Second Edition: Vintage Photographs ... I Clean 'Em, Digitize 'Em and Set 'Em Up for Prints, Greeting Cards and Publishers
For those who missed my first article, here again is some background information.
I recently acquired roughly 1000 Magic Lantern Photographic Slides .
Magic lanterns , also known as optical lanterns, provided one of the most popular forms of entertainment during their heyday in the 18th and 19th centuries, establishing many of the first 2-D special effects.
Using an artificial light source and a combination of lenses, these devices enlarged small transparency images or miniature models and projected them onto a wall or screen.
While most magic lanterns were designed as simple wooden boxes fitted with a handful of precision brass parts, a few were ornately decorated with exotic painted scenes or engraved metal casings.
Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana, c. 1905-10
Milwaukee River, Downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, c. 1900
NOTE: Original Images and Digital Files/Property A. Macarthur G.
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I'm refining the scanning and restoration process as I go. Great fun, fascinating research.
Oh! Paved streets in 1900. Spiffy.
Thanks A.Mac.
I'm looking at the cars and thinking that 1900 may not be the correct date ... be back with the update.
Love it!
That's where (but not when) I grew up. That picture of Indianapolis downtown is taken on the steps of Monument Circle...
The only building left is the Capitol Bldg... How very sad!
It looks charming, doesn't it? Now, it just looks canyon-like, and cold. I wonder which street this is...
GREAT pictures!
The absolute farthest left building, is where I used to work.
I could go with 1905-1910... Grandpa and Uncle Louie had cars like that in 1915. So, considering that it always took 3-5 years for things to get to KY from the rest of the world, and their car was used, it makes sense to me.
Here is a picture that looks like the truck in the background, circa 1920
I'm going to enlarge the original to see if I can get a positive ID on at least one vehicle; I definitely appreciate the input -- thank you.
I think 1915 or later may be more on target ... the cars look like c. 1915 Model T Fords.
Looking at the pics on google maps that would be looking west- So West Market Street. For the early pic.
Noting that the trees have no leaves, the shadows and the pools to either side of the monument, would put the modern photo taken from the north (It is funny, the shadows in the map are almost exactly the shadows in the photo) looking down towards South Meridian from the north edge of the Circle.
But then, I can be a little over-analytical sometimes....