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Introduction: Pat Barkwell began to circulate links to images from www.shorpy.com via email to ICON at some point in early 2010. These are vintage large format images taken of ordinary daily life where insulators just so happen to be in the pictures. It became apparent to me over time that this could become a great visual reference for line construction of the day, especially in large cities. The purpose of this archive is to create a library of links to images of interest for future reference by collectors. I've extracted some key information from the image captions to allow the images to be sorted by year, location and dates added. You can also search for text within the captions. Michael Green now provides periodic relevant references to ICON however and links can be submitted by anyone.
Please email your submissions to: Dave Wiecek: dwiecek@optonline.net
Last updated: Monday, January 30, 2012; Total photos: 284
| Year | Location | Shorpy Image Title and Caption | Added on Shorpy | Added Here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1862 | Culpeper, VA | Culpeper: 1862 August 1862. "Culpeper Court House, Virginia. Railroad depot." Photographs from the main Eastern theater of war, Bull Run, second Battle of Bull Run. Wet plate negative, half of stereo pair, by Timothy O'Sullivan. |
September 25, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1864 | Chattanooga, TN | Chattanooga Depot: 1864 1864. Chattanooga, Tennessee. "Boxcars and depot with Federal cavalry guard beyond. From photographs of the War in the West. Battle of Chattanooga, September-November 1863. Photograph probably taken the following year, when Chattanooga was the base for Sherman's Atlanta campaign." Wet plate glass negative, half of stereo pair, photographer unknown. |
October 16, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1864 | Atlanta, GA | Marietta Street: 1864 1864. "Atlanta, Georgia. View on Marietta Street." Wet plate negative by George N. Barnard. LOC Civil War glass plate negative collection. |
June 26, 2009 | March 10, 2011 |
| 1864 | Nashville, TN | Nashville: 1864 1864. "Nashville, Tennessee. Rail yard and depot with locomotives." Wet-plate glass negative by George N. Barnard. |
July 23, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1864 | Petersburg, VA | Telegraph Corps: 1864 1864. Petersburg, Virginia. "Maj. Thomas T. Eckert (seated, left) and others of U.S. Military Telegraph Corps." Wet plate glass negative. |
April 7, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1865 | Washington, DC | Paint Your Wagon: 1865 April 1865. "District of Columbia. Government repair shops. Paint Shop." Another motley crew from the Civil War era. Wet plate glass negative. |
July 18, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1865 | Richmond, VA | The Horrors of Pandemonium: 1865 Richmond, Virginia, in April 1865 showing the burned district along the James River. From photographs of the main Eastern theater of war and fallen Richmond compiled by Hirst Milhollen and Donald Mugridge. |
January 19, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1865 | Charleston, SC | Vulcan Iron Works: 1865 1865. Charleston, South Carolina. Archibald McLeish's Vulcan Iron Works on Cumberland Street. Left half of glass-plate stereograph, from photographs of the Federal Navy and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, 1863-1865. |
February 3, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1865 | City Point, VA | Ways of Going: 1865 Circa 1865. "City Point, Virginia. Railroad yard and transports." Wet plate glass negative, half of stereograph pair. Studio of Mathew Brady. |
May 31, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1865 | Yorktown, VA | Yorktown: 1865 Yorktown, Virginia (vicinity), circa 1865. "Federal troops at Confederate winter quarters near Yorktown." |
November 14, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1880 | New Orleans, LA | The Old French Market: 1880s Circa 1880s-1890s. "The old French Market, New Orleans." Photo by William Henry Jackson. Detroit Publishing Co. glass negative. |
August 16, 2009 | March 14, 2011 |
| 1890 | Boston, MA | Boston: 1890s 1890s. "Old State House, Boston." Detroit Publishing Co. |
October 13, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1890 | New Orleans, LA | Canal Street: 1890s New Orleans in the 1890s. "Canal Street from the Clay monument." Dry-plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Publishing Co. |
February 8, 2009 | May 22, 2011 |
| 1894 | St. Augustine, FL | St. George Street: 1894 Florida circa 1894. "St. George Street, St. Augustine." Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. |
September 2, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1895 | New York, NY | Fresh-Cut Firs: 1895 New York circa 1895. "Cut Christmas trees at market in front of Barclay Street Station." May all your Christmases be bright and all your ceilings be tall. 6½ x 8½ inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 17, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1897 | New York, NY | Columbia U: 1897 "Columbia College, New York." The Low Memorial Library in a circa 1897 shot of Columbia University's Morningside Heights campus. Note the steamroller (or whatever that is) to the right. Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
