Posted by Ron Pederson on March 15, 2011 at 8:55 AM
Thought I’d share this link…it’s a collection of over 200 landscape panoramic photographs (mostly American) from the late 19th and early 20th century that have been digitized for archival purposes by the Library of Congress. Many of you have photographed these places and might be curious (Yosemite, Hetch-Hetchy, Garden of the Gods, etc.).
Most of these images have small, medium and large versions – by large I’m talking 5 to 10 MB in size. If you have high-speed access you might get to see details of a silver gelatin print after 120 years (with dial-up I didn’t try). They aren’t in the best of shape, and you’re more likely to see credit given to the Pillsbury Picture Co., or the Pacific Photo Co. rather than an Ansel Adams – they aren’t the best of the best, but I found them fascinating.
Posted by Garry Revesz on March 23, 2011 at 11:14 AM
Great link, Ron. Thanks for sharing, but it's all your fault I blew an hour going through them and couldn't stop. They are fascinating. It's like an addiction; oh, "just one more".
These are great! I'm planning a trip to Yellowstone and I'm pulling a few of the photos from this LOC collection to replicate like the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone photo. I think it'd be cool to do a then and now comparison. Thanks for sharing this link Ron.
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3 repliesMost of these images have small, medium and large versions – by large I’m talking 5 to 10 MB in size. If you have high-speed access you might get to see details of a silver gelatin print after 120 years (with dial-up I didn’t try). They aren’t in the best of shape, and you’re more likely to see credit given to the Pillsbury Picture Co., or the Pacific Photo Co. rather than an Ansel Adams – they aren’t the best of the best, but I found them fascinating.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/pan/related/?q=Landscape%20photographs.&fi=formats&co=pan
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