amazing 1940s photographs of London

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Permalink Reply by james walsh on January 29, 2010 at 15:24

Adam.
Please be careful when using bit.ly
I used it couple times and got JUMPED ON !

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Permalink Reply by StephenBln on January 30, 2010 at 12:16

More nice bussy stuff..
The photos might be from 1949, although by the look of the restricted wartime blinds on the RTs on the 38, they might also be from 1948.
The 137 shown at Sloane Square lost it's allocation of STLs (see here) in January 1950.

Anyway who cares? Nice shots..

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Permalink Reply by alistairj on January 31, 2010 at 9:42

Great pictures - thanks, Adam.

From the comments on that page:
"What would be awesome is if someone finds the same vantage points, and take photos today and put them side by side." - what a great idea... ;-)
"When we launch The Retroscope around July, it will be possible to stand at the same vantage points and, using a smartphone, see these pictures hovering over the scene as it is now, in Augmented Reality". Wow!

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