We are a group of people who love re-photographies (“before and after”, “then and now”) because of their potential to tell fascinating stories with just two pictures. There wasn’t really a central hub for this kind of art so we got to work and built re.photos. It’s a website that enables people to browse hundreds of pictures or upload and align their own.

Today we would like to share our excitement with you and show you some of the best pictures (in our opinion) our users contributed. Hopefully, these comparisons are as exciting for you as they are for us!

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#1

Rysstad, Norway, 1888 - 2013

Rysstad, Norway, 1888 - 2013

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Usernameofgag
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the way they doesn't tear down the white building.

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Seljestadjuvet, Odda, Norway, 1887 - 2014

Seljestadjuvet, Odda, Norway, 1887 - 2014

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Josh Ritter
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the second pic from Norway with no changes. Looks peaceful.

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Martin Luther Statue, Dresden, Germany, 1958 - 2014

Martin Luther Statue, Dresden, Germany, 1958 - 2014

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Misterscooter
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are probably some crazy before and after photos of Dresden related to the war.

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#4

Hofbräuhaus München, Germany, 1910 - 2017

Hofbräuhaus München, Germany, 1910 - 2017

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Quai Des Nations, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017

Quai Des Nations, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017

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just a thought !
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The before had beautiful buildings , but the fact that there are trees there now makes me feel it's changed for the good .

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Corner Of Ratajczaka And Św. Marcin Streets, Poznań, Poland, 1945 - 2017

Corner Of Ratajczaka And Św. Marcin Streets, Poznań, Poland, 1945 - 2017

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Krzysztof Guzowski
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's corner of Ratajczaka and Św. Marcin Streets. "Skrzyżowanie" means "crossroads" in Polish. :)

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#7

Pripyat, Ukraine, 1986 - 2016

Pripyat, Ukraine, 1986 - 2016

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Misterscooter
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Context: Top photo is shortly before the Chernobyl meltdown (this is the nearby town where the employees and their families lived).

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#9

Engabreen Glacier, Norway, 1889 - 2010

Engabreen Glacier, Norway, 1889 - 2010

Axel Lindahl’s picture of Engabreen from 1889 shows the foot of the glacier, where there was only ice, glacial gravel, water and bare mountainsides in a seemingly cold and hostile landscape. Now, more than 120 years later, the valley has become far more fertile. Birch forest, shore meadows, willow thickets and marshland have established themselves, while the glacier arm has retreated far back up the mountainside.

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maobe
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

...even the guy sitting there has changed...

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#10

Moulin Rouge, Paris, France, 1900 - 2016

Moulin Rouge, Paris, France, 1900 - 2016

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Alexandru Bucur
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The first picture is definitely not from 1900. Judging by the cars, it was taken around 1930. This is what the place actually looked like in 1900, before a fire destroyed the building in 1915: Moulin-Rouge-1.jpg Moulin-Rouge-1.jpg

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Horse Cart And Steam Locomotive, Mont Saint-Michel, France, 1908 - 2016

Horse Cart And Steam Locomotive, Mont Saint-Michel, France, 1908 - 2016

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Reichstag, Germany, 1945 - 2012

Reichstag, Germany, 1945 - 2012

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Hammerfest, Norway, 1889 - 2004

Hammerfest, Norway, 1889 - 2004

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Frauenkirche Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 1897 - 2010

Frauenkirche Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 1897 - 2010

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Franco La Torre
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The original construction was destroyed almost entirely in WWII. The current one was completed in 2005. The black bricks in the new church are some that were part of the original construction.

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Tour Eiffel, Paris, France, 1910 - 2016

Tour Eiffel, Paris, France, 1910 - 2016

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Marcin Street, Poznań, Poland, 1945 - 2017

Marcin Street, Poznań, Poland, 1945 - 2017

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Osnabrück, Germany, 1904 - 2016

Osnabrück, Germany, 1904 - 2016

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Mark Smallman
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting how the original field boundaries ended up forming the streets and roads .

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#18

The Karlstor, Munich, Germany, 1946 - 2017

The Karlstor, Munich, Germany, 1946 - 2017

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Osnabrück Central Railway Station, Germany, 1965 - 2015

Osnabrück Central Railway Station, Germany, 1965 - 2015

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Martin Forbes
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think it would look better without all these bikes, although it is a healthier way of getting around compared to cars tbh.

