Panorama da San Miniato, quanto gli alberi erano ancora bassi e si poteva osservare meglio il panorama. View of Florence from San Miniato, when the trees were still low and you could better see the panorama.
Giardini della Fortezza. Famiglia in posa per una foto ricordo. Anno 1910. Gardens of the Fortezza di Basso, a family posing for a picture in 1910.
Lo struscio sul Ponte Vecchio. Strolling on the Ponte Vecchio.
Borgo Ognissanti, negozio Sale e Tabacchi del 1910.
I persevere.
The young man was reading, yes reading, at a party last night! Not texting or playing games on a cellphone, but READING! In 2018 people! Amazing!
A donut seller near Loggia di Lanci, Piazza del Signoria
Venditore di ciambelle davanti alla Loggia dei Lanzi. Foto fine 800.
Yes, you read that right! This vintage photo (credit to Facebook page Vecchia Firenze Mia) shows 6 or so elephants aligned in Piazza Independenza around 1960. Poor elephants.
Anni 60. Elefanti di un circo transitano in Piazza Indipendenza
Today the string of palazzi that line the south side of the Arno River just west of the Ponte Vecchio looks like the picture below. Pay special note to surviving bellower of the church San Jacopo sopr’ Arno in the foreground.
And now here’s a vintage photo of the same area, with a string of older (much) palazzi.
Ponte Vecchio e dietro le case dì Borgo San Iacopo.
In comparing the 2 photographs you can see that the palazzi have been replaced. The entire area was destroyed by German explosives in 1944 as they were being driven out of Florence by the Allied Forces. The newer structures are about 75 years old now.
This church, San Jacopo sopr’ Arno, is very interesting as well:
If you want to learn more about this old church that lies between the Arno and Borgo San Jacopo, here’s a good source: https://wikivisually.com/wiki/San_Jacopo_sopr%27Arno
Impruneta, passaggio del fronte.
Chatting in the Sienese dialect (grazie Lorenzo, per la identificazione!)
1957!
get back, lauretta! 
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