25 Nostalgic Photos Comparing Past to the Present

25 photos that compare past snapshots of buildings, locations, structures, and people with the present day scene. Below are some of our favorites picked out from the hundreds of photos in the Looking Into the Past Flickr group by Jason Powell.


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  4. Entity Photo says:

    I very much like the ideas in these photos!

  5. iprayforyou says:

    this is absolutely amazing!!! I loved it, i just want to know where you got all the older photos from. : )

  6. .candace. says:

    Woah!!!! That was intense! (: I loved every single photo, my favorite would have to be the group looking at the water :)

  7. finafento says:

    Wow! amazing!

  8. phil says:

    so clever its freaky

  9. Jamie says:

    Whoa!! How did they do that?? :O

  10. anonymous says:

    Was the fourth one at the Ucal Berkeley?

  11. Anonymous says:

    Where was numner 22? I am so sure that I've been there. Is it somewhere in the alps?

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  13. Rigo says:

    seventh photo to the last one (the one with 3rd street), I live 5 minutes from there!!! ahhh!!!

  14. Bet Ting says:

    Pretty clever like using old postcards by the look of it.

  15. Bet Ting says:

    Pretty clever like using old postcards by the look of it.

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  18. Eleven Of 9 says:

    Wow these are excellent, it inspired me to have a go at it myself: http://www.elevenof9.webspace.virginmedia.com/T...

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  20. katiushka says:

    this is pretty cool.
    id call it superimposing the past on the present though.
    nice.

  21. boobs says:

    shopped.

  22. katiushka says:

    this is pretty cool.
    id call it superimposing the past on the present though.
    nice.

  23. boobs says:

    shopped.

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    I really enjoyed these!! Thanks!

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    I really enjoyed these!! Thanks!

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    nice one. like it!

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  31. Tbuckner80 says:

    These photos are amazing.!!. Good job.

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