Thanks for sharing those links. I love old photos- its almost as if you can feel yourself back in that time if you let your mind relax into it. The photos seem to allow the transition from history to "now", illustrating that not much has changed in the time that has elapsed and life is the same, even "way back then".
--- 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 >
