* Old photos of
cities in USA *
*The good old days.*
*These were really professional
photographers who took these pictures...*
*Note how sharp and clear most of the photos are and these are over a*
*100 years old.*
*There aren't many old photos as good, remember they didn't have film*
*Or digital photo cards in those days. Most probable is that these were*
*Glass plate images and taken thru a pin hole type camera and the*
*Opening was timed just right to get a dark enough exposure. *
*Developing*
*Was another tedious task which they had to be careful not*
*To break the glass!*
American cities a Century ago
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*Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, in 1917.*
*2.*
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*Atlantic City, 1910.*
*3.*
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*The main street of Memphis, north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910.*
*4.*
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*Station “Louisville-Nashville,” Florida, in 1910.*
*5.*
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*Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Florida, in 1910.*
*Love those cars.*
*6.*
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*The beach in Atlantic City, 1915.*
*Note the men in coats and ties.*
*7.*
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*Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906.*
*I didn't realize there was so much destruction in that earthquake.*
*8.*
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*Carts for transporting dairy Thompson, Washington, 1927.*
*How in the world did the dairy get those horses so evenly lined up.*
*9.*
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*Washington, DC, 1914.*
*Not so thoughty having those horses run on a railroad tracks.*
*(thoughty? Must have been a popular word back in the day)*
*10.*
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*Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1916.*
*11.*
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*Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915.*
*12.*
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*13**.*
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*Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, 1910.*
*14.*
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*Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1905.*
*15.*
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*View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909.*
*16.*
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*Fire at 55th Street, New York, 1915.*
*17.*
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*Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.*
*18.*
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*Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907.*
*19.*
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*The New York Public Library, New York, 1915.*
*Didn't realize they had 4-laners in those days.*
*20.*
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*Wall Street, New York, 1911.*
*The 2 sidewalks together are as wide as the street in this pic.*
*21.*
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*Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.*
*Look at those top hats!*
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S Chander
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