A photo collection that shows what everyday life of the U.S. looked like from the 1900s and 1910s.
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Chinatown, New York, 1900 |
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Broadway in Skagway, Alaska, 1900 |
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Esplanade Street, New Orleans, circa 1900 |
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Esplanade Street, New Orleans, circa 1900 |
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French Market in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1900 |
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Key West, Florida, circa 1900 |
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Market Square in Cleburne, Texas, 1900 |
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Steel viaduct over Des Moines River, Iowa, circa 1900 |
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Tampa Bay Hotel in Tampa, Florida, 1900 |
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The obelisk in Central Park, New York, circa 1900 |
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The Waldorf-Astoria, New York, circa 1900 |
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West Street, New York City, 1900 |
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Georgetown, Colorado, 1901 |
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Hanging rock on the Susquehanna near Danville, Pennsylvania, 1901 |
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Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 1901 |
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Hotel Royal Palm in Miami, Florida, 1901 |
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Mining structure in Alaska, 1901 |
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Navajo Indian school in Tohatchi, New Mexico, 1901 |
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North face of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida, 1901 |
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The lakefront from Illinois Central Station, Chicago, Illinois, 1901 |
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Chicago & North Western Railway, steel viaduct over Des Moines River, Iowa, 1902 |
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The beach and Cliff House in San Francisco, California, 1902 |
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The Congressional Library in Washington, D.C., 1902 |
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El Paso, Texas, 1903 |
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Lake and bridge in Central Park, New York, 1903 |
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Loading steamer during high water in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903 |
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New York from under the Brooklyn Bridge, 1903 |
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Old French court yard in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903 |
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S.S. Proteus. High water at New Orleans levee, 1903 |
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Santa Fe Railroad Station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1903 |
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Williamsburg Bridge, New York, 1903 |
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'CASE' Corporate Building in Racine, Wisconsin, 1904 |
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Driving Park Avenue bridge and falls on Genesee River, Rochester, New York, 1904 |
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C. & O. terminal piers, Newport News, Virginia, 1905 |
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Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan, 1905 |
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Hotel Virginia in Long Beach, California, 1905 |
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Stock Exchange in New York, 1905 |
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Transfer steamer in Detroit, Michigan, 1905 |
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U.S.S. Maryland in dry dock, Charelstown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, 1905 |
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Unloading cotton in Memphis, Tennessee, 1905 |
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Edge of Chinatown in San Francisco, California, 1906 |
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Italian headquarters, Madison Street, New Orleans, 1906 |
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Livestock exchange in Kansas City, Missouri, 1906 |
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Manhattan skyline and East River, New York, 1906 |
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Ruins of City Hall after the earthquake in San Francisco, California, 1906 |
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Southern Railway station in Knoxville, Tennessee, 1906 |
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The Dexter Avenue and the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, 1906 |
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High Bridge and Kentucky River, 1907 |
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Kentucky River and High Bridge, 1907 |
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Mexican adobe house in El Paso, Texas, 1907 |
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The Water Tower in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, 1907 |
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A New England granite quarry, 1908 |
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Grand Central Terminal under construction, New York, 1908 |
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Milling district, from lower dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1908 |
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Manhattan Bridge Under Construction, circa 1909 |
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A Deluxe overland limited train, Colorado, 1910 |
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Blackwell's Island Bridge in New York, 1910 |
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Library of Congress, Main Reading Room, Washington, D.C., 1910 |
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Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1910 |
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Packard Motor Car Company, Auto Plant in Detroit, Michigan, 1910 |
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Panorama of New Orleans, Louisiana, 1910 |
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St. George Street in St. Augustine, Florida, 1910 |
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Street scene in Fairbanks, Alaska, 1910 |
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U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., 1910 |
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Arrowrock Dam in Idaho, 1914 |
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The Lincoln Memorial construction, 1914 |
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Front Street covered with snow in Nome, Alaska, 1915 |
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Packard Motor Co. in Detroit, Michigan, 1915 |
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Raw sugar mill in the Hawaiian Islands, 1915 |
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Road construction in Tanana, Alaska, 1916 |
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The Old Inn in Ester, Alaska, 1916 |
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View of Nome, Alaska with snow on ground, 1916 |
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Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., January 1917 |
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Manhattan Bridge in New York, under Construction, 1919 |