Seen in Print

[Rufus T. Firefly]

5th Avenue Easter Parade, New York City, April 19, 1908

Some miserable looking men in that photo........

Divorce was less prevalent back then

[Rufus T. Firefly]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Notre Dame spokesperson, "Everything is
Burning."

Quasimodo, too?

Actually, that work with its 10 pages of special narrative about the church, saved it from demolition, which was being seriously considered at that time. Victor Hugo saved the building via his Quasimodo character and focus on the building and it's value to us.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Notre Dame spokesperson, "Everything is
Burning."

Quasimodo, too?

Actually, that work with its 10 pages of special narrative about the church, saved it from demolition, which was being seriously considered at that time. Victor Hugo saved the building via his Quasimodo character and focus on the building and it's value to us.

In many ways, truer than many will understand, hence my passing reference to that character & story.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Quasimodo, too?

Actually, that work with its 10 pages of special narrative about the church, saved it from demolition, which was being seriously considered at that time. Victor Hugo saved the building via his Quasimodo character and focus on the building and it's value to us.

In many ways, truer than many will understand, hence my passing reference to that character & story.

I understand, now.

[HONDO74]

An interesting read from the BBC. Read the whole article......

Notre-Dame fire: Eight centuries of turbulent history
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47971044

A piece from the article.
The Romantic movement turned against grand, Roman-inspired architecture, and rediscovered the messy beauty of the Middle Ages. Classical was out. Gothic was in.

No-one did more to save Notre-Dame than Victor Hugo. In a 1825, the young writer published an angry tract "on the destruction of the monuments of France". "The hammer that mutilates the face of France must be stopped," he wrote.

But it was his hugely popular 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame - simply "Notre Dame de Paris" in French - that was most effective. By portraying the building as a character, Hugo literally brought it back to life.

A nationwide campaign led to a massive renovation project. The work, between 1844 and 1864, returned the cathedral to its former glory - and more.

I have probably seen this movie a dozen times over the years.
"Sanctuary!" - Charles Laughton 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_p8khzyK-E

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Charles Laughton & Maureen O'Hara -- one of the best versions,

[MurphOnMillerAve]

And now, returning us to our previously intended thread tone...
...if I hadn't seen this, I wouldn't have believed somebody feels they have to work this hard to get noticed...

What could they have been thinking?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Let's go back to

[rogruth]

Murph,
Those look real fake to me.

[Roy]

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Murph,
Those look real fake to me.

I sure hope they are.

[HONDO74]

It's been around for a long time. They just change the picture on the magazine.

[webenda]

And now, returning us to our previously intended thread tone...
...if I hadn't seen this, I wouldn't have believed somebody feels they have to work this hard to get noticed...

What could they have been thinking?

Gotta agree with you Murph, those hats just look ridiculous.

[webenda]

And now, returning us to our previously intended thread tone...
...if I hadn't seen this, I wouldn't have believed somebody feels they have to work this hard to get noticed...

What could they have been thinking?

They were thinking, "What fun we can have fooling Murph again by using the "Liquify tool" in photoshop."