From Present to Past - A Visual Journey Back in Time

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  • Опубліковано 19 січ 2025
  • See the past emerge before your eyes with this fascinating collection of THEN & NOW photos from locations across the United States.
    Compare the past and the present side-by-side as you look at pictures of the SAME SCENES photographed DECADES (sometimes even 100+ years) APART!
    From bustling cityscapes to serene natural wonders, witness the incredible transformations and nostalgic moments that bridge the gap between the past and present.
    It's a time capsule experience that captures the essence of America's journey through time.
    What are your thoughts after watching this? Join the discussion in the comments!
    #thenandnow #historicalphotos #nostalgia
    Music used: Instructions for Living a Life by Savfk - / @savfkmusic
    Original music by Savfk ( / @savfkmusic savfkmusic)
    This music is licensed under a ‘Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) creativecommon...

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  • @kindsprit4039
    @kindsprit4039 Рік тому +148

    It’s crazy the amount of care and dedication to craftsmanship to so many things has just…ceased to exist.

    • @citizencoy4393
      @citizencoy4393 Рік тому +4

      Lol do you know whyyyyyy? Side eyes. I’m amazed at everyone avoiding the obvious!

    • @citizencoy4393
      @citizencoy4393 Рік тому +2

      Do you know whyyyyy? I’m more amazed at everyone avoiding the VERY obvious!

    • @youneedyourmedication
      @youneedyourmedication Рік тому +8

      @@citizencoy4393 That as the rich get obscenely richer, wealth is concentrated in an ever shrinking proportion of the world, leaving the rest of it to rot and decay?

    • @analyticalhabitrails9857
      @analyticalhabitrails9857 Рік тому +2

      LOLOL!! Yeah! Welcome to third world status!!

    • @GizmoRob176
      @GizmoRob176 11 місяців тому +4

      DEI puts an end to craftsmanship.

  • @questfortruth665
    @questfortruth665 Рік тому +773

    It strikes me that we've DEVOLVED since the "before" pictures were taken!

    • @jc4388
      @jc4388 Рік тому +102

      Absolutely...flying cars and living on mars were predictions, now people don't even know who the are.

    • @newworldsoldier81
      @newworldsoldier81 Рік тому +25

      its worldwide@@KingKongbabe

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +27

      Well said.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +33

      Unfortunately, I believe this is the situation in a lot of areas!

    • @KingKongbabe
      @KingKongbabe Рік тому +19

      @@newworldsoldier81 with america leading the way

  • @pauladams1915
    @pauladams1915 Рік тому +170

    It's incredibly sad to see places such as the outdoor swimming pools fall into such disrepair. Places that were once filled with joy and happiness are left to rot 😢

    • @staceycooper1086
      @staceycooper1086 Рік тому +8

      My thought exactly!

    • @frglee
      @frglee Рік тому +10

      In the UK, we once had lots of lidos (outdoor swimming pools) but after the 1970s they started closing, sometimes sold off to property developers who demolished them and built housing, for example at Wokingham, near Reading. The ones by the coast often used heated sea water, such as at Ramsgate. They all seemed very busy in the Summer months when I was a kid in the 60s, and I am not sure what killed them off, maybe municipalities building new indoor pools. A few lidos have been saved tho', such as at Gourock and Saltdean, as they have protected architectural merit.

    • @damionkeeling3103
      @damionkeeling3103 Рік тому +6

      @@frglee Cheaper travel to Spain and other warm places at a guess.

    • @randymillhouse791
      @randymillhouse791 Рік тому

      Who cares? USA society is itself rotting. The American Dream is now to leave the USA.

    • @lifeinaditch
      @lifeinaditch Рік тому +1

      @@frglee The Guardian did a story on them a few years back. It was very interesting.

  • @winstondeocampo699
    @winstondeocampo699 Рік тому +379

    Some of the old photos specially from the 1950’s actually look better than the today pictures. America and Americans looked better back then.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +25

      I tend to agree…

    • @pmccoy8924
      @pmccoy8924 Рік тому +32

      Completely different world, now. Thank "progress",

    • @carch7243
      @carch7243 Рік тому +7

      Not some, most

    • @Powertuber1000
      @Powertuber1000 Рік тому +45

      That’s because they were all of European Ancestry. YT would block me if I said the color.

    • @freedomfightergrl5615
      @freedomfightergrl5615 Рік тому +15

      ​@@Powertuber1000Definitely agree!

  • @stevie-ray2020
    @stevie-ray2020 Рік тому +113

    Loved how they beautifully restored that mansion!

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +13

      Me too!

    • @ninademci1500
      @ninademci1500 Рік тому +11

      @stevie-ray2020, I’m glad the mansion was renovated and was the last photo we saw.

    • @tsunamis82
      @tsunamis82 Рік тому +6

      A treasure restored, how nice.

    • @Tom-ok2rh
      @Tom-ok2rh Рік тому +6

      I am too..looks like it was a daunting project glad someone thought it was worth saving

    • @drhkleinert8241
      @drhkleinert8241 11 місяців тому

      It wasnt a restoration, in fact it was a new building after old documents.

  • @Adventures-with-Sisters
    @Adventures-with-Sisters Рік тому +84

    It’s amazing how life just moves on. In 100 years none of us will be here but everyone will be looking back on pictures of how we lived.

    • @thejerseyj5479
      @thejerseyj5479 Рік тому +16

      Or, more likely, no one will be.

