utterly random picture thread.

[Taipan]

On this day, September the 4th, in 1888 inventor, entrepreneur and businessman George Eastman was granted both the trademark 'Kodak' and the patent for the shutter design of his new roll film camera that was to bear the Kodak name.
Within a few years his roll film cameras had proved such a success that he chose to change the name of his company from 'The Eastman Dry Plate & Film Company' to 'Eastman Kodak'
The name Kodak had no meaning, a word dreamed up by George and his mother in his quest for a brand name - the main requirements being that it was easy to remember, sounded different from anything else on the market - oh, and that it had to start with K - because K was George's favourite letter!

[Taipan]

[Skub]

So that's what happened to the Titanic. One of those floating cities ran over it.

[Taipan]

So that's what happened to the Titanic. One of those floating cities ran over it.

We drove past Malaga port in early august. There was a huge cruiseship there and it was hidden in plain sight from me as everyone was pointing and ooohing and ahhing at it but I couldn't see it? Then I realised the huge office block I was looking at was it! Soemthing that big really shouldn't more...

[Pirahna]

So that's what happened to the Titanic. One of those floating cities ran over it.

This is what happens when two arrive at the same time.

https://qz.com/santorini-cruise-ship-to ... 1851607325

[Taipan]

The crowds arrive for the 1966 world cup final between England and West Germany.

[Cousin Jack]

Don't worry, the tourism industry bosses will soon pull strings and make sure there are minimal restrictions on tourists. I keep being told that tourism in Cornwall is dire this year, with numbers down considerably. As a local it certainly doesn't feel like it, wall to wall emmets.

[Sadlonelygit]

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[Yorick]

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[Taipan]

British Airways last Concorde G - BOAA sits on a barge as it passes the House of Commons in London on its last journey down the Thames to its final destination, the Museum of Flight Edinburgh.
Getty Images.

[Felix]

[Taipan]

[Taipan]

[Taipan]

Remembering Don Hogan Charles, American photographer - the first African-American photographer hired by The New York Times .
Don was born on this day, September the 9th, in 1938.
Don Hogan Charles helped document the civil rights movement in the US and captured iconic imagery of many notable subjects such as Coretta Scott King, John Lennon, Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali during his four decades with the Times .
You can read more about his life and see samples of his work in this article published by the NYT following his death . https://www.nytimes.com/.../don-hogan-charles-dead.html



In more than four decades at The Times, Mr. Charles photographed a wide range of subjects, from local hangouts to celebrities to fashion to the United Nations. But he may be best remembered for the work that earned him early acclaim: his photographs of key moments and figures of the civil rights era.

In 1964, he took a now-famous photograph, for Ebony magazine, of Malcolm X holding a rifle as he peered out of the window of his Queens home. In 1968, for The Times, he photographed Coretta Scott King, her gaze fixed in the distance, at the funeral of her husband, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

[Skub]

[Taipan]

"I'm safe, I'm with the firemen". The last message from William G. Biggart, the only professional news photographer to be killed as a result of the collapse of the World Trade Centre on September 11th, 2001 - 23 years ago today Bill ran home, grabbed three cameras (two film, one digital) and began heading toward the WTC. Walking and shooting as he went, he moved quickly downtown toward the smoke and flames.

As his pictures indicate, Bill was eventually shooting straight up at the burning buildings. He was not far from the first tower when it fell. After being overtaken by the dust cloud, he photographed the devastation all around him. Wendy, his wife, reached Bill on his cell phone shortly after the first tower fell. He told her not to worry, he would meet her in 20 minutes at his studio. “I’m safe,” he assured her, “I’m with the firemen.” It was the last time they ever spoke.

About 20 minutes later, the second tower collapsed. Bill’s body was found in the rubble four days later. His camera equipment was damaged, but his friend and fellow photographer Chip East was able to extract the films and flash card, which contained Bill’s final images. The last photograph was time-stamped at 10:28:24, seconds before the second tower collapsed.

https://www.billbiggart.com/september-11th


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[Taipan]

[gremlin]

What could possibly go wrong?

[Count Steer]

What could possibly go wrong?

When they do the test with the lower deck empty and the top deck full of folk having a smoke.

[Felix]

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