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Old 10-28-2009, 10:01 PM   #1
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Default Cool old pictures of Cowtown

I posted a find of mine tonight over at the Skyscraper page forum. Literally thousands of pictures of Calgary and area over the years. Found them on the public library site.

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...27#post4529627
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No offense, but why just not post them here too?
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Old 10-28-2009, 10:06 PM   #3
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Let's play a game, it would be awesome to post Google streetview views of the current view from generally the same angle of these pictures.

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Old 10-28-2009, 10:11 PM   #4
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No offense, but why just not post them here too?
Cuz. I'm too lazy.
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Fair Enough.
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Old 10-28-2009, 10:13 PM   #6
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Direct link to the Calgary Public Library site with all the photos:

http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/chpage.aspx
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Stampede Corral circa 1956:


Calgary Stampede grounds circa 1966:

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Why does it say HOLIT RENFREW?
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That old picture of downtown reminded me of when the city had those old electric trolley buses...blast from the past!

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Let's play a game, it would be awesome to put Google streetview views of the current look from generally the same angle of these pictures.

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How are you embedding the streetscape pic? I can't save it, and I tried a couple different tags.
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I saw a picture of a van in the other forum that read "The Albertan".
The Albertan was the predecessor to the Calgary Sun, I believe. I recall seeing the news paper when we first came to Canada in 1969.
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This is apparently looking southbound on macleod, right around where canyon meadows drive would be now.

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How are you embedding the streetscape pic? I can't save it, and I tried a couple different tags.
screenshot most likely
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This is apparently looking southbound on macleod, right around where canyon meadows drive would be now.

Wow that's trippy. I live right around there now.
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Why does it say HOLIT RENFREW?
It's from Google Streetview, and there's a bad merger point between two images there. You can see the street light doesn't line up properly either.
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I don't have software for screenshots, so here's a comparison of the SE corner of 4th street and 25 ave. Across the street from the safeway. In link form.

http://cdm280501.cdmhost.com/cdm4/it...SOBOX=1&REC=16

http://maps.google.ca/maps?client=fi...24.16,,0,-3.71
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I don't have software for screenshots, so here's a comparison of the SE corner of 4th street and 25 ave. Across the street from the safeway. In link form.

http://cdm280501.cdmhost.com/cdm4/it...SOBOX=1&REC=16

http://maps.google.ca/maps?client=fi...24.16,,0,-3.71
you dont have a print screen button and MS paint?
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you dont have a print screen button and MS paint?
Elaborate...
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put street view on full screen (not neccessary),
hit Print screen button,
open paint or any other photo program really (i know paint isnt a photo program.)
Ctrl+V or edit>paste, save (save as jpg, way smaller than BMP)
upload to photobucket or imageshack,
post to cp for all to enjoy.

I will be posting one from my work computer in about 1 minute

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Wow that's trippy. I live right around there now.
I remember that it really wasn't that long ago that Midnapore was a distinct town and the city basically ended at Canyon Meadows Drive.

someday this city will devour Nanton like a fat chick eats a quart of hunky chunky ice cream after a date night gone wrong.
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