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December 13, 2013 03:30 pm GMT

Redditors Resurrect Family History With Beautiful Photo Restorations

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In this digital age, everything we do is recorded for posterity in the vast archives of the Internet. In 50 years, our children will be able to look back on our lives through the archives of sites like Facebook and Flickr

Past generations have not had this luxury. Many of their memories are locked in finite scraps of photo paper, just one small house fire or an angry ex-girlfriend away from oblivion. These old photos rarely stand the test of time, becoming wrinkled, torn or discolored with age

See also: Enchanting Colorized Photos Breathe New Life Into History

The Redditors of r/Picrequests are fighting the flow of time — with Photoshop. Read more...

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