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    #32
    MoodeRator
    Registered Users Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭MoodeRator


    this photo actually looks legit to me :( The only reflection I see is of someone in a pink t shirt that taking the photo if this picture that is in a glass frame


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    #33
    Jellybaby1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,108 ✭✭✭Jellybaby1


    kildarejohn wrote: »
    The TV theory does not hold up, because up to recent years B&W TV pictures had strong horizontal lines that would be very clearly visible in a photo.
    For similar reasons it cannot be a copy of a newspaper photo, if it was, there would be a pattern of dots.
    So that leaves 4 theories for how the photo was made-
    1. accidental or deliberate double/triple exposure on one negative
    2. two or more negatives combined together with an enlarger in the darkroom
    3. first photo was mounted under glass and then a photo was taken of it, resulting in reflections on the glass.
    4. its just one photo which was taken through glass giving reflections
    Personally, I favour no.1


    Hmmm, ok, I'll give you that. With my theory thrown out I will now have to go with a photo of an old photo through glass, and double exposed with something more recent reflected. Hope you get the mystery solved, I'd love to know what it really is.


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    #34
    Sclosages
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 489 ✭✭Sclosages


    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Hmmm, ok, I'll give you that. With my theory thrown out I will now have to go with a photo of an old photo through glass, and double exposed with something more recent reflected. Hope you get the mystery solved, I'd love to know what it really is.

    I'm totally with you on that.


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    #35
    Pretzill
    Registered Users Posts: 4,683 ✭✭✭Pretzill


    My theory fwiw...and I do find it interesting and somewhat historically relevent. Is that it's a photo taken in a cinema - of an old film - old cinemas particularly rural ones would have doubled as stages too - hence the curtain affect. The extra people at the side and the faded head behind the guy sitting with the hat are simply reflections ... the screen would have caused glare but not the tubey effect of a tv and let's face it few had tv's in those days.

    Also I get a feeling I recognise the black capped judge and mutton chops - so it might be a known movie or B movie of the day!


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    #36
    Hermy
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 11,313 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hermy


    Perhaps it might be worth posting in the Movie forum so.
    There's a dedicated thread here.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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