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Post by richl on May 25, 2012 13:04:18 GMT -5
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Post by daveh on May 25, 2012 13:08:05 GMT -5
Rich, thanks, I just love these photos from times past. I wonder where some of the people are now - did you take any of the photos?  |
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Post by richl on May 25, 2012 13:48:15 GMT -5
Not quite that old yet though I oaccasionally feel that way. :-)
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Post by grenouille on May 25, 2012 14:50:48 GMT -5
Old photos tell us of a bygone era, how it was, interesting, thanks for sharing
Hye
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Post by Doug T. on May 25, 2012 15:31:09 GMT -5
Beautiful photos! The only one I recognized was the darkroom wagon in the desert.
The rest were all new to me.
Thanks for the posting, Rich!
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2012 19:32:33 GMT -5
 Shoshone Falls, Snake River, 1874, by Timothy O'Sullivan.  Shoshone Falls, Snake River, near Twin Falls Idaho, 2006, by Wayne Cornell. |
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Post by daveh on May 25, 2012 19:52:03 GMT -5
It looks drier in 2006 than it did in 1874. Perhaps it was just that time of year. An interesting comparison: good post Wayne.
I note the lack of power/telegraph post/masts in the 1870s!
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Post by richl on May 25, 2012 21:08:51 GMT -5
Looks like you were within spittin distance of where O'Sullivan was set up Wayne.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2012 23:17:07 GMT -5
In 1874 there were no dams upstream holding back the water for irrigation and power generation. O'Sullivan's photo was probably taken in the fall. If it had been taken in the spring it would have looked more like this:  |
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Post by mickeyobe on May 26, 2012 1:33:48 GMT -5
richl,
Thank you for that wonderful series of O'Sullivan photographs.
And Wayne,
Thanks for your beautiful pictures.
Mickey
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Post by daveh on May 26, 2012 4:03:41 GMT -5
Wayne,
I wasn't sure if that was a dam, running across the middle of the picture, in your photo or just the (very) slightly different viewpoint. Did you know of the earlier photos when you took yours - or is it like Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Australia: the bus stops there, so that's where almost every photo is taken from?
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Post by mickeyobe on May 26, 2012 4:33:36 GMT -5
It I note the lack of power/telegraph post/masts in the 1870s! Dave, The New World was far ahead of The Old world in communications. We needed no batteries or electricity or poles or wires. All that was required was a small smokey fire and a blanket. On rainy days a hollow log and a hefty stick worked well. Mickey |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2012 18:04:42 GMT -5
Dave: What you see in the background is more of a diversion barrier than an actual dam. The real dams are farther up river. I wasn't aware of previous photos. It just seemed like the best place to shoot from.
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Post by daveh on May 27, 2012 3:42:30 GMT -5
Mickey, surely you weren't around 150 years ago. Wayne, so a water diverter system - you'll have to go up in a helicopter and take photos of the whole system so we can all see the full lie of the land river. Communication: When Liverpool started building up as a port a system was set up so that when ships were sighted rounding Anglesey the owners in Liverpool could be informed. A series of semaphore stations and beacons was set up round the coast of North Wales and Wirral. The system was tested recently for the BBC series Coast against the phone system. Semaphore was quicker! (Though thick fog tends to cause a problem!) |
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Post by daveh on May 27, 2012 4:02:17 GMT -5
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