As Time Goes By.

It has always caused me curious emotions looking at pictures of old times. Nostalgic, wistful... especially when there are people to be seen, frozen in time as they stand there, talk, maybe looking towards the camera. I always start to wonder what might have happened to them, how they might have felt considering the circumstances, and compare significant spots to what they look like today. On this one, there are loads of people, though invisible... but they've been there. Got the photo off this site dedicated to the HAPAG line - lots more there! That page is devoted to postcards and photographs of the Hamburg America Line, so if you're interested... above you see the Orinoco entering the Hamburg harbour in 1928.
Those were the days my friend.