Hipster Henry Hudson

posted Jan 8, 2013

hipster henry hudson by AlbanyArchives We started goofing around today with @AlbanyArchives about the idea of Hipster Henry Hudson. It was prompted by AA's note about the Hudson River's name before, you know, the Half Mooning. Anyway:

@AllOverAlbany: "I'll be exploring the Grande River. It's in America. Very obscure. You probably haven't heard of it." #hipsterHenryHudson

@AlbanyArchives: "The Dutch offered me a Full Moon but I turned them down. Told them I'd only take half." #hipsterHenryHudson

@bdiddy100: "You know I had the first horn-rimmed spyglasses." #hipsterHenryHudson

And then Albany Archives created the image on the right.

Sometimes you just need a hipster portrait of a famous explorer to get you through the day.

Roll your own: AA has posted a blank version of the hipster Henry Hudson image if you'd like to your own Hipster Hudson quote. And here's one by @Bullmooser12.

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tags: fluff, history

Comments

The link for the blank version you posted actually goes to the hipster version.

... said Rhea on Jan 9, 2013 at 11:17 AM | link

@Rhea: It's a blank hipster version so people can add their own Hipster Henry Hudson quote. I should have made that more clear in that sentence. It's been updated. Thank you.

... said Greg on Jan 9, 2013 at 11:54 AM | link

I've seen plenty of meme trolling online, but this is the first instance of meme trawling I've witnessed.

... said Eschatologist on Jan 9, 2013 at 12:51 PM | link

Thanks for the explanation. I thought it would be an image of the portrait, sans graffiti.

Are you guys on Pinterest? If not, do you mind if I share Hipster Henry with my Pinterest followers?

... said Rhea on Jan 9, 2013 at 1:48 PM | link

@Rhea: We do have a Pinterest (board/page/thing). The Henry Hudson image is pinned here:

http://pinterest.com/pin/216243219579860255/

If you share it, please make sure to credit @AlbanyArchives.

... said Greg on Jan 10, 2013 at 9:08 AM | link

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