Who doesn’t love old photos? They remind us where we’ve been. They remind us how much change we’ve all seen. Well, those old photos are even better next to their contemporary counterparts.

  1. Fayetteville Town Square, 1938

Yale Photogrammar/Dorothea Lange

  1. Fayetteville Town Square, 2011

Wikipedia/Brandonrush

  1. Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith, 1942

Yale Photogrammar/John Vachon

  1. Garrison Avenue, Fort Smith, 2006

Wikipedia/Tom Holland

  1. Little Rock, 1942

Yale Photogrammar/John Vachon

  1. Little Rock, 2008

Flickr/Cliff

  1. Hot Springs, 1924

Wikipedia/E.L. Glass

  1. Hot Springs, 2012

Wikipedia/Samuel Grant

  1. Old State Capitol Building, Little Rock, 1934

Wikimedia/ Prather Reynolds

  1. Old State Capitol Building, Little Rock, 2008

Wikipedia/ Wasted Time R

  1. Walmart, 1950 - today (Walmart preserves the original store location as a Visitor’s Center.)

Wikipedia/Bobak Yes, this building remains mostly the same, but think of how much bigger our Walmarts are now.

  1. Walmart, 2014

Flickr/Random Retail

  1. The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, 1886

Wikimedia

  1. The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, 2014

Flickr/Scutter

What about you? Do you have any amazing old photographs?

Yale Photogrammar/Dorothea Lange

Wikipedia/Brandonrush

Yale Photogrammar/John Vachon

Wikipedia/Tom Holland

Flickr/Cliff

Wikipedia/E.L. Glass

Wikipedia/Samuel Grant

Wikimedia/ Prather Reynolds

Wikipedia/ Wasted Time R

Wikipedia/Bobak

Yes, this building remains mostly the same, but think of how much bigger our Walmarts are now.

Flickr/Random Retail

Wikimedia

Flickr/Scutter

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