What the?
In reality, this is a small picture measuring maybe 2 inches tall by three inches wide. But when I first saw it, all I could think was how strange all those "roll bars" on the front of the car looked. But upon scanning it at a resolution that allowed me to significantly enlarge it, I see now they are just ribbons adorning a car probably heading or back from a parade in town. The ribbons and the poster are touting the Ladies Auxillary.
What a great old photo! Those ribbons DO look like bars at first glance. I have a couple of those tiny photo prints too -- I'm impressed you could get this one to scan so well that you could blow it up.
ReplyDeleteMy old scanner does quite good though I adjusted the manual settings quite a bit to increase the resolution as much as possible. It can also scan slides so I suppose scanning small photographs isn't much of a challenge for it's capabilities.
DeleteHow bizarre!! I had exactly the same thought as you did when I first saw it.
ReplyDeletePerhaps if it wasn't a black and white photograph, it would be more obvious.
DeleteThey still look like bars to me! I had to enlarge it a lot to see that they were ribbons. I think it's because they're tubular.
ReplyDeleteI think being black and white and the color of shiny metal poles and stretched straight doesn't help either.
DeleteYep, I thought the same thing. But what a nice car!
ReplyDeleteThey just don't make them like that anymore!
DeleteThat photo definitely requires a couple of double takes!
ReplyDeleteLike something from Mad Max.
DeleteYup. Me too. I was thinking what an odd looking car.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I wasn't the only one.
DeleteThey do look like pipes.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they would have looked like pipes had we seen it in color.
DeleteCars in the old days had so much style. After the late 60's, it went downhill, imo.
ReplyDeleteYou will get no argument from me!
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