Google Magically Merges Histories (7 photos)

1945, New York, New York

If you're a fan of seeing old photographs overlaid on top of modern day ones, you'll love this new project by Google. Called Historypin, it's an interactive, crowd-sourcing movement where you go to upload your old photos, add your stories and then geo-tag them onto Google maps. What exactly is the point? To bridge the gap between generations. As of right now almost 15,000 photos and stories have been pinned. Like Flickr's Looking into the Past group, but easier.

1926, Cornhill, London, England

1937, Trafalgar Square, London, England

1952, Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland

1955, Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA

1966, Kensington, England

1880-1890, Kensington Terrace, Leeds, England

Historypin

via NPR

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