# Very cool site for vintage photos. Worth a look!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 12, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697 "2012-05-12T15:43:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697/1 "2012-05-12T15:43:26Z")

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> **[Shorpy.com](https://www.shorpy.com/)**
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> Shorpy Vintage HD Photo Archive

Neat collection of photos!

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697/2 "2012-05-12T16:03:27Z")

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Man, there goes my weekend.

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697/3 "2012-05-12T16:13:35Z")

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> [@astro](#):
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> [http://www.shorpy.com/](http://www.shorpy.com/)
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> Neat collection of photos!

I go to Shorpy every day. I always look for someone _not_ wearing a hat in old timey street scenes. Few and far between.

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697/4 "2012-05-12T16:36:22Z")

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Amazing site! Sent the URL to my email gang.

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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697/5 "2012-05-12T17:04:37Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> I go to Shorpy every day. I always look for someone _not_ wearing a hat in old timey street scenes. Few and far between.

I noticed the same thing about overweight people.

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**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697/6 "2012-05-12T17:30:05Z")

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Yeah, I’ve been looking at it for years.

/hipster

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697/7 "2012-05-12T19:36:59Z")

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Thanks for the link. I like how the photos are not only captioned, but contain a bit of background. Very nice to add the colour to B&W photographs.

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**Author:** ![Beastly\_Rotter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@Beastly\_Rotter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beastly_Rotter)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-cool-site-for-vintage-photos-worth-a-look/621697/8 "2012-05-12T23:33:26Z")

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Some amazing [vintage posters](http://www.vintagraph.com/) here, too.