    • @RattledPan
      @RattledPan Рік тому +3

      At the risk of being grim, I have to agree. Projections in my part of the world include most of Southern California, and a lot of Northern California will be tough or just not a place to live comfortably and affordably. Anything south of the parallel 40° north in our country.
      So, that's our next adventure! I don't see anything apocalyptic, though it will certainly be news of the day many times.
      I was born in 1959, and from birth, I have been told that these are the Last Times, which is poo as a Christian and as a member of the human race. IO was one of those kids who learned what to do if a nuclear bomb went off in the playground at school, and onward through the 1970s until today, hearing about the world as I know it will not be the same. Of course not! I was also of the generation that believed that by the year 2000, life would be like the Jetsons.

    • @laurenchristianna2092
      @laurenchristianna2092 Рік тому +2

      They won't be looking back at this mess. They will be focusing on making life on Earth "better" (massive understatement). They'll look back at shudder if anything.

    • @laurenchristianna2092
      @laurenchristianna2092 Рік тому +3

      ​@@RattledPan​​ Yes these were the last days of an era. How is it "poo" when you see everything changing before you and you already know nothing lasts.

    • @PoesRaven73
      @PoesRaven73 Рік тому +3

      No one in the future will be looking at pictures of us today because we all have them stored on our PHONES.

  • @greenbrown7776
    @greenbrown7776 Рік тому +82

    An amazing mix of places that went downhill, went uphill and those that didn't change a whole lot. I found this rather profound.

  • @mikewalters3048
    @mikewalters3048 Рік тому +137

    I'm in my 70s. I do small, single, personal versions of these "before and after" covering anywhere from 30 to about 65 years. I use childhood photos, yearbook photos and various local, personally identifiable photos from the internet I happen to come across. I stand at the location where the photo was taken which is usually a spot where I stood in my younger days, once upon a time.

    • @webspaghetti
      @webspaghetti Рік тому +7

      this is as close to time travel as we can get, I sometimes do the same.

    • @RattledPan
      @RattledPan Рік тому +3

      I'm glad to hear that you do! It's a marvelous hobby! Try to get those scanned and onto the 'net! I fancy myself a genealogist, and I know what seems like gold to us studying one's family history. For others moving into a new area, your work will be helpful to others.
      I live south of Portland, Oregon, now, and enjoy learning about my new home. I don't have the advantages that others have had to record their past as I did in the Los Angeles area. I'm of the mind that you need to replant one's roots. The land that we live on now was Native land not more than 120 years ago. That's just a couple of generations.
      The coast here reminded me of Laguna Beach when I was a kid. The lovely white sanded beaches of SoCal are not the native sands. Oh, yes, it's quite true; when you are sunning yourself to a pre-cancerous burn on Huntington Beach, you are not sunning on the local stuff.
      I'd forgotten what our beaches looked like before the early 1970s but found them on the lonely, empty coast of Oregon. Greyish, brownish, dirty white sand with hunks and whole seashells, tangles of seaweed everywhere, and just a few beach shacks and a few places to get some fresh seafood served on a paper plate. The seafood caught off the beaches of SoCal is no more. The stuff sold at the Crab Cooker heading to Balboa Island is mostly imported from Asia now and is nasty beyond words. To my friends in the south, either go down to Baja or come up here for the tasty local stuff! More great memories can be had here~!

    • @mikewalters3048
      @mikewalters3048 Рік тому +7

      @@RattledPan I have Olympic-level sentimentality. A few weeks ago, I took my 1969 high school yearbook and standing where the yearbook photographer once stood over a half century ago, studied his black and white photo of a half dozen students casually sitting on the front steps of the school. There in the background, embedded in one of the bricks on a wall, was a dark spot about an inch in diameter. The wall is still there and of course that spot is too, which for some reason gave me a smile. You don't get any more nostalgic than that. For the record, I knew about half of those students in the photo. One is forever gone.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +4

      Great comment and great replies. I very much agree with everyone!

    • @TraditionalCatholic2633
      @TraditionalCatholic2633 Рік тому +1

      God bless you ❤

  • @forwheelinallday
    @forwheelinallday Рік тому +214

    The photograph of Los Angeles from 2001 back to 1901 was the most dramatic.

    • @AB-jz9ns
      @AB-jz9ns Рік тому +10

      Indeed!

    • @me2big
      @me2big Рік тому

      I recall leaving Los Angeles in 1972 ... there were NO "high-rise" buildings, because of the Earthquake Fear (especially after the January 1971 quake that collapsed a Veteran's Home ...)
      BUT there were signs up, saying "future site of ..." those damn ugly sky-scrapers!

    • @user-pinckneysux
      @user-pinckneysux Рік тому +2

      San Fernando valley is back behind them thar hills some where’s about!

    • @2244ntho66
      @2244ntho66 Рік тому +13

      That photo set does not reflect the same location. Note the mountains in the first, and lack of in the second just showing hills.

    • @jwatchorn
      @jwatchorn Рік тому +2

      @@2244ntho66 Thank you, my thoughts exact

  • @thomasallen3818
    @thomasallen3818 Рік тому +147

    It was nice to see the derelict mansion in Detroit brought back from the ashes.

    • @me2big
      @me2big Рік тому +12

      THAT was the biggest shock to me ... and there are other new buildings right next to it! Amazing!

    • @jond1965
      @jond1965 Рік тому +4

      Agreed. A beautiful mansion as well

    • @MrEbeet
      @MrEbeet Рік тому +10

      That's the Ransom Gillis House and it was a renovation by HGTV show, Rehab Addict. very good series of episodes showing that reno.