January 9, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1897 | Unknown | Motley Crew: 1897 "Hogan's Alley." Below decks aboard the U.S.S. Brooklyn circa 1897. Glass negative by Edward H. Hart, Detroit Publishing Company. |
April 21, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1899 | Toledo, OH | Toledo: 1899 Circa 1899. "Toledo, Ohio. Produce Exchange." Playing next door: The Mutoscope blockbuster "Animal Photographs." |
September 26, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1900 | New Orleans, LA | A Streetcar Named Clio: 1900 "Royal Street, New Orleans, circa 1900." The sign on the car reads CLIO ST. Who can tell us more? Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. |
December 30, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1900 | Atlantic City, NJ | Atlantic City: 1900 Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1900. "Boardwalk, Easter morning." 8x10 dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 11, 2009 | April 23, 2011 |
| 1900 | Toledo, OH | Boody House: 1900 Circa 1900. "Boody House, Toledo, Ohio." The Boody House hotel at St. Clair and Madison. Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 29, 2009 | May 14, 2011 |
| 1900 | Ypsilanti, MI | Dept. of Public Works: 1900 Ypsilanti, Michigan, circa 1900. "Water tower." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
February 21, 2010 | April 6, 2011 |
| 1900 | Dwight, IL | Dwight Depot: 1900 Circa 1900. "Chicago & Alton station at at Dwight, Illinois." Home to a very healthy looking telegraph pole. Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
February 16, 2011 | February 16, 2011 |
| 1900 | New Orleans, LA | Esplanade Avenue: 1900 "Esplanade Street, New Orleans, 1900." And running along the grassy median, streetcar tracks. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. |
September 22, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1900 | Victor, CO | Gold Coin Mine: 1900 Circa 1900. "Victor, Colorado. Gold Coin Mine." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 17, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1900 | Ithaca, NY | Green Street: 1900 Ithaca, New York, circa 1900. "Greene Street." Hey, mister -- you missed a spot. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 21, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1900 | Portland, ME | Listen My Children: 1900 Portland, Maine, circa 1900. "Longfellow's birthplace." The home where Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born in 1807, when Portland was part of Massachusetts. Off to the right, in front of the Block Shop: Two Shortfellows. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 3, 2011 | August 3, 2011 |
| 1900 | New Orleans, LA | Mardi Gras: 1900 "Mardi Gras, New Orleans, the Red Pageant," circa 1900-1910. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative, Library of Congress. |
September 23, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1900 | Mazonia, IL | Mazonia: 1900 Circa 1900. "Chicago & Alton Railroad. Signal station and crossroads at Mazonia, Illinois." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
January 7, 2011 | January 11, 2011 |
| 1900 | Petoskey, MI | Meanwhile, Back in Petoskey: 1900 Petoskey, Michigan, circa 1901. "Grand Rapids & Indiana R.R. station." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 11, 2011 | October 26, 2011 |
| 1900 | Montreal, Quebec | Montreal: 1900 Quebec circa 1900. "Jacques Cartier Square, Montreal." One of relatively few Canadian scenes in the archive. Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
June 25, 2009 | May 23, 2011 |
| 1900 | Arlington, NJ | Over and Under: 1900 Circa 1900. "Grade separation near Arlington, New Jersey." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 2, 2011 | March 2, 2011 |
| 1900 | Cleveland, OH | Rheumatic Liberator: 1900 Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1900. "Epworth Memorial Church." The title for this post, continuing today's mini-trend, comes from some barely visible signage. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 1, 2011 | November 1, 2011 |
| 1900 | Hot Springs, AR | Seven Points: 1900 Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1900. "Seven Points." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 2, 2011 | August 3, 2011 |
| 1900 | St. Louis, MO | St. Louis: 1900 St. Louis, Missouri, circa 1900. "Olive Street west from Sixth." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 13, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1900 | New York, NY | The Bowery: 1900 New York circa 1900. "The Bowery near Grand Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 5, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1900 | IL | The Sentinels: 1900 Circa 1900. "Interlocking signal plant, Chicago & Alton Railway." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
June 28, 2011 | July 17, 2011 |
