“Remember what Bilbo used to say: It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
- J.R. TolkienGet swept off of to explore the historical world with http://whatwasthere.com. Remember those photos from Grandpa in the shoebox? Now is the time to get them out.
The site allows users to connect their photographs with Google maps. The site looks very new, so it doesn't have many historical photos of Canada uploaded yet, but it's a promising project based on google maps.
Just in the past few days hundreds of photos have been uploaded. In France, there are photos of Germans entering Paris in 1940. I think it's excellent example of what can be produced through collaboration. Take a look and tell me what you think!
This is very cool. I loved it. Hoping that soon they will have more for Alberta. I'm going to definitely bookmark and subscribe to this site. Thank you for posting it.
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