    • @tonycharlton4296
      @tonycharlton4296 Рік тому +8

      That was a lovely ending.

    • @_Sher__Lock_
      @_Sher__Lock_ Рік тому +5

      ​@@me2big ugly new buildings

  • @gypsyrose9986
    @gypsyrose9986 Рік тому +180

    People and buildings used to be more.... ELEGANT.

    • @edgarpoinsot5502
      @edgarpoinsot5502 Рік тому +19

      In fact, elegance was everything.

    • @TC-dw6wg
      @TC-dw6wg Рік тому +7

      Well said!

    • @Inspadave
      @Inspadave Рік тому +2

      They looked great on the outside.

    • @citizencoy4393
      @citizencoy4393 Рік тому +1

      Slave labor vs paid w Pennie’s labor

    • @lilya7110
      @lilya7110 Рік тому +7

      Yes, and they ‘went together’ and looked in harmony. The melting pot boiled over and now it’s a mess.

  • @Margo714P
    @Margo714P Рік тому +286

    One thing that stood out to me was that there used to be so MANY more people outside. Computers and social media has changed all that.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +41

      To our detriment, I'd say...

    • @Iconoclasher
      @Iconoclasher Рік тому +29

      Back then we knew and learned how to be human. We weren't saints but definitely a higher class.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 Рік тому +16

      That's why nowadays kids often have diabetes. Back in the day, it was almost always older people like myself who were diabetic.

    • @jamesloring7186
      @jamesloring7186 Рік тому +11

      A lot of people didn't have phones and internet wasn't around , if someone had work or business to attend to they had to be there

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 Рік тому +11

      @@jamesloring7186 I am 68 years old. I was around way way before an Internet and way way before cell phones.

  • @Richard-fv7rq
    @Richard-fv7rq Рік тому +39

    Incredible, sad and nostalgic.

  • @jodavies8952
    @jodavies8952 Рік тому +24

    Fabulous pics, i think the past times show alot,a vastly different era, i cant see people looking back at today with any great admiration or sentiment .

  • @lawrenceseguin1865
    @lawrenceseguin1865 Рік тому +23

    Being from Windsor, Ontario, Detroit's Canadian neighbour, it was great that you ended your film with the mansion renovation. It's heartening to see Detroit coming somewhat back to life after a long, long decline

  • @thekurtcobainfoundation4200
    @thekurtcobainfoundation4200 Рік тому +40

    I like the way you ended the video. With the repair of that beautiful old house.

    • @lestatangel
      @lestatangel Рік тому +3

      I'm about a year away from ending a renovation on a 1902 Victorian in the midwest. It was just about as sad as that house was.

    • @thekurtcobainfoundation4200
      @thekurtcobainfoundation4200 Рік тому +3

      @@lestatangel Oh wow. I'm sure that house is giving you hugs and kisses. Your house says I know this wasn't easy but it was WORTH it. You'll see.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +4

      Thanks for noticing and pointing this out! I felt that, since a lot of the scenes tended to look better in the earlier time, it would be good to end on a positive note. That renovation was definitely inspiring to see.

    • @dentalnovember
      @dentalnovember Рік тому +1

      I was about to give up until I saw this.

    • @liveevents9191
      @liveevents9191 Рік тому

      Broke my heart with happinetss

  • @zeke5491
    @zeke5491 Рік тому +128

    Those who dreamt about a glorious future world were sadly mistaken

    • @edgarpoinsot5502
      @edgarpoinsot5502 Рік тому +9

      - Intentionally - the humankind was deceived.

    • @concrete7830
      @concrete7830 Рік тому +19

      Thank left wing politics for that

    • @dankelly5150
      @dankelly5150 Рік тому +6

      @@concrete7830 Indeed !!

    • @lindahandley5267
      @lindahandley5267 Рік тому +3

      Thanks to the Government.

    • @analyticalhabitrails9857
      @analyticalhabitrails9857 Рік тому

      Yup. They thought someone else is going to preserve it or someone else is going to keep it going, but all fied in vain. So now, today america will never be the same, except just their Second Amendment is what makes the difference.

  • @rayjaypaulsen
    @rayjaypaulsen Рік тому +53

    Wish we could see more of these! Get too see how our parents and grandparents grew up! 🙂

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +3

      I agree!

    • @paulmilner8452
      @paulmilner8452 Рік тому +4

      they had way more fun for sure

    • @lorettadansereau8651
      @lorettadansereau8651 Рік тому +1

      Agree before technology took over, videogames, in home movies, online shopping. Would like to see a time of then and now with shopping malls, clearly would depict how much we've changed in our lifestyles over the years?

  • @Nunofurdambiznez
    @Nunofurdambiznez Рік тому +13

    FABULOUS video!! Let's please have more of this kind - exquisite stuff!

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +5

      Wow - thank you for your very kind words. I'm certain that nobody has ever used the word "exquisite" to describe any of my videos, but I sure appreciate that you did! I'll definitely be trying to make more quality videos like this in the future, as I learn more what I'm doing with the editing. Thanks again!

    • @Nunofurdambiznez
      @Nunofurdambiznez Рік тому +2

      @@TheHistoryLounge Awesome!! Looking forward to more of this kind! Thank you!

