Pink Floyd in 1889

Pink Floyd 1889
Pink Floyd 1889

Fans of Pink Floyd know the origin story by heart. Band member Syd Barrett combined the names of two blues musicians Pink Anderson and Floyd Council. But the name Pink Floyd predates all of that.

We’ve got the Pink Floyd who, in 1889, killed Cornelius Lowden:

Pink Floyd 1889
Pink Floyd 1889

Then, of course, there’s the Michigan Pink Floyd who made an illegal left turn in 1952 and was fined $4:

Pink Floyd 1952
Pink Floyd 1952

And who can forget the famed Pink Floyd of Marietta, North Carolina, who caught a 15-pound fish?

Pink Floyd 1931
Pink Floyd 1931

 

By Lee Wallender

Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures.

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