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Home - by IOTW Reports - January 30, 2010 - 00:34 UTC - 13 Comments

Here is an interesting series of pictures found on the Flickr account of a photographer named Jason Powell. He revisits the sites of Washington, DC area archival photos and overlays the original photos over the landscape to highlight how much or little things have changed. Click the link to see plenty more.

Looking Into the Past: Thomas Circle, Washington, DCNow: Thomas Circle, Washington, DC by jasonepowell.Looking Into the Past: King Street, Leesburg, VA by jasonepowell.Now: King St., Leesburg, VA by jasonepowell.Looking Into the Past: 13 S. King Street, Leesburg, VA by jasonepowell.Now: 13 S. King Street, Leesburg, VA by jasonepowell.

This last one is the Mary Surratt house, where the plot to assassinate Lincoln was hatched.Looking Into the Past: Mary Surratt House, Washington, DC by jasonepowell.

Now: Mary Surratt House, Washington, DC by jasonepowell.

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  1. McHugeLarge

    January 30th, 2010

    Interesting photos and concept. Good find!

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  2. Diann

    January 30th, 2010

    I liked that so much I tried it myself! I took a photo of myself, then took an old pic from me in College, and held it up to the photo of myself. And now I am very depressed and need to go sit in the dark and eat chocolate.

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  3. Call me Lennie

    January 30th, 2010

    You try that in Phoenix, AZ you’ll think you’ve got photos from two different planets.

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  4. Matt

    January 30th, 2010

    Very cool! I think I shall try that!

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  5. IH8Socialist

    January 30th, 2010

    oh change and progress, something Obama thinks he invented.

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  6. Irony Curtain

    January 30th, 2010

    Cool Stuff

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  7. FreeWillie

    January 30th, 2010

    @Diann

    and what did the picture of the “inside” look like?

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  8. Call me Lennie

    January 30th, 2010

    On second thought, you couldn’t possiblly do the same thing in Phoenix, seeing as how the first person with a camera didn’t show up until 1938.

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  9. Rightwingfeather

    January 30th, 2010

    Do we have pix of America before obama administration and what it would look like after?

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  10. Dixie

    January 30th, 2010

    @Rightwingfeather

    It would be nice to see a “Now” picture of the White House without the Obamas inside.

    * sigh *

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  11. IH8Socialist

    January 30th, 2010

    @Dixie amen to that

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  12. JavelinaBomb

    January 31st, 2010

    Did anyone else notice the lady in the first picture is walking a rabbit?

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  13. Tweets that mention iOwnTheWorld.com » Blog Archive » Now and Then -- Topsy.com

    February 2nd, 2010

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Rick Wilson, Mary Mangan. Mary Mangan said: Artistic comparison of Washington #DC, then & now, using photo overlays: http://bit.ly/blTjMW #art #photography #wow [...]

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