I used to do these "fun" blog posts long ago before I got sick. The stress of being seriously ill knocked the fun out of me for a long time. Now I'm trying again.
Above the photo I'll give a brief hint about these famous people - - and will reveal who they are below the photo.
You might have already seen some of these pics, but I try to use rare photos ( I couldn't get the text centered - sorry about that)
Here we go!
Think of starry nights
Vincent van Gogh, age nineteen
Sweet elderly woman with pet dog. Famous in a wicked way.
Lizzie Borden, ax murderess
Famous star reluctantly getting a hair cut.
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Elizabeth Taylor
A nice clean cut young man who wants to go out with your daughter
Charles Manson
She was a famous actress in talkies, but also made numerous silent films.
Joan Crawford, I chose this because it's one of my favorite photos of her.
Aquaintance with a mouse
Walt Disney
A sweet British girl with her pet Guinea Pig named Peanuts
Princess Diana
Mug shot at age thirteen
Cher, arrested in January, 1959
There are two versions of this story. One is that she stole a friend's car and got arrested. The much more plausible version is that she took her mother's car for a joy ride and got arrested.
Can a future president be a hunk? (that's only a biased opinion)
James Garfield
She has a perfect aim
Sharpshooter Annie Oakley (Phoebe Ann Mosey) Not bad looking.
Almost saintly....
Mother Teresa
Could be a psycho
Alfred Hitchcock
Could be a First Lady
Barbara Bush
Can a commy be a hunk?
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Joseph Stalin 1902
Can a commy be repulsive?
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Let's end with an easy one. Very popular in the political world.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
I have a lot of unusual photos in my files. It was difficult to choose. Jon
Have you ever heard that Lizzie Borden didn't do it?
ReplyDeleteThese are interesting photos. Everyone was young and sweet at one time.
I read a lot of literature about Lizzie Borden and am positive that she was guilty. She hated her father for his harsh restrictions and despised her stepmother - especially because her father was giving the stepmother's family a lot of money and even purchased a house for them.
DeleteLizzie even bought poison and tainted their food but none of them died.
She burned the dress that she was wearing on the day of the murder. Showed no empathy when her father and stepmother were murdered. She was hateful and cold hearted.
These were quite fun! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. I needed that. Been a rough week and now I have a nasty head cold.
I'm glad you enjoyed it. I had a really rotten week, too. Health issues and lots of stressful things. Head colds are horrible! Rest and take care.
DeleteMaybe a vaporizer and soup?
Don't have a vaporizer and don't even have a humidifier anymore because I gave mine away thinking I would be moved before winter. *sigh* I have beef stew. That's the closest to soup--lol! But it is good. Sounds like we've both had a rough week--stressful things and health issues. This too shall pass, eh? ;)
DeleteThat was fun. The only one I'd have got without help was Eleanor Roosevelt. Thanks for a few minutes respite. And the funny captions.
ReplyDeleteI had fun doing this post, but i had so many photos that it was hard to choose. Glad it provided a respite. Thanks, Liz.
DeleteI love these sorts of exercises, Jon! Unfortunately, I was only able to name 6 correctly. Loved Liz Taylor's expression; I was always inexplicably drawn to her and knowing more about her life.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll this sort of thing again!
You did really well for getting six of them. I thought the Charles Manson one was funny. Doing these type of blog posts always cheer me up. There will be more in the future. Thanks, Myra.
DeleteI enjoyed this post a lot. Somee of the people are one's I've been interested in for years.
ReplyDeleteStalin...name at birthIoseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, quite a mouthful. Born in Georgia, a territory he put under starvation through edits later.
I read a story about Alfred Hitchcock...it was called 'his elevator conversations'...apparently at NBC during his series there, when he would get on a elevator with someone, if there were people on the elevator, he would shift whatever they had been talking about to "And suddenly, there was blood all over, and she was crying for help..." when the elevator door opened and they got out, the previous conversation would resume.
A charming picture of Mrs Roosevelt...one of the most influential 'first ladies' ever.
Nice post, Jon. Hope you are doing well.
I'm glad you enjoyed this, Mike. I don't know a thing about Stalin but I liked the photo.
DeleteHitchcock was really unusual (weird?). I never heard the elevator story. I watched a few documentaries about him on YouTube.
I always liked Eleanor Roosevelt. She was a fascinating independent thinker.
This was fun! The only pics I've seen before are Manson and Eleanor. The others were new to me. Never knew that about Cher. I can almost see her giving the camera the finger in that one! LOL! More please!
ReplyDeleteParanormal John
I heard that years later Cher denied ever being arrested. Her mother got angry and made the shot public. That's kind of funny.
DeleteI always have fun doing these posts so there will definotely be more.
I never dreamed that I'd think Garfield and Stalin were cute.
*smile*
I meant to say MUG shot
DeleteThis was a fun post, Jon, and I actually got more correct guess than not. In some cases, the images belied what the individual grew up to accomplish and many did not do good deeds. And, from what I have read, Borden did the deed, sadly.
ReplyDeleteI've read a lot about Lizzie and definitely think she was guilty. Some say that her sister Emma did it - - but she was out of town.
DeleteI'll have more of these posts in the future.
This is such a fun post. I have to admit that most of them I did NOT recognize.
ReplyDeleteThe Annie Oakley pic made me smile - it remined me of when I used to target shoot at the gun club years ago that was my nickname. lol
Well, I've learned something new. I ever knew you were a secret Annie Oakley! I don't know much about her, but I liked the photo.
DeleteI like making these fun blog posts. I have a lot of similar photos in my computer files, so there will be more posts.