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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Beatrice Webb ~ Social Reformer
Day 358 of Colourisation Project – April 30 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. A socialist utopian, she coined the term “collective bargaining.” She was at the core of the … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, Colorization, Colourisation, History, Photography, Women, Women in Politics, Women writers
Tagged Beatrice Webb, George Bernard Shaw, Industrial Democracy (1897), Loredana Crupi, Opus Loredana, Soviet Communism: A New Civilization?(1935), Sydney Webb, The Cooperative Movement in Great Britain, The History of Trade Unionism (1894)
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Cavafy ~ Hellenic Modernist Poet
Day 357 of Colourisation Project – April 29 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Widely considered one of the foremost modern Greek poets of the 20th century, Constantine P. Cavafy … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, Photography, Poetry
Tagged Cavafy, Constantine Cavafy, Constantine P. Cavafy, Loredana Crupi, Opus Loredana
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Carolyn Jones’ Crowning Glory
Day 356 of Colourisation Project – April 28 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. You may not immediately recognise today’s colourisation subject with her bob haircut. Texan born actress, Carolyn … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, Hollywood, Television, USA, Women, Women in Film & TV
Tagged Batman, Carolyn Jones, House of Wax (1953) The War of the Worlds (1953), Loredana Crupi, Opus Loredana, Roots (1977), The Addams Family, The Bachelor Party (1957), The Seven Year Itch (1955), The Tender Trap (1955), The Turning Point (1952), Wonder Woman
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Sir Henry Parkes ~ Father of Many
Day 355 of Colourisation Project – April 27 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. He is on our $5.00 note. The Times during his lifetime described him as “the most commanding … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Colorization, Colourisation, History, Photography
Tagged Henry Parkes, Loredana Crupi, Opus Loredana, Sir Henry Parkes
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Albert Jacka – Super ANZAC
Day 354 of Colourisation Project – April 26 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. He was described by Australia’s official war historian, Charles E.W. Bean, as ‘Australia’s greatest front-line soldier’. … Continue reading
Unable to Vote But Eligible to Die ~ Lest We Forget
Day 353 of Colourisation Project – April 25 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following contains an image … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, Colorization, Colourisation, History, Opus Loredana, Photography, World War 1
Tagged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Aboriginal Veterans South Australia, ANZAC, ANZAC Day, Australia, Bedford Park Sanatorium, Loredana Crupi, Miller Mack, Ngarrindjeri, Opus Loredana, Private Miller Mack, world war 1
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Gideon Sundback ~ Father of the Zip
Day 352 of Colourisation Project – April 24 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. He was the “Father of the Zip” – No, not Kevin Rudd, (for non-Australian readers, he … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, History, Photography, USA
Tagged Gideon Sundback, Loredana Crupi, Opus Loredana, Zipper
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Rupert Brooke ~ The Soldier Poet
Day 351 of Colourisation Project – April 23 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. The Turks didn’t get him…a mosquito did. English poet, Rupert Chawner Brooke, best known for his … Continue reading
Henri La Fontaine ~ A Woman’s Man
Day 350 of Colourisation Project – April 22 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Henri La Fontaine was of a rare enlightened breed; a male champion of women at a … Continue reading
Posted in Belgium, Colorization, Colourisation, History, Law, suffrage, Women
Tagged Henri La Fontaine, Léonie La Fontaine, Loredana Crupi, Nobel Peace Prize, Opus Loredana
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