100 year old photos of Welsh landmarks found in U.S archives
This is a collection of old images of Wales that give a glimpse as to what life was life in Llangollen, Denbigh and beyond 100 years ago - and, of all the places, the images turned up in the U.S, in the archives of the Library of Congress in Washington.
check out this link for the whole story. Make sure you check the links on the page as they link to Flicker where the Welsh photos from the Library of Congress have been placed. 6,882 I think although I have not checked all of them. :)
check out this link for the whole story. Make sure you check the links on the page as they link to Flicker where the Welsh photos from the Library of Congress have been placed. 6,882 I think although I have not checked all of them. :)
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Comment by Sian Newman on August 17, 2009 at 11:17am -
most excellent
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Comment by David DeWitt Lavies on August 12, 2009 at 4:03am -
A most excellent collection of photographs. Thanks very much for sharing them.
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Comment by Lesley Parker on August 10, 2009 at 2:35am -
Diolch Ceri. Thank you Ceri for bringing this to our attention. It's an excellent collection of photos.
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Comment by Jonathan Simcock on August 9, 2009 at 1:44pm -
Newydd dod yn o o'r Eisteddfod yn y Bala - Just got back from the Eisteddfod in Bala. Gwelir - See
http://canolbarth.blogspot.com
Pob hwyl
Jonathan
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Comment by Ian K Griffiths on August 9, 2009 at 11:16am -
The traditional Welsh ladies costumes bring back fond memories of St David's Day in the Rhondda Valleys. It was an age old tradition for all the girls to attend on that day in our traditional clothing. Excellent link!!!
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Comment by magali roberts on August 9, 2009 at 11:00am -
buenísimas!
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Comment by Mary Jones on August 9, 2009 at 5:00am -
Brilliant,hand tinted ,Bangor pier,not far from where I live now,Water fall at Abergwyngregyn,Llandudno,Caernarfon Castle,Criceth Castle,Harlech Castle,Llanberis pass,Aberglaslyn,Swallow falls ,Holyhead breakwater,South Stack Anglesey,Llanberis Waterfall Gwynedd,Dolbadarn Castle Llanberis, the Great Orme Llandudno Gwynedd..LLun Ogwen Bethesda Gwynedd,Penmaenmawr.Aberystwyth rhyddlan Castle,and moreeeeeeeeeeeee.wonderful,thank you very much for sending then,as a photographer myself I am in my Glory.Diolch yn fawr
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Comment by Sarah Wilson on August 8, 2009 at 10:19pm -
What lovely photos. Some places look the same, but some have changed so drastically. Thanks for posting this.
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Comment by Jay G. Williams III on August 8, 2009 at 8:05pm -
Very nice.
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Comment by Jim Giddings on August 8, 2009 at 3:16pm
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Quite remarkable! Thanks! I assume these are colorized black and white photos from 1909 and before. I have postcards and formal photos from that time from Colorado and Arizona, and the colorizing was pretty universal. Some of them show "wild wales" looking a lot like the mountains of New Hampshire looked at that time, and some show houses, farms, tourist spas and mines as they looked in those days with an occasional glimpse of a patient human figure posing for the camera. The subjects must have been chosen for their positive associations; no muckraking journalism here. It gives an image of a time before cars and auto-roads. I see some images of railroad lines, which must have been everywhere, and I see no telegraph wires, though there must have been some, and no traces of electric infrastructure, though there would have been some electric lights in the towns.
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