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Next should be a composite of
Next should be a composite of well dressed men and women walking down Boylston from days of yore with the modern schlubby pants, tshirts and flipflops of today
And for that matter
Do one of a neighborhood that rapidly gentrified, for the reverse effect.
That grinning guy is hilarious
He's probably so psyched he's going to get his mug in the paper tomorrow.
How bout this guy?
Don't know if I'd call it a photo-bomb so much as a special guest appearance: https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/7343046948/in/photos...
These then and now pics are
These then and now pics are great! Note the reflection on the trunk of the overturned car... is that an old mailbox?
Looking at car wrecks...
It's kind of interesting looking at that photostream. The car accidents of yore look pretty messy. I suspect we're seeing a lot of fatal accidents. The cars then look pretty fragile compared to todays' wrecks. I guess a lot of people hoped to get their pictures in the paper standing in front of them. Pretty weird.
A prototype Storrowing is here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/7343025992/in/photos...
Eerie
That's great.
The city really should fix
The city really should fix that Do Not Enter sign. It's only been about 77 years.
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Is that supposed to be a 1930s photo?
what about those other cars?
No, it's a more modern photo
Taken a couple weeks ago. I'm layering elements of the older photos on new ones. One thing this particular photo taught me: Don't use the zoom on my point-and-shoot too much if I;m planning on blowing up part of the photo - things get kind of fuzzy.
Those round alarm boxes seem to survive everywhere....
If you look at another of the photos from the BPL car carnage collection (https://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/5687690060/in/set-72...) and then let Google street view take you to the corner of Rockville Park & Warren St. (https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3247,-71.082875,3a,75y,8.15h,72.21t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sHYbsLQqZ1JHwUUMa_eeCCQ!2e0) you'll see that the round alarm box is the ONLY element of the original photo that survives there. This whole collection is a treasure trove. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.