History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. ~Winston Churchill

24 February, 2015

Road Tripping 1960s Norway

A delightful set of photo postcards made in Norway in the 1960s. Wonderfully, nearly all the cards in the set include a cheerful red car (of various makes), merrily making its way through the Norwegian countryside. The postcards thus evoke a series of personal snapshots of one person's road-trip (better snapshots than anyone could actually take!). Of course, in a sense, they are: the car(s) belonged to the photographer. 

Since the photos' captions are only in Norwegian, which I don't speak, I've pasted them in full, so as not to mix up place names and descriptions. 


Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Lillehammer. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Tvindefoss. Ruten Voss - Stalheim - Gudvangen. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Vik i Sogn. I bakgrunnen Hella og Fjærlandsfjord. Source





Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Horten. Fergen Horten - Moss. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Parti fra helårsvegen over Haukelifjell, ved Svandalsflona. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Maristuen Høyfjellshotell, Filefjell, 830 m. o. h. Ruten Fagernes - Lærdal, Sogn. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Telemark. Parti fra vegen Rjukan - Rauland. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Måbødalen. Ruten Eidfjord - Fossli - Geilo. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Valle, Setesdal, Aust-Agder. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Lom stavkirke, restaurert i 1933. Nevnes første gang i 1270, men er atskillig eldre. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Tvedestrand. Source





Måbødalen. Ruten Eidfjord - Fossli - Geilo. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Nysgjerrige geiter. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

Steindalsfossen, Norheimsund, Hardanger. Source




Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

 Parti fra vegen Røldal - Sauda. I bakgrunnen Røldal. Source


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very nice. I like the red car!

Ana said...

You have the most wonderful finds!

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