Originally I planned make to make a post for Sepia Saturday 100 using a few of my Century of Progress postcards. I figured the "century" that the exposition was named for, the hundred years 1833-1933, would fit the "100" theme. However, when I saw the special Sepia Saturday 100 logo, I had the idea of making a video using 100 postcards.
I had previously made a Century of Progress video using brightly colored linen postcards, so I planned to use only black and white postcards. While I was scanning, I changed my mind a couple of times about which cards to include. I ended up including some color ones and scanning a total of 142 postcards. It was hard to choose which ones to include and end up with exactly 100 (actually 101 if you count the postcard used for the title). The scanning was time consuming, but it was probably easier than thinking of something intelligent to write.
I had previously made a Century of Progress video using brightly colored linen postcards, so I planned to use only black and white postcards. While I was scanning, I changed my mind a couple of times about which cards to include. I ended up including some color ones and scanning a total of 142 postcards. It was hard to choose which ones to include and end up with exactly 100 (actually 101 if you count the postcard used for the title). The scanning was time consuming, but it was probably easier than thinking of something intelligent to write.
Wow, what a impressive slideshow of your postcards!What a lot of work ;-)
ReplyDeleteOh that was so much fun. I'm from Chicago and don't remember seeing anything from the fair. Was it all destroyed? All those beautiful buildings?
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It is all gone from Chicago, but some of the buildings (mainly houses) were moved to other places.
ReplyDeleteA wonderful collection!
ReplyDeleteThat was indeed a very special post. I don't think anyone has ever done such a slideshow before : thanks for the innovation, thanks for participating over the weeks ... and thanks for all the magnificent postcards you have shown us.
ReplyDeleteThank you for putting in all those hours; it certainly made for great entertainment. What an interesting collection , but with some standouts - I’ll never complain of sagging jowls again :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the comment on my blog. I have collection of old cards of Pembrokeshire - and another, very different (and shrinking) collection indeed - which I wrote about here.
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Oh thanks from the bottom of my heart, for such a delightful treat!
ReplyDeleteWonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for such an appropriate video for SS100.
ReplyDeleteI shall have to learn how to create one in the future. I'll know where to come for tips.
That was pretty amazing to see all those photos like that. Interesting idea. I kept thinking how to those people it was so modern and now it's not.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, what a lot of work you have done in scanning all those cards. A wonderful show!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a great idea to use the video and the perfect choice of theme for SS100. I am, as ever, awed by the depth and breadth of your collection. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteFor some reason, my computer is blocking videos. I've loved your previous ones, so i need to see about fixing this.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lot of postcards from the same exhibition.
ReplyDeleteOkay, this is a silly thing to notice, but I was amazed at all the curves in the postcards: buildings, arches, counters, etc., etc.
Very innovative to do a video. Thanks for sharing.
Very impressive, not to mention entertaining. I played it through twice.
ReplyDeleteThank you for going to all of that work; a very informative and wonderful slideshow ... I loved the music too. How interesting ... that exhibit must have been huge.
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering about the slideshow program itself, I need a new one to use because Slide.com has been bought by Google and will no longer allow us to create new ones. What program do you use?
Thank you!
Kathy M.
That was great. I didn't think I'd have time to watch it all but found I couldn't stop.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the entertainment!
Barbara
Well. well!!
ReplyDeleteYou dared do what I didn't!!
and formatting it into a video made it a breeze. Thanks for all of the hard work!! I so understand what it meant...
:)~
HUGZ
I must say that the colorful linen Century of Progress postcards are great, but some of my favorite views of the event were presented in black and white. Great bunch of cards!
ReplyDeleteMy great-grandfather worked on the construction of the Horticultural building of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago 40 years before this one, so this was an interesting story for me. Great postcards thank you.
ReplyDeleteNow that was a fantastic presentation! I only wish I could read a little faster to take in all the detail and captions on the cards. Wonderful!
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