Shorpy, Shorpy, Shorpy!

[crowdog66]

Images from Shorpy... original sizes are much, incredibly, amazingly larger.

Carbon Copies: 1935
"Bethesda, Maryland. Chevy Chase School, 1935." We backspace to another typing class. National Photo Company Collection safety negative



Original size here.

Ruins of the City: 1904
"Baltimore Fire of 1904. Electric Railway Powerhouse." Out third view from the Great Fire. National Photo Company Collection glass negative.



Original size here.

Boy Most Likely to Explode: 1940
"Montgomery High School students." An amusing (or maybe unsettling) class portrait from Montgomery County, Maryland. The Library of Congress says circa 1936; we've found a number of clues that narrow it down to 1939-40. See the comments for details. National Photo Company safety negative



Original size here.

Gods, how I love Shorpy, even if it is one of the greatest time-wasters on the planet.

Comments

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Wonderful vintage photos there!

Another timewaster that I highly reccommend is tvtropes.org, a nifty little site with categories on a wide range of recurring themes and character types in an equally wide range of media, from TV to literature to comics to anime.

[crowdog66.livejournal.com]

I love TV Tropes! Now THERE is a time waster of epic proportions! :-D

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Hee, agreed! It's also useful to writers, especially if you're trying to avoid writing something that's been done before.