An Archive Of Classic Photographs

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I don't know if this has been mentioned here in the past, but I find this to be a fine resource of historic (mostly American) photographs.

The quality of images is something to behold:

Shorpy.com

Shorpy Vintage HD Photo Archive

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For example, look at this Walker Evans picture - the mid-tone separation and contrast management is just spectacular:

Shorpy Historical Picture Archive :: The Black Cat: 1936 high-resolution photo

Full-size version of vintage photo showing: Summer 1936. "Cat on porch of a sharecropper's cabin, Hale County, Alabama." Photo by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration.

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