Tuesday, 10 January 2012

Sepia Saturday 108 : 14 January 2012


I am not saying anything about my chosen old image for this week other than it is a still from the 1912 silent film "The New York Hat". The image comes courtesy of the Billy Rose Theatre Collection at the New York Public Library and, as always, via the magnificent Flickr Commons initiative. Other than that you can make of it what you will - pick your own themes, find your own prompts, follow you own cues. It is what you have all been doing so well for the last 107 weeks. All we ask is that your posts have some kind of old image within them, that you post them on or around Saturday the 14th of January 2012, that you add a link to your post  to the list below, that you link back to the Sepia Saturday Blog, and that you try and visit as many of the other participants as you can manage. What could be easier? It's a piece of cake. No it's not, it is a hat.




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44 comments:

  1. Postcardy10 January 2012 at 12:10

    Hopefully, I won't be too "old hat."

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  2. Liz Stratton10 January 2012 at 19:18

    A NYC hat! 75 years younger and it would have been the perfect addition to my SS107. You will be in NYC by the end of the decade with Amy and will have to stop into a haberdashery. J.J. Hat Center would be the perfect fit - established in 1811!

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  3. Linda11 January 2012 at 05:10

    You never know what a woman is keeping under her hat.

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  4. Tattered and Lost12 January 2012 at 05:18

    I'm guessing this lady saw one of the feather's move and is now concerned it might be alive!

    My mind is not on hats, but a salesgirl selling chocolate.

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  5. Bob Scotney12 January 2012 at 13:01

    Hats off to you all.

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  6. Little Nell12 January 2012 at 20:05

    A lovely bonnet, ‘with all the frills upon it’ set me off in a search to find the top of the Hat Parade!

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  7. Steph12 January 2012 at 22:09

    Hello! Thank you for all the visits and lovely comments on LiM! I love looking at everyone's sites too!

    This Saturday, I have a very interesting lady 'under my hat', as it were. I am *such* a fan of hats and can never pass up the opportunity to buy a photo of a lady with a really glamorous one!

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  8. Anonymous12 January 2012 at 23:42

    Ah, classic movies. According to Wikipedia this 16 minute movie (directed by D.W. Griffith) is the best known example of Mary Pickford's early work. Nice theme!

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  9. Postcardy13 January 2012 at 12:35

    There is a condensed version of the movie on YouTube:

    The New York Hat (1912)

    The Sepia Saturday prompt is at 4:33 in the video.

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  10. Colleen G. Brown Pasquale13 January 2012 at 12:49

    That hat is wonderful. Inspired me to post my first photo here!
    Colleen
    http://www.pasqualefamily.net/web/

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  11. Alan Burnett13 January 2012 at 15:56

    I am off theme this week, so far off theme that I am on theme.

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  12. RJ Clarken13 January 2012 at 16:11

    Thank you! I ♥ this prompt!!!

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  13. Kristin13 January 2012 at 18:11

    My grandmother sporting a hat on the lawn of Mt. Vernon. I've tried to post comments so many times in the past 24 hours and my comments just disappear.

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  14. Kat Mortensen13 January 2012 at 18:44

    "Here's your hat, what's your hurry?" as my grandmother used to say.

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  15. Mike Brubaker13 January 2012 at 21:11

    A great theme choice this week. I'm glad others watched the original "New York Hat" film too. It helped me to decide for a bit of melodrama and half-fiction this time, so I'll take a girl and 1912.

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  16. Martin13 January 2012 at 22:22

    I'm in this week. Couldn't resist it.

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  17. DougVernX13 January 2012 at 22:52

    I couldn't find any beautiful hats like this one in my postcard collect so I wrote about beautiful Coast Guard stations and tonsils. Wow that's a stretch! Remember to open your mouth wide when you read my post. :)

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  18. tony13 January 2012 at 23:15

    Even Man Flu Couldn't Stop me Being Here,

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  19. Howard14 January 2012 at 00:03

    Plenty of hats here!

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  20. Anonymous14 January 2012 at 01:37

    Not having much luck with my blogspot lately, it won't let me comment as me (Rosie), I have to use Anonymous when I make a comment. Hope this works. Rosie

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  21. Gloria Baker14 January 2012 at 01:45

    What nice and lovely picture Alan!

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  22. Unknown14 January 2012 at 02:01

    I will be up soon with feathers aplenty to match this week.

