Still working on the shadows and muck, but the soldiers are coming along.
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Lookin good Canice :up:
Nice work Candice, I like that despite all the cleaning you did no detail was lost.
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Hannie
Ditto with Lynn and Hannie! Very nice work Candice. :up:
Thank you all. Margie can tattle on me. I love working on Soldier and black and whites. I've seen so many great artists in here that have working on color pictures down... I love seeing the work. Even after 10 years of being in OPR, I'm still learning!
Candice, I wouldn't think of it. ;) One thing I notice about this photo in the original is the soldier in the middle--on your left, his shoulder's sleeve halfway down seems to be missing. Especially up higher it looks like you see the shrubbery behind but not the sleeve? Maybe it's like his other arm/sleeve where it is angled behind his back?
Margie
Margie, that's still picture garbage. I didn't spot it when I was working on it, but I'm glad you caught it. I don't know about others, but I work a little on the picture then put it a way a few hours or a day, and then open it up again. Fresh eyes catch more. :wow: In this case, you were my fresh eyes. Thanks! :hug:
Candice, you're welcome. I'm the same way and even true when I write something and then come back and wonder why I didn't catch something.
Margie
Margie... so true. My nemesis is the word - it's versus its. My fingers want to put that apostrophe in place more than not. lol
Oh Candice, but I have a worse habit with contractions. It alters the meaning entirely when you say you "don't want . . ." but instead write "do want." This happens enough that I think I'm one banana peel away from needing a keeper. :P
Margie
You're a kick, Margie! LOL
Thanks for WIP Candice. Very nice work. Will keep watching for more. :)
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Candice, looking good. One dumb question, but are the soldiers wearing long socks or are they long boots?
Margie
They were generally canvas lace-up leggings. The original purpose of leggings was to support (strengthen) the ankles of soldiers so as to help in marching and in giving strong grounding in hand-to-hand combat.
Some looked like wraps while other laced up. Some were of canvas, which these were, and officers generally had leather leggings.
Eventually these were done away with and replaced with boots.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spats_(footwear)
Very interesting Candice. Thanks for the link. (I didn't realize that even Babar the Elephant wears "spats"!)
Hannie
Hannie! LOL You never know what new things you can learn. :)
Margie, does anyone in the family know the history of the picture. I think the one man on our left is a chaplain. I didn't notice it before but I did some more tweaking and believe that is a minister's collar I see.
Candice, I will see if I can get more history on the photo and post what I find out. Thanks for the history on what they were wearing.
Margie
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Final work. It's going home.
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Candice, here is what the owner had to say about this photo.
QuoteThe military picture is one of my uncle. He is the man on the left. His name is Henry Joseph Guidry, he served in WWII. I will see what other information I can find. The others in the photo I am not sure who they are.
He was one of 12 children. He was the 5th child. He was born in English Turn, La. It is located across the river from New Orleans. His parents moved quite a bit. Seems that almost each child was born in a different area of Louisiana. His father was a sugar planter he managed sugar cane plantations.
I know Henry moved to New York city shortly before 1940.
I love knowing the history behind the photos.
Margie
Very cool! Thank you for sharing this info Margie.
What an awesome story, Margie! Thank you so much for taking time to find out for me and for all of us!
Quote from: Mhayes on November 11, 2016, 11:22:51 PM
Candice, here is what the owner had to say about this photo.
QuoteThe military picture is one of my uncle. He is the man on the left. His name is Henry Joseph Guidry, he served in WWII. I will see what other information I can find. The others in the photo I am not sure who they are.
He was one of 12 children. He was the 5th child. He was born in English Turn, La. It is located across the river from New Orleans. His parents moved quite a bit. Seems that almost each child was born in a different area of Louisiana. His father was a sugar planter he managed sugar cane plantations.
I know Henry moved to New York city shortly before 1940.
I love knowing the history behind the photos.
Margie
Margie, my husband grew up in New Orleans and he didn't recognize the name "English Turn", so we looked it up this morning. The name that is used now is Algiers. That one he does know. Upon looking further, even Algiers has kept the name of some manner. It's highly doubtful that this is what the old English Turn looked like though. :)
http://westbankliving.com/westbank-communities/english-turn-west-bank-neighborhood-of-the-week/
LASTLY ~ Here is the history of English Turn, Louisiana.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Le_Moyne,_Sieur_de_Bienville
Candice, thank you for adding this info. Very cool.
Candice, thanks for giving us more history. It is really exciting to hear the story behind them and makes it so important that we are saving those photos.
Margie
Indeed it is. Each picture has a story. :hug:
Great topic, I love history!
More on English Turn La:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Turn
Hannie
Thanks Hannie. Read yours with great interest as well. That is a fascinating area down there. Will look at it differently now that I've read you and Candice's links!
My husband, who was raised in New Orleans knew the history of Bienville, but had not heard of the place being called English Turn. His mother however, did. She will soon be 91.