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A website for exploring historical photographs of my city
https://yesterdays.maprva.org/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49273346
#HackerNews #historicalphotography #cityexploration #localhistory #vintagephotos
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19th-Century Portraits Reveal Deep Maternal Bonds in Victorian Era
📰 Original title: 35 Touching Mid-19th Century Portraits of Victorian Mothers and Children
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19th-Century Portraits Reveal Deep Maternal Bonds in Victorian Era
📰 Original title: 35 Touching Mid-19th Century Portraits of Victorian Mothers and Children
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Overall View, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/06/13/overall-barracks/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/971488628521736034“Commissioned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and built with convict labour, Hyde Park Barracks was the first convict barracks in the colony. Previously, convicts had been allowed to find their own accommodation, but by housing them in a barracks Macquarie hoped to increase their productivity and improve their moral character. The three-storey building with massive shingled roof and a simple yet striking façade was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway. So impressed was Macquarie with this design that he granted Greenway a full pardon”. – Museums of History NSW
#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Light and Shadow, Hyde Park Barracks 6, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/06/10/sun-shadow/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/970384980798299651“Commissioned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and built with convict labour, Hyde Park Barracks was the first convict barracks in the colony. Previously, convicts had been allowed to find their own accommodation, but by housing them in a barracks Macquarie hoped to increase their productivity and improve their moral character. The three-storey building with massive shingled roof and a simple yet striking façade was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway. So impressed was Macquarie with this design that he granted Greenway a full pardon”. – Museums of History NSW
#light #sun #shadow #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Historic Photographs Show the Important Role of Dogs During the American Civil War
📰 Original title: Dogs of the Civil War: Loyal Companions in a Time of Conflict
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Historic Photographs Show the Important Role of Dogs During the American Civil War
📰 Original title: Dogs of the Civil War: Loyal Companions in a Time of Conflict
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Photographs Document Daily Life in Freer, Texas, During the 1938 Oil Boom
📰 Original title: Amazing Photographs Capture Everyday Life in the Frontier Oil Town of Freer, Texas in 1938
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Photographs Document Daily Life in Freer, Texas, During the 1938 Oil Boom
📰 Original title: Amazing Photographs Capture Everyday Life in the Frontier Oil Town of Freer, Texas in 1938
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Palimpsest Signage, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/06/07/signage/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/969299126413281032In textual studies, a palimpsest (/ˈpælɪmpsɛst/) is a manuscript page, either from a scroll or a book, from which the text has been scraped or washed off in preparation for reuse[1] in the form of another document.[2] Parchment was made of lamb, calf, or goat skin and was expensive and not readily available, so, in the interest of economy, a page was often re-used by scraping off the previous writing. In colloquial usage, the term palimpsest is also used in architecture, archaeology and geomorphology to denote an object made or worked upon for one purpose and later reused for another; for example, a monumental brass on which the blank reverse side has been re-engraved.[3 — Wikipedia
#palimpsest #signage #reuse #hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Convict Manacles 2, Hyde Park Barracks 6, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/06/03/manacles-2/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/967842773516512865#manacles #hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography
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Convict Manacles, Hyde Park Barracks 6, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/05/25/manacles-1/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/964633452678600764“Commissioned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and built with convict labour, Hyde Park Barracks was the first convict barracks in the colony. Previously, convicts had been allowed to find their own accommodation, but by housing them in a barracks Macquarie hoped to increase their productivity and improve their moral character. The three-storey building with massive shingled roof and a simple yet striking façade was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway. So impressed was Macquarie with this design that he granted Greenway a full pardon”. – Museums of History NSW
#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Hallway, Hyde Park Barracks 6, Sydney, NSW, Australia
http://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/05/19/hallway-barracks/
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“Commissioned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and built with convict labour, Hyde Park Barracks was the first convict barracks in the colony. Previously, convicts had been allowed to find their own accommodation, but by housing them in a barracks Macquarie hoped to increase their productivity and improve their moral character. The three-storey building with massive shingled roof and a simple yet striking façade was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway. So impressed was Macquarie with this design that he granted Greenway a full pardon”. – Museums of History NSW
#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Roof Detail, Hyde Park Barracks 6, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/05/16/roof-barracks/
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“Commissioned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and built with convict labour, Hyde Park Barracks was the first convict barracks in the colony. Previously, convicts had been allowed to find their own accommodation, but by housing them in a barracks Macquarie hoped to increase their productivity and improve their moral character. The three-storey building with massive shingled roof and a simple yet striking façade was designed by convict architect Francis Greenway. So impressed was Macquarie with this design that he granted Greenway a full pardon”. – Museums of History NSW
#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Original Convict Clothing, Hyde Park Barracks 6, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/04/30/barracks-clothing/
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“Commissioned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and built with convict labour, Hyde Park Barracks was the first convict barracks in the colony. Previously, convicts had been allowed to find their own accommodation, but by housing them in a barracks Macquarie hoped to increase their productivity and improve their moral character. – Museums of History NSW
#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Convict Hammocks, Hyde Park Barracks 5, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/04/21/barracks-6/
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“Commissioned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and built with convict labour, Hyde Park Barracks was the first convict barracks in the colony. Previously, convicts had been allowed to find their own accommodation, but by housing them in a barracks Macquarie hoped to increase their productivity and improve their moral character.
