
Shorpy
Shorpy is a great blog dedicated to digitally restored photos, mostly from the first half of the 20th century, but some from as early as the 1840s. Some images are by renowned photographers such as Ansel Adams, G.G. Bain, and Dorothea Lange, while others are merely snapshots by unknown shutterbugs that time forgot.

Tagged: black and white photography, blogs, portraits
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Trevor said | 14 June, 2008
This is a great site… I’m hooked on it… Gotta love old pics…