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Re:London Street Views (1840) by tkgally on Monday February 03, 2025 @02:49AM (#42915914)
It’s quite a bit more recent, but this reminded me of David Bleicher’s Instagram page “Then and Now London.” He takes photographs in the same London locations as photos taken decades ago and puts them side by side:

https://www.instagram.com/thenandnowlondon/

Re:London Street Views (1840) by kqr on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:05AM (#42916344)
This is also sometimes known as rephotography. Some of the most striking examples I've seen seamlessly blend the old and new. Such as this campus location, which really illustrates how similar people are across time: https://blogs.ubc.ca/difficultknowledge/files/2016/09/UBCLib...
Re:London Street Views (1840) by hnlmorg on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:35AM (#42916163)
That’s a nice find. Thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately it’s very hard to enjoy these kinds of blogging now that Meta have completely locked up the internet.

Re:London Street Views (1840) by s_weber on Monday February 03, 2025 @07:52AM (#42917703)
You can find more "then and now pictures" (rephotography) on re.photos. It has an archive of around 3000 pictures from around the world. (I developed the website as a final project during my studies. It's a bit dated but still alive and kicking.)

https://www.re.photos/en/compilation/