| 1900 | Walkerville, Ontario | Walkerville: 1900 Walkerville, Ontario, circa 1900. "Warehouses from R.R., Walker distillery." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
April 20, 2011 | May 10, 2011 |
| 1900 | Manunka Chunk, NJ | West Chunk: 1900 New Jersey circa 1900. "West end of tunnel, Manunka Chunk." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
May 10, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1901 | Mobile, AL | Battle House: 1901 Mobile, Alabama, circa 1901. "Battle House." Whose name has lengthened over the years to "Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel and Spa by Marriott." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
June 15, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1901 | Brooklyn, NY | Brighton Beach: 1901 Brooklyn, New York, circa 1901. "Brighton Beach." Where, as noted on the sign, "Neither indecent bathing suits nor immodest deportment will be tolerated." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 2, 2011 | March 2, 2011 |
| 1901 | Chelsea, MI | Factoryville: 1901 Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company, general view." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 21, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1901 | Danville, PA | Hanging Rock: 1901 Circa 1901. "Hanging rock on the Susquehanna near Danville, Pennsylvania." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 11, 2012 | January 30, 2012 |
| 1901 | Buffalo, NY | Hydra: 1901 Buffalo, New York, circa 1901. "Unloading ore from whaleback carrier." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 6, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1901 | Washington, DC | Inaugural Umbrellas: 1901 March 4, 1901. "President William McKinley second inaugural parade, Pennsylvania Avenue." Brady-Handy Collection glass negative. |
July 25, 2009 | March 11, 2011 |
| 1901 | Scranton, PA | Riding the Rails: 1901 Circa 1901. "On the Lackawanna near Scranton, Pennsylvania." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 20, 2012 | January 30, 2012 |
| 1901 | Chelsea, MI | The Stovemakers: 1901 Chelsea, Michigan, circa 1901. "Glazier Stove Company -- lamp stove department." Our second glimpse today into the Dickensian workings of Glazier Stove. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
October 28, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1902 | New York, NY | Flatiron Rising: 1902 "Flatiron Building, New York." The Manhattan landmark under construction circa 1902. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
December 30, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1902 | St. Paul, MN | St. Paul P.O.: 1902 Circa 1902. "Post office at St. Paul, Minnesota." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Publishing Company. |
June 21, 2011 | July 17, 2011 |
| 1903 | New Orleans, LA | Cotton on the Levee: 1903 New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1903. "Mule teams on the levee." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 16, 2011 | December 16, 2011 |
| 1903 | El Paso, TX | El Paso: 1903 "El Paso, Texas. 1903." Detroit Publishing Co. glass negative. |
January 3, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1903 | Knoxville, TN | Gay Street: 1903 Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1903. "Gay Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
May 24, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1903 | New Orleans, LA | Levee Work: 1903 New Orleans, Louisiana, circa 1903. "Mule teams on the levee." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
June 8, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1903 | Baltimore, MD | Lexington Market: 1903 Circa 1903. "Lexington Market, Baltimore, Maryland." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 6, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1903 | Coney Island, NY | Surf Avenue: 1903 New York circa 1903. "Surf Avenue, Coney Island." Plus: Delicious Ice Cream and Pop Corn. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
April 16, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1903 | Knoxville, TN | The Buggy Company: 1903 Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1903. Yet another view of that bustling commercial artery known as Gay Street, home to Broyles, McClellan & Lackey, dealers in Seeds, Fertilizers, Farm Machinery and Buggies, Harness and Horse Goods. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 13, 2011 | December 13, 2011 |
| 1904 | Buffalo, NY | Buffalo Rising: 1904 Buffalo, New York, circa 1904. "St. Paul's Cathedral, Episcopal." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 24, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1904 | Detroit, MI | Campbell's Empire: 1904 Circa 1904. "Empire Theater, Detroit." Valet parking for bicycle patrons! 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 22, 2011 | July 24, 2011 |
| 1904 | Havana, Cuba | Havana: 1904 Havana, Cuba, circa 1904. "Muelle Tallapiedras (Tallapiedra wharf)." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company |
April 18, 2011 | April 19, 2011 |
| 1904 | Old Orchard, ME | Hotel Velvet: 1904 Old Orchard, Maine, circa 1904. "Alberta and Velvet hotels." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
