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mixedmedia · 10-04-2009, 06:00 AM

For those into such things...I find I am getting more and more interested in early photography. There is a fantastic collection of images here.

Shorpy Historic Photo Archive | Best Pix on the Net

THE 100-YEAR-OLD PHOTO BLOG
Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photography blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago.

filtherton · 10-04-2009, 06:21 AM

Thanks, MM. That's pretty sweet.

fresnelly · 10-04-2009, 07:26 AM

Cool! I love looking through old civic photos.

The City of Toronto Archives also has an extensive collection of digitized photos online.

City of Toronto: Archives: List of digitized photographs

It's a frustrating excersize to browse through but fascinating once you get going.

Once you've clicked on a Series link, click "Browse" where it says "Record consists of". That will open another window indexing the links to the individual photos of the series. When you click ona link, you'll get the details and a thumbnail. Click on that and you get a photo.

The one from a Health department survey in 1912 is entitled Interior Occupied - Slum on the north side of King St. E.

This one is of a crowd looking at car accident in Christie Pits in 1910.

mixedmedia · 10-04-2009, 08:17 AM

excellent, fresnelly! thank you.

Bill O'Rights · 10-04-2009, 09:13 AM

Well...there goes the rest of my day.

rurp · 10-04-2009, 06:48 PM

What a spectacular find.

I gave away an hour of my life

GreyWolf · 10-05-2009, 06:06 AM

Not totally off topic... there's an interesting Time article on photo-manipulation for artistc, editorial, or political reasons. A few of them show it's been going on for well over 100 years.

Top 10 Doctored Photos - Photo Essays - TIME

Leto · 10-05-2009, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fresnelly

This one is of a crowd looking at car accident in Christie Pits in 1910.

Thanks Fresnelly, I'll take particular interest in this site! I like the name of the company in the background of this photo.

The Constructing & Paving Co

It was a simpler time eh?

10-04-2009, 06:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
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fresnelly Functionally Appropriate Location: Toronto	Cool! I love looking through old civic photos. The City of Toronto Archives also has an extensive collection of digitized photos online. City of Toronto: Archives: List of digitized photographs It's a frustrating excersize to browse through but fascinating once you get going. Once you've clicked on a Series link, click "Browse" where it says "Record consists of". That will open another window indexing the links to the individual photos of the series. When you click ona link, you'll get the details and a thumbnail. Click on that and you get a photo. The one from a Health department survey in 1912 is entitled Interior Occupied - Slum on the north side of King St. E. This one is of a crowd looking at car accident in Christie Pits in 1910. __________________ Building an artificial intelligence that appreciates Mozart is easy. Building an A.I. that appreciates a theme restaurant is the real challenge - Kit Roebuck - Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life Last edited by fresnelly; 10-04-2009 at 07:56 AM..

10-04-2009, 08:17 AM	#4 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	excellent, fresnelly! thank you. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

10-04-2009, 09:13 AM	#5 (permalink)
Bill O'Rights will always be an Alyson Hanniganite Location: In the dust of the archives	Well...there goes the rest of my day. __________________ "I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony "Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.

10-05-2009, 06:06 AM	#7 (permalink)
GreyWolf Sober Location: Eastern Canada	Not totally off topic... there's an interesting Time article on photo-manipulation for artistc, editorial, or political reasons. A few of them show it's been going on for well over 100 years. Top 10 Doctored Photos - Photo Essays - TIME __________________ *The secret to great marksmanship is deciding what the target was AFTER you've shot.*

10-04-2009, 06:21 AM	#2 (permalink)
filtherton Junkie Location: In the land of ice and snow.	Thanks, MM. That's pretty sweet.

10-04-2009, 06:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
rurp Upright Location: USAican	What a spectacular find. I gave away an hour of my life