Old Photos

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John Baker posted this over in another thread. I thought it would be interesting to break out the photo link into a new thread.

These pictures were taken from color slides found at the Library of Congress. They are dated between 1939-1943. [/B]



The pictures are so clear, and the color is so vibrant, it looks as though they were taken just yesterday.



http://extras.denverpost.com/archive/captured.asp

Compare photo #52 to this (B&W) photo my dad took in 1946-1947:

 

[fgcason]

Those are fun.

When my dad was a kid the family went on a vacation and stayed in a B&B in Idledale CO in 1937. In 2007 I was not far from there so I went on a day trip on the motorcycle just out of curiosity. I figured I could at least find the stream and maybe the road based on the descriptions I've been told about. To my surprise, I found the B&B. It's still there 70 years later. A lot has changed however the building is still the same one. I could even identify the same stones on the little wall in places. Old photographs like that are like having a time machine.