Monday, May 9, 2011

Bricks of the Past - Rephotography at the Spokesman-Review

Riverside Avenue in 1909 and Today--where did all the people go?
Our local newspaper has been dipping into its archives for content more and more lately. It is a welcome trend for local historians. The latest offering is Bricks of the Past - A Then & Now gallery. Readers of this blog now what a sucker I am for rephotography projects, and this one is very nicely presented, with a slider bar at the bottom of each image to shift between past and present.

Does anyone know what software they used to do this?

3 comments:

  1. Benjamin LukoffMay 9, 2011 at 8:04 PM

    Thanks for the link! I'm especially interested in Spokane rephotography now that I have family there (my wife grew up on the South Hill).

    Speaking of rephotography, have I mentioned my own book to you? Feel free to DM me on Twitter if not, and you're interested. It's on Seattle.

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  2. Larry CebulaMay 10, 2011 at 10:41 AM

    Howdy Ben. I don't know your book but just ordered a copy. Have you been following the Twitter Feed from the Washington State Digital Archives--WaDigitArchives? We have featured some quick and dirty "rephotography" matching historic photos with Google Street views.

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  3. Christopher Troy HendeeMay 10, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    Nice rephotography project. The slider is really neat. I would like to do a project of Milwaukee using that software.

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