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lashbear 07-28-2010 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex (Post 330225)
I almost made a joke that would have best been in the tasteless joke thread and even then I'd probably have gotten in trouble.

Oh, Cmon! We have to hear this one.

Alex 07-28-2010 08:51 PM

By the way, the entire 1700 photograph FSA color photo archive is available online at the Library of Congress:

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search?s...&c=100&co=fsac

If you want to see the 170,000 black and white photographs produced by the same program that would be here:

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search?st=grid&c=100&co=fsa

If old color photographs fascinate you, you might also be interested in these from Russia in the period 1906-1915:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/pp...800/04842r.jpg

Example:



The online catalog of the Prints & Photographs Reading Room is, in general, just an amazing resource.

Alex 07-28-2010 08:52 PM

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Originally Posted by lashbear (Post 330230)
Oh, Cmon! We have to hear this one.

Trust me, you don't. I'm ashamed of me.

Capt Jack 07-28-2010 09:14 PM

my dad was already off fighting the war at the tender age of 19 or 20 when a lot of these pictures were taken. an incredible look at the world he often talked about, but I could never truly imagine.

even seeing it, its hard to imagine

endless thanks for those

JWBear 07-28-2010 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lashbear (Post 330224)

One of them.

JWBear 07-28-2010 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 330231)
By the way, the entire 1700 photograph FSA color photo archive is available online at the Library of Congress:

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search?s...&c=100&co=fsac

Ooooo.... Thanks!

lashbear 07-28-2010 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex (Post 330232)
Trust me, you don't. I'm ashamed of me.

Well, you've killed my cat, but I'll let it go for now. ;)

Cadaverous Pallor 07-29-2010 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alex (Post 330231)
If old color photographs fascinate you, you might also be interested in these from Russia in the period 1906-1915:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/service/pnp/pp...800/04842r.jpg

Links only to the image.

Alex 07-29-2010 08:49 AM

Whoops. It is the Prokudin-Gorskii Collection, accessible from the general link at the end of my post.

But here's the gallery link for that collection:

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search?s...&c=100&co=prok

Cadaverous Pallor 07-29-2010 10:45 AM

It's funny how easy it is to think that these people lived black and white lives.


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