Author Topic: Very old photos (Read 21306 times)

jasc15 · « **Reply #35 on:** August 27, 2009, 07:51:20 AM »

A picture of Levittown, NY when it was built:

And today:

Progmetty · « **Reply #36 on:** August 27, 2009, 08:05:56 AM »

Quote from: cthrubuoy on August 27, 2009, 07:24:37 AM

Some of the pictures are incredible, but I personally like to see the modern photos as well. Especially if the photographer has taken the shot in an identical spot to the original.*
A classic example of this is when you see a street (even as not-so-far back as the 70's), and the same street today. Even something as little as the amount of cars parked on the side of the road makes me want to view hundreds more of the same.

Same here, it's a slightly different fascination than the one I started this thread about but I do appreciate it too, Í love trying to point out the things that survived from the older photo in the newer one.

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on August 27, 2009, 07:33:43 AM

Some pictures of Maori communities in old colonial days

Cool stuff, I love how these people look like they didn't understand what the photographer was doing to them, I doubt their culture knew about cameras at that point.

Drakkhim · « **Reply #37 on:** August 27, 2009, 08:15:17 AM »

https://www.shorpy.com is an incredible site for old photographs.

Progmetty · « **Reply #38 on:** August 27, 2009, 08:19:30 AM »

Abraham Lincoln inauguration at the White House 1861

The only known photograph of Lincoln giving a speech was taken as he delivered his second inaugural address. Here, he stands in the center, with papers in his hand.

Wikipedia also has a hi-res version of this picture, I've looked at this photo for a long time when I first saw it a couple years ago.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Lincoln_second.jpg

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #39 on:** August 27, 2009, 08:20:46 AM »

Quote from: metty on August 27, 2009, 08:05:56 AM

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on August 27, 2009, 07:33:43 AM
Some pictures of Maori communities in old colonial days

Cool stuff, I love how these people look like they didn't understand what the photographer was doing to them, I doubt their culture knew about cameras at that point.

Possibly. It depends when the photos were taken.

I looked for some portrait shots that were taken of the chiefs done up in traditional garb but couldn't find any. Those are really great.

Zydar · « **Reply #40 on:** August 27, 2009, 08:21:50 AM »

Quote from: Drakkhim on August 27, 2009, 08:15:17 AM

https://www.shorpy.com is an incredible site for old photographs.

I like the first one there from 1917, looks like it could have been taken today at lunch!

(For some reason I can't link to the preview pic).

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #41 on:** August 27, 2009, 08:27:20 AM »

Quote

The only known photograph of Lincoln giving a speech was taken as he delivered his second inaugural address. Here, he stands in the center, with papers in his hand.

Slightly less security back then I see...

j · « **Reply #42 on:** August 27, 2009, 09:06:27 AM »

Those are some sweet pics of the Alamo, metty.

I also really like the one of Lincoln's second inaugural address.

-J

EDIT: The Maori settlement pictures that Fluffy posted are really cool too.

rumborak · « **Reply #43 on:** August 27, 2009, 09:22:26 AM »

Quote from: metty on August 26, 2009, 05:12:52 PM

I dunno when smiling was invented but certinly not in the 1800's as far as almost every photo I've seen is concerned heh

You know what, myself being a member of one of those online dating sites, I wish people still didn't smile on pictures. The forced smile just gets on your nerves after a while.

rumborak

Fluffy Lothario · « **Reply #44 on:** August 27, 2009, 09:51:59 AM »

This one is painting and photo, but this is another then and now of Unter den Linden in Berlin. I took the photo as close as I could to the position of the painting. Since I was working from memory, I got pretty damn close.

Progmetty · « **Reply #45 on:** August 27, 2009, 10:21:25 AM »

Quote from: Fluffy Lothario on August 27, 2009, 09:51:59 AM

This one is painting and photo, but this is another then and now of Unter den Linden in Berlin. I took the photo as close as I could to the position of the painting. Since I was working from memory, I got pretty damn close.

Nice! I can count 3 buildings that are still there with the statues still over them.
You'd notice in the new picture you took the buildings look new, my guess is they keep painting them from time to time, which is the same thing they do with really old buildings in Cairo and I really hate it, how amazing would that stuff be if it was left alone? I'd truly feel the years it survived screaming at me.
When I asked this question in Cairo some told me it's because they'd look so ugly when they age that much and some told me it's to keep the building standing and in good shape, I dunno which excuse is more annoying than the other.

Progmetty · « **Reply #46 on:** August 29, 2009, 05:43:52 PM »

General Keitel signing Germany's unconditional surrender in WW2.

staveoffzombies · « **Reply #47 on:** August 29, 2009, 07:43:06 PM »

I love the old, early color photos. Makes it seem even more like you're looking at real people if that makes any sense.

You look at black and white and it screams "OLD" at you. Bring it into color and it seems like they could be people you'd see walking down the street today.

That one someone posted of the WWI soldiers was especially striking in that regard.

Progmetty · « **Reply #48 on:** August 30, 2009, 08:01:34 AM »

Well then you're in for a treat if you haven't seen these yet:

https://www.fuckthemeat.com/foto2/naziincolor/5.jpg

My favorite set of old colored pictures, Nazi Germany in colors.

Change the picture number in the link from 1 to 100, great stuff.

jasc15 · « **Reply #49 on:** August 30, 2009, 08:51:10 AM »

Amazing. The color photos make it seem so much more recent.

Sort of related; I visited a concentration camp last year, and my thoughts as i left were of just how recent it seemed. You may hear of horrific events like that in history, but they are typically removed from your awareness by centuries. This was practically yesterday, and that left me really feeling what I saw.

splent · « **Reply #50 on:** August 30, 2009, 08:56:10 AM »

This is from 1911. Man that's so awesome.

