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BigBean    says:

wow, that is a beautiful set the LOC has just uploaded



I was fascinated by these churches:

The Fantoft Church, Bergen, Norway
THEN (ca. 1890 and ca. 1900)

Holiday.Snapper says:

Here is another of Engabreen (Svartisen glacier). The glacier has retreated a lot since then:

heather    says:

Photo from svanes
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@anita    says:

.benedicte says:

View from Walkendorff's Tower (now Rosenkrantz Tower), Bergen, Norway:

Lú_    says:

Wow - that last one is dramatic.
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hbeaupre    says:

I could be wrong since these two don't look like they're from the same angle, at least, but here's my shot at one from Gudvangen:

Then (from Library of Congress):

zyrcster    says:

oooh, this is fun!

Hitterdals Church, Telemarken (i.e, Telemark), Norway - LOC

tollen    says:

Thank you, Heather for creating this thread.
Bondhus Glacier, half of my ancestors survived below this glacier.



Laatefoss waterfall, close to Folgefonna and Bondhus
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pixability    says:

tollen    says:

The Fjord, leading in to Folgefonna/Bondhus


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borealnz    says:

And here's the Tivoli Park Entrance in Copenhagen
c1899 -1900


and now

Rob Ketcherside    says:

You folks are out of control haha
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Giåm    says:

Here are two other examples. One from Copenhagen...

fnygaard    says:

Here's an image of Hornindalsrokken:

Bagatell    says:

Here are the Trolltindene in Romsdalen:


and I have a close up of the "teeth" that matches pretty well:



These mountain tops look so sharp you'd think they'd break off at the slightest touch! Glad to see they haven't in the past 100 years.
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csant    says:

In spite of global warming, things then

borealnz    says:

The Buerbrae Glacier

@anita    says:

Rob Ketcherside    says:

This is spectacular. Why not include the "now" photos - at least links - as comments in the Library of Congress photos?
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Jayel Aheram    says:

Even more useful is geotagging the LOC photos using the same...

Oh wait, people cannot do that. Dur.
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Lú_    says:

We can't geotag, but we can add lat/long tags - don't those feed into some off-site applications?
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BigBean    says:

I'm finding the receding glaciers the most... err, chilling.
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Lú_    says:

Oh right! And I came here to say that Striatic picked out a couple of the then and now's from this topic to post over at the Indicommons blog :)
Photochrom Travel Views
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@anita    says:

csant    says:

With a slightly different angle of view - Adventdalen then

Zen Roxy    says:

Låtefoss:

Wyrdcrow says:

Fascinating. And in most of these, the scenery looks so much better "then" than it does "now" (I mean the actual places, not the photography).
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csant    says:

In spite of the caption, this most probably is Longyeardalen with Sarkofagen then

Loeffle    says:

I think this must be the place even if they built the bridge and remodelled the river:




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whatsthatpicture    says:

What a great thread :)
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martensitic    says:

Bergen, Norway from mount Fløyen:

ehmeelu    says:

Exchange Hall, Copenhagen

Hauny    says:

Didn't find anything to contribute, but I want to say that this is one of the coolest things I've seen on Flickr. Hope this continues!
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Martijn Schouten says:

Mundal, Fjaerland, Sognefjord, Norway

Mortefot says:

Love this thread. Lots of great shots. BTW: The comparison Bergen, Norway from Mount Fløyen is not accurate at all. The "then-shot" from Fjeldveien is taken more than a kilometer further in from the city centre and not from Mount Fløyen at all.
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Joakim Lind    says:

Regarding Helsingborg harbour above.

from the LOC:
between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

zyrcster    says:

That's wonderful!
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zyrcster    says:

From the LOC, circa 1890-1900


General view from Krogkleven, Ringerike, Norway

csant    says:

Seven sisters then

clickykbd    says:

There doesn't appear to be a singular "Then & Now" concept thread... but the new flickr feature "photos nearby" is going to be HUGE for folks doing this kind of historic comparison:

Read it on the Flickr Dev Blog:
code.flickr.com/blog/2009/02/09/things-im-standing-next-to/

Example Commons photo & stuff near by:
www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/3252657250/nearby
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BigBean    says:

I've been 'nearby-ing' loads of my photos.
So much fun!

And yeah, I agree- the 'nearby' feature is going to rock the 'Then and Now' s especially with the time filters it allows you to set.
For me the time filters are the really yummy bit of the new feature.
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zyrcster    says:

clickykbd Actually, in the Index you can find all the collections threads, and there is a general themed Then and Now thread!

There is a discussion of the new "nearby" feature here. :)
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perned says:

Hornindalsrokken then (from the LOC):

Ice Nine says:

This reminds me of the Childrens Encyclopaedia by Arthur Mees - whereby if you looked at it, you'd believe Scandinavia was inhabited by old women on sleds and smiling milkmaids - all in traditional dress.

The stereotyping photography from Mother Englands 1940's perspective is, well, entertaining.

What I find particularly intersting above is the retreat of the ice/glaciers that is evident.
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