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All rephotographs by Sergey Larenkov
Rephotographing St Petersburg
If you like this, check out:
“Stour Valley and Dedham Village” (1815/2010)
'There’ll Come a Time', 1897
'First motion picture', 1888
Colourised photographs of Native Americans
“A Room to let in Old Aldgate”
"Back to their Future" photographs
Last Napoleonic Veterans, 1858
1700 Japanese babies, 1893
Evolution of the London Underground Map, 1889-2002
Only Known Authenticated Photograph of Billy the Kid
Devil's Tower, 1890s / 2011
Antikamnia Chemical Company Calendars, 1899 / 1900
The Studley Tool Chest
The Arm of Liberty, 1876-1882
Vintage Thanksgiving Greetings
Magazine First Covers
Early Photographs of Women's Hair
"Pictures from Life In Field And Fen", 1887
Wolf Robe, 1895-1909
Printed “Teaching Machine”, 1894
Posters for Burlesque Shows, 1890s
It is ASTOUNDING how little of it has changed compared to other cities and photographs of the same time, considering two world wars, revolution and pogroms, not to mention urban sprawl and development.
if you like this, check out rephotographs of Lodz, Poland
These are beautifully arranged.