Excellent Website

Mrs. Carl BrutananadilewskiHall of Famer

I recently stumbled upon this website, Link and think it is wonderful---I've been absorbed! It is a blog with beautiful old photographs, so it appeals to history & photography buffs alike.

If you visit the site, be sure to read about Shorpy---he was an Alabamian and the inspiration for the creation of the website (on the right column, click on "Shorpy's Page").

Also be sure to note the "Photo Galleries", also linked in the right column, for topics that may interest you. I loved looking at the "Pretty Girls" gallery (so interesting, the look and fashions of the time, and the natural beauties)and in the "Animals" gallery, in the dog section there is a photo from Sheffield, AL (may be other local photos on the site, I haven't covered much ground, yet).

Bonus? The website design is nice, and won't give you a headache!

9/4/083:20 PM

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MarianLibrarianHall of Famer

That site is really neat. I love the color photos from the 40s. You so rarely see color photos from that period; it really makes the people seem alive.

9/4/083:53 PM

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Mrs. Carl BrutananadilewskiHall of Famer

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Originally posted by MarianLibrarian:
That site is really neat. I love the color photos from the 40s. You so rarely see color photos from that period; it really makes the people seem alive.

I love them, too! They are Kodachromes. Makes me think of the Simon & Garfunkel song (some lyrics):

Chorus:
Kodachrome, they give us those nice bright colours
They give us the greens of summers
Makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh yeah
I got a Nikon camera, I love to take a photograph
So mama don't take my Kodachrome away

And from reading the site, the cameras and negatives were huge, which lends so much detail to the photos. I'm glad you like the site, it's different.

9/4/084:09 PM

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gracies old manPost Master

No Garfunkel, just Paul Simon. Recorded in Muscle Shoals, tho.

9/4/085:55 PM

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Mrs. Carl BrutananadilewskiHall of Famer

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Originally posted by gracies old man:
No Garfunkel, just Paul Simon. Recorded in Muscle Shoals, tho.

You're right, it is just Paul. I didn't know it was recorded in Muscle Shoals---that's pretty neat!

9/4/086:35 PM

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thehippiegirl is gone.Post Master

thanks mrs carl! i have passed this on to several friends.

9/4/0810:10 PM

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Mrs. Carl BrutananadilewskiHall of Famer

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Originally posted by thehippiegirl:
thanks mrs carl! i have passed this on to several friends.

I'm glad you like it! I can't pull myself away from it. When I see a photo that interests me (almost all of them), I click to see it full size, I study the details intently, then I read the comments and go back to the picture to note the missed details that others are pointing out. Phew! If only I were getting paid...

9/4/0810:47 PM

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skyryderHall of Famer

could you give the web address? I can't link to it for some reason...

9/5/083:37 AM

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DONNA CHall of Famer

Skyryder, Just do as I did, just type Link into your web browser. Mine didn't work with the link either. But when I put in the address myself, it worked. Good Luck

9/5/084:22 AM

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Mrs. Carl BrutananadilewskiHall of Famer

I corrected the link above---I had typed out the web address, forgetting that the TD now auto. makes it simply say "link". I had a comma in there, that's why it wouldn't work.

It's www dot shorpy dot com.

9/5/088:05 AM

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BellaSwanHall of Famer

Cool website. Thanks Mrs Carl! I will have to show this to my Grandmother, she'll love it.

9/6/085:12 AM

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^PuF^Old Faithful

Great place to spend time!
I get lost in old photos.....wondering who the people are, if they are still lviving and why they were in that particular place when the picture was taken, etc.

The photos in this site remind me of Reminisce magazine. Anyone else familair with it?

9/6/087:15 AM

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