What's up with these Airship Dudes?
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What's up with these Airship Dudes?
Toad Fri Mar 27, 2009 6:38 pm
Sorry that this does not have any car related stuff in it, but this shot has me stumped. I subscribe to this vintage photo site that publishes stuff like this occasionally. There's not Title or info on the picture. Not sure if they are real Airship crews, or just WW1 soldiers, or in a set in some bar. Can't read the German, and mostly I can't figure out what's going on with the two guys on the bottom, what's with their legs for instance?
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Cowgirl Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:33 pm
Toad wrote: mostly I can't figure out what's going on with the two guys on the bottom, what's with their legs for instance?
Scandalous!
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Re: What's up with these Airship Dudes?
djpimley Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:59 pm
Here's a car angle for you - I discovered this in the Brooklands photo archive:
What the heck is that?
What the heck is that?
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See Flat Fri Mar 27, 2009 9:40 pm
Im trying to figure out what the girl is doing amongst those drunken, cigarette smoking uniformed acrobats!Toad wrote:.... Can't read the German, and mostly I can't figure out what's going on with the two guys on the bottom, what's with their legs for instance?
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leoantix Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:50 am
i dunno but i wants onesdjpimley wrote:What the heck is that?
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DANDY Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:52 am
More beer, wench!See Flat wrote:
Im trying to figure out what the girl is doing amongst those drunken, cigarette smoking uniformed acrobats!
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slowDan Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:51 am
You are not alone!Toad wrote:this shot has me stumped.
As far as I can tell from my (very rusty, very loose) grasp of German, there's nothing that amusing about the signs.
Until you need to do an emergency stop!leoantix wrote:i dunno but i wants onesdjpimley wrote:What the heck is that?
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Tuktuk Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:50 pm
This is a strange photo. I googled for "flucht vom truppenübungsplatz darmstadt" and found this strange website.
There you can see a similar picture on a postcard. Interesting: Only one soldier below is left. Maybe the other one was falling down already.
The texts are also strange: "Escape from training area Darmstadt", "Let's go home to mother", "Reserves run to homeland" (I bet my translations are terrible)
It looks like what soldiers would like to do: Escape from military service home to their family.
PS: I failed to decode the text on the backside of the postcard. Seems to be fonttype "Sütterlin".
There you can see a similar picture on a postcard. Interesting: Only one soldier below is left. Maybe the other one was falling down already.
The texts are also strange: "Escape from training area Darmstadt", "Let's go home to mother", "Reserves run to homeland" (I bet my translations are terrible)
It looks like what soldiers would like to do: Escape from military service home to their family.
PS: I failed to decode the text on the backside of the postcard. Seems to be fonttype "Sütterlin".
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