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January 10, 1925. Washington, D.C. “Fire at S. Kanns warehouse, Eighth and D streets N.W.” National Photo Company Collection glass negative. Source: www.shorpy.com

A fascinating site. Lots and lots of interesting photographs. Of course they’re not all great photographs, but they do reflect the life of their period. Most are taken with large format cameras and the range of tones and overall sharpness is remarkable. It almost makes me feel like taking up large format photography.

Shorpy.com | History in HD is a vintage photo blog featuring thousands of high-definition images from the 1850s to 1950s. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago.

via Shorpy Historic Picture Archive | Vintage Photos & Fine Art Prints.

Photographs are also available for sale.

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