You may think photo blogs are passé. So 2004. So blah and boring. You're wrong, friend. This fascinating site brings the concept of photo blogs full circle thanks to timeless photos that will jar loose a few memories. Shorpy takes its name from a young coalminer photographed by Lewis Hine in the early 1900s and the photograph is a perfect illustration of how different life was just one century ago. That disconnect between the past and present is readily apparent in this wide array of photos including women railroad workers taking a well-deserved break in the '40s, a barefoot child hawking newspapers, and girls leaving their knitting behind. The collection of sharp, evocative images conjure up a range of emotions from wistfulness to wonder. With regular updates of archived pictures, Shorpy should be a daily stop for all photography and history buffs.

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