Retronaut » Europe http://www.retronaut.co The past is a foreign country. This is your passport. Wed, 23 May 2012 11:01:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 ‘My father’s WWII booklet’ http://www.retronaut.co/2011/01/my-fathers-wwii-two-booklet/ http://www.retronaut.co/2011/01/my-fathers-wwii-two-booklet/#comments Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:01:42 +0000 Chris http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/?p=9341 Rand Hoppe sent these images to How to be a Retronaut:

“This is a commemorative booklet my father and his buddy made near the end of their term of service in Europe in the US Army during World War two.”

]]> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/01/my-fathers-wwii-two-booklet/feed/ 2 Colour photographs of European mountains, 1909 http://www.retronaut.co/2010/03/european-mountains-1909-in-colour/ http://www.retronaut.co/2010/03/european-mountains-1909-in-colour/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:01:01 +0000 Chris http://www.howtobearetronaut.com/?p=1908

These pictures are autochromes taken by Remi Verstreken in 1909. The picture above is at Kandersteg, as is the first picture below. The second two are of the Glacier Mont-Rose, across the border in Italy.

The images are from the collection of Florent Van Hoof.


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Thank you to Florent Van Hoof.

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