    • @YouSUBSCRIBE739
      @YouSUBSCRIBE739 Рік тому +1

      Yes pleaze 🤗...more videos like this one!
      tyvm🤗

  • @fishingwithohdad
    @fishingwithohdad 11 місяців тому +1

    We have NOT progressed. So sad the changes. But a bright spot at the end! Thanks for sharing.

  • @LittleKitty22
    @LittleKitty22 Рік тому +187

    So sad to see how civilization came - and went.

    • @JeffDavies-i8q
      @JeffDavies-i8q Рік тому +2

      But it can come back- the restoration of the ruined mansion at the end of the video shows that.

    • @LittleKitty22
      @LittleKitty22 Рік тому +5

      @@JeffDavies-i8q True, but civilization in general is in decline. We can only hope that after it's declined enough, people will realize what's happening and become civilized again.

    • @daddyrabbit835
      @daddyrabbit835 Рік тому +2

      Just look at how we dress compared to then

    • @LittleKitty22
      @LittleKitty22 Рік тому

      @@daddyrabbit835 I still dress like this, I wear vintage designer dresses. But I dstand out and have to endure ridicule and stares. People dress appallingly now!

    • @analyticalhabitrails9857
      @analyticalhabitrails9857 Рік тому

      Come on, new world order!

  • @nancywindbigler6434
    @nancywindbigler6434 Рік тому +38

    I enjoyed this! I wish the before and after pics had been side by side for comparison!!

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +19

      Hi Nancy - Thank you very much for your comment and suggestion. I considered making the video in the format you suggested, but I thought the moving image style would be more "watchable." However, I'm glad you brought this up - perhaps I can get away with using the same photos in a new video, this time displayed side-by-side? I'm sure you're not the only person who would prefer the video done this way, so I'll definitely consider re-doing it that way in the future. Thanks again for your positive comments and helpful suggestion!

    • @SMac-bq8sk
      @SMac-bq8sk Рік тому +6

      @@TheHistoryLounge: She's definitely not the only one.😁

    • @awakenotwoke1973
      @awakenotwoke1973 Рік тому +1

      It doesn't really work with a 16:9 aspect unless there are 4 photos.

    • @andiincali.4663
      @andiincali.4663 Місяць тому

      @@awakenotwoke1973 Then they are really small. I think this was best, you can pause and go back.

  • @anthonymastrando9299
    @anthonymastrando9299 Рік тому +10

    Does anyone else remember when your parents would send you outside to play with your friends, for many hours. Of course, Mom would “check on us”. The good days. I was born in 1958. Moved from Philadelphia to a new home in suburban NJ, in 1961. Stratford NJ

  • @mistiinseattle
    @mistiinseattle 3 місяці тому +1

    Amazing photos and excellent colonization

  • @RetiredEE
    @RetiredEE Рік тому +70

    Everything seemed more peaceful then, cleaner too. Rapid transit (trolleys) in nearly every old photograph. No graffiti. Wonder if we're going in the right direction 🤔
    Great music choice 👍

    • @alpenhuhn1
      @alpenhuhn1 Рік тому +21

      We left the right direction long time ago!

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +7

      Hey, Craig - Thanks for watching and commenting. I think most people here share your thoughts, as do I. I'm glad you liked the music!

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 Рік тому +12

      We are and have been going in the WRONG direction in most areas.

    • @104thironmike4
      @104thironmike4 Рік тому +6

      Ofc, everything was better in the 1950s, medical care, child birth, workers rights, civil rights for blacks, eeeeeeverything was so so much better, lol.

    • @jamesbosworth4191
      @jamesbosworth4191 Рік тому +5

      @@104thironmike4 It was grim for Black folks in the 50s - legal Jim Crowe, couldn't vote in many places, Whites Only jobs, Whites Only restaurants, Whites Only neighborhoods, Whites Only hospitals, Whites Only stores, and more. Everything else you claim, though, you are 100% On Point. And our cars were the envy of the world.

  • @budwarner8219
    @budwarner8219 Рік тому +5

    Thank you for sharing these photos. They are amazing.

  • @portaltwo
    @portaltwo Рік тому +6

    Simply the best one you have done so far. Wonderful! ✨✨✨

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +2

      Thanks so much for those kind words! I’m trying to improve my skills in making these videos, and I did try to make this one special. I very much appreciate the compliment!

  • @altoncrane9714
    @altoncrane9714 Рік тому +9

    I was born in 1956. It makes me so very grateful to have been alive when things were so much better, and it makes me so sad how far we have fallen.

    • @margadam6358
      @margadam6358 Рік тому +2

      I couldn't agree more (born 1957)

    • @1233-h1
      @1233-h1 Рік тому +1

      It is sad. I was born in the early 50s and am just now feeling that strange sadness of days and years gone by and so many buildings, places and people gone. Even going back to places I hadnt seen in years or people.
      I even looked up some folks on ancestry only to find many died years ago and realize I'll NEVER know,what happened or see or talk with them again. A few people I did see but again time changes everything but then sometimes a few places and people remain frozen in time.

    • @davidbreen4353
      @davidbreen4353 Рік тому

      i agree born 1955!

    • @carriered4715
      @carriered4715 Рік тому +1

      I feel the same, born in 1962 !

    • @analyticalhabitrails9857
      @analyticalhabitrails9857 Рік тому

      You, kids from world war 2 veterans, are a disgrace and should be ashamed to even call yourselves their kids.
      A nation that had much to lose, yet did little to prevent it.
      All died in vain.

