I am usually pretty good at interpreting historical photographs, but what is going on here??? WHY were these pictures taken? Who takes a picture of a small kid smoking with a chicken? Why wire up a piglet and get it drunk? Or are these things that most people do and I have just been missing out??
I don't think you're missing out on a thing, unless we're both missing out on something...
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Q. What is the difference between an pilot and a pig?
A. The pig doesn't turn into a pilot when it's drunk.
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What the...um, be a chicken and don't smoke? Like really out of place anti-smoking ads? I have no clue. That's just bizarre.
LOL looks like some sort of weird interpretive photography thing o_O
ReplyDeleteso the story on the net about the first one is that the russians years back were doing experiments on animals, and that this is a pig they got drunk before they sent it into space to "relax it". obviously, one has to question the truth of this story. some sources suggest it is a scene from the mockumentary "First on the Moon".
ReplyDeletethe second one is apparently a portrait of henri groulx, taken in paris, circa 1920. along with another of him standing next to his rooster which is on a pedestal, it's part of the canadian archive of images etc. as for making sense, i think its just a picture of henri groulx with his pet chicken, smoking (as you do). i suppose they might not have known (or paid attention to) the effects of smoking at that point. maybe they thought it was cute? but probably it was, quite simply, a normal portrait, albeit with some strange (to our eyes) alterations
What can I say!?? WOW! You scare me! I think, if she can find that out about a couple of silly pics what can she find out about me? gulps. lol
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