May 16, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1904 | Despatch, NY | Merchants Despatch: 1904 Despatch, New York, circa 1904. "New cars, Merchants Despatch Transportation Co." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
May 30, 2010 | April 2, 2011 |
| 1904 | New York, NY | New York Underground: 1904 New York circa 1904. "14th Street subway station, construction." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
May 23, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1904 | Portland, ME | Portland, Maine: 1904 Portland, Maine, circa 1904. "Congress Square." 8x10 inch glass transparency (something of a novelty for this collection), Detroit Publishing Co. |
May 6, 2011 | May 10, 2011 |
| 1904 | Rutland, VT | Rutland: 1904 Rutland, Vermont circa 1904. "Merchants' Row." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 30, 2010 | April 19, 2011 |
| 1905 | Philadelphia, PA | 36th Street Station: 1905 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1908. "The Elevated station at 36th Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 17, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Atlantic City, NJ | Atlantic Avenue: 1905 Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1905. "Atlantic Avenue." Meet you in front of Two Stumps in an hour. Detroit Publishing Co. glass negative. |
May 6, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Atlantic City, NJ | Atlantis: 1905 Glimpses of a lost world circa 1905. "Young's Million Dollar Pier, Atlantic City." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 24, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Detroit, MI | Brew House: 1905 Detroit circa 1905. "Goebel Brewing Co. brew house." Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
October 20, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Sault Sainte Marie, MI | Canal Parade: 1905 Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, circa 1905. "St. Mary's Canal celebration, parade on Ashmun Street." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
April 5, 2011 | April 6, 2011 |
| 1905 | Cincinnati, OH | Central Union Station: 1905 Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1905. "Central Union Station." You there in the window -- get to work! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
October 13, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Detroit, MI | City Gas: 1905 Circa 1905. "Gas holder, Detroit City Gas Company." A familiar sight from the era of "city gas," when municipalities had their own gas plants in the days before long-distance transmission of natural gas. The telescoping sections rose or fell as "illuminating gas," which was made by heating coal, was put into or removed from the holder. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
July 2, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Syracuse, NY | Clinton Square: 1905 Syracuse, New York, circa 1905. "Clinton Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 23, 2011 | November 23, 2011 |
| 1905 | Duluth, MN | Devine's Place: 1905 Circa 1905. Our latest installment from the Duluth, Minnesota, panoramic series. Anyone for a round of Blatz? Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
October 5, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Cincinnati, OH | Elm Street: 1905 The Queen City circa 1905. "Elm Street, Cincinnati, Ohio." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
September 10, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Philadelphia, PA | Ferry Terminal: 1905 Philadelphia circa 1905. "Pennsylvania Railroad ferry terminal, Market Street." There's a lot going on in this bustling street scene. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 14, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Marquette, MI | Front Street: 1905 Marquette, Michigan, circa 1905. "Front Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
April 7, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Houghton, MI | King Copper: 1905 Houghton, Michigan, circa 1905. "Loading copper on steamer Juniata." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 13, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Delaware Water Gap, PA | Kittatinny House: 1905 Circa 1905. "Kittatinny House, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 18, 2012 | January 30, 2012 |
| 1905 | Fishkill-on-the-hudson, NY | Looking Down: 1905 Dutchess County, New York, circa 1905. "Mount Beacon Incline Railway, looking down, Fishkill-on-the-Hudson." 8x10 inch glass negative. |
May 3, 2011 | May 10, 2011 |
| 1905 | Atlantic City, NJ | Meats and Groceries: 1905 Continuing our visit to Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1905. "Atlantic Avenue West." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 24, 2010 | March 15, 2011 |
| 1905 | Knoxville, TN | Mexican Mustang: 1905 Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1905. "Gay Street looking north from Clinch Avenue." Featuring the Mayor of Gay Street, and sponsored by Mexican Mustang Liniment. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 11, 2011 | December 13, 2011 |
