The subreddit r/OldPhotosInRealLife is pretty much the closest thing we have to a time machine. Its 596k members are constantly comparing past and present through rephotography — the act of taking a photo of a place that has already been photographed before. The end result is like a portal, fusing together two different periods.
After we at Bored Panda published our first story on this online community, we've kept an eye on it and quickly realized that its earlier posts weren't a fluke. From overgrown Machu Picchu in 1915 compared to the site in 2020 to visitors in The Metropolitan Museum Of Art in 1910 and 2019, r/OldPhotosInRealLife consistently features interesting angles, presenting things in a different perspective to the one we're used to.
#1 Hiroshima 75 Years Ago
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#2 In 2005, Some Friends And I Found The Road To Jabba's Palace Off Twenty Mule Team Canyon In Death Valley, Ca
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#3 Machu Picchu, Peru. 1915 & 2020
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#4 Czech Out Prague 1910 And 2020
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#5 Craftsmanship
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#6 Ancient Greece Before And After Excavation
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#7 Visitors In The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Viewing Painting (Emanuel Leutze’s Washington Crossing The Delaware - 1851) 1910 And 2019
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#8 Stonehenge: 1877 And 2019
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#9 Abandoned Restaurant In Petrópolis, Brazil (1960's And 2013)
Image credits: Mackelowsky
#10 Hong Kong’s Kowloon Peninsula 1964 - 2016
Image credits: Logan-rice88
#11 Milan, Italy 1950s And 2021
Image credits: Axelxxela
#12 Today vs. Childhood Memory
Image credits: MrMacBro
#13 English Tank In The Streets Of My Town, 1945-2021
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#14 Brihadisvara Temple, Thanjavur, India. 1798 Lithograph By Thomas Daniell And 2016. Built Between 1003-1010
Image credits: 1NbSHXj3
#15 The Big Oak; Thomasville, Ga (1895/2020)
Image credits: thegregtastic
#16 Hick's Court, St Ives, England - 1888 And Today
Image credits: Le_Rat_Mort
#17 The Berlin Wall Fell 31 Years Ago Today!
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#18 Unfinished Manhattan Bridge In 1908 And Now
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#19 Church St. Martin In Cologne, Germany 1946 And 2021
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#20 Mount Rushmore
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#21 Curtiss C-46 Commando, One Of Pablo Escobar / Carlos Lehder’s Drug Smuggling Planes Near Norman’s Cay In The Bahamas, After 35 Years Submerged In Saltwater
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#22 A Former Public Bath In Wuppertal, Germany, Now A Brewery And Beer Hall. 1993 vs. 2019
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#23 Trains At Harper's Ferry, Wv In 1947 And 2021. The 1947 Image Taken By Ed Wittekind, 2021 Image Shot By Me In The Same Exact Spot
Image credits: AGuyFromMaryland
#24 Empire State Building In The 30s And Now
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#25 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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#26 My Family Farm C.1900/2000. It Was In Our Family For 125 Years. My Childhood Bedroom Window Is In The Top Center. It Was Also My Father’s And My Grandfather’s Bedroom
Image credits: pappard57
#27 Lincoln Memorial 1917-2016
Image credits: KyserSoze94
#28 Woodstock Festival Site- 1969 / 2020
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#29 Arch Of Constantine In Rome, 1943 (Taken By My Grandfather), And What It Looks Like Today
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#30 Amazing Looking Home Restored In Detroit. 1993 And Now.
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#31 Kraków, Poland (1939 And 2010s)
Image credits: Mackelowsky
#32 Town Square In Uelzen, Lower Saxony, Germany- During The Battle Of The Rhine, April 1945 And 2021
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#33 1955-2021. Vilnius, Lithuania
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#34 Lithuania. Kaunas. Street Then And Now.
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#35 St Francis Of Assisi Church
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#36 The Golden Cross Inn, Coventry. 1819 vs. Now.
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#37 6th Century Statue "Taller Buddha" In 1963 And In 2008 After Destruction. In 2001 The Statue Was Destroyed By The Taliban
Image credits: jcyguas
#38 Vilnius 80 Years Ago
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#39 Western Metal Supply Co Building, San Diego, California
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#40 Cologne, Germany 1944 vs. Now
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#41 1916 - 2016, Outdoor Theater, Bucharest Romania
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#42 Kathmandu 1967 And Now
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#43 The Main Entrance To The City, York, England 1865 - 2015
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#44 The Royal Crescent, Bath, UK. 1829-2020. Built 1774
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#45 These Stills From Home Alone 2
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#46 Inside Bruce Lee's Apartment In Brentwood (1966 And Modern Day)
Image credits: PhilGrishayev
#47 We Lost Joey Ramone 20 Years Ago Today. Here Is Ramones Pictured Outside Cbgb July 15 1975
Image credits: mablox
#48 Court Of The Lions, Granada, Spain - 1840 And Today
Image credits: Le_Rat_Mort
#49 Bir Singh Dev Palace, Datia, Madhya Pradesh, India. 1882 And 2018. It Was Built In 1662.
Image credits: 1NbSHXj3
#50 Montparnasse Station, Paris, After A Derailment In 1895 And Present Day.
