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**AntiSnob** · 05-09-2009, 06:08 PM

Vintage Color Photos of US cities - SkyscraperCity

what is interesting about these pictures is that I didn't know they had color back then.

**whirlybirds** · 05-09-2009, 06:10 PM

are you sure someone didnt add color to these photos?

**Stumpy** · 05-09-2009, 06:17 PM

Kodachrome was developed in the 1930s, if I recall correctly. At any rate, very interesting photos to see how these cities have changed.

Edit: no pun intended on the "developed," I swear.

**Aclone** · 05-09-2009, 06:19 PM

Yeah, I guess that movies like Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind weren't in color a decade before these photos.

**Clone9** · 05-09-2009, 06:45 PM

I don't care if the color is real or not - those are some sweet photos. I really find it intriguing how cities evolve.

**cyclonesyayaya** · 05-09-2009, 07:16 PM

aliens took the pictures.. duh

**CB21** · 05-09-2009, 07:54 PM

Thats really cool stuff. To see how it was back in the day like that.

**madcityCY** · 05-09-2009, 07:55 PM

A couple St. Louis pics showed the arch. It was completed in 1965 - so they are some time after that...

**jaretac** · 05-09-2009, 08:03 PM

Gone with the wind was made during the thirties and I believe it was in color.

**theshadow** · 05-09-2009, 08:05 PM

**AIT** · 05-09-2009, 08:05 PM

Originally Posted by madcityCY

A couple St. Louis pics showed the arch. It was completed in 1965 - so they are some time after that...

Those pictures have a caption over them that says 1966.

These are very cool pictures.

**AntiSnob** · 05-09-2009, 08:38 PM

if you scroll down you can see some pictures taken of Des Moines in 1959.

Some things never change.

**dmclone** · 05-09-2009, 10:41 PM

Originally Posted by AntiSnob

if you scroll down you can see some pictures taken of Des Moines in 1959.

Some things never change.

I don't know, besides the capital this doesn't look familiar. There are a ton of changes happening on the west side of downtown. I remember a decade ago when there were all kinds of porn stores on the opposite side of the Blues on Grand. That area looks so much better. When I first moved he in the early 90's Betts Lexus was also in that area if I remember right.

**LindenCy** · 05-09-2009, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by theshadow

I think I remember that comic. Good find.

**AirWalke** · 05-09-2009, 11:37 PM

Amazing to see how much these cities have changed. I completely agree with the replies too -- these cities had so much character back then, when you didn't have corporate logos plastered everywhere and streets packed with cars. Almost wish I had a time machine so that I could go back and see what these places looked like instead of relying on color photographs.