| 1905 | Richmond, VA | Murphy's Hotel: 1905 Richmond, Virginia, circa 1905. "Murphy's Hotel." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
April 14, 2011 | April 14, 2011 |
| 1905 | Hoboken, NJ | Mysterious Missive: 1905 Hoboken, New Jersey. "Holland America Line piers." This two-plate composite showing the S.S. Potsdam at anchor could be looked at as a letter to the future -- five years into the future, if we compare it to the other Hoboken panoramas posted this weekend. Who can decipher the riddle? |
March 13, 2011 | March 13, 2011 |
| 1905 | Newport News, VA | Noon Whistle: 1905 Newport News, Virginia, circa 1905. "Noon hour at the shipyard." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 7, 2011 | August 14, 2011 |
| 1905 | Sault Sainte Marie, MI | Park Hotel: 1905 Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, circa 1905. "Park Hotel." An interesting cast of characters in less than parklike surroundings. Detroit Publishing. |
February 14, 2011 | February 14, 2011 |
| 1905 | Pontiac, IL | Pontiac Depot: 1905 Circa 1905. "Railway station at Pontiac, Illinois." Next stop: Hooterville. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 12, 2010 | March 20, 2011 |
| 1905 | Poughkeepsie, NY | Poughkeepsie Bridge: 1905 New York circa 1905. "Poughkeepsie Bridge." Another look at the giant railroad bridge over the Hudson River. 8x10 inch glass negative. |
March 26, 2011 | April 2, 2011 |
| 1905 | Philadelphia, PA | Riding High: 1905 Philadelphia circa 1905. "The elevated railway at Delaware & South Streets." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 16, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Savannah, GA | Savannah Electric: 1905 Savannah, Georgia, circa 1905. "Broughton Street, looking east." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
September 15, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Savannah, GA | Savannah: 1905 Savannah, Georgia, circa 1905. Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
October 4, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Atlantic City, NJ | Seawater Baths: 1905 Circa 1905. "Boardwalk, Atlantic City." Strollers on parade, at least one beach baby, and a number of ponies. Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
December 29, 2011 | December 29, 2011 |
| 1905 | Binghamton, NY | Security Mutual Life: 1905 Binghamton, New York, circa 1905. "Security Mutual Life Insurance building." Rising amid a web of wires. Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
December 30, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Port Huron, MI | St. Clair Tunnel: 1905 Port Huron, Michigan, circa 1905. "St. Clair Tunnel." Oh, and please note: "No Admittance." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
April 22, 2011 | April 23, 2011 |
| 1905 | Atlantic City, NJ | The Boardwalk: 1905 New Jersey, April 1905. "The Boardwalk parade, Atlantic City." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
June 7, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Annapolis, MD | The Old Harwood Place: 1905 Annapolis, Maryland, circa 1905. "Old Harwood mansion (Hammond-Harwood House)." Street-furniture nerds will appreciate the carbon arc lamp with the yardarm-style boom, and the odd-looking hydrant. |
April 15, 2011 | April 15, 2011 |
| 1905 | Detroit, MI | Tubular Lanterns: 1905 Detroit circa 1905. "Buhl Stamping Co., 3rd Ave. and Larned." Note the "Cheese Factory" milk cans illustrated between the windows, and the arc-lamp "moonlight tower" to the right. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
August 8, 2011 | August 14, 2011 |
| 1905 | Philadelphia, PA | Turnaround Time: 1905 Philadelphia circa 1905. "Pennsylvania Railroad ferry terminal, Market Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 23, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Cincinnati, OH | Up the Incline: 1905 Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1905. "Up the hill by trolley." On one of the city's famous incline railways. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. |
May 26, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Newport News, VA | Wash Ave: 1905 Newport News, Virginia, circa 1905. "Washington Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
May 10, 2011 | May 10, 2011 |
| 1905 | Wilmerding, PA | Westinghouse Air-Brake: 1905 Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, circa 1905. "Machine shop, Westinghouse Air-Brake Co." Company namesake George Westinghouse invented the railway air brake in 1869 and was a rival of Thomas Edison in the early electrical industry. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
June 16, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1905 | Duluth, MN | Zenith City: 1905 Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1905. "Elevators and harbor," along with a view of the Incline Railway and many other points of interest, make up our daily dose of Duluth. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. |
October 7, 2009 | May 23, 2011 |
| 1906 | Louisville, KY | Big Box: 1906 Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1906. "Columbia Building, Fourth and Main." An interesting look at the gritty environment of the urban horse. And maybe a record for the number of insulators on one tree in a Shorpy photo. |
