{"id":109,"date":"2006-08-20T18:39:05","date_gmt":"2006-08-20T18:39:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=109"},"modified":"2006-08-20T18:39:05","modified_gmt":"2006-08-20T18:39:05","slug":"1950s-london-in-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2006\/08\/20\/1950s-london-in-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"1950s London&#8230;. in colour!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I have no idea when this picture was taken, it&#8217;s really interesting seeing the differences in fifty odd years! And, er, that&#8217;s my reason for posting it along with a more recent <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Photograph\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Photograph\">photograph<\/a> taken from a similar position (in July 2006).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"London\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=51.5080555556,-0.124722222222&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=51.5080555556,-0.124722222222 (London)&amp;t=h\">London<\/a>, circa 1950 &#8211; Chalmers Butterfield:<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London1-web.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"734\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/london1-web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London1-web.jpg?fit=5119%2C3606&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"5119,3606\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"London 1950&amp;#8217;s\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London1-web.jpg?fit=1024%2C721&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-734\" title=\"London 1950's\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London1-web-1024x721.jpg?resize=614%2C433\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London1-web.jpg?resize=1024%2C721&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London1-web.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London1-web.jpg?w=2330&amp;ssl=1 2330w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London1-web.jpg?w=3495&amp;ssl=1 3495w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>London, 2006 &#8211; Tom Box.:<\/strong><br \/>\n<span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><a onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/hsx\/images\/London22.html','popup','width=2848,height=2136,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/hsx\/images\/London22.html\"><\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"735\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/london2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London2.jpg?fit=2848%2C2136&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2848,2136\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"London 2006\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London2.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-735\" title=\"London 2006\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London2-1024x768.jpg?resize=614%2C461\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London2.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/London2.jpg?w=2330&amp;ssl=1 2330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Image:London_%2C_Kodachrome_by_Chalmers_Butterfield.jpg\" target=\"blank\">Both images via Wikipedia<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I have no idea when this picture was taken, it&#8217;s really interesting seeing the differences in fifty odd years! And, er, that&#8217;s my reason for posting it along with a more recent photograph taken from a similar position (in July 2006). London, circa 1950 &#8211; Chalmers Butterfield: London, 2006 &#8211; Tom Box.: [Both images [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,25],"tags":[57,83,312,426,506,1046,1150,1328,1594,1800,1819,1876,2359,2363,2404,2858,3251],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-linkage","category-photographs","tag-1950s","tag-83","tag-august","tag-biology","tag-brazil","tag-england","tag-flora-and-fauna","tag-graphic-design","tag-jeans","tag-linkage-2","tag-london","tag-maps-and-views","tag-photograph","tag-photos","tag-pop-music","tag-stephen-gill","tag-wikipedia","post_format-post-format-image","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OeSW-1L","jetpack-related-posts":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}