Scrolling through history
A few spans from the timeline for Albany.
Interesting/fun/gawkable: a timeline of photos and images about Albany, from 1900 to the present.
We were able to create the timeline using a Google Image Search hack by a guy named David Hirmes. It pulls images (for whatever topic) based on the dates associated with them. Some of the images are clearly not from the specific year -- but much more often than not, the timeline surfaces images that are close.
It's an fun way to explore images. We came across some interesting stuff -- a 1939 map of downtown (pre ESP) streets, a 1950s photo of the Delaware Plaza, a great 1956 night photo of State Street, a 1971 gay rights rally, and a lot of other stuff.
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Wow, it even finds photos from the future! That is amazing.
... said B on Apr 11, 2012 at 2:50 PM | link
@B: Heh. I thought that was funny, too.
Unless... what if... they really are... from the future....
... said Greg on Apr 11, 2012 at 2:52 PM | link