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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: Sfenster on December 01, 2013, 08:18:10 PM
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Hi, friends!
Stumbled across this. It's in a high-end frame, which got me to thinking it might be something <lol>
In the lower, right-hand corner are the initials H.V.R. with the copyright symbol.
In the lower, left-hand corner is printed "V for Victory" with three dots and a dash beneath it.
Anyone seen anything like it?
Came from an estate. Dearly departed has no known military service.
Your kind advice is welcome ;)
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Is it a picture or a print? Copy write symbol is not usually a good thing. Tends to mean a lot of them were made.
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Can we get better pic of bottom half !! Doesn`t enlarge enough to see what is written !! There were all kinds of things like this going around in WWII !! They were not connected to military service,, they were to keep up morale here in the states !!
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Ooops answered other thread. The Albatross is also a military airplane.
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It is,, but that's a seagull !!
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For sure a gull! I live in Maine and know them well. When my daughter was little eating a piece of pizza down by the beach one came in and swooped it out of her hand mid bite. She just started crying "he stole my pizza, mommy". :(
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Are you sure the initials are HVR ?? For some reason I think this may have something to do with Eddie Rickenbacker,, the WWI fighter ace !! He had a thing with a seagull when he was shot down over the Pacific in the 1940`s !! He also had no middle name at birth, but after trying out several signatures he settled on "Vernon" !! And used it afterward as his middle name !!
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Very similar. I had a home at the Jersey shore for 20 years believe I know seagulls. I had one hit me in the head and steal my sandwich. It was good entertainment. I used to call them rats with wings by the end of the summer!
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Thanks everyone for your input. I'm fairly certain it's a print, and I've included a photo of the lower, right-hand corner which shows the initials.
I know this isn't something that's gonna bankroll my daughter's college education :D But, I thought it interesting, nonetheless. I do tons of estate work and run into some crazy stuff.
My best -- Susan
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The dot,dot,dot,dash corresponds to the letter V in morse code !!
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Ooops answered other thread. The Albatross is also a military airplane.
....Ah!!....but which one are you refering to G,acre.....the first one was a WW1 German Biplane....then much later came the jet fighter,
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http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/ww1-aircraft.aspt was a sea plane. http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=456
Scroll down there are several types. They were built for WW 2, & WW1
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Very similar. I had a home at the Jersey shore for 20 years believe I know seagulls. I had one hit me in the head and steal my sandwich. It was good entertainment. I used to call them rats with wings by the end of the summer!
You may know your seagulls.....but you don,t know your albatross....for if you had..you would,nt call them a seagull,....cos they are an entirely different species.....a bit like yourself.... ;D
Gulls belong to the Laridae Family of the Animalia Kingdom. They are associated with having heavy bodies, long wings, moderately long necks and long legs with full webbed feet. Albatrosses are one of the largest flying birds that exist today. They belong to the Procellariiformes Order and the Diomedeidae Family. Albatrosses are known for their large wing-span and their ability to soar flawlessly. The Albatross are highly efficient fliers and do not require to constantly flap their wings to stay afloat.
Many people confuse gulls and albatross due to their resemblance in appearance. However, these two are completely different creatures.
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Maybe justa bird brain. ;D
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Maybe justa bird brain. ;D
Well....you have the name....so why not the brain..... ;D.....
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OK, I have looked everywhere and can not find this photo or reference to it anywhere !!
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Maybe just because the bird is in a "V" configuration!!!
We have a good friend that he LIVED as a kid in High School on Midway Island - Naval Air Station (total of 20 kids in the school). When planes would come in to land they would all have to run out and scare the albatross away from the runway! This is the "unofficial" flag of Midway Island bearing an albatross.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flag_of_the_Midway_Islands_%28local%29.svg/220px-Flag_of_the_Midway_Islands_%28local%29.svg.png)
This is what the albatross look like at hatching time on the island
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/US_Navy_100602-N-7498L-021_More_than_a_million_Laysan_Albatrosses_occupy_the_entire_Midway_atoll.jpg/220px-US_Navy_100602-N-7498L-021_More_than_a_million_Laysan_Albatrosses_occupy_the_entire_Midway_atoll.jpg)
Midway is still maintained by the US Govt but is not a wildlife refuge and the naval station was decommissioned in 1978.
