Beautiful pictures of the West as it used to be

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2149899/The-American-West-youve-seen-Amazing-19th-century-pictures-landscape-chartered-time.html#axzz2JfKCwYZW

lovely stuff whs, more info here...

The life of Timothy H. O'Sullivan | Feature | Tucson Weekly

Thanks for the link.

Also check out: Ansel Adams photography - Google.
More contemporary, but beautiful work!

good old ansel, my photography tutor was a big fan of his and was always showing us his work.
that was a good few years ago.

Wonderful photos Wolfgang, haven't had chance to read the article Julian but it looks interesting.

Very nice post Wolfgang! I enjoyed those photos immensely. I often wonder what my life would have been like if I had been born in the 1850s instead of the 1950s.

LittleJay said:

Very nice post Wolfgang! I enjoyed those photos immensely. I often wonder what my life would have been like if I had been born in the 1850s instead of the 1950s.

It would have been a lot harder life then we had it.

Nice link Wolfgang, I have seen some of that area in the mid 60's it is amazing.

Bongo said:

LittleJay said:

Very nice post Wolfgang! I enjoyed those photos immensely. I often wonder what my life would have been like if I had been born in the 1850s instead of the 1950s.

It would have been a lot harder life then we had it.

Nice link Wolfgang, I have seen some of that area in the mid 60's it is amazing.

I realize that Jerry, and people didn't live as long either, but having the opportunity to carve out a place of your own, without having to deal with endless government rules, regulations and taxes would have been worth it in my humble opinion.

Thank you whs. I never heard of this O'Sullivan before.
Absolutely great.
Also thank you Slartybart. I just spent about a hour digging around and I did find my old disc of Ansel Adams photos of National Parks.

I love those old photos, along with the notes below each pic, those were extremely hard times, no wonder people had such short lives . I want to get back here for more photos and reading.
Thanks to those who have shared these links.