunting Hollow, Henry Coe State Park](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/v_LBtwcs2RjYxoA2bvIziA?feat=directlink) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/24 "2009-11-04T01:47:04Z")
Beautiful? To me. My [great great great grandfather.](http://www.arkansasties.com/FamilyTies/Box/FamilySheets/Box,Allen/0325.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/25 "2009-11-04T02:52:30Z")
Fabulous photos, kudos to you all. And thanks for a great thread! ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/26 "2009-11-04T03:11:11Z")
> [@drastic\_quench](#): > > This, in my opinion, is the best image on Shorpy: > > [http://www.shorpy.com/node/786?size=\_original](http://www.shorpy.com/node/786?size=_original) That is amazing, in so many ways. Thank you for my new background! And a new site to browse, too. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/27 "2009-11-04T21:52:18Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > Fabulous photos, kudos to you all. > > And thanks for a great thread! You’re welcome, and that’ll be a dollar. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/28 "2009-11-05T04:20:02Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > [The road near my office.](http://s155.photobucket.com/albums/s282/sawasdee_che/Photography/?action=view¤t=RamaIX_BW.jpg) Is that Bang Na-Trat Road? I’ve linked to [these of Bangkok](http://www.cysewski.com/thailand/thai09/bangkokbw/index.html) on the Board before. As I have these [old Life-magazine photos](http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=Bangkok+source%3Alife&btnG=Search+Images) of the city. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/29 "2009-11-05T07:33:56Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > And yes, a couple years back I tried to talk a friend out of upgrading to a multi-megapixel camera because those pixels would not show up when she printed out her vacation snapshots. I stand behind that, though I know that someone who knew what she was doing could make those pixels dance. One must understand the limitations behind the camera. I don’t even understand what you’re trying to say here. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/30 "2009-11-05T16:08:59Z")
Great thread idea. Hard to go wrong with Ansel Adams: [![](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_49.55.177.jpg) ](https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_49.55.177.jpg) [http://randomknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/moonrise-over-hernandez.jpg](http://randomknowledge.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/moonrise-over-hernandez.jpg) [![](https://markgorman.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/ansel-adams-1942-yosemite-valley-clearing-winterstorm.jpg) ](https://markgorman.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/ansel-adams-1942-yosemite-valley-clearing-winterstorm.jpg) [http://www.anseladams.com/images/assets/main\_anselAdamsPhotography.jpg](http://www.anseladams.com/images/assets/main_anselAdamsPhotography.jpg) [http://saxtonstudio.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/adams-1.jpg](http://saxtonstudio.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/adams-1.jpg) (I have a postcard of this image on my desk right now) [http://www.anseladams.com/ProductImages/srs/1502023.jpg](http://www.anseladams.com/ProductImages/srs/1502023.jpg) [http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1031](http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1031) [http://www.ggibsongallery.com/artists/rare/RC\_5.jpg](http://www.ggibsongallery.com/artists/rare/RC_5.jpg) [http://umma.umich.edu/images/view/2002/AnselAdams/2002-ansel\_adams.jpg](http://umma.umich.edu/images/view/2002/AnselAdams/2002-ansel_adams.jpg) I’ve also always liked Civil War-era portraiture: Gen. George H. Thomas, a hero of mine: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/George\_Henry\_Thomas\_-\_Brady-Handy.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/df/George_Henry_Thomas_-_Brady-Handy.jpg) A beardless candidate Abraham Lincoln: [http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3252917783\_e81308e684.jpg](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3093/3252917783_e81308e684.jpg) Gen. Phil Sheridan, rakish in his hat: [http://www.sonofthesouth.net/union-generals/sheridan/pictures/general-phil-sheridan.jpg](http://www.sonofthesouth.net/union-generals/sheridan/pictures/general-phil-sheridan.jpg) Gen. William T. Sherman, determination oozing from every pore: [http://kidsdontgetit.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/general-william-sherman1.jpg](http://kidsdontgetit.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/general-william-sherman1.jpg) Gen. U.S. Grant, uncharacteristically pensive: [http://www.nps.gov/ulsg/photosmultimedia/upload/Grant%202.jpg](http://www.nps.gov/ulsg/photosmultimedia/upload/Grant%202.jpg) Lt. William Cushing, a fearless naval hero of the war: [Royalty Free Stock Photos, Illustrations, Vector Art, and Video Clips - Getty Images](http://www.corbisimages.com/images/IH080928.jpg?size=67&uid=BE025B5A-35A1-420F-BFA3-3D6DC68667D7) Edwin M. Stanton, Lincoln’s tough-as-nails Secretary of War. Love the beard!: [http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/STANTON.jpg](http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/impeach/STANTON.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/31 "2009-11-05T17:29:51Z")
[Nightview, New York](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2491/4077654871_134c40042c_o.jpg). Berenice Abbott, 1932. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/32 "2009-11-06T15:43:15Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > [Dallas Noir: 1942](http://www.shorpy.com/node/2655?size=_original) I don’t know what it is about this photograph, but I’m totally entranced by it. I have this desire to be able to transport myself into that world and explore it. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/33 "2009-11-06T15:50:36Z")
