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Brad Russ · 11-05-2011, 06:19 AM

Pretty self explainatory. There was a thread like this many years ago, and it was very insightful, and even educational. Thought i'd start it again for those who didn't catch it the first time. If you wish, share the story describing the photo as well.

Warning, many of these photos may be disturbing. Please use discretion before posting, and viewing. Thanks!

Brad Russ · 11-05-2011, 07:12 AM

The beautiful Christne Chubbuck. News reporter who committed suicide live on air back in 1973 in Sarasota Florida. Current NBA reporter Crag Sager worked with her at the time of this tragedy. The Oscar winning movie "Network" was inspired by this sad story.

Chrissy's last Words:

"In keeping with channel 50's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, live and in living color, i bring to you another first, and attempted suicide." RIP

Penny Lane · 11-05-2011, 10:25 AM

Karen Silkwood was a union activist and technician at the Kerr-McGee nuclear reprocessing plant in Crescent, Oklahoma. She reported numerous workplace safety violations, including faulty respirator equipment, worker exposure to contamination and the failure to provide adequate showering facilities. She died in a mysterious car accident on November 13, 1974, while on her way to deliver evidence to a New York Times reporter. Her story was adapted by Hollywood as Silkwood and was later the focus of a Frontline (PBS) investigation, as well as a book by Richard Rashke, The Killing of Karen Silkwood.

mystery_daisy · 11-05-2011, 10:43 AM

1922 Bathing Suits. I don't really have any more info. on this-Just an interesting old photo:

Penny Lane · 11-05-2011, 11:26 AM

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1922 Bathing Suits. I don't really have any more info. on this-Just an interesting old photo:

Va-Va-Va-Voom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Penny Lane · 11-05-2011, 11:33 AM

Feb 9, 1964: America Meets The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show

At approximately 8:12 p.m. Eastern time, Sunday, February 9, 1964, The Ed Sullivan Show returned from a commercial (for Anacin pain reliever), and there was Ed Sullivan standing before a restless crowd. He tried to begin his next introduction, but then stopped and extended his arms in the universal sign for “Settle Down.” “Quiet!” he said with mock gravity, and the noise died down just a little. Then he resumed: “Here’s a very amusing magician we saw in Europe and signed last summer….Let’s have a nice hand for him—Fred Kaps!”

For the record, Fred Kaps proceeded to be quite charming and funny over the next five minutes. In fact, Fred Kaps is revered to this day by magicians around the world as the only three-time Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques Grand Prix winner. But Fred Kaps had the horrific bad luck on this day in 1964 to be the guest that followed the Beatles on Ed Sullivan—possibly the hardest act to follow in the history of show business.

It is estimated that 73 million Americans were watching that night as the Beatles made their live U.S. television debut. Roughly eight minutes before Fred Kaps took the stage, Sullivan gave his now-famous intro, “Ladies and gentlemen…the Beatles!” and after a few seconds of rapturous cheering from the audience, the band kicked into “All My Lovin’.” Fifty seconds in, the first audience-reaction shot of the performance shows a teenage girl beaming and possibly hyperventilating. Two minutes later, Paul is singing another pretty, mid-tempo number: “Til There Was You,” from the Broadway musical Music Man. There’s screaming at the end of every phrase in the lyrics, of course, but to view the broadcast today, it seems driven more by anticipation than by the relatively low-key performance itself. And then came “She Loves You,” and the place seems to explode. What followed was perhaps the most important two minutes and 16 seconds of music ever broadcast on American television—a sequence that still sends chills down the spine almost half a century later.

The Beatles would return later in the show to perform “I Saw Her Standing There” and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” as the audience remained at the same fever pitch it had reached during “She Loves You.” This time it was Wells & the Four Fays, a troupe of comic acrobats, who had to suffer what Fred Kaps had after the Beatles’ first set. Perhaps the only non-Beatle on Sullivan’s stage that night who did not consider the evening a total loss was the young man from the Broadway cast of Oliver! who sang “I’d Do Anything” as the Artful Dodger midway through the show. His name was Davy Jones, and less than three years later, he’d star in a TV show of his own that owed a rather significant debt to the hysteria that began on this night in 1964: The Monkees.

tiredmike59 · 11-05-2011, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Penny Lane

Va-Va-Va-Voom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My coffee table has better looking legs.

Penny Lane · 11-05-2011, 03:37 PM

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My coffee table has better looking legs.

The good old days!

Brad Russ · 11-06-2011, 07:18 PM

Great photos everyone, thanks for sharing!! i like the fact that some of the photos posted are lesser known historic photos, and totally new to me, and i'm sure many others. Usually you just see the ones most of us have seen a million times before, but you guys are mixing it up. i like that. Looking forward to more.

Brad Russ · 11-06-2011, 07:44 PM

Here's a pic of Keith Green, his son Josiah, and daughter Bethany's gravesite. They died in a small plane crash back in 1982. Also, a well known pic of Keith, along with his wife Melody making the sign of the cross with her fingers.