#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Ziegfeld costume, Sydney, between 1915-1930 by Sam Hood (photography)
#photography #costuming #ziegfeld #historicalphotography #costumedesign #art #ziegfeldfollies -
Architectural Roof Detail, Hyde Park Barracks 5, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/04/13/barracks-5/
Follow My Photos on Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.social/p/douglaswelch/949381565835440946
#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Hyde Park Barracks 4, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/04/11/barracks-4/
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“Commissioned by Governor Lachlan Macquarie and built with convict labour, Hyde Park Barracks was the first convict barracks in the colony. Previously, convicts had been allowed to find their own accommodation, but by housing them in a barracks
#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Hyde Park Barracks Museum Display, Sydney, NSW, Australia
A display highlighting the names and crimes of some convicts “transported” to Australia.
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/04/09/barracks-museum/
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#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, NSW, Australia
https://welchwrite.com/blog/2026/04/07/barracks-1/
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#hydeparkbarracks #sydneyhistory #convicthistory #australianheritage #unescoworldheritage #sydneyaustralia #colonialarchitecture #historiclandmark #sydneyphotography #visitnsw #architecturalheritage #oldworldcharm #sydneytravel #historicsites #australianhistory #macquarie #brickarchitecture #exploresydney #historicalphotography #heritagebuilding
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The State Capitol Building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 1973. #harrisburg #pennsylvania #harrisburgpennsylvania #harrisburgpa #1970s #vintagephoto #capitol #capital #statecapitol #statecapitol #statecapitolbuilding #eastcoast #easternstates #dome #domes #domedarchitecture #architecture #architecturelovers #historical #history #historicalphotography #summertime #mapletree #mapletrees #mapleleaves
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The Pennsylvania State Capitol Building in Harrisburg. 1973. #harrisburg #pennsylvania #harrisburgpennsylvania #harrisburgpa #1970s #vintagephoto #capitol #capital #statecapitol #statecapitol #statecapitolbuilding #eastcoast #easternstates #dome #domes #domedarchitecture #architecture #architecturelovers #historical #history #historicalphotography #summertime #mapletree #mapletrees #mapleleaves
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Remnants of Dehumanization at Auschwitz II-Birkenau
Walking through the preserved barracks at Auschwitz II-Birkenau confronts visitors with the stark reality of life and death in Nazi concen...
https://inphotos.org/2026/01/31/remnants-of-dehumanization-at-auschwitz-ii-birkenau/
#Auschwitz #AuschwitzBirkenau #Birkenau #BlackAndWhite #GenocideMemorial #HistoricalDocumentation #HistoricalPhotography #HolocaustEducation #HolocaustMemorial #HumanRights #NaziConcentrationCamps #Photo #Photography #Poland #WorldWarIIHistory
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Remnants of Dehumanization at Auschwitz II-Birkenau
Walking through the preserved barracks at Auschwitz II-Birkenau confronts visitors with the stark reality of life and death in Nazi concentration camps. This photograph captures one of the sanitation sheds, where rows of crude concrete benches with circular openings served as communal toilets for thousands of prisoners.
Under the holes ran open cesspits or channels, not plumbing. Prisoners had to sit shoulder-to-shoulder, with no privacy at all. There was no running water, toilet paper, or sanitation as we’d understand it.
