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10+ Of The Oldest Color Photos Showing What The World Looked Like 100 Years Ago (Original Post) underpants Jun 2017 OP
Those are wonderful. brer cat Jun 2017 #1
Love the bird hunter! MontanaMama Jun 2017 #2
Me too..... panader0 Jun 2017 #7
Well, yeah Turbineguy Jun 2017 #11
Machine? You mean MontanaMama Jun 2017 #12
Nah Lokilooney Jun 2017 #17
They call this "Heinz and Eva on the hillside," but I know Heidi and Peter when I see them! tblue37 Jun 2017 #3
I love vintage pictures especially in color. rec gordianot Jun 2017 #4
Loved them all. sinkingfeeling Jun 2017 #5
these are pretty amazing n/t Hamlette Jun 2017 #6
Loved them! Thanks. I'm bookmarking to view again. Kahuna7 Jun 2017 #8
To the "cool" list! NRaleighLiberal Jun 2017 #9
Thank you for posting this. The pictures are stunning. n/t sarge43 Jun 2017 #10
thanks for sharing . stonecutter357 Jun 2017 #13
A La Recherche weydowner Jun 2017 #14
The Old Bridge, Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina hunter Jun 2017 #15
Ah, there was a lovely little restaurant on the river near the base of the moonscape Jun 2017 #25
Great pictures ornotna Jun 2017 #16
Astonishing. dchill Jun 2017 #18
Great pics, thx for posting. The kid in the plane had to be the envy dae Jun 2017 #19
Merci beaucoup! beveeheart Jun 2017 #20
Thanks for this! zentrum Jun 2017 #21
They're like something out of a dream... Aristus Jun 2017 #22
Thanks for posting, I viewed all 13 collections. I was amazed at how much like today they are. downeastdaniel Jun 2017 #23
I loved these photos! lucca18 Jun 2017 #24
Love these Juliusseizure Jun 2017 #26
These are amazing! smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #27

Lokilooney

(322 posts)
17. Nah
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 09:14 PM
Jun 2017

I'm pretty sure he meant machine gun referring to the solders pointing it in the air.

And then there is the first color photograph.

weydowner

(100 posts)
14. A La Recherche
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 08:16 PM
Jun 2017

Almost all of these photographs could be illustrations of Marcel Proust's work. Even more so seeing that he could see the exact same sights and people with his own eyes, writing, as he was, at the same time.
Is this air of faint melancholy and wistfulness because of this or is it just that the modern viewer has a knowledge of the mess that camr afterwards?
Mon Dieu, la nostalgie!

hunter

(38,317 posts)
15. The Old Bridge, Mostar, Bosnia Herzegovina
Fri Jun 16, 2017, 08:16 PM
Jun 2017


http://www.boredpanda.com/bosnia-herzegovina-mostar-1913/

The Old Bridge stood for 427 years, until it was destroyed on 9 November 1993 by Croat forces during the Croat–Bosniak War. Subsequently, a project was set in motion to reconstruct it, and the rebuilt bridge opened on 23 July 2004.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stari_Most

A lot of these pictures are a reminder that war sucks. There are builders, and there are destroyers.

Thankfully the builders prevail most days.


moonscape

(4,673 posts)
25. Ah, there was a lovely little restaurant on the river near the base of the
Sun Jun 18, 2017, 03:53 PM
Jun 2017

bridge where I had one of the best red wines I had ever had. Asked the server what it was, wrote it down, and went to the market to find it. Success! It was 50 cents a bottle! Bought 2 cases would bring one out for dinner when visiting/staying with family or friends on the trip. But - I would only bring it out already opened, for dinner, because the wine didn't have a cork but a bottle cap! This was late 80's ...

Invariably there were raves, and then I would reveal the cap

Broke my heart when the bridge was destroyed - have not been back to see the new one. Thanks for posting.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
27. These are amazing!
Thu Jun 22, 2017, 05:02 AM
Jun 2017

I love vintage photographs. I could look at them forever. Thanks for posting! Just beautiful.

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