Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Lance Armstrong's grandpa?

86-year-old Thomas Cosford demonstrates some amazing flexibility for his or any age while riding his bicycle.  86?!  Are you kidding me?!  I am less than half this man's age and I can barely lift my legs out of bed in the morning.  Rumour has it that Mr. Cosford attempted to enter this year's Tour de France but was denied entry due to speculation of steroid abuse. 

Photographer: Jeff Debooy; Date: May 1975
Source: Winnipeg Tribune fonds (PC 18, A.81-12) - Box 3, Folder 10091, Item 13

Monday, August 16, 2010

Fatty Fine Arts

Diane Coulter, Miss Dominion of Canada, poses next to a sculpture of Prime Minister John A. MacDonald made of styrofoam and shortening.  How glamourous!  I must say, this is by far the best sculpture of a head of state made from animal fat that I have ever seen.  By far!

Date: March 8, 1967
Source: Winnipeg Tribune fonds (PC 18, A.81-12) - Box 3, Folder 10092, Item 8