Category Archives: Old photo news

Sometimes a bag of random snapshots can throw up some real gems, like this atmospheric pub shot http://t.co/Zv2BQq3r # Here's another atmospheric snapshot discovery, this one a lady in a window http://t.co/HW1AI5vI # Love this: "picking Christmas Bells at Lime … Continue reading →

My friend @marknesbittuk has just shared a movie of his grandparents' wedding in Toronto, 1932. That's 80 years ago! http://t.co/88S3BXZF # #OTDIH Duke of Gloucester opens War Memorial, Hyde Park, Sydney, 24 Nov 1938 (photo: Sam Hood via @statelibrarynsw) http://t.co/Yp3ei6tY … Continue reading →

Love this – just been contacted by this lady's great, great nephew! Mrs Charles Sealy, nee Nellie Harris, Sept 1886 http://t.co/N0uIpLY7 # #OTDIH Liberty Week volunteers coaxing airman into buying a pineapple, Queen Street Brisbane, 21 Nov 1941 http://t.co/65xmCstO via … Continue reading →

Fascinating study of William England's stereoviews >>> MT @StereoGerli: please have a look at: http://t.co/sxo0Opx7 for my project. # Nice 🙂 RT @thanatos_net: My eBay auction for a very unusual 1850s multi-view daguerreotype — http://t.co/ws7X0iVT # Great images. I shot … Continue reading →

Signing off for a couple of days to work on @APennyPerMile at @charityhack – back bleary eyed on Monday. # Don't forget to check 'On this day' tomorrow: http://t.co/QhJ1yCml (oooh, 1857 – launch of Great Eastern), and Sunday: http://t.co/CteT7iQ8 # … Continue reading →

Six lovely #OTDIH images from @biblio_tlse, taken in Limoges and Uzerche, France, 27 Oct 1893 http://t.co/1nf2xCtc # As last year, for every click of this 1907 pic of a moustachioed John Hook I'll donate 10p to charity http://t.co/VPZx5vFF @MovemberUK # … Continue reading →

Like maps & old images? 27,000+ Flickr Commons pics on interactive map http://t.co/cJWfJ051 Let me know what you think # New photo: Map of >27,000 historic images from Flickr Commons: whatsthatpicture posted a photo: In the past … http://t.co/6CZq5cRS # … Continue reading →

Another mainstream article about the Lewis Hine child labour images – http://t.co/5N6bELH3 – nice to see lots of large images not thumbnails # New photo: My great grandmother, Agnes Susan Lilian Casey, 1910s: whatsthatpicture posted a photo: Agnes Sus… http://t.co/VrPFbOvL … Continue reading →

New photo: Family photo album – leather cover: whatsthatpicture posted a photo: This little album contains 3… http://t.co/zvEvj9Iq # New photo: Family photo album – ornate frontispiece: whatsthatpicture posted a photo: This little album cont… http://t.co/xwBiagHp # New photo: Thomas … Continue reading →

Wow, it really was like that, not just in the films! RT @nickstanhope: Amazing Mexican overlay http://t.co/6i4yDOok # Lovely early cycling photo, and one of my own relatives! Rubin Humphery, my great, great grandmother's brother http://t.co/OQrCUwoQ # New photo: Rubin … Continue reading →