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Category Archives: History
Enemy Aliens
During the First and Second World Wars, nationals of countries at war with Australia who were living in Australia were classed as “enemy aliens”. As soon as Italy declared war on Britain and its allies on 10th June 1940, Italian nationals … Continue reading
Flinders St Station – Melbourne Icon
Melbourne’s iconic Flinders St Station is the one thing that has remained consistent in my lifetime of inhabiting this wonderful city and when I found this old black and white image in reasonably good condition, I naturally got the urge to … Continue reading
The Mother of All Mothers
She “wanted it to be a holy day, a day of sentiment, not profit,” dismissing greeting cards as “a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write.” First celebrated in 1908, when Anna Jarvis held a memorial … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, History, Mother & Child, Opus Loredana, Photography, USA, Women
Tagged Loredana Crupi, Luciano Pavarotti, Mother's Day, Opus Loredana, Ricky Martin
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Violet Jessop ~ Miss Unsinkable
Day 363 of Colourisation Project – May 5 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Lucky or unlucky? Either way she lived to tell the story through her compelling memoirs titled, … Continue reading
Posted in Colorization, Colourisation, History, Opus Loredana, Photography, Women, Women writers, World War 1
Tagged HMHS Britannic, HMS Hawke, Loredana Crupi, Miss Unsinkable, OpusLoredana, Red Star Line, RMS Olympic, RMS Titanic, Titanic, Titanic Survivor: The Memoirs of a Stewardess, Violet Jessop, White Star Line
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In Flanders Fields ~ We are the Dead
Day 361 of Colourisation Project – May 3 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. Inspired by the death of his friend in combat, Canadian Officer, Major John McCrae composed one … Continue reading
Rockefeller Lunchbreak
Day 359 of Colourisation Project – May 1 Challenge: to publish daily a colourised photo that has some significance around the day of publication. If you suffer from vertigo, today’s photo will make your stomach churn. An iconic image of New … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Colorization, Colourisation, History, Photography, USA
Tagged Charles C. Ebbets, Charles Ebbets, Comcast Building, Empire State Building, Lewis HIne, Loredana Crupi, Lunch atop a Skyscraper, Men at Lunch, New York City, OpusLoredana, RCA Building, Rockefeller Center
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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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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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