Shorpy. - Neatorama

Shorpy calls itself â€œthe 100-year-old photo blog.â€ Not all the pictures are that old, but they are pretty old. And fascinating. This picture is the corner of 34th and Broadway in New York in 1914. Link -via Metafilter

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I am amazed by the low age of kid/workers. I'm 35 and I don't think me or my children will ever realize the quality of our modern life...

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yea, cool link ! I remember my grandmother showing me pics of my grandfather as a child growing up in NW Penn. I really like the depth of field in some of the pictures

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You've got four corners to choose from, but here's one:
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en-commons/thumb/e/ef/300px-MacysDepartmentStoreNewyork.jpg

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Does anyone know where to find a picture of today's 34th and Broadway?

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I have an unhealthy love for oldie timey photo's.

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one of the best articles you have posted in a while - among many many good ones, I would add

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I do not not get what "Pwn3d!" has to do with the Oath of the Horatii. That doesnt make any sense to me. But some of the others were kinda clever; like The Last Supper and the Napoleon painting.

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Aw, fiddlesticks! My first post on Neatorama has a typo.

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Yeah, the featured example is lame. They are pledging their loyalty to their city and family while their sisters/mother cry about their inevitable death.

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This is cute/funny. However, a true 'geek' does not need things 'explained to them' (via translation into l33t or any other 'dumbing down'). :P

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This was absolutely hilarious! Great Post Miss. C!

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Western art is all about being snarky?

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Cool beans!

while(func_viewing images(ext_define,1,0,0))
{
be_amused
}
endwhile

Just a bit of BASIC. With some new functions :D

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Insipid.
Tedious.
Unfunny.

While randomly picking through the selection of pictures at that link, I failed to find even one capable of eliciting a chuckle.

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Don't mind ted - he's just cranky. I find them very amusing....

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Alex!

Not cranky. Just discriminating in my humour.

I really did try... none of them really worked for me.

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Lamest. Photo album. Ever.

Seriously the worst thing I've seen on the internet in a while. At least that 2 girls you know what had SOME entertainment value.

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