Old photographs of Madrid

20minutos.com has a series of about 45 old photographs of Madrid. You can view them here: Museo Virtual de Viejas Fotos - Sala Madrid
For example, here is one of Plaza de España:

I love to see old photos of Spain. Another website of which I've been aware for some time is "Lugares en el Tiempo" (web: http://lugareseneltiempo.iespana.es/ - only in Spanish) which has "Now and Then" photos of many many landmarks in Madrid.

Thanks for sharing! Saludos, MadridMan

Great site MM - I really enjoyed looking at the comparisons between the old and the new.
Thanks
RR

Ok MM - you got me hooked now! - I have found a site that is very similar but with old and new photos of Malaga. This site is also in Spanish and can be seen here:
http://es.geocities.com/malagaayeryhoy/galeria_malaga.htm

Whilst browsing the same site, I also found old photos of Semana Santa - some from the 20's and 30's!:
http://es.geocities.com/malagaayeryhoy/especial1.htm

My last visit to Madrid, there was a elderly gentlemen selling old B&W photos out of the back of his car.

The photos were not originals but reprints of photos. So I skipped buying any.

But there was one photo of Plaza Mayor and instead of the ground being paved in concrete as it is now, it is paved with it was dirt.

Bill

My morning is disappearing! I can't help myself. All these photos are great

As a follow up to the old photographs of Madrid, readers of 20minutos.com have been sending in their old photographs.
These have been classified into rooms os salas as follows:
Sala General
Sala Niños
Sala Lugares
Sala Oficios
Sala Familias
Sala Amigos
Sala Retratos
Sala Bodas, Comuniones y Bautizos
Sala Escolares
Sala Madrid
Sala Militares
You can access these at the following web page: http://www.20minutos.es/galeria/791/
If you scroll down on this initial page, then you can access all the different rooms or salas.
RR

I liked #7, Sr. Jenaro and his SEAT 1500 Bifaro.

I grew up having several SEAT 1500s Bifaros as the family car and we frequently travelled during the Mid 70's - early 80's from Sevilla to MadriZ, Galicia or any Northern castilian area. I have very fond memories of those long car trips,,, that was also when traffic was a breeze,,, hardly ever any congestion, easy parking on all streets.

This year, actually last month, during my last visit to Spain, it was the first time that I did not see a SEAT 1500 on the road, I was told that they are a collector's car.

I saw one parked on 2001 in Sevilla, and at least one every 3-5 years before that.

Sorry! hehehehe! That car brought a nostalgic bone on me! Great pix all of them!
I'm out!

It is interesting to see those old photos with the landmarks in the background. The one with the lady and little boy in Puerta Del Sol with the Tio Pepe sign in the back. The Tio Pepe sign has changed as I am sure that the lady and little boy have also.

thank you very much to
robbieroy and MM

beautiful photos of time n my memory specially the ones from the 1970's when I live in Madrid; calle Alcala 331 2do A Buzon 67 just off metro Quintana. never never forget and it a pilgrimage each time i am in Madrid which is about once every year.

thanks again.

Remodelled page at 20minutos.com
In response to the large number of photographs sent in by their readers, 20minutos.com has remodelled its page of old photos.
The new page has an expanded subject index and you can also access the photos
by decade
by topic or
by place.
See http://www.20minutos.es/museo-virtual