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#20

Nowomiejska Street, Łódź, Poland, 1874 - 2016

Nowomiejska Street, Łódź, Poland, 1874 - 2016

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#21

Paris, France, 1900 - 2017

Paris, France, 1900 - 2017

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#22

Szyperska Street, Poznań, Poland, 2006 - 2017

Szyperska Street, Poznań, Poland, 2006 - 2017

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#23

Kjeåsen Railway Bridge, Kjeåsen, Norway, 1927 - 2008

Kjeåsen Railway Bridge, Kjeåsen, Norway, 1927 - 2008

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#24

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1900 - 2017

The Seine bank during the world’s fair of 1900.
Next to the Eiffel Tower, the “Globe Céleste” was one of the main attractions. It was a monumental heavenly globe of 45 meters in diameter, in which visitors could sit in a chair, while panoramas of the solar system were passed over. The ball was carried by 4 pillars, between which stairs and elevators allowed the visitors the ascent.
In the “Marerama”, the building with the four corner towers to the left, visitors were simulated to be on the deck of a ship with a panorama of the large Mediterranean ports.
The exhibition pavilions located directly on the shore on the left were dedicated to navigation, trade and navigation.

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riley.girl
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That globe is so cool! I wish it was still there!

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#25

Palais Im Großen Garten Dresden, Germany, 1900 - 2005

Palais Im Großen Garten Dresden, Germany, 1900 - 2005

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ShneeksDawn
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This reminds me of Mr Darcy's house in Pride and Prejudice

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#26

St. Matthew Evangelical Church, Łódź, Poland, 1937 - 2017

St. Matthew Evangelical Church, Łódź, Poland, 1937 - 2017

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#27

Osnabrück, Germany, 1953 - 2015

Osnabrück, Germany, 1953 - 2015

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St-Gervais-Et-St-Protais, France, 1918 - 2017

St-Gervais-Et-St-Protais, France, 1918 - 2017

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Priscilla Winslow
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I assume this is a church? A church where they evidently don't want you to sit for very long...

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#29

The Grinnell Glacier, Montana, USA, 1911 - 2008

The Grinnell Glacier, Montana, USA, 1911 - 2008

The 1911 photo shows Grinnell Glacier poised at the top of the waterfalls in the foreground and joined with what is now called Salamander Glacier in the background. Grinnell described this wall of ice as being 1,000 feet high in 1887. As of 2008, that wall of ice is gone and Grinnell Glacier is not even visible in the contemporary photograph. Instead, it is behind the buff-colored ridge just above the waterfalls. Salamander Glacier lies along the Garden Wall below the ridgeline. This glacier is thinning in the middle so rapidly that it will probably be in two pieces within a few years. To the upper left is the small, rounded glacier, Gem Glacier, that until recently had not shown signs of retreat. It, too, is now becoming smaller.

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#30

Karlstor, Munich, Germany , 1910 - 2017

Karlstor, Munich, Germany , 1910 - 2017

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Millard Fillmore
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a shame how a lot of the ornate detail gets lost when buildings are renovated

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#31

Köln Domplatte, Germany, 1945 - 2011

Köln Domplatte, Germany, 1945 - 2011

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#32

Gymnasium, Osnabrück, Germany, 1870 - 2015

Gymnasium, Osnabrück, Germany, 1870 - 2015

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Jayne DonVito
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Interesting how they put the attic into use by adding the dormers (when the roof was replaced?).

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Łódź, Poland, 1887 - 2015

Łódź, Poland, 1887 - 2015

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#34

Hôtel De Ville, France, 1871 - 2014

Hôtel De Ville, France, 1871 - 2014

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Jayne DonVito
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Top photo must show the destruction from the uprising mentioned a few photos earlier. Very interesting.

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#35

Notre Dame, Paris, France, 1850 - 2016

Notre Dame, Paris, France, 1850 - 2016

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Hallak65
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The flèche, a type of spire in the middle is restored around 1864 after it torned down in French Revolution.