March 21, 2011 | March 21, 2011 |
| 1906 | Birmingham, AL | Birmingham P.O.: 1906 Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1906. "Birmingham Post Office." Right next to The Cable Company. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
September 30, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Birmingham, AL | Birmingham: 1906 Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1906. "Second Avenue looking east." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
April 4, 2011 | April 6, 2011 |
| 1906 | Kansas City, MO | BOT: 1906 Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1906. "Board of Trade Building." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 25, 2011 | October 26, 2011 |
| 1906 | Louisville, KY | Central Tobacco: 1906 Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1906. "A tobacco warehouse." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 4, 2010 | April 6, 2011 |
| 1906 | Salem, MA | Colonial House Cafe: 1906 Continuing our tour of Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1906. "Colonial House." Next door to a nickelodeon advertising "moving pictures and illustrated songs." 6½ x 8½ inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
February 18, 2011 | February 21, 2011 |
| 1906 | Montgomery, AL | Court Square: 1906 Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1906. "Commerce Street from Court Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
May 26, 2011 | May 28, 2011 |
| 1906 | Providence, RI | Crawford Street Bridge: 1906 Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1906. "Crawford Street bridge." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 30, 2010 | April 10, 2011 |
| 1906 | Cincinnati, OH | Eden Park: 1906 Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1906. "Main entrance to Eden Park." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 18, 2011 | July 18, 2011 |
| 1906 | Houghton, MI | Electri City 1906 Houghton, Michigan, circa 1906. "Shelden Street." Houghton was nothing if not well wired. 8x10 dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
March 17, 2010 | May 22, 2011 |
| 1906 | Kansas City, MO | Elks Lodge: 1906 Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1906. "Elks Club." Welcome to B.P.O.E. 26. Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. |
May 23, 2011 | May 23, 2011 |
| 1906 | Salem, MA | Frisbee Moxie Witch House: 1906 Salem, Mass., circa 1906. "The Old Witch House." Spells, signs and portents, with an emphasis on signs. Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
February 27, 2011 | February 27, 2011 |
| 1906 | Cincinnati, OH | Garfield: 1906 Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1906. "Garfield statue." Our 20th president, cut down by an assassin's bullet and put up on a pedestal. 8x10 glass negative. |
December 20, 2010 | December 21, 2010 |
| 1906 | Providence, RI | Gorham: The Sequel 1906 Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1906. "Gorham Manufacturing Co." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 19, 2011 | November 23, 2011 |
| 1906 | Salem, MA | Grimshawe House: 1906 Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1906. "The Grimshawe House." A pleasant street where the neighbors are quiet and have deep roots in the community. 6½ x 8½ inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
April 8, 2011 | April 10, 2011 |
| 1906 | Salem, MA | Locomotive Breath: 1906 Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1910. "Boston and Maine Railroad depot, Riley Plaza." 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
February 18, 2011 | February 18, 2011 |
| 1906 | New Orleans, LA | Lugger Landing: 1906 Along the Mississippi circa 1906. "Oyster luggers at New Orleans." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
February 24, 2011 | February 24, 2011 |
| 1906 | Worcester, MA | Main Street: 1906 Circa 1906. "Main Street, Worcester, Massachusetts." Bonbons and dance lessons are among the goods and services on offer in this bustling burg. |
January 30, 2012 | January 30, 2012 |
| 1906 | Memphis, TN | Memphis: 1906 Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1906. "Mississippi River levee from the bluff." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 25, 2010 | March 21, 2011 |
| 1906 | Montgomery, AL | Montgomery: 1906 Montgomery, Alabama, circa 1906. "Dexter Avenue and the Capitol." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
September 27, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Birmingham, AL | Municipal Castle: 1906 Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1906. "Jefferson County Court House." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 9, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Albany, NY | New Kenmore: 1906 Albany, New York, circa 1906. "New Kenmore Hotel." Familiar street fixtures of the era include the carbon arc lamp, telephone distribution ring and streetcar pylons. Not to mention hostelry with complicated masonry facade. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
June 14, 2011 | June 16, 2011 |
