Old photo site

[DARISC]

Just stumbled onto this site; thousands of old hi res photos, pretty cool:

Shorpy Historic Photo Archive | Vintage Fine Art Prints

April 1865. "Cold Harbor, Va. Collecting bones of soldiers killed in the battle." Photograph from the main Eastern theater of war, Grant's Wilderness Campaign, May-June 1864. Wet plate glass negative by John Reekie
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[gassy]

Fun. So cool to look at the hi res versions. Love the beach shots. Thanks for the link.

[Racerbvd]

Thanks for sharing, I have always loved history and these pix are are a great view back..

[masraum]

That link has been posted before. It's very cool. Some/most of those photos can be viewed in their hi-res mode which means you can really zoom in on stuff and see detail. Some of the architecture and small details are really amazing. It's like going back in history.

[DARISC]

Originally Posted by masraum

...Some/most of those photos can be viewed in their hi-res mode which means you can really zoom in on stuff and see detail...

Yep. High res, but small, sq. inch wise. Here's specs on the full pic and a zoom on the car's steering wheel:

[campbellcj]

Thanks for post this - it's a very cool site! Many of the photos are "large format" 8x10" glass plate negatives which is why the detail is so good.