By Jack | Posted on: February 28, 2010 | 307 Comments

25 photos comparing 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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  • Jean-Emmanuel

    is this the japanese garden from the huntington park in LA? thanks for your answer… really interesting work btw.

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    I should say this is one amazing post!
    Great comparison with such precision.

  • aamirsuleman

    one of the best comparions of past that i have ever seen……….. awesome@

  • Petra

    Hey The 4th last is in sursee switzerland right?, i live there, jeez was i shocked to see that! and the 2nd last, is from switzerland too right? where though. But awesome pictures, love that one from the japenese gardens!

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  • iprayforyou

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

  • .candace.

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

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    Wow! amazing!

  • phil

    so clever its freaky

  • Jamie

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

  • anonymous

    Was the fourth one at the Ucal Berkeley?

  • Anonymous

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

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  • Rigo

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

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

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

    I really enjoyed these!! Thanks!

  • Ang

    I really enjoyed these!! Thanks!

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    These photos are amazing.!!. Good job.

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