Sunday, May 08, 2011

The Sportsmen: 1905

picture from the hunt
UPDATED

heh ... I saw the original (roll-over) on SHORPY,  and was struck by how this photograph  from 106 years ago could have been taken yesterday.  The wooden canoe might be a give-away, but even that could be explained away.  Gives me a sense of my own mortality.  Both these guys are long dead.  The dude on the left was possibly alive when Lincoln was president.  heh.


Actual colors
Found this in the SHORPY comments - what are the odds that
I choose a 100 year-old picture to color that already had been?
Sheesh.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm doing my part to prevent the pussification of my young American male son here Boss ! ; ) > SMIBSID

Anonymous said...

Looks like the archtypical deer gun too, Winchester 94. Betting it's .30-30.

Fred Z said...

Neither of those guys is dead. I hunted with them just last year.

Different time, different place, same guys. In spirit and soul.

http://s850.photobucket.com/albums/ab69/fzinkhofer/Hunting/?action=view&current=CCF122608_00001.jpg#!oZZ9QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs850.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab69%2Ffzinkhofer%2FHunting%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3D1113081111.jpg

Anonymous said...

Fred,
That's great picture! Perfect hunting weather and two elk down. I hope you could drive right up to them...
RAK

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