While not as beautiful as some of the artistic photos posted here, I like this picture of my mom & dad on their wedding day in 1956. [http://picasaweb.google.com/EnrightMcC/McCormickWedding#5178010733225378162](http://picasaweb.google.com/EnrightMcC/McCormickWedding#5178010733225378162) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/34 "2009-11-06T16:42:51Z")
The New York crime photographer “Weegee” (Arthur Fellig) took some great B&W shots: Perhaps his most famous non-crime picture, of two society _grand dames_ and a down-and-out street woman: [http://www.coldbacon.com/pics/weegee/weegee-critic.jpg](http://www.coldbacon.com/pics/weegee/weegee-critic.jpg) A crowded Coney Island beach scene: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/\_itxeexAFd4U/RxDAO5pPuZI/AAAAAAAABf4/i2vpPv0B86U/s400/597.jpg](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_itxeexAFd4U/RxDAO5pPuZI/AAAAAAAABf4/i2vpPv0B86U/s400/597.jpg) A portrait of the man himself: [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/\_gzuK9jsKG-g/Ri3Ln\_Dod2I/AAAAAAAAAxg/SDnVhDqmU0I/s320/weegee.jpg](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gzuK9jsKG-g/Ri3Ln_Dod2I/AAAAAAAAAxg/SDnVhDqmU0I/s320/weegee.jpg) An Easter family portrait: [http://negroartist.com/negro%20artist/harlem/images/Weegee%20Eseter%20Sunday%20Harlem\_jpg.jpg](http://negroartist.com/negro%20artist/harlem/images/Weegee%20Eseter%20Sunday%20Harlem_jpg.jpg) They’re missing the movie!: [http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/1482/original/weegee3.jpg](http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/1482/original/weegee3.jpg) Opening night?: [http://www.screanews.us/NewYork/NewYorkBW\_files/091a.jpg](http://www.screanews.us/NewYork/NewYorkBW_files/091a.jpg) Wiki’s article on him, with some links at the bottom: [Weegee - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weegee) ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/35 "2009-11-06T17:04:35Z")
Elendil’s Heir, those are great! I especially love the kissing couple and the family on Easter. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/36 "2009-11-06T17:43:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The New York crime photographer “Weegee” (Arthur Fellig) took some great B&W shots: > > Perhaps his most famous non-crime picture, of two society _grand dames_ and a down-and-out street woman: [http://www.coldbacon.com/pics/weegee/weegee-critic.jpg](http://www.coldbacon.com/pics/weegee/weegee-critic.jpg) > A crowded Coney Island beach scene: [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/\_itxeexAFd4U/RxDAO5pPuZI/AAAAAAAABf4/i2vpPv0B86U/s400/597.jpg](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_itxeexAFd4U/RxDAO5pPuZI/AAAAAAAABf4/i2vpPv0B86U/s400/597.jpg) > A portrait of the man himself: [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/\_gzuK9jsKG-g/Ri3Ln\_Dod2I/AAAAAAAAAxg/SDnVhDqmU0I/s320/weegee.jpg](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gzuK9jsKG-g/Ri3Ln_Dod2I/AAAAAAAAAxg/SDnVhDqmU0I/s320/weegee.jpg) > An Easter family portrait: [http://negroartist.com/negro%20artist/harlem/images/Weegee%20Eseter%20Sunday%20Harlem\_jpg.jpg](http://negroartist.com/negro%20artist/harlem/images/Weegee%20Eseter%20Sunday%20Harlem_jpg.jpg) > They’re missing the movie!: [http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/1482/original/weegee3.jpg](http://cdn3.knowyourmeme.com/i/1482/original/weegee3.jpg) > Opening night?: [http://www.screanews.us/NewYork/NewYorkBW\_files/091a.jpg](http://www.screanews.us/NewYork/NewYorkBW_files/091a.jpg) > > Wiki’s article on him, with some links at the bottom: [Weegee - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weegee) What’s Mario doing in the movie one (look to the left of the couple)??? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/37 "2009-11-06T19:55:32Z")
Hmmm. I hadn’t noticed that before. Is it part of the original photo? A cardboard joke fan that just looks like Mario, maybe? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/38 "2009-11-06T23:33:25Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > While not as beautiful as some of the artistic photos posted here, I like this picture of my mom & dad on their wedding day in 1956. > > [http://picasaweb.google.com/EnrightMcC/McCormickWedding#5178010733225378162](http://picasaweb.google.com/EnrightMcC/McCormickWedding#5178010733225378162) Tell your mom I like her dress. 🙂 The only black and white picture I have is the same type as yours. My paternal grandparents’ wedding day. The only picture I own of my grandma (she died before I was born), and the only picture I have of my grandpa in his early 20s. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/39 "2009-11-07T00:09:05Z")
I’ve got tons of faves by other folks, but these ones are favorites from amongst my own stuff. [One.](http://members.cruzio.com/~momus/sa/DRMLAND.jpg) [Two.](http://members.cruzio.com/~momus/sa/dec.png) [Three.](http://members.cruzio.com/~momus/sa/hotel.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093/40 "2009-11-07T05:37:11Z")
Just hanging around: [http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgfp0432+men-on-a-girder-having-lunch-new-york-city-collection-poster.jpg](http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lgfp0432+men-on-a-girder-having-lunch-new-york-city-collection-poster.jpg) Early Brooklyn Bridge: [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Brooklyn\_Bridge\_New\_York\_City\_1899\_Pedestrian\_Crossing.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Brooklyn_Bridge_New_York_City_1899_Pedestrian_Crossing.jpg) Manhattan skyline: [http://www.lucyart.co.uk/prodimages/prd777\_1.jpg](http://www.lucyart.co.uk/prodimages/prd777_1.jpg) A bleak Central Park: [http://www.londoneditions.com/products/1156276068\_mall.jpg](http://www.londoneditions.com/products/1156276068_mall.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-some-beautiful-black-white-or-sepia-photographs/516093.md?page=3)