EpiEric Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 GREAT !! I love it. Thanks for posting !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Looks like "FM light and Son's" is not only still there in Steamboat but has expanded....... Yes, how about that. And the Safeway Store, at the time, next door. Grocery stores have changed a bit since then! Surprised my wife with a weekend riding trip to Steamboat Springs two years ago. She wanted the destination a secret. Well, I forgot well-known F&M Light places advertising signs on highways leading to Steamboat... "See F&M Light in Steamboat Springs for the best selection of cowboy boots. 45 miles." Dang. After about five of them she guessed where we were going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer dgordon Posted January 28, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted January 28, 2012 Really fascinating and extremely well done and said! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer kox Posted January 28, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted January 28, 2012 Excellent done! Colorado added to my personal bucket list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer TexOz Posted January 29, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted January 29, 2012 ... May we say our lines well, and with gusto. ... Amen to that my friend ... great set of pics sfarson, thx for posting. BTW ... I've been thinking (read "dreaming") of a new Hypermotard for my garage and have seen a few incredible pics of yours on the Duc website - very nice indeed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And, time is short. Very nice juxtapositioning of one era to another, Mr. Farson. Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 What kind of camera were you taking those shots in 1945 with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Ahhh, it was a Polaroid land camera given to me as a 1935 graduation gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Ahhh, it was a Polaroid land camera given to me as a 1935 graduation gift. Got me thinking http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/history/canon_story/1937_1945/1937_1945.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Awesome. Beautiful pictures and nicely done. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 that's great stuff. thanks for making the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer cybershade69 Posted January 29, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted January 29, 2012 These are great......I grew up in Colorado. Make me wish I could move back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interceptorrider Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Awesome! I've ridden some of those roads. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfunkomatic Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 This is one of the best posts I've read on Vfrdiscussion in a while. What a great way to explore and document the area you live in. It's really quite amazing when you look at historical photos and see how much things have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer northernrider Posted January 29, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted January 29, 2012 love the old pics . i relly love the comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee 2002 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 Thank you for the effort. The huge amount of work you put into this is appreciated. Such a cool thread idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Nicole Posted January 30, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted January 30, 2012 That is too cool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Kind thoughts everyone. As always. For a few more strolls through past... A festive 1901 Labor Day in the thriving, mining community of Eldora... Well, with the mines less thriving, so is the now sem-ghost town of Eldora. What a contrast... Boy, when roads were created for autos around 1910-1920, there was a craze to go on group "drives". We can relate with our two wheeled things eh? This is Bear Creek Canyon west of Denver. How would you like to be going the opposite direction? At the mouth of Bear Creek Canyon then... Bear Creek Canyon now... When fires swept through communities back then, seriously, little could be done. Many towns saw flames pass through more than once. The Cripple Creek fire of 1896. Dang... Hey, let's start building more often with brick. Four years later in 1900... And 110 years later. I should actually be a few feet forward... About 60 years ago, the D&SP station house in Como was in a state of decay after the tracks over nearby Boreas Pass were pulled up. Things are coming around a bit, but things are also still a little slow and sleepy in Como (named by Italian miners who thought the area reminded them of home)... Nevadaville, about a mile SW above Central City, boasted in 1865 a population of 4,000... one of the most populous towns in the state at the time. The first big gold strike was nearby... The population today now hovers between 5 and 10... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer BusyLittleShop Posted January 30, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted January 30, 2012 I just love going over photos like this... thanks for posting... here is my version of then and now... 1965 Same spot 43 years later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer800Canuck Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Why no doughnut with Mr. RC45? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee 2002 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 This post got me to thinking maybe I could do the same thing here locally. So I googled some old photos taken around the area looking for prospective sites. Fat chance! Our horizon is so flat here that there is nothing permanent enough to figure out where to take the "now" photo from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer festertruck Posted January 30, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted January 30, 2012 Very cool. Lots of work and research I bet. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keny Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 This is a nice post, sure nice to look how things change during time. Spechally two places I like, both seem to be werry enjoyable whit a 2 wheeled This... And this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vanion2 Posted January 30, 2012 Member Contributer Share Posted January 30, 2012 I think this thread pretty much epitimizes what a road trip on the VFR means to me. Travelling to places I have never been and trying to capture the feel of the history each stop has. You just took it to the next level with putting the past and present pictures together. Truly epic. Well done Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4 Rosso Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 What a great idea for a forum topic and very well excuted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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