11-05-2011, 06:19 AM	#1
Brad Russ Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 17, 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 10,085	Historic Photo Thread Pretty self explainatory. There was a thread like this many years ago, and it was very insightful, and even educational. Thought i'd start it again for those who didn't catch it the first time. If you wish, share the story describing the photo as well. Warning, many of these photos may be disturbing. Please use discretion before posting, and viewing. Thanks!
	__________________ St. John 15:13 - Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." Currently my favorite song.

11-05-2011, 07:12 AM	#2
Brad Russ Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 17, 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 10,085	The beautiful Christne Chubbuck. News reporter who committed suicide live on air back in 1973 in Sarasota Florida. Current NBA reporter Crag Sager worked with her at the time of this tragedy. The Oscar winning movie "Network" was inspired by this sad story. Chrissy's last Words: "In keeping with channel 50's policy of bringing you the latest in blood and guts, live and in living color, i bring to you another first, and attempted suicide." RIP Attached Images

11-05-2011, 10:25 AM	#3
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,360	Karen Silkwood was a union activist and technician at the Kerr-McGee nuclear reprocessing plant in Crescent, Oklahoma. She reported numerous workplace safety violations, including faulty respirator equipment, worker exposure to contamination and the failure to provide adequate showering facilities. She died in a mysterious car accident on November 13, 1974, while on her way to deliver evidence to a New York Times reporter. Her story was adapted by Hollywood as Silkwood and was later the focus of a Frontline (PBS) investigation, as well as a book by Richard Rashke, The Killing of Karen Silkwood. Attached Images
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11-05-2011, 11:33 AM	#6
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,360	Feb 9, 1964: America Meets The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show At approximately 8:12 p.m. Eastern time, Sunday, February 9, 1964, The Ed Sullivan Show returned from a commercial (for Anacin pain reliever), and there was Ed Sullivan standing before a restless crowd. He tried to begin his next introduction, but then stopped and extended his arms in the universal sign for “Settle Down.” “Quiet!” he said with mock gravity, and the noise died down just a little. Then he resumed: “Here’s a very amusing magician we saw in Europe and signed last summer….Let’s have a nice hand for him—Fred Kaps!” For the record, Fred Kaps proceeded to be quite charming and funny over the next five minutes. In fact, Fred Kaps is revered to this day by magicians around the world as the only three-time Fédération Internationale des Sociétés Magiques Grand Prix winner. But Fred Kaps had the horrific bad luck on this day in 1964 to be the guest that followed the Beatles on Ed Sullivan—possibly the hardest act to follow in the history of show business. It is estimated that 73 million Americans were watching that night as the Beatles made their live U.S. television debut. Roughly eight minutes before Fred Kaps took the stage, Sullivan gave his now-famous intro, “Ladies and gentlemen…the Beatles!” and after a few seconds of rapturous cheering from the audience, the band kicked into “All My Lovin’.” Fifty seconds in, the first audience-reaction shot of the performance shows a teenage girl beaming and possibly hyperventilating. Two minutes later, Paul is singing another pretty, mid-tempo number: “Til There Was You,” from the Broadway musical Music Man. There’s screaming at the end of every phrase in the lyrics, of course, but to view the broadcast today, it seems driven more by anticipation than by the relatively low-key performance itself. And then came “She Loves You,” and the place seems to explode. What followed was perhaps the most important two minutes and 16 seconds of music ever broadcast on American television—a sequence that still sends chills down the spine almost half a century later. The Beatles would return later in the show to perform “I Saw Her Standing There” and “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” as the audience remained at the same fever pitch it had reached during “She Loves You.” This time it was Wells & the Four Fays, a troupe of comic acrobats, who had to suffer what Fred Kaps had after the Beatles’ first set. Perhaps the only non-Beatle on Sullivan’s stage that night who did not consider the evening a total loss was the young man from the Broadway cast of Oliver! who sang “I’d Do Anything” as the Artful Dodger midway through the show. His name was Davy Jones, and less than three years later, he’d star in a TV show of his own that owed a rather significant debt to the hysteria that began on this night in 1964: The Monkees. Attached Images

11-06-2011, 07:44 PM	#10
Brad Russ Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 17, 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 10,085	Here's a pic of Keith Green, his son Josiah, and daughter Bethany's gravesite. They died in a small plane crash back in 1982. Also, a well known pic of Keith, along with his wife Melody making the sign of the cross with her fingers. Attached Images

11-05-2011, 10:43 AM	#4
mystery_daisy True Crime Buff Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 14, 2006 Location: Galveston Bay Posts: 3,118	1922 Bathing Suits. I don't really have any more info. on this-Just an interesting old photo:

11-06-2011, 07:18 PM	#9
Brad Russ Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 17, 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 10,085	Great photos everyone, thanks for sharing!! i like the fact that some of the photos posted are lesser known historic photos, and totally new to me, and i'm sure many others. Usually you just see the ones most of us have seen a million times before, but you guys are mixing it up. i like that. Looking forward to more.