  • @tomw4678
    @tomw4678 Рік тому +11

    Outstanding video! I love the then and now pics to see how far we've come... or gone. Love the mansion restoration

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +1

      Hey, Tom - Thank you so much! I too enjoy seeing photo pairs like these. While many of the subjects of this video ended up looking better in the "before" phase, the mansion restoration was definitely an encouraging sight. Thanks for watching and commenting!

    • @matthewmiller2219
      @matthewmiller2219 Рік тому

      Devolved is the word you're looking for

  • @nevazegrati5543
    @nevazegrati5543 Рік тому +8

    Very interesting. It definately shows how over populated we are now & how our city-scapes have taken over nature.

  • @Bibidybobidy
    @Bibidybobidy Рік тому +2

    That was Great research. Looking forward to more.

  • @WilliamCooper-l6f
    @WilliamCooper-l6f Рік тому +72

    It tears my soul to see places that were once lovely, full of life, laughter, and community, only to later see them in ruins or completely gone. I don't mind as much a missing store, gas station, soda fountain or burger joint, but schools, churches, hospitals and community places like resorts and pools are big losses to me.
    Progress comes at a price, not measured in dollars and cents.

    • @sekenamcmurren2217
      @sekenamcmurren2217 Рік тому +2

      🙋🗽🍎This was extraordinary the differences from one century, decade to another...From the time when I was born until the time when my parents and grandparents were born. Wow! 😂👍🏼

    • @larryherring445
      @larryherring445 Рік тому +5

      Well we all know why things get ruined. Those people.

    • @logiclight
      @logiclight Рік тому +4

      ​@@larryherring445?? Which people?

    • @larryherring445
      @larryherring445 Рік тому

      @@logiclight the dregs of society.

    • @Kite-te9km
      @Kite-te9km Рік тому

      ​@@larryherring445
      The people who built white room?

  • @1954shadow
    @1954shadow Рік тому +98

    I have worked in downtown KCMO for over 40 years, have seen a lot of old structures taken down and replaced with sterile glass and steel facade monstrosities.

    • @omartinoco9930
      @omartinoco9930 Рік тому +7

      Gentrification

    • @rick5793
      @rick5793 Рік тому +12

      Sadly our cities and towns have lost their personalities and the number 1 reason is greed just pure moronic greed.

    • @briandavid3637
      @briandavid3637 Рік тому

      ​@@rick5793said it over and over again if there was a time machine I'm going back, the future sucks, with the exception of medical advances 😢

    • @TdT2211
      @TdT2211 Рік тому

      And terrible architecture. ​@@rick5793

    • @timprescott4634
      @timprescott4634 Рік тому +1

      That was the grossest comparison in this whole video…I’d LOVE to see their justification for it.

  • @brucestaples4510
    @brucestaples4510 Рік тому +13

    Outstanding compilation! Boggles my mind how you were able to match photos of the same site, from virtually the same perspective, decades apart. I wouldn't even know where to start...old first then find new? Or vice versa? Whew! Lotta work! KUDOS!!👍

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +3

      Thanks, Bruce! I really appreciate your very kind comments. I cannot take credit for all of the photo match-ups, as I found several from various sources where people had them posted already as before-and-afters. For the ones I did myself, I started with the old photo first, then searched for newer pics, or simply went to Google Maps and grabbed a screenshot. Thanks for watching and commenting - I'm glad you liked the finished product!

    • @YouSUBSCRIBE739
      @YouSUBSCRIBE739 Рік тому +2

      Hellooooo 🙋@TheHistoryLounge
      New sub 😉...after watching this video of amazing transformations! 💯💯💗
      I think u did a great job! 🤗

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому

      Hey, @@YouSUBSCRIBE739 - welcome! Thanks for saying 'Hello! Thank you for your kind words - I'm really glad you liked the video!

  • @cristinhopkins2748
    @cristinhopkins2748 Рік тому +2

    This is SO AMAZING!! I love seeing the pictures decades apart. I really think it is cool when you see someone exploring an old abandoned house, but then you see photos of what iit looked like back in the day!

    • @derealized797
      @derealized797 Рік тому

      At 1:46 or The Pines. I was there in 2007, took a good look around and got some pictures throughout the place. The amount of damage I saw back then, considering it was abandoned about 1998 I think, makes me surprised that anything still there. There can't be much left of it today. But there's a lot of abandoned resorts out there in the Catskills. I've seen some impressive places in the past.

  • @greta3315
    @greta3315 Рік тому +5

    I love this video. The music transports us back in time, beautifully.
    Thank you!
    Subbed

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +1

      Glad to have you here. Thank you for your kind words. I’m glad you liked it!

  • @rickvanhartingsveldt8641
    @rickvanhartingsveldt8641 Рік тому +2

    Great pics. Wonderful music!!! Some more please, both pics and music. Especially the music!

  • @nonnieTerri
    @nonnieTerri Рік тому +11

    Our local newspaper does this regularly for areas around the city. The buildings were always more beautiful in the past than they are now. Also the number of people out and about like another commenter had mentioned.

  • @airplanegeek893
    @airplanegeek893 6 днів тому

    Love this then and now videos!! Great job!

  • @linusgrant1172
    @linusgrant1172 Рік тому +34

    I like the old times more.

  • @rebeccamayers2056
    @rebeccamayers2056 Рік тому +2

    Thank you. You have brought a warm smile and tears to my face. ❤

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому

      Thank you, Rebecca. Your kind words mean a lot to me. I actually feel the same way watching it.