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  23. Norkio14 January 2012 at 06:58

    Ah, I found seven fabulous hats for your perusal!

    Hrm, is it just me? I cannot seem to get this comment to post... This is my Google account but you will know me better as Who Were They?

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  24. Sheila @ A Postcard a Day14 January 2012 at 07:05

    She seems so shocked. Maybe I should watch YouTube to find out why.

    People seem to be having difficulty commenting. I'll have to see if this works.

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  25. Bruno Laliberté14 January 2012 at 07:53

    I'm on Time!!
    I'm on Topic!!
    I'm... my usual self...
    ;)~
    HUGZ

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  26. dakotaboo14 January 2012 at 10:27

    A short post from me this week, but a couple of great hats. Happy Sepia Saturday.

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  27. Wibbo14 January 2012 at 10:31

    Nice theme! My offering this week is an elegantly behatted woman; nicely on-theme.

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  28. Jinksy14 January 2012 at 12:09

    I take my hat off to you for this post! LOL ♥

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  29. Liz Stratton14 January 2012 at 15:14

    Oh I DO love a good hat. I can't wait to see the posts this week. To enjoy music as you read, scroll down and start the player. (I hope it works for everyone! This is my first time adding music.

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  30. Jo14 January 2012 at 16:24

    Wonderful - a levitating hat! I couldn't find anything so flamboyant but I found a skeleton story :-) PS: Couldn't leave a comment using my Wordpress for some reason. Jo

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  31. Alan Burnett14 January 2012 at 17:00

    Sorry about the Comment problems : I think I need to change the settings.

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  32. Alan Burnett14 January 2012 at 17:02

    I have changed the comment settings back to what they were - I would appreciate it if someone with Wordpress would try it now and report back.

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  33. Teresa Wilson Rogers14 January 2012 at 18:33

    Just came across your blog today and have to tell you I love it! I actually post a picture each Sunday on my blog called "Women with Hats" so today's topic really caught my attention. I hope you enjoy my entry. I enjoyed looking at everyone else's photos and look forward to more Sepia Saturdays.
    Teresa Wilson Rogers
    http://forgottenfacesandlongagoplaces.blogspot.com/

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  34. 21 Wits14 January 2012 at 18:41

    yes! I am now able to access this! Blogger is acting up again...so I hope I can enter too.. if not here is my link

    http://twincitiesblather.blogspot.com/2012/01/sepia-saturday-108-14-january-2012.html

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  35. 21 Wits14 January 2012 at 18:42

    Yes! Success! Alan what ever it works now! Although it's slow on others, that actually open up....

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  36. Anonymous14 January 2012 at 20:57

    This is me posting as Who Were They? hope it works!

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  37. Kathy Reed15 January 2012 at 00:43

    I read Liz Stratton's post and just had to join in the fun. I've always admired the hats of my foremothers. Thanks for the prompt.

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  38. Alan Burnett15 January 2012 at 11:11

    OK : Half-way through my reading. It is a bumper crop this week so my apologies to those lower down the list, it may be another day before I get to you.

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  39. Kristin15 January 2012 at 14:03

    I visited every blog and posted on each one but on some of them my comments just disappeared. Very frustrating.

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  40. Alan Burnett15 January 2012 at 16:00

    Kristin : I suspect it is something to do with this new embedded comment took Blogger has introduced. I have turned it off in my various blogs as it was leading to comments vanishing.

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  41. Unknown15 January 2012 at 17:12

    Apologies to all....since yesterday comments are not working on my blog and on many others who use blogger.com/ Apparently so the story (excuse) goes Blogger changed some coding and everything went to "h%$l" They claim they are working on it, but today it is still not fixed....Darn and double darn, nothing we can do

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  42. Unknown16 January 2012 at 01:33

    Thanks to Bob Scotney for letting me know I had vanished from Alan's Linky (sounds kind of Kinky!)Sure enough where did I go, I was there and am not,,, anyway I am having trouble with Blogger not processing comments but some are getting through...take you chances and come on by to see my feathered hat ladies..now I should appear at the tail end....

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  43. ScotSue17 January 2012 at 12:51

    A great topic. I am amazed at the size of the hats that appear in my photographs from an ordinary family.

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  44. L. D. 21 January 2012 at 22:14

    Hey I am off theme again and I am back, that is what counts.

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