Archive for the ‘History’ Category

A collection of snapshots

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Liam sent me this link earlier this evening.

My Father's Kodachrome and B&W Contributions

This Wikipedia user has scanned and uploaded some of his father's old photographs, from America and Europe, seemingly from the 1960s. What strikes me is the difference that still existed between places, a far cry from the homogenous urban and suburban landscapes of today.

What attracted me most was the comparison I could draw between London and Chicago at the time.

800px-Marina_City_,_Chicago_,_Kodachrome_by_Chalmers_Butterfield 800px-London_,_Kodachrome_by_Chalmers_Butterfield

Flying over Russia during WWII

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

EnglishRussia is an amazing source of bizarre and entrancing images, videos and stories from Russia. Their slogan is "Because something cool happens daily on 1/6 of the Earth's surface", and I really have to agree. They regularly dig up archive photos from Russia during Soviet times, during WWII, and even before Soviet times.

Luftwaffe funeral?

Luftwaffe funeral?

In this post, there are a mixture of photos taken from the air and on the ground by Nazi German pilots in the Luftwaffe during WWII, flying over cities in Russia. There are some miscellaneous other photos mixed in too.

Here's the link: http://englishrussia.com/?p=2952

With the gunner at the turret

With the gunner at the turret