This time-lapse is from an image taken from Google Maps, showing the intersection of 4th and Clark. I have put some old cars in the image, dating from the 1930’s-1950’s, and even a horse and buggy from possibly the late 1800’s. I have chosen to make the image look like there is a movement going on, with the cars driving in different directions, and I have added signs that were originally there half a century ago or longer. I chose Pasco because this is a town I am relatively familiar with now that I have lived here for the past five years. Although I grew up in Kennewick, and lived a few years in Richland, I appreciate what Pasco has become and how much it has changed in only a hundred years.
Finding enough images to incorporate into my photomontage was somewhat of a task, because it is hard to find particular streets that are dated. In some cases, I had to take images that were a block or two away and incorporate them into the picture, just so I would have plenty of images. The old street light I have hanging at the top of the photo, is almost exactly where it would have been 50 or more years ago.
Pasco has changed quite a bit in a hundred years and I can only imagine how it would look in another hundred years from now. When the present is historic, it may be time for another time-lapse project, or maybe even elaborate on what I already have. If this image is passed on to my kids, they can add to it as they please.
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