tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post5123700594260741895..comments2024-03-27T09:13:32.912+00:00Comments on News From Nowhere: Sepia Saturday 203 : Nothing But A Bumpy FieldAlan Burnetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-6972914435438263072013-11-22T00:51:38.673+00:002013-11-22T00:51:38.673+00:00You certainly have a way with words Alan. I enjoye...You certainly have a way with words Alan. I enjoyed this post.Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-16211475576782285582013-11-19T19:59:25.064+00:002013-11-19T19:59:25.064+00:00Possibly a boarding house. Or, even another thoug...Possibly a boarding house. Or, even another thought, why such an amount of heavy window coverings? I mean there's just no way much if any light would get through those windows, on the ground floor. So, perhaps it's not just a simple boarding house? But something else on the first floor level.21 Witshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071361755673253230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-54962822130918789012013-11-18T19:27:28.414+00:002013-11-18T19:27:28.414+00:00Like many others, I read "Mrs" Something...Like many others, I read "Mrs" Somethingorother. Maybe a boarding house? If you don't recognize the people, they might be neighbors. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-6095173812946308262013-11-18T05:34:31.571+00:002013-11-18T05:34:31.571+00:00I'm sure it's just me, but beyond this bei...I'm sure it's just me, but beyond this being a fun photo, I also saw a face in the lower two windows and the basement window below. But then every time I look at my bathroom faucet I think it's winking at me.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-91508175510983243382013-11-17T23:05:28.691+00:002013-11-17T23:05:28.691+00:00Not being able top read signs bothers me..it is li...Not being able top read signs bothers me..it is like a nagging thought that you can never give up on. But I give up on this one...I would say it is Max Still if I had to guess..:)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-23021720014083726302013-11-17T20:43:39.165+00:002013-11-17T20:43:39.165+00:00I thought the photograph was exquisite -- for me, ...I thought the photograph was exquisite -- for me, it had a visceral effect -- like a recognition, of I know not where or when or if. Thanks.Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07948553013206247354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-34551971066919118512013-11-17T19:07:21.121+00:002013-11-17T19:07:21.121+00:00Bumpy field or not, it is a neat photo...love the ...Bumpy field or not, it is a neat photo...love the ladies posing in the doorway, the rows of brick..even the blurred glass so people on the sidewalk can't peak inside!Betsy Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06807795605763246015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-31317170900838935322013-11-17T16:21:06.621+00:002013-11-17T16:21:06.621+00:00Wish I could help with the mystery, but no help he...Wish I could help with the mystery, but no help here. Nice photo for the theme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-62341176010276087752013-11-17T15:04:37.419+00:002013-11-17T15:04:37.419+00:00I enlarged the photo on Microsoft Picture Manager....I enlarged the photo on Microsoft Picture Manager. Thought I saw something like "Bee." I had fun!<br /><br />HazelHazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-77605025514820204132013-11-17T08:50:36.807+00:002013-11-17T08:50:36.807+00:00Maybe it's not a tall door, just very short la...Maybe it's not a tall door, just very short ladies - and then the sign says Mrs Small :)Jackie van Bergenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108390437411946657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-31673288209616655292013-11-16T16:29:44.786+00:002013-11-16T16:29:44.786+00:00But another haunting photo...love the term "...But another haunting photo...love the term "photographic archaeologists" Funny how a photo of the unknown can gender so many thoughts. .Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09093078029028920810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-9896899908239861652013-11-16T14:06:45.329+00:002013-11-16T14:06:45.329+00:00Love this photo -- did you crop it from a larger s...Love this photo -- did you crop it from a larger shot (more of the building, say) or is it the original composition? Whatever it is, it's great -- granite sills, a sense of grace...the sign is a puzzler: is it to notify a tradesman -- like the iceman or somebody -- that a delivery is needed?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658880722411505714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-22552696926189167992013-11-16T12:23:55.226+00:002013-11-16T12:23:55.226+00:00I'll join the confused brigade. It's defin...I'll join the confused brigade. It's definitely not cricket - but you waouldn't expect it to be on a bumpy field.