ENTER: Misc Avatar Contest: "Sepia"

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by RJDiogenes, Jan 16, 2011.

  1. RJDiogenes

    RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2003
    Location:
    RJDiogenes of Boston
    No, not "Purple." :rommie:

    I got the idea for this contest from the latest issue of American Heritage. There's an article (based on a book called The Last Muster) about surviving photographs of people who actually served in the Revolutionary War. It's pretty amazing.

    So the theme here will be 19th Century photography. People, places, things from anywhere in the world-- the only requirement is that the photo must have been taken in the 1800s. And, no, it doesn't necessarily have to be sepia toned.

    Oh, and the "no media" rule is lifted for this contest. ;)

    My entry, from the magazine article, will be Molly Ferris Akin. She was a Quaker woman who was torn between her desire to participate in the Revolution and her dedication to non-violence. When she discovered a hidden camp of Redcoats, she snuck into their camp and fired off a gun to alert the Americans to their presence. Then she snuck away again, never having hurt anyone. :mallory:

    [​IMG]

    Have at it, Historians! :bolian:
     
  2. JiNX-01

    JiNX-01 Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Dec 29, 2002
    Location:
    JiNX-01
  3. J.T.B.

    J.T.B. Rear Admiral Rear Admiral

    Joined:
    Jun 14, 2005
    What a coincidence, I am already using an av that qualifies!

    From Mathew Brady's photo of Lt. General Ulysses Grant in his rumpled campaign uniform at his field headquarters near Cold Harbor in 1864. It was a completely new kind of un-posed, informal, unpretentious and more human portrait of a leader.

    [​IMG]
     
  4. Locutus of Bored

    Locutus of Bored Yo, Dawg! I Heard You Like Avatars... In Memoriam

    Joined:
    Jul 5, 2004
    Location:
    Hiding with the Water Tribe
    [​IMG]

     
  5. Zulu Romeo

    Zulu Romeo World Famous Starship Captain Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 31, 2004
    This lady was the 19th Century.

    [​IMG]

    This was taken by Alexander Bassano at Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887.
     
  6. trampledamage

    trampledamage Clone Admiral

    Joined:
    Sep 11, 2005
    Location:
    hitching a ride to Erebor
    [​IMG]

    Shorpy.com is one of my favourite web-sites - heaps and heaps of old photographs scanned and stored. This one is from 1896 and the caption reads:

    White Plains Station, NV, 1896 This town no longer exists
     
  7. auntiehill

    auntiehill The Blooness Premium Member

    Joined:
    Feb 7, 2006
    Location:
    on the couch
    Abraham Lincoln, taken by the Civil War photographer Alexander Gardner taken in 1865.


    [​IMG]
     
  8. PlainSimpleJoel

    PlainSimpleJoel Fleet Admiral Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jan 18, 2002
    Location:
    Melbourne, Australia
    Australian bushranger Ned Kelly taken sometime in 1875 I think. He was hung in 1880.

    [​IMG]
     
  9. Canadave

    Canadave Vice Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Dec 29, 2002
    Location:
    Saint Catharines, ON
    Bah. If only the Prokudin-Gorskii photos of the Russian Empire had been taken ten years earlier, I could use them. I love those photos...

    I'll have to think about this one.
     
  10. JiNX-01

    JiNX-01 Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Dec 29, 2002
    Location:
    JiNX-01
    Vote!
     
  11. captcalhoun

    captcalhoun Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Apr 29, 2005
    Location:
    everywhere
    [​IMG]

    Winston Churchill, 1895
     
  12. RJDiogenes

    RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2003
    Location:
    RJDiogenes of Boston
    Great entries so far! :bolian:
     
  13. trampledamage

    trampledamage Clone Admiral

    Joined:
    Sep 11, 2005
    Location:
    hitching a ride to Erebor
    He was quite the looker as a young man.
     
  14. thestrangequark

    thestrangequark Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Aug 8, 2006
    Location:
    Brooklyn thestrangequark
    I could see him as a Bangable Dude in History, for sure, though he's no Tesla!

    [​IMG]

    (Note, this is not an entry, just a display of utter sexiness. Rrrrrrow!)
     
  15. Zulu Romeo

    Zulu Romeo World Famous Starship Captain Admiral

    Joined:
    Oct 31, 2004
  16. Count Zero

    Count Zero No nation but procrastination Moderator

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2005
    Location:
    European Union
    Here's my entry. I finally got to do it - my favourite philosopher as an avatar, woohoo. Friedrich Nietzsche in 1882:

    [​IMG]
     
  17. trekkiedane

    trekkiedane Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Jan 12, 2005
    Location:
    Getting there -but slowly.
    Remember the poet I used for the 'green'-contest? -well here he is again:

    [​IMG]

    He loved being photographed so there was a lot of images to choose from for this contest -- alas I wasn't able to find any data on the one I zeroed in on - too bad the cameras of the day didn't add meta-data to the photographs :(

    My entry:

    [​IMG]

    He lived from 1805 to 1875 so the time-frame is right and I'm guessing the 'colour' will also be accepted :)
     
    Last edited: Jan 18, 2011
  18. RJDiogenes

    RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2003
    Location:
    RJDiogenes of Boston
    ^^ Sure, that's fine.

    That was taken in the 1800s; you can make an Avatar and enter if you want.
     
  19. Niorah

    Niorah Fleet Admiral Admiral

    Joined:
    Jul 18, 2002
    Location:
    Londinium, Britannia
    I'll enter too.

    I chose a very important man. :cool:

    Here's to you, Chief Sitting Bull:

    [​IMG]

    I do not know in which year this particular picture was taken, it was certainly in the 19th century since he died in 1890.
     
  20. RJDiogenes

    RJDiogenes Idealistic Cynic and Canon Champion Premium Member

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2003
    Location:
    RJDiogenes of Boston
    ^^ Good one. :bolian: