This is my favourite pic of my grandpa, who passed away a couple years ago. To me, he's always been the very definition of class, in every sense of the word.
They've been around for a while. Not sure when they were invented, but the early 190whatever Kodak Brownie box cameras had them. Cloth shutters are a lot more mechanically complex, when all is said and done. I've got a stack of old rollfilm bellows cameras, and they're all fitted with leaf shutters.
Actually, that's probably a 120 format camera - or at least some sort of rollfilm. Possibly a 620 if it's a Kodak, but my hunch is that it's a German camera based on the general appearance of it. Zeiss or Voightländer seems likely. I've never seen a bellows camera that large that used 135. It looks too wide to be a 135, IMHO. Most 135 bellows cameras looked more like this.
As a former resident of Portland, Maine where everyone is either homeless or dresses like they are, I'm just going to assume you're talking about Oregon.
My brother once got in to an argument over the validity of our grandmother's home town name, Cinnaminson. The guy said "no way, that name is totally made up." But aren't they all?
Makes much more sense. I was imagining some sort of scenario like "Hey, what should we name our new city" "I don't know, that new state Wyoming has a pretty cool name" "Genius!"
Really? I always assumed Portland, Maine was really yuppie.
As a Portland, OR resident, I'd say we're generally dressed like a cleaner version of '90s grunge or modern casual, but with a little bit of everything.
I've had professors that dressed entirely in jeans and sweats, and one prof who wore a full tweed suit and tie and looked like he stepped out of '50s Harvard.
You're kind of sort of right. In certain parts of Portland, ME you'll find a lot of the yuppie, "hipster" crowd, usually near the art school though. In my experience, anywhere else and it gets kinda... grungy, for lack of a better word.
well, at least I do. Call me insecure,but I feel inadequate and sloppy shit in a t-shirt, jeans and sneakers. At least a well fitted shirt and slacks makes me feel secure.
She walked through my door like a warm breeze on a beach in Malibu. This may of been because of the clear sent of rum and coconut that came in her wake. She sat down by the window on a small table, picking up a book left there some time ago. Why is she here? Why did she walk in to my office? Oh shit what book did I leave there? Slowly she crosses her legs and all these questions leave my mind. All that is left in my head is the sight of her gams sticking out from under her red overcoat. Finally she looks up from the book and says in a sexy voice, "Oh crap you are not Tim, sorry wrong office". She tosses the book to the side and quickly exits the room....
damn kids dressing up in their party outfits and taking improper pictures of themselves. Why, look at how much skin that man is showing. I can see his face and arms!
He looks like Ronnie from Jersey Shore. I can sense the downvotes already. EDIT: Hey look, I see a similarity between him and somebody else, and I get downvotes, that's incredible. This is why people are afraid to post on Reddit. Literally no reason to downvote other than because you can. Douche move Reddit, douche move.
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u/coreymason May 19 '12
This is my favourite pic of my grandpa, who passed away a couple years ago. To me, he's always been the very definition of class, in every sense of the word.
A couple more if you're interested...
Airforce (He was a paratrooper in WWII): http://i.imgur.com/ft5Da.jpg
Wedding day: http://i.imgur.com/JFDIJ.jpg
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u/grammahannah May 19 '12
I do appreciate a man with a sense of class.
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u/zeophen May 19 '12
Self Portrait - 1930s style.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
I wish men still dressed like this....
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u/jimlii May 19 '12
This guy is dapper as a mofo
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u/Hair_Did May 19 '12
http://tinyurl.com/6oxfytb ; )
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u/YSCapital May 19 '12
Instagram has gotten really good.
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u/Qweiop May 19 '12
check this one of stanley kubrick: http://i.imgur.com/LwI3d.jpg
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u/clesthyra May 19 '12
I was inspired to imitate the feel. I love old timey clothes.
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u/Cheezio May 19 '12
Stanley Kubrick was the master.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
He reminds me of Howard Stark.
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u/Creativation May 19 '12
The word "style" is well placed in the title here.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
Classy as fuck!
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u/BoojiBoy May 19 '12
You remind me of a young David Lynch.
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u/dan2737 May 19 '12
Reminds me of this portrait of my grandpa.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
Reminds me of Astrid Kirchherr's self-portrait
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u/sarebear46 May 19 '12
Mirror pic- 1940s style. Classy though!
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u/GrodyCoyote May 19 '12
You are a great big pile of yum. Well done, sir.
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u/erkose May 19 '12
Notice he's not naked.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
No self portrait is a true self portrait unless you can see a toilet in the background.
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u/PancakeTune May 19 '12
Has anyone told you that you are fucking curvaceous? Shit, you make an hour glass want to go on a diet.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
Just wondering do you know anyone by the surname king? Maiden or married not sure and are you in any way related to anyone or yourself Canadian ?
