bearskin

4 photos tagged bearskin, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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Lieutenant Storey (or more likely Stoney?)

  • 41 older comments, and then…
  • derangedlemur said:
    Once upon a time there was a bear... Doesn't seem to have ended well for him.
  • derangedlemur said:
    He seems to be a Royal Scot
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Without the busby - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/P_WP_0691/Image?lookfor=http://ww...
  • Moira said:
    looking at the original photo size he appears to be attempting to grow a mousetache (not very successfully)
  • derangedlemur said:
    Moira But I thought it was Teh Rulez!

King Geo. at Trooping of Colors, May 1911 (LOC)

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  • Robert & Kristin said:
    I believe the building in the background is the Old Admiralty and the parade ground itself is the Horse Guards Parade.
  • br@mbly said:
    I think so too, they still Troop the Colour there.
  • craftiestminx said:
    Interesting detail: about 2/3 of the way to the right, in front of the line of guards and just behind the foreground figure, there is a second mounted figure who appears to be Indian. He's wearing a decorated turban of some kind, has a moustache, and doesn't look particularly old. You can see him in the medium size, but he stands out more in the larger sizes. Someone has tagged this "raj" -- so I can't be the only one who's noticed. I wonder who he is? Also more apparent in the larger size: masses of people standing on a balcony in the background, and at almost every window!
  • br@mbly said:
    Well spotted CM! Isn't that interesting. I'd guess he was some visiting dignitary but I don't have the faintest idea who.
  • flawless turn said:
    My guess is that they are from India/Hindustan.