Behind the curtain - more images from the past
May 28, 23, 1:10 pm
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Behind the curtain - more images from the past
Rather than post them in the "beautiful images" thread - because not all of them are beautiful - I'm going to post some more old photos here. These are from the 1970s (mainly 1973-78) from the eastern side of the "iron curtain," a term I never liked very much as it so oversimplified such a big part of the world.
These are from travels (both leisure and work-related) to eastern bloc countries including the DDR, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and three parts of the USSR - European Russia, Uzbekistan and (briefly) Tajikistan (now of course all independent.) I hope they convey some sense not only of the places but also of the people who I encountered on these trips. They were all quite memorable and now, almost fifty years later, I find myself wondering what became of them in the tumultuous years that followed.
The pictures are all scanned off slides, prints or negatives, so the quality is not as good as modern digital images, but hopefully they'll still be effective. Some of these images have been posted before on other threads.
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East looking west - East German kids looking at West Berlin through the gate.
The Wall. It was more than a wall, it was a series of barriers, minefields, sand traps and a kill zone.
The Friedrich Engels Guards Regiment goosestepping to the Neue Wache Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism in East Berlin
Haymaking in the Polish countryside
Haymaking 2
Flower shop, Krakow
Art nouveau cafe, Krakow
Mothers meeting, Piotrkw Trybunalski, Poland
Off to work, Łdź
Sidewalk salesman at the US Consulate, Krakow
Milking time, Polish countryside near Łdź
Sunset over the river, Prague
Sunset 2
Midnight in Moscow
Mid-day
Rainy day in the Kremlin
Leningrad/St. Petersburg, the Venice of the North
Fishing on the Neva
Hydrofoil and Petropavlovsk Island
How the 0.001% lived, Petrodvorets
Market days, Samarkand and Bukhara
Roadside repairs
Where do I start?
Minaret squatters, Bukhara
Showplace textile workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan (Tajik SSR)
These are from travels (both leisure and work-related) to eastern bloc countries including the DDR, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and three parts of the USSR - European Russia, Uzbekistan and (briefly) Tajikistan (now of course all independent.) I hope they convey some sense not only of the places but also of the people who I encountered on these trips. They were all quite memorable and now, almost fifty years later, I find myself wondering what became of them in the tumultuous years that followed.
The pictures are all scanned off slides, prints or negatives, so the quality is not as good as modern digital images, but hopefully they'll still be effective. Some of these images have been posted before on other threads.
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East looking west - East German kids looking at West Berlin through the gate.
The Wall. It was more than a wall, it was a series of barriers, minefields, sand traps and a kill zone.
The Friedrich Engels Guards Regiment goosestepping to the Neue Wache Memorial to the Victims of Fascism and Militarism in East Berlin
Haymaking in the Polish countryside
Haymaking 2
Flower shop, Krakow
Art nouveau cafe, Krakow
Mothers meeting, Piotrkw Trybunalski, Poland
Off to work, Łdź
Sidewalk salesman at the US Consulate, Krakow
Milking time, Polish countryside near Łdź
Sunset over the river, Prague
Sunset 2
Midnight in Moscow
Mid-day
Rainy day in the Kremlin
Leningrad/St. Petersburg, the Venice of the North
Fishing on the Neva
Hydrofoil and Petropavlovsk Island
How the 0.001% lived, Petrodvorets
Market days, Samarkand and Bukhara
Roadside repairs
Where do I start?
Minaret squatters, Bukhara
Showplace textile workshop, Dushanbe, Tajikistan (Tajik SSR)
May 31, 23, 10:16 am
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Gardyloo,
Thank you for posting these interesting images of the past (and with narratives) There is nothing like seeing "first hand" & "eye witness" images from you or any FTers. You sure have been to places where I could only dream of! Great work!
Thank you for posting these interesting images of the past (and with narratives) There is nothing like seeing "first hand" & "eye witness" images from you or any FTers. You sure have been to places where I could only dream of! Great work!
