04-18-2021 11:28 AM
Any ideas? Obviously no way to tell the color. I thought at first it was Free France, but Free France was a shield and cross. This is more like a windowpane. All I know is it was somewhere in Europe, 1942-43.
04-21-2021 08:09 AM - edited 04-21-2021 08:10 AM
Yes, it's definitely Pompeii - the via Stabiana. This photo is from a slightly different angle, but you can see the arch on the left and the drinking fountain on the right:
https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/art-various-8527654a
04-21-2021 08:15 AM
@southern*sweet*tea wrote:This is the entire photo.
I've gone through the rest of the lot, unfortunately most of the photos are not dated or marked in any way. A few are dated, most 1942-43, and a handful 1944 and 1945, so this could be right after the war in Europe was over. Several photos of bombed out areas, but no identifying marks or anything to tell where they could have been taken. Somewhere in Europe during WWII is the best I can figure.
I need to find my magnifying glass to go through all these photos and see if I can see anything to help identify them.
definitely post war, for a liberated country. Some kind of ceremony looks like, involving children. Funny though, seeing the entire picture, seems there maybe more then 4 flags we see. Far left looks like there is another flag just catch the very edge of it. In any case, think we can say certainly it is a photo regarding liberation. Just where and exactly when remains.
04-21-2021 08:19 AM
@argon38 wrote:Yes, it's definitely Pompeii - the via Stabiana. This photo is from a slightly different angle, but you can see the arch on the left and the drinking fountain on the right:
https://www.shutterstock.com/editorial/image-editorial/art-various-8527654a
And here it is on video:
04-21-2021 09:16 AM
Dang, y'all are good!
So it's ancient volcano damage made worse by Allied bombs. That would put it sometime after the fall of 1943. https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/pompeii/destruction.html
04-21-2021 10:52 AM
This is such a good animation of the destruction of Pompeii. I came across it a few years ago and just watched it again, it is amazing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY_3ggKg0Bc