POTW: John "Jammie" Reynolds 1917

Posted Tue, 03/24/2009 - 16:09 by ardarvin
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Daredevil John "Jammie" Reynolds, seen here clambering
up a building in an unusual (and maybe unintentional)
multiple exposure circa 1917. Washington D.C.
National Photo Company Collection glass negative.

We can officially add John "Jammie" Reynolds to the roster of Human Flies from the early twentieth century. Welcome John, may your efforts not be forgotten.

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Comments

Kiell's picture

Superb. Where did you come

by Kiell - 03/30/2009 - 01:27

Superb. Where did you come across this? (Photographer needs citing, btw... Eye-wink

ardarvin's picture

http://www.shorpy.com/ There

by ardarvin - 03/30/2009 - 10:44

http://www.shorpy.com/

There was no photog cited. The pic is part of a national archive, probably first appearing in a Washington D.C. area newspaper.

After asking Shorpy whether their photos were public domain, I received this:

"For private, non-commercial purposes you can use selected images from Shorpy.com. We ask that you not recreate the entire site or large sections of the site on your server. We would also prefer that you use the smaller image size and include a credit along with a link back to either the original post or the full-size image on Shorpy.com."

That's nice of them, but my guess is that these are public domain images (American copyright law says public domain after 50 years from publishing date) that Shorpy is attempting to claim copyright to.

I dunno, maybe the act of scanning in these old slides gives them some sort of IP, hence why they watermark the images?

Kiell's picture

Hmm. Not sure. Good that

by Kiell - 03/31/2009 - 00:17

Hmm. Not sure. Good that they have them available, at least, and I would imagine that they want to generate traffic to generate print sales which is fair enough, I guess.

How did you find it?

ardarvin's picture

Someone sent me the link --

by ardarvin - 03/31/2009 - 12:18

Someone sent me the link -- I mean...I am constantly scouring teh internets looking for buildering pictures.

(Thanks Joe.)

Woah, what a great shot!

by fnose43 - 03/31/2009 - 16:47

Woah, what a great shot! Nice find. That guy looks like a punk or something, his haircut doesn't look like it's from the late 10s!

snow chaos

ardarvin's picture

I knew it! I knew I saw that

by ardarvin - 03/31/2009 - 17:26

I knew it! I knew I saw that face before. It's The Doctor! Holy crap, we've uncovered something huge here! Certainly that writing on his back is no mere advertising slogan, but a message crucial to the survival of humanity!

Oh wow!

Oh wow!

Oh man.