Needle in a haystack challenge
Here’s another BIGDoer.com needle in a haystack challenge, where our readers send us an old photo showing a street scene with little or no accompanying information, in hopes of stumping us. We’re put the test, our goal to find the exact spot using only our sleuthing skills (and perhaps a little luck) and then shoot a “now” photo similar in composition to the first.
The “then” photo come in from friend James Tworow, and is from his father’s collection. He knows it’s from the 1950s – even if he didn’t the cars seen would have confirmed that – and that he believed it was taken in Calgary. And it turns out the latter is true. Narrowed down, it’s in the community of Ramsay. This one was easy as we recognized the location form the previous project done in the area. It’s not known who the people in the photo are.
Elements connecting the two eras include the brick structure (a former store we think) in the background left and the house seen above the lady’s head. Come summer, both would likely be completely obscured by all those trees and shrubs.
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Date of adventure: March, 2016.
Location: Calgary, AB.
You done good!
Once you stated it was Ramsay I saw it.
We’ve done a few of these challenges. They eat up a lot of time. But I love them!
Very nice! I notice the road in the 1950s wasn’t paved.
Yeah, dirt road, no gutters, no curb. Interesting!
I lived on that street!
That’s so cool!
The couple in the photo (unknown to me) are standing in front of my grandparents house on 10 St SE Ramsay. I wish I knew who they were.
Wow, that a connection! We asked around the area, including chatting with some old timers, and no one recognized the folks in the then photo.