DeadMalls.com. Машина времени | США | Начало XX века. 02:29 pm - Машина времени | США | Начало XX века 1900 | Scranton, Pennsylvania. "Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad yards" Как-то давно для одного проекта я искал старые фото и практически соврешенно случайно натолкнулся на сайт www.shorpy.com, где расположена огромная подборка фотографий Америки, в том числе и начала прошлого века.
Очень много снимков на больших пластинах (8 х 10 дюймов чуть ли не самый ходовой размер там), на удивление с выской детализацией и проработкой. Снимки 1870-1920 годов очень интересно разглядывать, потому что, на мой взгляд, это совершенно не наша эпоха. Под катом 100 больших фотографий (1200 пикселей по длинной стороне), так что кому-то может и будет неудобно смотреть. 002 | 1862 | On the James River in Virginia. 003 | 1864 | "James River, Virginia. 004 | 1865 | "City Point, Virginia (vicinity). 005 | 1890 | Florida. 006 | 1896 | U.S.S. 007 | 1897 | "Commodore H.M. 008 | 1897 | "Berth deck cooks, U.S.S. 009 | 1897 | "U.S.S. 010 | 1898 | "U.S.S.
WhatWasThere - Put history in its place! An alternative view of New York | Forgotten New York. Never-before-seen photos from 100 years ago tell vivid story of gritty New York City. By Associated Press Published: 13:31 GMT, 24 April 2012 | Updated: 19:55 GMT, 24 April 2012 Almost a million images of New York and its municipal operations have been made public for the first time on the internet.
The city's Department of Records officially announced the debut of the photo database. Culled from the Municipal Archives collection of more than 2.2 million images going back to the mid-1800s, the 870,000 photographs feature all manner of city oversight -- from stately ports and bridges to grisly gangland killings. Always moving: Workers dig in Delancy Street on New York's Lower East Side in this photo dated July 29, 1908. The historical pictures released online for the first time show New York in the late 19th and early 20th centuries A bridge too far?
Genesis of a icon: In this June 5, 1908 photo, the Manhattan Bridge is less than a shell, seen from Washington Street. 'We all knew that we had fantastic photograph collections that no one would even guess that we had,' he said.