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #51 on:** August 30, 2009, 08:57:54 AM »

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #52 on:** August 30, 2009, 08:59:28 AM »

Sorry, but it had to be done...

"He went that way"

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #53 on:** August 30, 2009, 09:11:19 AM »

When you look at pictures like this, it makes you wonder how the hell they lost.

And this is awesome, because I don't think I've seen Hitler laughing/out of uniform before.

Progmetty · « **Reply #54 on:** August 30, 2009, 10:20:42 AM »

Quote from: cthrubuoy on August 30, 2009, 08:59:28 AM

Sorry, but it had to be done...
https://www.fuckthemeat.com/foto2/naziincolor/42.jpg

"He went that way"

DarkLord_Lalinc · « **Reply #55 on:** August 30, 2009, 10:40:10 AM »

Quote from: cthrubuoy on August 30, 2009, 09:11:19 AM

When you look at pictures like this, it makes you wonder how the hell they lost.

And this is awesome, because I don't think I've seen Hitler laughing/out of uniform before.

Whoa.

blackngold29 · « **Reply #56 on:** August 30, 2009, 08:52:48 PM »

The "Baker" explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military at Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, on 25 July 1946(1946-07-25). The wider, exterior cloud is actually just a condensation cloud caused by the Wilson chamber effect, and was very brief. There was no classic mushroom cloud rising to the stratosphere, but inside the condensation cloud the top of the water geyser formed a mushroom-like head called the cauliflower, which fell back into the lagoon (compare with this image, a photo taken slightly later, after the condensation cloud had cleared). The water released by the explosion was highly radioactive and contaminated many of the ships that were set up near it. Some were otherwise undamaged and sent to Hunter's Point in San Francisco, California, United States, for decontamination. Those which could not be decontaminated were sunk a number of miles off the coast of San Francisco. Full size: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg

SPNKr · « **Reply #57 on:** August 30, 2009, 11:36:55 PM »

^ ^
holy... fuck.. DUDE THAT LOOKS AWESOME!

Progmetty · « **Reply #58 on:** September 05, 2009, 11:45:12 AM »

Lou Salomé, Paul Rée and Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882.

Chino · « **Reply #59 on:** September 05, 2009, 12:40:43 PM »

I live in a town that more than 250 years old. We have a book of the whole history of our town. There are tons of pictures that show places 100+ years ago and how they are today, its really fascinating.

jasc15 · « **Reply #60 on:** September 05, 2009, 05:47:23 PM »

Quote from: metty on September 05, 2009, 11:45:12 AM

Lou Salomé, Paul Rée and Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882.

WTF? How has this not been stolen and used as a meme yet?

MetalJunkie · « **Reply #61 on:** September 05, 2009, 07:22:30 PM »

Quote from: Chino on September 05, 2009, 12:40:43 PM

I live in a town that more than 250 years old. We have a book of the whole history of our town. There are tons of pictures that show places 100+ years ago and how they are today, its really fascinating.

Please tell me it's Hill Valley?

Progmetty · « **Reply #62 on:** September 08, 2009, 04:44:39 PM »

I found this picture of Stalin, FDR, Churchill & Hitler, I thought it was brilliantly excuted, could make a great WW2 movie poster heh

splent · « **Reply #63 on:** September 08, 2009, 05:06:32 PM »

Quote from: blackngold29 on August 30, 2009, 08:52:48 PM

The "Baker" explosion, part of Operation Crossroads, a nuclear weapon test by the United States military at Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, on 25 July 1946(1946-07-25). The wider, exterior cloud is actually just a condensation cloud caused by the Wilson chamber effect, and was very brief. There was no classic mushroom cloud rising to the stratosphere, but inside the condensation cloud the top of the water geyser formed a mushroom-like head called the cauliflower, which fell back into the lagoon (compare with this image, a photo taken slightly later, after the condensation cloud had cleared). The water released by the explosion was highly radioactive and contaminated many of the ships that were set up near it. Some were otherwise undamaged and sent to Hunter's Point in San Francisco, California, United States, for decontamination. Those which could not be decontaminated were sunk a number of miles off the coast of San Francisco. Full size: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg

That article is very interesting...

Here it is at the moment it exploded

SPNKr · « **Reply #64 on:** September 08, 2009, 05:12:27 PM »

Quote from: jasc15 on September 05, 2009, 05:47:23 PM

Quote from: metty on September 05, 2009, 11:45:12 AM

Lou Salomé, Paul Rée and Friedrich Nietzsche, 1882.

WTF? How has this not been stolen and used as a meme yet?

I know!

Progmetty · « **Reply #65 on:** October 20, 2009, 02:56:44 AM »

Premiere night for a Chaplin movie in New York, 1940

SPNKr · « **Reply #66 on:** October 20, 2009, 02:59:58 AM »

Damn that's cool. Must of been chaos waiting to get in.

Progmetty · « **Reply #67 on:** October 20, 2009, 03:02:39 AM »

hehe yea, btw I think Police men uniform was much cooler back then!

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #68 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:22:02 AM »

Some of these pictures have been posted but this is a complete collection as far as I can tell. Really interesting!!
https://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/

Chino · « **Reply #69 on:** October 22, 2009, 07:45:48 AM »

Quote from: cthrubuoy on August 30, 2009, 08:57:54 AM

That just gave me chills.

News: Track-by-track video for Fall Into the Light: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ezfzdMpRc0

Author Topic: Very old photos (Read 21306 times)