Thanks for the photo site! I'm reading The Slave's War, the Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves right now. I think the older I get the more history interests me.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just wasted a perfectly good hour on this blog featuring old high- > resolution photos, from Civil War days to the 1970s (most of the > photos are from the first half of the 20th century). The subjects of > the photos are a mixture, from very ordinary scenes of buildings and > stores, to people working or having fun, to posed glamour shots. Each > has a separate link to view the photo full-size to see the details. > The clarity of most of the photos is amazing. > > A few that struck me from the ones I went through: > > 1864. "Fredericksburg, Va. Soldiers filling canteens." > http://www.shorpy.com/node/4239 > > 1920. "Oldsmobile Sales Co., Rock Creek Park." > http://www.shorpy.com/node/4238 > > 1925. "Margaret Gorman with 'Long Goodie.'" > http://www.shorpy.com/node/4230 > > 1912. "I could stay in Atlantic City forever." > http://www.shorpy.com/Atlantic-City-Forever > > England, 1940-41. "Battle of Britain. Children in an > English bomb shelter." > http://www.shorpy.com/node/3572 > > My favorite so far: > > 1924. Ambushed by Angels. > http://www.shorpy.com/node/4337 > > Some of the more mundane photos are absolutely > stunning compositions: > > 1928. "Washington Sanitarium. Takoma Park, Maryland. > Office of Inpatient Nurses." > http://www.shorpy.com/node/4236 > > 1942. "Road out of Romney, West Virginia." > http://www.shorpy.com/node/4163 > > 1941. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyards, Baltimore. > http://www.shorpy.com/node/2766 >