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That is why the seagull was used KC !! Its written at the bottom,left,, V for Victory, dot dot dot dash !! Copyright HVR on rt side !! What I can`t figure is why I can`t find a reference anywhere to this photo having been made !! It was obviously sold somewhere !! It looks like a sepia or albumin print !! Drives me nuts when I can`t find something that I know is out there somewhere !!
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I'm disappointed some of you haven't found the seagull which was photographed.
;D
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;D ;D good one Ipcress!
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That is why the seagull was used KC !! Its written at the bottom,left,, V for Victory, dot dot dot dash !! Copyright HVR on rt side !! What I can`t figure is why I can`t find a reference anywhere to this photo having been made !! It was obviously sold somewhere !! It looks like a sepia or albumin print !! Drives me nuts when I can`t find something that I know is out there somewhere !!
Heck...I think there are still folks around here that winter down in South Texas at the Hidden Valley Ranch (HVR). :D
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;D Yeah Rauville !! We in the south all know about that one !! The one in the bottle and little pouch that is ,, !!
Ipcress if you found it,, please enlighten me !!
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mart, Ipcress is teasing!
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mart, Ipcress is teasing!
Maybe,, but after days of looking,, I was not !! I want to know !!
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Aren't we having fun on here!! :) I think they are envious of us living in Texas Mart! LOLOL
Still looking!
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Seen things like this in the UK though. Masses of different companies in the mid 20th century with periodicals like Picture Post, owned by the Hulton Press Library which was then acquired by Getty Images to form part of their immense database of photographs.
I'd remove it from the frame to inspect it.
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That is why the seagull was used KC !! Its written at the bottom,left,, V for Victory, dot dot dot dash !! Copyright HVR on rt side !! What I can`t figure is why I can`t find a reference anywhere to this photo having been made !! It was obviously sold somewhere !! It looks like a sepia or albumin print !! Drives me nuts when I can`t find something that I know is out there somewhere !!
What Seagull??......an Albatross....is NOT.....a seagull.....it is like you Mart....and the rest of the girls on here....a totally different species..... ;D
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Ha !! Better watch it Wullie !! ;D
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Aren't we being fun on her!! :) I think they are envious of us living in Texas Mart! LOLOL
Still looking!
envious....Ha,....maybe ..of your long hot summers....and your wide open spaces,....and civilization....for some.....but with no Broadband...and a mail coach once every 4/5 days..for others.....i think i,ll just keep my big arse where it is..... ;D
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You crack me up. Don't forget the wild west, the tumbleweeds and bank robbers. Oops...actually around us they have had a couple of those within the past few weeks - still haven't caught the robbers! :O
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Didn't Pee Wee Herman have his bike stolen and nid in the basement of the Alamo! Haha ;D
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We,ve got Robbers here too.....Our Government..,and ...The Oil Companies,....$10.50 a gal,...and a pint of beer is $4.75...then there,s $65 for a bottle of my fav, Scotch Whisky.....Na G,acre...it was Jim Bowie....that was in the basement.... ;D
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I'm disappointed some of you haven't found the seagull which was photographed.
;D
Actually, I found him. Was feeding him fries through my car window and he would eat them right out of my hand. I started eating a few and that little bugger landed on top of my car bended down and stuck his head in the window upset with me for eating his fries. Worst was when I ran out of fries. He stood on my car and just kept stomping his feet. Not good for a paint job. So I explained I was out of fries. So he stomped some more. So I decided to drive off. He just road on the top of the car for a mile or so like a hood ornament in the wrong place. So I found a place to speed up until he couldn't hold on any more. Ugh, ingrate! ;D ;D ;DTrue story! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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now that's funny icedgold
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Here,s one of his relatives...going that little bit further.....shame Mart won,t be able see it.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqy9hxhUxK0
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I remember that video. Totally hysterical!!! ;D ;D They are bold birds!
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Bigwull don't forget these guys...http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1751a_flock-of-seagulls-i-ran-so-far-away_music
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Bigwull that seagull is so cute! That's from one who has been hit by one, lol ;D ;D
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LOLOL