Here is an idea for the future, perhaps for WLM 2013.
I just finished scanning a set of 5 books, being a description of
Denmark's towns, counties and villages, by Jens Peter Trap,
printed 1898-1906. It is full of woodcut illustrations of what
Denmark looked like a century ago.
I'm sure we could find similar books from many countries. A photo
competition could be organized around taking new photos of the same
objects, from the same angle, trying to reproduce the old book.
Prizes could be given not only for fine photos, but also for similarity
with the old illustrations. This is of course most relevant for the
less known buildings and places, because we already have the main
cathedrals covered.
Here's a picture of Gaardbogaard manor in northern Jutland,
http://runeberg.org/trap/3-4/0067.html
Wikipedia has an article and a photo, but from another angle,
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A5rdbog%C3%A5rd
Here's the south portal of Fovlum church,
http://runeberg.org/trap/3-4/0558.html
The Wikipedia article has two photos, but none that shows
this architectual detail,
http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fovlum_Kirke
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fovlum_Kirke
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Lars Aronsson (lars(a)aronsson.se)
Project Runeberg - free Nordic literature -
http://runeberg.org/