Mapping All Our Yesterdays
It is also a collaborative platform for georeferencing historical images. If you want to take a trip through the history of Richmond, Virginia, Yesterdays is a wonderful place to start.
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If you want to take a trip through the history of Richmond, Virginia, Yesterdays is a wonderful place to start.
You can simply browse the map and see what photographs have been recorded in different parts of Richmond, or search the collection by date, subject and other data.
Users can help identify where photographs were taken, add information about what they depict and improve the geographical data behind the collection.
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If you want to take a trip through the history of Richmond, Virginia, Yesterdays is a wonderful place to start. This interactive map brings together thousands of historical photographs and pins them to the places where they were taken. You can simply browse the map and see what photographs have been recorded in different parts of Richmond, or search the collection by date, subject and other data.
How it works
- Users can help identify where photographs were taken, add information about what they depict and improve the geographical data behind the collection.
- It is also a collaborative platform for georeferencing historical images.
- For example you can set the timeline control to just view photographs of Richmond taken in the 19th Century.
- What makes Yesterdays particularly interesting is that it isn't simply a map of old photographs.
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The result is a wonderfully addictive way to explore Richmond. one photograph, street and neighbourhood at a time. The Richmond community has clearly embraced it.
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