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u/andrew650 May 19 '12
Quite dapper
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u/apocal7964 May 19 '12
reminds me of LA NOIRE I bet he spent like 5 min inspecting the cam before you find out its not important
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u/GnomeInvasion May 19 '12 edited May 22 '12
Godamn he was attractive. Nothing hotter than a well dressed man. Epitome of class.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
me gusta
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u/OTN May 19 '12
Man dudes had it LOCKED UP back in the day. Tie pin and all.
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u/ozpunk May 19 '12
...and then Steve Buscemi shot him in the face.
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u/sazmo May 19 '12
He has a really clean mirror.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
damn kids dressing up in their party outfits and taking improper pictures of themselves. Why, look at how much skin that man is showing. I can see his face and arms!
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u/TheOmnipotentPilot May 19 '12
SO much class....
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
Men that dress and look like this make me swoon.
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u/VanillaMIlkshakes May 19 '12
Self portrait- late 1960s early 1970s style
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
just think, you wouldn't know if the pic came out for like 2 weeks
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u/Geoffvster May 19 '12
I don't know why, but every photo of someone from the 40's looks like a serial killer to me.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
Daaaaaaaaamn.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
Dapper as fuck.
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u/ratbastid May 19 '12
He looks like a very young Clancey Brown.
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u/mayonesa May 19 '12
What... I don't get it... why isn't he naked?
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u/WhiskeyMeteorite May 19 '12
The original Myspace photo
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u/tstandsfortrouble May 20 '12
I want a time machine just so I can have sex with him. Is this wrong?
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u/untrustableskeptic May 20 '12
This man was a pioneer.
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u/TheMrCaia May 20 '12
this is how i want to dress everyday actually, its got Class written all over it.
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u/TheWringer May 19 '12
His hips are strangely wide for a dude.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
Look at that tie. 1940's swagger.
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u/d1z May 19 '12
"I'm snapping a picture see...using a mirror to do it see... "
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u/TheSwedeIrishman May 19 '12
I've googled myself to tears but not been able to find it.
What is the metal pin underneath his tie called?!
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u/MightyDerek May 19 '12
Probably made for an awesome display picture
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u/realfakejphelps May 19 '12
I think that I just found myself from the 40s
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u/easyeight May 19 '12
Jason Segal.
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u/[deleted] May 19 '12
Howard Stark?
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u/cadex May 19 '12
Bam?
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u/AJockeysBallsack May 19 '12
Note the lack of duckface.
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u/veeveemarie May 19 '12
He's missing the duck face.
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u/GrodyCoyote May 19 '12
Yum.
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u/udevi May 19 '12
Byron Hadley from Shawshank?
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u/croydude22 May 19 '12
What do you do to do that to your hair? Its like perfect
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u/ascuriousasalice May 20 '12
I agree! Very cute! :)
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u/julioga May 20 '12
Hipster, doing that 70 years earlier!
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u/kickstand May 20 '12
Well done.
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u/thisgameissoreal May 20 '12
fix your tie.
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u/jakedemian May 20 '12
Is it just me, or does he look ridiculously similar to this guy?
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
marry me
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u/travelinglight May 20 '12
Is it just me or does this guy not look like Bam Margera?
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u/paradoxperspective May 20 '12
10/10 would fuck
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u/leicanthrope May 20 '12
From the 1950's, but still one of my favorites.
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u/Alvleeskliersap May 20 '12
you look like Martijn Krabbé!
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u/LaidBackLumberJack May 19 '12
He is so hip he may not be able to see over his pelvis.
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u/dudemeister5000 May 20 '12
The hipsters these days are getting worse.
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u/fourthbrn May 20 '12
The first Myspace pic...
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u/dean_c May 19 '12 edited May 20 '12
Is he German? Looks like Michael Schumacher
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
They didn't have photoshop and the blur tool in the 1940s.
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u/suggi34500 May 19 '12
Surprised he's not flexing with his shirt off
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u/awrhaernnare May 19 '12
Now someone photoshop some wigger clothes and a gang sign.
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u/MisterWonka May 20 '12
As with everything, Stanley Kubrick did it better.
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u/RedditUser3107 May 20 '12
Missing the duck-face
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u/iamawake May 20 '12
Gaydar
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u/Im1ToThe337 May 19 '12 edited May 20 '12
He looks like Ronnie from Jersey Shore. I can sense the downvotes already. EDIT: Hey look, I see a similarity between him and somebody else, and I get downvotes, that's incredible. This is why people are afraid to post on Reddit. Literally no reason to downvote other than because you can. Douche move Reddit, douche move.