Monday 27 May 2013

What is in this postcard?



Here's an interesting postcard from 1916 which I noticed on eBay a while back. It was posted 17 years before the Nessie era began in 1933. The familiar backdrop of Urquhart Castle is there but what is that blob like thing in the water in front of the castle?

Is it our famous resident of Loch Ness on a jaunt or something more familiar? The castle is about 50 feet high which allows us to calculate the height of the object as about two feet out of the water and six feet wide.

Is it a rowing boat? Perhaps, but any presumed occupant of the boat is rather hard to see as are the expected oars. 

Opinions, please!




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    1. Loren, now you're just being plain controversial!

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  2. Is it possible that it's a rock at low tide?-Caroline

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  3. Hmmm. The reflection of the castle in the water doesn't look quite right. Now, where have we heard that before?

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    1. Did they have Photoshop in 1916? :)

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    2. But you'e referring to Peter MacNab?

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    3. Yes it was the MacNab photo I was referring to. I suppose they had their equivalent of Photoshop around that time in some form or other:) It does look suspiciously like an upturned boat.

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  4. A boat, I'd say. If it were something more interesting, I guess we'd be looking forward to the centenary of the Nessie phenomenon rather than having just passed the 80 year mark!

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