Old, Lost & Found

[kjetilab]

I guess the biggest loss (of more prominent buildings) is the building on the southwest corner of Bragernes Torg. The hotel, whose name I can't recall, burned down in the 80s. Much of the wooden architecture in downtown, the so-called "Drammenshus" has gradually been replaced by taller (and less prone to fire) city blocks.

[Galro]

Sverre Fehns proposal for a cinema in Venice, Italy:

[satama]

[sanderk]

Estonian National Opera building. Designed by Finnish architects Armas Lindgren and Wivi Lönn. After soviet bombing in 1944 they renovated it and changed most of the facade.

Photoshopped by me

[Pliiatsid]

Nice job putting it together

[Galro]

Molde of yore. It was once a popular holiday destination for German tourists and was know for its many luxurious hotels and rose-filled gardens. One third of the city burned down in 21 January 1916 and the rest was lost during air raids in WW2.

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7175. Molde by National Library of Norway, on Flickr

[Pliiatsid]

Reval (Tallinn), 1844
Ivan Aivazovsky



Reval (Tallinn), 1853
Alexey Petrovich Bogolyubov

[Pliiatsid]

Few more photos of the mess the soviets made in 1944 in Tallinn with the air raids.

[Pliiatsid]

I found this picture of Toompea (Tallinn), which is taken from the train station. Can somebody help me identify the year when it was taken?

The Stenbock house doesn't have a balcony (which is funny, cause I believe the original house had a balcony) and the Toompea hill side is not covered with a stone wall. From the cyrillic letters (what does it say?) on Stenbock house I assume it is photographed sometime before the Wabariik, around 1900?



Picture is from Tallinna Linnamuuseum

I found few more pictures:

Similar angle, year 1898, balcony and no stone wall
http://www.riigikantselei.ee/stenboc...u_toompea2.png

Similar angle, year 1910, no balcony and a stone wall
http://www.riigikantselei.ee/stenboc...u_toompea4.png

[Pliiatsid]

A photograph of Viru-väravad from Tallinn taken between 1888 (is when they started using horse-drawn tram transport to and from the oldtown) and 1898 (when they rebuilt parts of the left tower).


(Photograph is from Tallinna Linnamuuseum)

For comparison, how it looks today (the two towers are the only things remaining there from the year 1446)




I think I will make a separate thread for old Tallinn photographs.

[Tin_Can]

Originally Posted by Pliiatsid

I found this picture of Toompea (Tallinn), which is taken from the train station. Can somebody help me identify the year when it was taken?

The Stenbock house doesn't have a balcony (which is funny, cause I believe the original house had a balcony) and the Toompea hill side is not covered with a stone wall. From the cyrillic letters (what does it say?) on Stenbock house I assume it is photographed sometime before the Wabariik, around 1900?



Picture is from Tallinna Linnamuuseum

Very early 1900's. There even isn't that building on the corner of Nunne & Suur-Kloostri streets.

It's interesting that there's very similar postcard from same era > http://digar.nlib.ee/digar/show/OPAC...d_id/b24606224
Can't really make out what that Russian banner on Stenbock house says. Maybe there's some hint in it?

Oh,and check out this place: http://www.nlib.ee/index.php?id=17313

Originally Posted by Pliiatsid

I think I will make a separate thread for old Tallinn photographs.

That would be great!

[Galro]

Original vs today. Typical simplifying done here in the city.






On the google maps: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Skill...0.15,,0,-15.65

[Galro]

Norwegian cities after second world war bomb raids. 24 cities and towns around Norway was bombing in 1940.

The German invasion resulted in 24 towns and villages being bombed in the spring of 1940. This included Molde, Kristiansund, Steinkjer and Namsos. The National Archives of Norway has received 64 photographs (paper positives 9 x 12 cm) that according to information on the envelope are taken in July 1940 in Kristiansund, Steinkjer and Levanger.
The photos have belonged to engineer Hallvard Løken (1908-1995). He was a good amateur photographer and might very well have taken the photos himself.
Thanks to help from others, we have been able to pinpoint many of the locations, but not all of them, and the National Archives of Norway is very happy to receive further information.

Bodø:
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Bodö, Aufnahme 1 Uhr nachts by Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway), on Flickr


Molde:
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Bombingen av Molde by Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway), on Flickr


Kristiansund:
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Bombingen av Kristiansund by Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway), on Flickr


Namsos:
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Bombingen av Namsos by Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway), on Flickr


Steinkjer:
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Bombingen av Steinkjer by Riksarkivet (National Archives of Norway), on Flickr

[AndersF]

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Östersund från förr by Andersannipal, on Flickr

An old postcard of Östersund I found. Photo by AB Almquist & Cöster, Helsingborg