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-89409025659361122013-11-15T20:25:13.639+00:002013-11-15T20:25:13.639+00:00I clipped it and enlarged it and enhanced it, and ...I clipped it and enlarged it and enhanced it, and looked at it six ways from Sunday, but I am completely baffled.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-10831693188434605582013-11-15T15:53:31.585+00:002013-11-15T15:53:31.585+00:00I like your idea of photo archeology, Alan. This s...I like your idea of photo archeology, Alan. This shard from the Edwardian era invites us to imagine the full historic picture, but sadly, digging into the shoe box doesn't always unearth more fragments.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-26536767860452040062013-11-15T05:30:40.169+00:002013-11-15T05:30:40.169+00:00Whoops! Only just noticed the upper window. My l...Whoops! Only just noticed the upper window. My lap top has a small screen. So perhaps it was a photo to display the new home of the family, otherwise why show a bedroom window? How about the sign saying "FOR SALE" ?ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-69447760987093118012013-11-15T05:24:04.816+00:002013-11-15T05:24:04.816+00:00The window sign could be a political sign. Not sur...The window sign could be a political sign. Not sure if it was done in that day but in our village people would put a sign in the window with the name of the person they wanted the reader to vote for on the town council or whatever. I like the idea of an ad for a piano teacher, since the photo is of a lady and a young girl. I also like the idea of someone photographing the two windows and the basement window. I think whoever took the photographs had an artistic eye. It makes a nice composition. Whoever it was surely had a reason for including the windows. The average person taking a snapshot would have focused only on the people. Fascinating. I love doing this kind of detective work.ChrisJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550420299395301062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-51516230762201749892013-11-15T00:00:00.386+00:002013-11-15T00:00:00.386+00:00So more questions than answers here. One wonders w...So more questions than answers here. One wonders why the photographer put the two people in the lower left and showed a large part of the building side?Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996243850279671523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-45436735632813783642013-11-14T19:38:48.105+00:002013-11-14T19:38:48.105+00:00We call the above window of the door a transom. It...We call the above window of the door a transom. It can open to ventilate the room even if the door is locked.L. D. https://www.blogger.com/profile/02270923121962761209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-38906150736594676192013-11-14T19:16:07.045+00:002013-11-14T19:16:07.045+00:00There's got to be another step surely? Or even...There's got to be another step surely? Or even two. Look a the basement window. That has to be below floor level. Still very tall windows though. The rooms must have high ceilings.Georginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232154028235485600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-64128946340970645302013-11-14T18:30:11.450+00:002013-11-14T18:30:11.450+00:00I think the sign says "Mrs." followed by...I think the sign says "Mrs." followed by a name, too. There is other smaller printing below as well. Perhaps 'Mrs. Whoeversheis' gives piano lessons, or lessons in proper comportment for young ladies, or ??? The window dressing is rather fancy, though, so I'm thinking it might be a shop of some kind?La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-64226823658720521342013-11-14T18:01:35.992+00:002013-11-14T18:01:35.992+00:00I thought it said Mrs. S(something) hard to see on...I thought it said Mrs. S(something) hard to see on this photo though. and everything does look tall.Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-87431153875069056982013-11-14T17:22:46.664+00:002013-11-14T17:22:46.664+00:00MRS SMALL? The landlady?MRS SMALL? The landlady?Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-46605306176999521662013-11-14T16:04:32.848+00:002013-11-14T16:04:32.848+00:00Something rather forbidding about that expanse of ...Something rather forbidding about that expanse of wall, I think. I think you are right about "stall" but "wax"? Hmmmmm - you are also right that it probably ISN'T that!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37291817.post-74440119974025478462013-11-14T13:54:35.230+00:002013-11-14T13:54:35.230+00:00I'm interested that the photographer looked to...I'm interested that the photographer looked to the whole building, and the people seem incidental. Most of my family pictures kind of crop away the building, though it's still hard to see who the people are. Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.com