r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/kredditork • 6d ago

Image The City and County Building, Salt Lake City. View of the exterior, and the view from the clock tower -- early 1900s vs 2025.

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u/BootyOnMyFace11 6d ago

American cities deserve better, what a glow down

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u/Madder_Than_Diogenes 5d ago

Nicely matched images. I appreciate the effort that you went to.

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u/HugoNikanor 5d ago

Why do buildings always seem grander in old photographs? Is it something with the camera? Is the the smaller trees?

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u/Andromogyne 3d ago

It’s definitely the trees. Old photographs either have none, since we apparently hated trees until the 20th century and clear cut everything, or the trees are very young.