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kindkitDoes this supposedly vintage photo of two men holding hands on a beach look photoshopped to anyone else?
To me, the sepia tone implies a much older image than the haircuts and clothes, which look no older than the 1960s and possibly much more recent than that. (You could see guys dressed like this by a Minnesota lake any summer, although they probably wouldn't be holding hands.)
ETA: In browsing back through the site, I found a couple of posts mentioning the fact that they do "digitally restore" their images (with inclusion of the original images for comparison). The restored images all feature sepia tone even when the originals don't. *frowns*
It's still a cool picture, but the attempt to make it look more "antiquey" irritates me, as does the fact that all these historical images are being posted with no indication of provenance or date. I recognize some of the images as taken from books, too.
To me, the sepia tone implies a much older image than the haircuts and clothes, which look no older than the 1960s and possibly much more recent than that. (You could see guys dressed like this by a Minnesota lake any summer, although they probably wouldn't be holding hands.)
ETA: In browsing back through the site, I found a couple of posts mentioning the fact that they do "digitally restore" their images (with inclusion of the original images for comparison). The restored images all feature sepia tone even when the originals don't. *frowns*
It's still a cool picture, but the attempt to make it look more "antiquey" irritates me, as does the fact that all these historical images are being posted with no indication of provenance or date. I recognize some of the images as taken from books, too.
