An undated red-border Kodachrome slide (probably 1950s).

This pipe-smoking fellow reminds me of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs of Church of the SubGenius fame.

In another slide (see The Silence in the Room Was Deafening), this same man is holding his pipe as he sits in a chair. A third slide (see Birds at Home) shows the same room from a different angle (compare the lamp, table, and floral-print chair).

Originally posted on Ipernity: Pipe-Smoking Television Man.

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Slide dated October 1959, location unknown.

Hilarity ensued as these two men carried the woman through a doorway into a house. Judging by the corsage that the woman was wearing and the flower in the one man's lapel, I suspect that they may have been celebrating a wedding anniversary.

Note, too, that a television set is partially visible behind the doll on the left.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Here's the Lady You Ordered! Where Do You Want Us to Put Her?

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A snapshot of the décor in the corner of a room in 1969 includes a television set, chair, rugs, and a distinctive boot-shaped vase filled with flowers.

But wait a second! What is that faint image on the television? The date on the photo indicates that it was developed in August 1969. Could those shadowy figures on the TV screen have anything to do with the live broadcast of the first moonwalk, which took place during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969?

For an answer to that question, see Live Coverage of the Moonwalk, July 1969 (below).

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Or at least it was live television coverage back on July 20 and 21, 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first astronauts to land and walk on the moon. The TV screen on the left (above) is an enlargement from a photo (see Televison with Boot-Shaped Flower Vase, August 1969 below) that initially attracted my attention because of the distinctive vase that was on top of it. I didn't notice anything special about the TV screen, however, and didn't give it a second thought.

Thankfully, though, Angelica Paez (thanks, Angelica!) noticed the date printed on the photo (August 1969, reflecting when the photo was developed) and suggested that those might be astronauts walking across the screen. After searching on YouTube, I located a video, CBS News Coverage of Apollo 11 - Moon Walk 06, which shows the scene on the right (above) at 6 minutes and 57 seconds.

Although the image on the left is faint, the white areas where sunlight is striking the lunar lander, flag, and astronaut seem to match up nicely with the corresponding parts of the image on the right.

Back in 1969 there were no VCRs, DVRs, or PCs, so taking a photo of your television screen was the only convenient way to make a personal recording of an important event like the first moonwalk. For other moon mission photos from 1969, see my gallery of Landing on the Moon on TV.

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An slide, circa 1959, from Pipe-Smoking Man's family.

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