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25 April 2010

Coldhauser of the USS Virgo

 

I've really been dying to get back to the watercolors (oils, not so much) but fate conspired against me this weekend.

So, here's a portrait of a Korean War-era sailor named "Coldhauser". I wonder what he would think of today's digital camouflage working uniforms, fleece/gore-tex foul weather jackets and 8-point covers...
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  1. UnknownMay 7, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    no way! I think the same thing!! when i'm in foulies and my nice rubber boots, i think: how did they do this in wool? how did they, in oilskins and heavy sodden leather boots, go aloft to furl icy wet sails or haul on leaden, laden nets??? and then sleep, all wet!?

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  2. Cold is the SeaMay 13, 2010 at 8:41 PM

    I guess sailors were just tougher back then... I made the mistake of shoveling my driveway in cotton and wool this winter...The wool got totally soaked and I was wet and freezing...Suffice to say I'm investing in a lot of polypropylene for next year...

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