  • @freeplayfrank7736
    @freeplayfrank7736 Рік тому +28

    These pictures are amazing. Brings back lots of good memories of how things used to be. Thanks for putting this together I really enjoyed it.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +2

      Hey Frank - Thank you very much for your comments. It is my hope that the videos like this one will do exactly that - bring back some happy memories of the old days. Thanks for watching!

    • @alex8er
      @alex8er Рік тому

      Yeah! Brings a lot of great memories of my life in 1860s

  • @fabianshow6477
    @fabianshow6477 Рік тому +2

    its remarkable how beautiful was everything "before"

  • @caspaabriel4794
    @caspaabriel4794 Рік тому +3

    Great video as always. Amazing too the number of buildings still standing and looking good.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +2

      Thank you! And yes, I totally agree regarding the buildings. I’m glad to see many of them still around.

  • @DianeVenneri
    @DianeVenneri Рік тому +2

    Amazing. Would love to see more!

  • @Doug-d9s
    @Doug-d9s Рік тому +3

    Great video and one of the few that has music that was not only pleasant to listen to but seemed to fit the subject matter very well. You got my subscription.

  • @jswebbproductions9785
    @jswebbproductions9785 3 місяці тому +1

    great job with this ! And the music is absolutely beautiful!!!

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  3 місяці тому +1

      Thanks so much, @jswebbproductions9785 - I really appreciate it!

  • @pyrettablaze0414
    @pyrettablaze0414 Рік тому +7

    It’s so beautiful how they “created” buildings with artistic characteristics and aesthetically stunning features… it’s truly a lost art. 😢
    Classic buildings have so much personality! 💒

    • @terrybiker2625
      @terrybiker2625 Рік тому

      and if you open your eyes, you will see how they have removed/renovated and destroyed such glorious buildings from the past owners of what must have been such a wonderfull place to live. It is still going on today.

  • @jamesrey4275
    @jamesrey4275 Рік тому +13

    We need to go back.

    • @frankrizzo4460
      @frankrizzo4460 Рік тому +5

      Yes someone invent a time machine I'm all in.🚀

  • @dave-uf8ir
    @dave-uf8ir Рік тому +3

    Excellent 😊

  • @Truckngirl
    @Truckngirl Рік тому +1

    The photos of KC, MO blew my mind....

  • @christopherpardell4418
    @christopherpardell4418 Рік тому +23

    I noticed that even small towns used to all have mass transit. Today, none.

    • @larryherring445
      @larryherring445 Рік тому

      Mass transit brings trouble to the neighborhood. Those people.

    • @christopherpardell4418
      @christopherpardell4418 Рік тому

      @@larryherring445 Wow, making mass transit racist. Back in the day, folks who lived in the city did not have the money to own, board, and care for horses. So Cities and Towns had Livery stables, where you could rent a carriage and even a driver when you needed one to get somewhere. But by the 1880’s the horse manure problem in the cites had become a nightmare. So they tried to reduce horse usage by building horse drawn rail trolleys. As the internal combustion engine came around they moved to powering them either with gas engines, or by string in electrical cables overhead to power electric motors. And “those people’ who used mass transit were everyone from the rich to the poor. But automobile companies started bribing politicians to tear out the rail based mass transit systems to make room for cars. And they made gas busses to transport those folks that could not afford their own cars. THAT is what segregated mass transit between the affluent and the poor. But what the heck was the result? Cities that are Un walkable, unlivable and choked with traffic and pollution. Europe never tore out its mass transit system. It invested in MORE mass transit and it has no effect on ‘trouble’.

    • @YouSUBSCRIBE739
      @YouSUBSCRIBE739 Рік тому

      Who is "those people?" 🤔
      That u keep posting abt...jus bein curious 🤷‍♀️

    • @dorseykindler9544
      @dorseykindler9544 Рік тому

      @@YouSUBSCRIBE739Love your virtue! Thanks for signaling it :)

    • @rebecca8525
      @rebecca8525 Рік тому

      Yes, the popularity of the automobile in the 1950’s really changed America, and not for the better.

  • @happypeeps4244
    @happypeeps4244 Місяць тому

    Love this❤ well put together! Bravo!

  • @Rocky-xs1kd
    @Rocky-xs1kd Рік тому +15

    Proud to drive my 1950 Oldsmobile hot rod !!!!! Brings me back to better times !!! So l live in the past!!! What does the modern world have to offer?????

    • @omartinoco9930
      @omartinoco9930 Рік тому +3

      The cars in these photos were more glamorous back then. Now they are just fast and ugly🐡

    • @stevehughes2133
      @stevehughes2133 Рік тому +3

      Me too, nothing wrong with living in the past, I miss the 60's so bad it hurts!

  • @susanmiller4159
    @susanmiller4159 Рік тому +2

    Happy to see my mom’s hometown Petersburg, VA! In 1865 it had been under seige for almost a year. As of 2023 it has certainly has its challenges but there are still many historical buildings, shops and restaurants. We have a fav we eat at in Old Town almost weekly.

  • @АннаС-э3м
    @АннаС-э3м Рік тому +8

    Когда смотрю такие фотографии, меня не оставляет щемящее чувство, что этих людей на фото давно уже нет на этой земле, и, возможно, живы уже только их правнуки. А люди жили, работали, о чем-то мечтали, к чему-то стремились, влюблялись, ссорились, мирились, женились, рожали детей,... Жизнь их прошла своим чередом. И что осталось? И понимаю, что и мне не так много еще отпущено..Возможно, самые активные 2/3 своей жизни я уже прожила..... А хочется жить долго, не старея.. И что-то оставить после себя.. Дети точно останутся.