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#36

Rue De La Paix, Paris, France, 1871 - 2016

Rue De La Paix, Paris, France, 1871 - 2016

Barricade of revolutionary Paris Commune in 1871 in the rue de la Paix (confluence Place Vendôme).
In spring of 1871, it comes for an uprising in Paris of the workers and soldiers of the National Guard against the conservative government. In spontaneous elections a Paris city council (commune) is formed, whose members (communards) try to enforce the transformation of France into a socialist union of sovereign communities against the will of the central government. After bloody clashes the communards finally gain control of Paris.

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Priscilla Winslow
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gee... Les Miserables anybody? To the barricades!

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#37

St. Nicholas' Church, Berlin, Germany, 1939 - 2013

St. Nicholas' Church, Berlin, Germany, 1939 - 2013

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#39

Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, New York, Usa, London, England, 1932 - 2011

Lunch Atop A Skyscraper, New York, Usa, London, England, 1932 - 2011

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Stephen Treffman
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have never liked the photo from 1932 because every time I've seen it my abdomen tightens involuntarily! The one from 2011 would suggest that construction safety standards continue to need more study.

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Shepard Glacier, USA, 1913 - 2005

 Shepard Glacier, USA, 1913 - 2005

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The Place Des Victoires, Paris, France, 1914 - 2017

The Place Des Victoires, Paris, France, 1914 - 2017

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Ryan Wilkins
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love how beautiful most of the structures are in Europe.....and if they were in the USA, they would have been torn down a long time ago for Trump Towers and Malls and Starbucks and Drug stores.

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Rudolstadt Marktstraße 54 Amtsgericht, Germany, 1906 - 2015

Rudolstadt Marktstraße 54 Amtsgericht, Germany, 1906 - 2015

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Amber Tackett
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sweet!! We have a tree now! But honesty, I love that the original architecture was not lost on this. Restore, repair, retain, not remodel..

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#43

L'viv, Ukraine, 1943 - 2017

L'viv, Ukraine, 1943 - 2017

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Rūta Šližytė
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

L'viv, Rynok Square. Strange to see this place so empty. It's (OK - wasin September 2017) much more crowded

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#44

Bereich Um Das Brandenburger, Germany, 1928 - 2015

Bereich Um Das Brandenburger, Germany, 1928 - 2015

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Römerberg, Frankfurt, Germany, 1910 - 2017

Römerberg, Frankfurt, Germany, 1910 - 2017

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#46

Karl Johan Street, Norway, 1899 - 2007

Karl Johan Street, Norway, 1899 - 2007

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Arren Schroyer
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is seems they have gotten rid of trolley tracks everywhere but its still great to see that the buzzing of people walking about and enjoying the town has not changed.

#47

Sultan Abdul Samad, Malaysia, 1941 - 2016

Sultan Abdul Samad, Malaysia, 1941 - 2016

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just a thought !
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The now image looks kind of photoshopped even though it may not be the case

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#48

Most Kłodny, Poland, 1900 - 2013

Most Kłodny, Poland, 1900 - 2013

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#49

Notre-Dame, Paris, France, 1944 - 2017

Notre-Dame, Paris, France, 1944 - 2017

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Mick Fowler
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The vehicle in the 1944 pic was a self-propelled howitzer called a "priest." Also the men next to it.

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#50

Portobello Beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1919 - 2016

Portobello Beach, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1919 - 2016

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Christina Waide
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Where did everyone go? I mean, I guess they all had 97 years to find their way home.

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#51

Japanese Troops Advancing Through Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1942 - 2016

Japanese Troops Advancing Through Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1942 - 2016

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maobe
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

1942: japanese troops 2017: japanese tourists

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#52

Blick Vom Kap, Germany, 1961 - 2009

Blick Vom Kap, Germany, 1961 - 2009

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#53

Warmenhuizen, Holland, 1950 - 2016

Warmenhuizen, Holland, 1950 - 2016

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#54

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1888 - 2017

The Eiffel Tower, Paris, France, 1888 - 2017

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Near Poznań, Poland, 1936 - 2017

Near Poznań, Poland, 1936 - 2017

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Sherrie Glendening
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5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If that building could only talk, imagine what it has witnessed.

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Pont Notre-Dame, France, 1910 - 2017