Prisoners were allowed to use the latrines only at fixed times, usually twice a day. Each use was limited to a few minutes for hundreds of people. Missing roll call because of illness or diarrhea could lead to severe punishment or death.
It was part of the systematic dehumanization of prisoners.
Visiting sites like Auschwitz-Birkenau or viewing documentary photographs serves multiple purposes: honoring the memory of victims, educating future generations, and reinforcing our collective responsibility to recognize and resist hatred, discrimination, and dehumanization in all its forms.
I suspect this is a lesson being forgotten or denied by many today.
27 January 1945 | On Saturday, at around 9 a.m., the first Soviet soldier from a reconnaissance unit of the 100th Infantry Division appeared on the grounds of the prisoners’ infirmary in Monowitz. The entire division arrived half an hour later. The same day a military doctor arrived and began to organize assistance.
In the afternoon soldiers of the Red Army entered the vicinity of the Auschwitz main camp and Birkenau. Near the main camp, they met resistance from retreating German units. 231 Red Army soldiers died in close combat for the liberation of Auschwitz, Birkenau and Monowitz. Two of them died in front of the gates of Auschwitz main camp. One of them was Lieutenant Gilmudin Badryjewicz Baszirow.
The first Red Army troops arrived in Birkenau and Auschwitz at around 3 p.m. and were joyfully greeted by the liberated prisoners. After the removal of mines from the surrounding area, soldiers of the 60th Army of the 1st Ukrainian Front marched into the camp and brought freedom to the prisoners who were still alive. On the grounds of the main camp were 48 corpses and in Birkenau were over 600 corpses of male and female prisoners who were shot or died in the last few days.
At the time of the Red Army’s arrival, there were 7,000 sick and exhausted prisoners in the Auschwitz, Birkenau and Monowitz camps.
Apertureƒ/8CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length25mmISO12800Shutter speed1/320s #Auschwitz #AuschwitzBirkenau #Birkenau #BlackAndWhite #GenocideMemorial #HistoricalDocumentation #HistoricalPhotography #HolocaustEducation #HolocaustMemorial #humanRights #NaziConcentrationCamps #Photo #Photography #Poland #WorldWarIIHistory -
Tropical plants in the Egyptian Room, Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London, by Philip Henry Delamotte 1854 (photography)
#philiphenrydelamotte #photography #crystalpalace #historicalphotography #architecture #horticulture -
General View with the Elephant Statue, Villa Orsini, Bomarzo, Italy likely by Herbert List, circa 1952; occasionally attributed to Brassaï in secondary sources (photography)
#herblist #brassaï #bomarzo #villaorsini #historicalphotography #photography #ParcodeiMostri #renaissance #sculpture -
CPA Chien Chiens La Salamandre dans tous les pays Russie Russia Levrier
#VintagePostcard #AntiquePostcard #DogPostcard #Greyhound #RussianGreyhound #Borzoi #DogHistory #CaninePhotography #VintageDogs #AnimalPostcard #HistoricalPhotography
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CPA Chien Chiens La Salamandre dans tous les pays Russie Russia Levrier www.cpaphil.com/prod... #VintagePostcard #AntiquePostcard #DogPostcard #Greyhound #RussianGreyhound #Borzoi #DogHistory #CaninePhotography #VintageDogs #AnimalPostcard #HistoricalPhotography
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Découverte d'un fond photographique inédit sur les soldats de la Grande Guerre.
A new discovery: photos of soldiers during WWI.
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David B. Woodbury's "Military Bridge" encapsulates the struggle and resilience of Civil War soldiers against nature's might. The serene beauty contrasts with the precariousness of their endeavor. How does this image evoke feelings of both serenity and tension?
#CivilWarArt #HistoricalPhotography #ClevelandArt
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Photograph taken in Thurles around 1940. Why was the road so wide? So that cattle/sheep could be driven to market, maybe? Another reason?
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbeg/41582
#Ireland #IrishHistory #Tipperary #CountyTipperary #Thurles #HistoricalPhotography
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@salvomic is passionate about historical and archaeological photography and has spent time in Tunisia photographing an archaeological mission.
See his work, plus other hand-picked stories about the art of documenting history and artifacts, in this curated collection (also featured today in @Flipboard's The Shot newsletter).
https://flipboard.com/@salvomic/documenting-the-past-with-historical-photography-n74rv8b9l7m082i7