    • @siggyretburns7523
      @siggyretburns7523 Рік тому

      4:15 I grew up about 4 miles from Balboa, Ca. Its still there. But the nieghborhood I grew up in has changed now. Its all upper class, so I cant afford it. My high school is about ½ way between here and where my home was. I miss it so much.

  • @valeriewilliams6576
    @valeriewilliams6576 6 місяців тому

    The 60’s were THE BEST. I lived them. I love you for doing this.
    Subscribed.

  • @jonathanmcvay4499
    @jonathanmcvay4499 Рік тому +2

    Reminds me of a favourite quote from the movie Steel Magnolias. “Time marches on and eventually you realize it’s marching across your face!”

  • @vashtikelly6837
    @vashtikelly6837 Рік тому +2

    THE SUITE AT CEASERS PALACE IN THE 60S I NEED THAT FOR MYSELF TODAY!!!!

  • @johnmcintyre1965
    @johnmcintyre1965 Рік тому +16

    The Castkills photos are a sad sight to see of a time long gone by.

    • @Gertyutz
      @Gertyutz Рік тому

      We used to go there for vacations.

    • @davidbreen4353
      @davidbreen4353 Рік тому

      agreed, i grew up in the Catskills.

    • @margotconway8605
      @margotconway8605 11 місяців тому

      What happened to the Catskills?

    • @Gertyutz
      @Gertyutz 11 місяців тому +1

      @@margotconway8605 The resorts fell out of favor with new generations. They were expensive, they had kosher food, the entertainment was old-fashioned. They were part of my generation (I'm 77) and my mother's generation. Of course the Catskills are more than just Jewish resorts.

  • @hearttoheart4me
    @hearttoheart4me Рік тому +3

    Great content and so interesting. Some changes seemed to be for the better but others are not. Very good choice of background music.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому

      Thank you for adding your comments - definitely true points. I'm glad you liked the music!

  • @romieiv
    @romieiv Рік тому +1

    look at the beauty in all the contruction, wow

  • @Rahmi1103
    @Rahmi1103 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for the ending, it was uplifting after I found nostalgia & a twinge of sadness settling in after watching many of the previous 😊

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +1

      I’m glad you appreciated it. I felt that a positive ending was needed for exactly what you described.

  • @heavenlysonshine
    @heavenlysonshine Рік тому +2

    wow. Outstanding job!

  • @ilpoutriainen
    @ilpoutriainen Рік тому +4

    Awesome video!Greetings from Finland!🇫🇮

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +1

      Kiitos kun katsoit ja kommentoit! Terveisiä Yhdysvalloista!

    • @ilpoutriainen
      @ilpoutriainen Рік тому

      @@TheHistoryLounge Kyllä näitä hienoja videoita katsoo mielellään!

  • @overbank56
    @overbank56 Рік тому +2

    Thanks so much for sharing this😢

  • @mritzs5142
    @mritzs5142 Рік тому +6

    Some of the downtowns or what you would call classical squares were maintained but most of this charm in America was lost because of the advent of the mall. The mall destroyed the intimate nature of the center of each city. But the ones that kept theirs have really something to cherish

  • @CoMorbiditty
    @CoMorbiditty Рік тому +1

    This was beautiful. Although I dont live in USA, it gave me goosebumps to see the gorgeous places of yesteryear.

  • @davefieramosca6974
    @davefieramosca6974 Рік тому +7

    The contrast of used to be versus today is very interesting. I knew the son of the original owner of my parents home, which was built in 1929. He used to tell me what the neighborhood looked like. It used to be a farm and when they built the house there was one road about a mile away from the house. He told me the movers had to transport a grand piano in the mud to the house. And how there was gas lighting and a fire place to warm the house.

  • @fester73666
    @fester73666 Рік тому

    Very cool and interesting old photos 👍👍

  • @eric.cheatwood
    @eric.cheatwood Рік тому +11

    I currently Iive in Worcester, MA....not far from the photo of Main & Front St. you had. If you were able to do a 180° turn, you would see City Hall right behind where the photos were taken.
    Great video. Loved seeing all the before and afters. In most cases, it was sad to see progress...but in some it was truly needed.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому

      Hey Eric - Thanks for the tip. I just took a look on Google Maps, and wow - what a beautiful building that City Hall is, and it looks like it's probably been there a while. I should have had some old and new pictures of that building in the video. It looks great today!

  • @ninademci1500
    @ninademci1500 Рік тому +1

    The History Lounge, thank you for this beautiful and wonderful montage!

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  11 місяців тому

      You're very welcome - thanks for your kind comments!

  • @jimmyday9536
    @jimmyday9536 Рік тому +3

    Great job researching and coordinating pictures!

  • @litiviousspartus4611
    @litiviousspartus4611 Рік тому +2

    That old mansion being restored was amazing!

  • @mikerocks56
    @mikerocks56 Рік тому +4

    The restored mansion in Detroit was featured on the Nicole Curtis tv show Rehab Addict. I used to park my car in front of it when I worked at Comerica Park baseball stadium when it was a wreck and watched the rehab being done in person when I would go to the games.
    Also, the Michigan Central train station in Detroit was purchased by Ford and has been rehabilitated. It re-opens December 26,2023 after being closed since 1988. Photos of the rehab are amazing

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +1

      Hi Mike - Thanks for the additional information. That would have been cool to have seen that mansion in it's before stage, and then see it rehabbed the way it was. I just looked up some of the photos of the train station rehab, and it does look amazing. It looks like the who area/district is being improved. Glad to hear it!

