Old photos

    The data for the photo indicates it was taken in Pratt, Kansas in 1911.  That's way before my time, but I do vaguely remember seeing telephone poles with gobs of lines like this as a kid when riding in the family car.

Niagara Falls long ago

   The year was 1908.

On this day in History

    170 years ago today, on June 25, 1848, the first instance of Photojournalism occurred, during a short-lived revolution in France called the June Days Uprising.  (Wiki it).

    The first photograph, taken on June 25, shows the barricades thrown up by the workers. The "Before" pic.

The second photograph, taken a day later, is the "After" pic, after the French army swept in obliterated the workers' movement.

   Sadly, it's of poorer quality.  Sadly, there were 10,000 casualties in quelling the uprising.  Happily, Photojournalism was born and is still with us today.

History Sunday!

    I totally love historical photographs.

Facial Hair

    Dude!  It's about your facial hair.  I'm almost scared to think of what you'd look like with a full bread.

Izmir in the 1800's

I simply love photos from a century or so ago. Part of this is hereditary. Both my dad and grandfather were shutterbugs. Indeed, my grandpa was doing Photoshop stuff (albeit without a computer and software) 100 years ago. . But I digress. The photos shown here are not family pics. They are from a link sent to me by a friend in Turkey. You can see the full set of these pics here. . Yeah, the site's in Turkish. No problem. Just click on the links there to see pictures, some of which go back as far as 1865. .

The photos are of Izmir, one of the major cities in Turkey. FYI, it used to be called Smyrna. It sits on the coast of the Aegean sea. One of these days I'll post some modern pics of Izmir. It's a place that I would dearly like to visit someday.