Comments on: Eisenstaedt photographs a county fair, 1938

By: penguinchris

penguinchris — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 04:05:00 +0000

Most people in major cities have experienced that. You should have programmed your comment to detect the reader’s location and choose the appropriate road designation of the worst freeway/motorway near them.

(also – I watch Top Gear and I know how roads are labeled in the UK so I got the joke even though I’m not specifically familiar with the M25 ;)

By: Palomino

Palomino — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:06:00 +0000

Shamwow!

By: mobobo

mobobo — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:27:00 +0000

that’s okay – didn’t think you were being snide.
realised after I posted that M25 probably wouldn’t be that well known to people who haven’t experienced the horrible frustration of a motorway where the average speed is often far less than horse and cart.

By: irksome

irksome — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:20:00 +0000

I sort of met Eisenstaedt in 1979, when I was doing photography for John Anderson’s Republican primary campaign in NH. I say sort of because I offered this nice old guy a ride to the next campaign event in my car. After we had arrived, someone remarked to me how cool that must have been. I said, “Yeah, nice old guy.” Because he was.

I had no idea and he didn’t bother with his last name. He was working for Time at the time.

Not my only oblivious brush with greatness.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:11:00 +0000

Sorry I didn’t mean that as a snide remark. It was more a confession of my slowness!

By: mobobo

mobobo — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 20:06:00 +0000

it was more than just a little weak (not to mention localised)

sorry

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:34:00 +0000

I was going to point out that the M25 is a ring road around London famed for terrible traffic… and then I got the joke.

By: mobobo

mobobo — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:19:00 +0000

#9 Monkey Auto Race

You can still see and even take part in this one, today it’s called the M25.

Thanks for the great photos.