  • @NipItInTheBud100
    @NipItInTheBud100 Рік тому

    This was a great video! It’s one of the reasons I love old black and white photo postcards! It’s so interesting to see how areas have changed! Some for the better, some for the worse!

  • @bellebb8673
    @bellebb8673 Рік тому +3

    Very interesting! Thanks for posting. So many comments about how much better things looked in the old days, but I bet those quaint streets with horse-drawn carriages didn't smell too good!

  • @monty3322
    @monty3322 Рік тому

    Really interesting! Thanks for sharing this.

  • @incog99skd11
    @incog99skd11 Рік тому +6

    Sad that so many lively small towns in the south are now abandoned never to return.

  • @caroldriehorst1165
    @caroldriehorst1165 7 місяців тому

    I love seeing pictures of old sites and how they evolved. A lot of the old buildings survived, and they built them better back then.

  • @jackbest6677
    @jackbest6677 Рік тому

    Times have changed. Some for the better and some for the worse. Thanks for sharing.

  • @lesvalernipi9871
    @lesvalernipi9871 Рік тому +8

    Places seemed to be more lively, more densely populated, lots of public transport.

  • @CAROLDDISCOVER-2025
    @CAROLDDISCOVER-2025 Рік тому +2

    Great seen before and after pictures of the same or similar areas. At the end it was nice to see it going the other direction, weather Detroit mansion. Thanks for putting out such a fine product.

  • @carch7243
    @carch7243 Рік тому +10

    That was depressing. Look at everything we have destroyed. Only a few scenes remained the same. Other than the last photo, nothing has changed for the better.

  • @uwesmodellbau3910
    @uwesmodellbau3910 Рік тому +1

    I love these kind of videos. Thanks so much

  • @peterm1826
    @peterm1826 Рік тому +4

    The old pioneer square in Seattle is still there. It’s buried under ground.
    They built over it. After the fire of 1889.

  • @toddb2537
    @toddb2537 Рік тому +1

    Excellent video!

  • @me2big
    @me2big Рік тому +3

    It's amazing to me that the old home in New Jersey is STILL there, and seemingly in good shape ...

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  11 місяців тому

      Yeah - that one looked old in the original photo! I looked it up and the area where it's located has become some kind of state park or natural area, and that house is now used as part of the park.

  • @MadderMel
    @MadderMel Рік тому

    I always enjoy this type of thing ! Thanks for posting !

  • @robertfarrow5853
    @robertfarrow5853 Рік тому +40

    Slim, fit ,neat ,tidy and disciplined. How teenagers are not , now.

    • @jgjg3848
      @jgjg3848 Рік тому +4

      I remember as a kid, there was only maybe one overweight kid in the entire school. Sometimes not even that one. Now, it's nearly 50/50. It's shameful that parents overfeed, feed junk and let their kids go months and months without doing anything that might be considered exercise like running, playing, bike riding etc. Kids are plopped in front of a tv or video game 24/7 now.

    • @briandavid3637
      @briandavid3637 Рік тому

      ​@@jgjg3848I agree I'm 46 years old and I watched plenty of TV and played plenty of video games,but I also worked out played sports walked ran rode bikes built forts set fires, controlled of course but I lived life to and to quote a mazzy star lyric, there's a whole world outside my door step 👍

    • @simonestreeter1518
      @simonestreeter1518 Рік тому

      Yes, it was the same at my school. But then we all were forced to take P.E. class, including changing into uniform gym clothes. Then we had to run around for an hour and take showers afterward. Kids now never do that. @@jgjg3848

  • @BellaP.Arganbright-vi5vv
    @BellaP.Arganbright-vi5vv 20 днів тому

    Love history visual 💜

  • @Seibling
    @Seibling Рік тому +4

    where can i get the pink carpet from the caesars palace edition 68?

  • @Fallout-7614
    @Fallout-7614 Рік тому

    This was beautiful to watch! Thank you❤

  • @Margo714P
    @Margo714P Рік тому +8

    Some of the places look much better now than they did then. Some not so much.

  • @BK-qp8zp
    @BK-qp8zp Рік тому +1

    I really enjoyed this, especially with your choice of music.

  • @sethb775
    @sethb775 Рік тому +10

    Anybody else wanna go to the past picture??

  • @siameseblue4824
    @siameseblue4824 Рік тому +2

    Portsmouth NH is a historic city, still beautiful. I loving living in NH!

  • @pl5624
    @pl5624 Рік тому +20

    I actually prefer old picture then how it is today...not the backwards.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  Рік тому +4

      Yes, me too - that’s why all the photos fade from new to old!

    • @zeroceiling
      @zeroceiling Рік тому +2

      Clearly everyone feels the same way!

  • @smartfortwo451
    @smartfortwo451 11 місяців тому

    Exact overlays from newer to old...even with the pictures moving is beautifully done! Salute!
    The loss of some gorgeous architecture is saddening.

    • @TheHistoryLounge
      @TheHistoryLounge  11 місяців тому

      I very much agree - the loss of the architecture truly is saddening. (Thanks for noticing the overlay transitions!)

  • @staceycooper1086
    @staceycooper1086 Рік тому +5

    Sometimes these types of videos make me wish I lived back in the past.