Category Archives: Oldies

Best fotos of 2009

Space, history, nature, people, animals, … I hope you have enjoyed them.
Note. Credits in this post link to orginal posts of this blog. Photo credits are placed on the landing pages.

The Orion nebula.
The Orion nebula. Credit TheBigFoto
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Physics’ world in the XIX century

In this post we are going to see several old machines lithographies of another book of the second half of XIX century brought to us by El Bibliomata.
I don’t know anything about most of them but they seem very curious.
For example, I have found a lithography of the first machine that was able of [...]

Phonautograph.
Phonautograph. Credit El Bibliomata
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The conquest of Mexico

Let’s promote this week the contribution of El Bibliomata, a flickr user that shares illustrations and photographs of the collection from the Library of the Faculty of Law and Labor, University of Seville.
While we create real digital content a good start is to digitalised old works. The start, some old litographies of the conquest of [...]

Hernan Cortes armour.
Hernan Cortes armour. Credit El Bibliomata
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Cliches about cats

Cats are an important part of Internet nowdays. But they always have played an important role on photography as you can see in these old photos.

Cat is the cutest animal.
Cat is the cutest animal. Credit Beverlykahuna
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Photochroms of Belgium from 1890s to 1900s

After our previous trips to past:

Photochroms of Norway from 1890s to 1900s
Photochroms of Scotland from 1890 to 1900s

Today we are going to travel to the last years of 19th century in Belgium  thanks to the Library of the US Congress (LOC).
Like postcards, the photochroms feature subjects that appeal to travelers, including landscapes, architecture, street scenes, [...]

Brabo monument, Antwerp, Belgium.
Brabo monument, Antwerp, Belgium. Credit The Library of Congress
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Johann Pachelbel Canon in D

Well my classical music knowledge is scarce, so I have decided to explore more on the subject of those classical melodies that we can hear from time to time but we aren’t able to identify them.
Last week I posted about Aranjuez and its concert.Today, after an stressing week, I need something relaxing…
Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) was [...]

Evening Light.
Evening Light. Credit RichardLowkes
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World War 2, Trolley Missions

We remember the World War II this week on September 1st , when Germans started the invasion of Poland in 1939 – 70th anniversary. I also wanted to post about aerial photographies and I have found the Trolley Missions from allies.
The “Trolley Missions” began a few days before the war actually ended, but only over [...]

The Dom Cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany WWII, May 10th, 1945.
The Dom Cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany WWII, May 10th, 1945. "Trolley Missions"...Kölner Dom in Köln, Deutschland WWII, 10. Mai 1945. "Trolley-Missionen" Credit David C. Foster
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