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<blockquote data-quote="TimeWizardCosmo" data-source="post: 40269" data-attributes="member: 2"><p><strong>Re: South Fork Bridge photo Nov. 1940s</strong></p><p></p><p>As noted, the image is indeed available through the <a href="http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp" target="_blank">official website for Canada’s museums</a>. It was part of the exhibit “<a href="http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?id=record_detail&fl=0&lg=English&ex=234#" target="_blank"><em>Their Past Lives Here</em></a>” from Bralorne-Pioneer, available to the public since 2004. It was put online since February this year, perhaps before that. And the peculiar “time traveller” image was only noted as such in the end of March, when it was linked on main websites such as <a href="http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread553942/pg1" target="_blank"><em>Above Top Secret</em></a> and <a href="http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=5134197&hl=Time-traveler-caught-on-camera-from-1941" target="_blank"><em>FARK</em></a>.</p><p></p><p> Given the source, we would assume the photo is authentic, and correctly dated to c.1940. Indeed, an <a href="http://errorlevelanalysis.com/permalink/1ef0c43/" target="_blank">Error Level Analysis</a> suggests the image was not digitally tampered with, or at least that if it was, the author was smart enough to normalize the error across the whole thing. It’s a good job, if it was a job. And again, given the source, we would assume it was not a job.</p><p></p><p> So, how do we explain the man out of time?</p><p> <img src="http://forgetomori.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/viajantes.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p> As members of the ATS, like “<em>Outkast Searcher</em>”, diligently noted, despite looking very modern the man’s outfit and even glasses and camera could be found in the 1940s. Below, similar sunglasses used by actress <strong>Barbara Stanwyck</strong> on the movie “<em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/" target="_blank">Double Indemnity</a></em>” (1944):</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/" target="_blank"><img src="http://forgetomori.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/annexstanwyckbarbaradoubleindemnity_02.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p></p><p> The outfit could also be found 70 years ago. Being used as we are to our contemporary fashion, we look at the man and assume he’s wearing a stamped T-shirt, something that would be indeed out of place (or time). But if you look carefully, you can see that he’s actually wearing (or could as well be wearing) a sweatshirt. And sweatshirts with bordered emblems were not uncommon in the 1940s – in fact you can find those in other photos from the same exhibit.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.ballyhoovintage.com/11/11189.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://forgetomori.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/11189.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p></p><p> The sweater he also uses seems to be hand knitted, with buttons on the front. Something that was definitely available at the time, if he had some kind grandma perhaps.</p><p> Finally, despite some comments about the camera lens being too big for the time, too compact, it looks like a <a href="http://www.google.com/images?hl=&q=kodak+folding+pocket" target="_blank">Kodak Folding Pocket model</a>, available since the beginning of the 20th century.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/monday-camera-14-kodak-folders" target="_blank"><img src="http://forgetomori.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kodakfolding.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p> That is: even taking this photo for granted, as depicting an authentic scene, a real man with his curious glasses and outfit in Canada 70 years ago, <strong>there’s nothing that can be seen that is actually out of place or time</strong>. He looks different from other people, but it has already been suggested that he’s using welding goggles and a glove.</p><p></p><p></p><p>(via <a href="http://forgetomori.com/2010/fortean/time-traveler-caught-in-museum-photo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+C2C-AllContent+%28Feed+-+Coast+to+Coast+-+All+Content%29" target="_blank">http://forgetomori.com/2010/fortean/time-traveler-caught-in-museum-photo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+C2C-AllContent+(Feed+-+Coast+to+Coast+-+All+Content)</a>)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TimeWizardCosmo, post: 40269, member: 2"] [b]Re: South Fork Bridge photo Nov. 1940s[/b] As noted, the image is indeed available through the [URL="http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp"]official website for Canada’s museums[/URL]. It was part of the exhibit “[URL="http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/pm.php?id=record_detail&fl=0&lg=English&ex=234#"][I]Their Past Lives Here[/I][/URL]” from Bralorne-Pioneer, available to the public since 2004. It was put online since February this year, perhaps before that. And the peculiar “time traveller” image was only noted as such in the end of March, when it was linked on main websites such as [URL="http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread553942/pg1"][I]Above Top Secret[/I][/URL] and [URL="http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=5134197&hl=Time-traveler-caught-on-camera-from-1941"][I]FARK[/I][/URL]. Given the source, we would assume the photo is authentic, and correctly dated to c.1940. Indeed, an [URL="http://errorlevelanalysis.com/permalink/1ef0c43/"]Error Level Analysis[/URL] suggests the image was not digitally tampered with, or at least that if it was, the author was smart enough to normalize the error across the whole thing. It’s a good job, if it was a job. And again, given the source, we would assume it was not a job. So, how do we explain the man out of time? [IMG]http://forgetomori.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/viajantes.jpg[/IMG] As members of the ATS, like “[I]Outkast Searcher[/I]”, diligently noted, despite looking very modern the man’s outfit and even glasses and camera could be found in the 1940s. Below, similar sunglasses used by actress [B]Barbara Stanwyck[/B] on the movie “[I][URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/"]Double Indemnity[/URL][/I]” (1944): [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/"][IMG]http://forgetomori.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/annexstanwyckbarbaradoubleindemnity_02.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The outfit could also be found 70 years ago. Being used as we are to our contemporary fashion, we look at the man and assume he’s wearing a stamped T-shirt, something that would be indeed out of place (or time). But if you look carefully, you can see that he’s actually wearing (or could as well be wearing) a sweatshirt. And sweatshirts with bordered emblems were not uncommon in the 1940s – in fact you can find those in other photos from the same exhibit. [URL="http://www.ballyhoovintage.com/11/11189.html"][IMG]http://forgetomori.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/11189.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The sweater he also uses seems to be hand knitted, with buttons on the front. Something that was definitely available at the time, if he had some kind grandma perhaps. Finally, despite some comments about the camera lens being too big for the time, too compact, it looks like a [URL="http://www.google.com/images?hl=&q=kodak+folding+pocket"]Kodak Folding Pocket model[/URL], available since the beginning of the 20th century. [URL="http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/monday-camera-14-kodak-folders"][IMG]http://forgetomori.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kodakfolding.jpg[/IMG][/URL] That is: even taking this photo for granted, as depicting an authentic scene, a real man with his curious glasses and outfit in Canada 70 years ago, [B]there’s nothing that can be seen that is actually out of place or time[/B]. He looks different from other people, but it has already been suggested that he’s using welding goggles and a glove. (via [URL]http://forgetomori.com/2010/fortean/time-traveler-caught-in-museum-photo/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+C2C-AllContent+%28Feed+-+Coast+to+Coast+-+All+Content%29[/URL]) [/QUOTE]
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