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#51 Clint Eastwood As 'The Man With No Name' At Sad Hill Cemetary In Burgos, Spain While Filming The Good, The Bad And The Ugly. 1966 vs. 2020
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#52 It Hasn't Changed Much In 157 Years, Aside From The Platform Height And Electrification. The World's Oldest Undeground Station, Baker Street! *saxophone Plays In The Distance*
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#53 Titanic Dry Dock 1912 And 2015
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#54 Here Is My Great Great Grandfather’s Nashville House In 1896, Two Years Before My Grandfather Was Born. This Picture Has Always Been In The Family Of Course, But Only Today Did I Use Google Maps To Look Up The Address And Find It How It Looks Today. I’m Thrilled That I Found It.
Image credits: pappard57
#55 The Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland - C.1847 And Today
Image credits: Le_Rat_Mort
#56 Buenos Aires, Argentina [1925, 1980, 2002, 2021]
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#57 My House About 100 Years Ago And This Year
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#58 My Great Grandfather Built This House In Elizabeth Nj Circa 1900 When It Was Surrounded By Nothing But Farmland Next To How It Appears Today
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#59 Chernobyl (1984-2011)
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#60 Fresh Prince Basketball Court 1990 vs. Now
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#61 Hollywood High School In Los Angeles In 1941 And Now
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#62 Xanten, Germany 1945 vs. Now
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#63 A World Heritage Site, The Old City Of Sana'a, Yemen Has Been Inhabited For More Than 2500 Years. Before And After June 12, 2015
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#64 Grand Central Terminal, NYC. 1912 Top, 2021 Bottom.
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#65 1944: American Soldier Of The 5th Infantry Division In Montrabot, Normandy, France. 2020: Dave In Montrabot, Normandy, France.
Image credits: DiosMioMan2
#66 Van Gogh’s ‘Cafe Terrace At Night’ From 1888 And Present
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#67 Aleppo, Syria, 2010 vs. 2020
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#68 I Found The Rock In Jersey Where French Writer Victor Hugo Took This Photo Around 1852-1855
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#69 Rotterdam, The Netherlands During German Occupation 1940-45 And Again Today
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#70 Old House In Omaha Nebraska
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#71 Home Of The Wright Brothers. 7 Hawthorn Street, Dayton, Oh, USA
Image credits: dacourtbatty
#72 What An Abandoned Mansion Looks Like As It Deteriorates When It's Not Cared For Between 1965 And 2012
Image credits: ElectronicRhubarb841
#73 A German Officer Among The Ruins Of Saarbrücken - 1945 / Present
Image credits: Englishwithferre
#74 Statue Of Liberty: Left Photo By My Great-Grandfather In 1937, Right Photo By Me In 2019
Image credits: Weasley9
#75 Rio De Janeiro 1880 X 2020
Image credits: Mantequi11a
#76 Toronto And Its Cn Tower. 1974 - 2017
Image credits: MrCarnality
#77 The Corner Of 49th St & 3rd Ave, Manhattan 1940 vs. 2021
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#78 Tokyo Japan 1945 vs. Now
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#79 Disneyland Main Street. Anaheim, Ca. (1963/June 2021)
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#80 Singapore, 1991 vs. 2018
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#81 Chicago 1930s vs. Chicago Today
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#82 Former Swimming Pool At The White House Is Now The Press Briefing Room
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#83 Lower Manhattan 1921
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#84 An Abandoned School In Taiwan
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#85 Lombard Street, San Francisco, Ca 1922 - 2018
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#86 A Crowd Of People Look Up Just As The South Tower Of The World Trade Center Collapses (September 11th, 2001)
Image credits: MarilynRusso
#87 Bondi Beach, Sydney. 1910 - 2017
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#88 First Mcdonalds In Canada Then (1967) And Now. (2021)
Image credits: ReverseKid
#89 A Landmark In My German City During The 3rd Reich vs. Now
Image credits: BeKot
#90 Uschc Barque Eagle In Baltimore Harbor, 1971 & 2015
Image credits: TheSandPeople
#91 Sydney, Australia 1890 - 2019
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#92 Grangemore House, Ireland (First Photo Taken Sometime Mid-1800's)
Image credits: celtic-yoghurt
#93 The Castle Of Ha Ha Tonka Missouri, 1940 And 2021.
Image credits: davejopen
#94 Caen, France- 1944 And Now.
Image credits: DiosMioMan2
#95 Mcsorleys Ale House NYC In The Present And 1937
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#96 The Main Entrance To Tivoli In Copenhagen, Denmark. 1900 - 2018
Image credits: NJMyself
#97 Tremont Street In Boston, 1890s And 2014
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#98 1911 vs. 2015. Vladimir, Russia. (Photo From 1911 Is Not Colorized, Taken By Colour Photography Pioneer Prokudin-Gorsky
Image credits: Parapaq
#99 Random Neighborhood In Brooklyn In 1916 And Now.
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#100 Genesis Band At The Central Park 1973 - Present
Image credits: PhilGrishayev
#101 Theodore Roosevelt Would Be Proud.
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#102 Abraham Lincoln's Home, Springfield, Illinois. Seen Here In 1861 And Today
Image credits: Le_Rat_Mort
#103 Kent State University, Kent, Ohio (May 4, 1970 - Today)
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#104 A Street Corner In Brooklyn In The 1920s And Now
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#105 New York Harbor: Top Photo By My Great-Grandfather In 1937, Bottom Photo By Me In 2019
Image credits: Weasley9
