The real Indy complete with hat.....

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This was sent to me, and thought this would be a great place to post the pic.

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Porkpie :Dietrich:

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I can't make out the small print, Fedora. What does it say? :-k

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I will email it to you, as I just ran out of time on the pc for today!! Fedora
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What the PC not being so PC?
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Huh? It's impossible to make out what it says. The image is way to small.
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maboot38 wrote:Huh? It's impossible to make out what it says. The image is way to small.
It CLEARLY SAYS wlkjsoisdi iasokd idj id ks fois filsk i dilksi idjalali dk lkdi jkd si f jkdosi dklf iskd fi skk djf al;lkf id kslisieke id kdi dlska ikf dlkif knvisoilxlj did dikdfheik dihldsj id kdhi dijdfk kshidkkf sid kd fhks isidkf kdkf skjfisif skldf iskllkd fidjlskdfhi kd id sl os soiwl so lkso wl soid wojs fjojw sif wosjwwio sid dk soaklkwos sodf wios lswi s owok aolkwolal sojw wo l :roll: Duh! :P :lol: ;)

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"His name might not be as well-known as his movie screen counterpart, but Edgar J. Banks was indeed the real inspiration for the popular Indiana Jones character. Professor, archaeologist, and author, Banks traveled the world and lectured extensively before retiring to Eustis in 1921. He discovered the peacful town during one of his speaking tours and lived out his final years until death in 1945."

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Fedora wrote:This was sent to me, and thought this would be a great place to post the pic.

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I'm surprised no one has pointed out the pose yet... ;)

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Michaelson wrote:"His name might not be as well-known as his movie screen counterpart, but Edgar J. Banks was indeed the real inspiration for the popular Indiana Jones character. Professor, archaeologist, and author, Banks traveled the world and lectured extensively before retiring to Eustis in 1921. He discovered the peacful town during one of his speaking tours and lived out his final years until death in 1945."

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I've never heard that. Interesting.
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I am sure there are other folks that would fit with this. This isn't the first that I have ran across, adventurers, grave robbers, soldiers of fortune, etc.

Any of you guys still have that photo of the paleontologist, on a dig, complete with felt hat? I know I have it, somewhere saved on a cd. It was an old picture, dating way back.

While most of my profs in college, Anthropology profs, were the typical type you see on college campuses, we had this ONE that I still recall. This was a few years before Indy ever made it to the big screen, so he wasn't trying to copy Indy, but this guy, reminded me alot of the fictional Indy. He had just gotten back from a dig somewhere in S.America, and was the most interesting prof that I had. Loved his stories of his experiences. And he wore a Aussie slouch type hat to class. If you saw him, you could pick him out because of the hat. Came with a leopard skin hat band, instead of the more common zebra bands. And going by the looks of that hat, he had worn it for many years.

He loved to tell this same story over and over again. About a desert rat, out west, that he had met, while reading a local newspaper article at a cafe. The old desert rat had noticed a front page story was about a man found dead in death valley, and the old timer just remarked, "don't surprise me. The guy had no hat!!!!" Which he then advised the prof to never go into the desert, hatless. Only a fool would NOT wear a hat, he said.

Can't recall if this is the reason the prof took up hat wearing or not, the memory is fading. But the story has stuck with me. And made me realize that the old timers, were smart guys. Makes you wonder if our IQ's as a nation has slipped, except with the guys here. Our sun, kills folks every year, it's a dangerous star, that the old folks knew. Funny how knowledge gathered over eons is quicky forgotten, just with the change of style. Style seems more important than common sense. Just my opinion. Fedora
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Michaelson wrote:"His name might not be as well-known as his movie screen counterpart, but Edgar J. Banks was indeed the real inspiration for the popular Indiana Jones character. .........
That's quite the statement someone made. It implies a knowledge hat Indiana Jones was in fact patterned after Edgar Banks.
I've never read this before, and wonder if the author of that is boldly making an assumption?
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[quote="RCSignalsThat's quite the statement someone made. It implies a knowledge hat Indiana Jones was in fact patterned after Edgar Banks.
I've never read this before, and wonder if the author of that is boldly making an assumption?[/quote]

In a round about way. Indy was based on characters from the early serials, and those characters in the early serials were based on Banks. But we've all heard the story that the main genesis of Jones was Bond, so take it for what it's worth.
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I don't know that the Serials were based on Banks. Inspired by people like Banks perhaps or embellishments of their lives, but I don't see them being based on one person.
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I thought it was a pre-production costume test for Indy 5. :shock:

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I think this thread just illustrates the deep chasm between real life and make believe.
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Here is a Wikipedia article about Banks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_James_Banks

He seems to be a bit of a 'dealer' in antiquities. Maybe the Fedora character was styled after him?
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Just going by the material his hat is made from...more like Belloq. Fedora
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I have always believed the inspiration was Roy Chapman Andrews, a PhD who spent 25 years exploring the world, mapping unknown routes and shooting it out with Chinese bandits in real life. Read his "Ends of the Earth" or "This Business of Exploring" and it sounds like it was written by Indy.


http://content.answers.com/main/content ... roycha.jpg

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/ ... s_jones.do
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How about this lid??? This is Hiram Bingham. The man who re-discovered Machu Picchu.

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Blackthorn wrote:I have always believed the inspiration was Roy Chapman Andrews, a PhD who spent 25 years exploring the world, mapping unknown routes and shooting it out with Chinese bandits in real life. Read his "Ends of the Earth" or "This Business of Exploring" and it sounds like it was written by Indy.


http://content.answers.com/main/content ... roycha.jpg

http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/site/ ... s_jones.do

Just actually saw the trailer for the "Real indiana Jones" by Smithsonian Channel on youtube and wondered if anyone had seen the show.....
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