Saturday, April 24, 2010

Circa 1962

Mont St. Michel, Normandy, France - Site of a Benedictine Abbey, tidal island, population 41 - 3 million visitors yearly

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Paris, France - Seine River - Eiffel Tower

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy - I think I see Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck circling the building on a Vespa.

The Vatican
King Ludwig's Neuschwanstein castle - Bavaria, Germany


Taken by the Air National Guard while stationed in Europe 1961-1962, during the Berlin Wall build-up. Found in a box that belonged to my uncle. His job was developing aerial reconnaissance photographs. I'm not sure how he came to have the photos, but suspect he developed anything of a non-sensitive nature that he liked and kept a copy.

18 comments:

  1. Well done Steviewren! You always manage to come up with something interesting! There's a lot to be said for saving old cards and photos. Thanks for showing them to us. - Dave

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  2. The photographs look like they held up well over the years in your uncle's box!

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  3. now this is what i call a fantastic find. keep them and pass them on, one day they will be very valuable in money (now they are valuable anyway)>

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  4. Wow, what a treasure.
    I loved looking at each one!

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  5. Fascinating ...

    Did you know Roman Holiday was Audrey's first movie ..

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  6. What a cool find. Thank you for sharing these beauties.

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  7. Beautiful photography of the most striking parts of Europe.;))
    The shower gel "Mont. St. Michele" used to be one of my favorites.;) It had a picture of the abbey on the front.;)
    xo

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  8. I lurve these old photo's! Represent such a simpler time in our lives to me. Beautiful memories you have there to pass down within your family Stevie!

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  9. Absolutely beautiful - you have found a treasure! I suspect these could be very valuable.

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  10. wow - and as everyone has said, a treasure. fantastic shots

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  11. Oooh...gorgeous! That first picture looks surreal...like it's in someone's imagination instead of a photograph. Taylor visited several of these places while in Italy last year.

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  12. You are so fortunate to have found these stevie!....Not only are they beautiful but they have a wonderful story to go with it...like everyone is saying...a treasure!

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  13. Fascinating Steviewren - what an amazing find and what a job for your uncle!

    Black & white photography is very evocative and these photos are so 'of their time'. Take good care of them now!

    Jeanne
    x

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  14. It would be fun to look at the same sites via Google Street maps now...just a few changes I'm guessing

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  16. What a wonderful discovery to find these photos, Stevie! They are like a looking glass into the past. Imagine flying over all these areas back then?

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  17. That was incredible... fabulous shots and an amazing set of keepsakes!

    I was delighted to note as I scrolled down that I have been to all but one of these landmarks - so Mont St Michel is now on my Bucket List!
    :-)
    BB

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  18. Nostalgic and timeless. How come things look better in black and white sometimes?

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