| 1906 | Newburgh, NY | Newburgh P.O.: 1906 Newburgh, New York, circa 1906. "Post Office and Second Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 30, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Newburgh, NY | Newburgh: 1906 Newburgh, New York, circa 1906. "Water Street." Get your cloaks and mattings to-day! 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
May 12, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Newport, RI | Newport: 1906 Newport, Rhode Island, circa 1906. "Bellevue Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
April 11, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Kansas City, MO | No Loafing: 1906 Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1906. "Jackson County Court House." Please mind the signs. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 23, 2011 | July 25, 2011 |
| 1906 | New Orleans, LA | Payday on the Levee: 1906 New Orleans circa 1906. "Payday on the levee." Don't spend it all in one place. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
February 25, 2011 | February 25, 2011 |
| 1906 | Pensacola, FL | Pensacola Cannonball: 1906 Pensacola, Florida, circa 1906. "Louisville & Nashville Railway station." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 20, 2011 | March 21, 2011 |
| 1906 | Poughkeepsie, NY | Poughkeepsie Panorama: 1906 Circa 1906. "Main Street. Poughkeepsie, New York." Behold the Queen City of the Hudson. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 17, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Cincinnati, OH | Rookwood Pottery: 1906 Cincinnati circa 1906. "Rookwood Pottery," noted maker of artsy mass-market ceramics. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 10, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Salem, MA | Salem Witch House: 1906 Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1906. "The Old Witch House." In the best Early American tradition, a blending of history and retailing: The Witch House Parlors (enter through the antique store) and Witch House Trial Room (right this way through the pharmacy). 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing. |
October 28, 2011 | October 28, 2011 |
| 1906 | Salem, MA | Scarlet Letter Written Here: 1906 Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1906. "Nathaniel Hawthorne house." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 1, 2011 | November 1, 2011 |
| 1906 | Kansas City, MO | Skating Masquerade: 1906 Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1906. "Convention Hall." For four days only, a "Grand Skating Masquerade." 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
July 23, 2011 | July 25, 2011 |
| 1906 | San Francisco, CA | Smoking Rubble: 1906 "Nob Hill from roof of Ferry Post Office." San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of April 18, 1906. Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
February 3, 2011 | February 4, 2011 |
| 1906 | Tuskegee, AL | The Lincoln Gates: 1906 Tuskegee, Alabama, circa 1906. "The Lincoln gates, Tuskegee Institute." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
June 16, 2011 | June 16, 2011 |
| 1906 | New Orleans, LA | The Old Basin: 1906 New Orleans circa 1906. "Charcoal lugger in the Old Basin." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
February 22, 2011 | February 24, 2011 |
| 1906 | Cincinnati, OH | The Underwear Railroad: 1906 Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1906. "Mount Adams incline." A closeup of one of Cincy's famous incline railway lines, and of a lesser-known clothesline. Also: Moxie! 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
February 24, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Knoxville, TN | True Grit: 1906 Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1906. "Wall Street west from Gay." Behind the smudges and fingerprints, an interesting slice of life. |
July 12, 2011 | July 17, 2011 |
| 1906 | Kansas City, MO | Walnut Street: 1906 Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1906. "Walnut Street." Home of the $2 hat. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
May 8, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Salem, MA | Well Connected: 1906 Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1906. "Essex Street, looking north from town square." Our third look at this cable-ready mini-metropolis. 6½ x 8½ inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
February 19, 2011 | March 29, 2011 |
| 1906 | Kansas City, MO | What This Country Needs: 1906 Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1906. "Junction of Main and Delaware Streets." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 2, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1906 | Atlantic City, NJ | Windsor Castle: 1906 Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1906. "Hotel Windsor and Boardwalk." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 16, 2011 | July 17, 2011 |
| 1906 | Albany, NY | Wired: 1906 Circa 1906. "Post Office, Albany, New York," amid the usual cat's cradle of streetcar, telephone and telegraph wires. If the byword of 1960s America was "plastics," half a century earlier it was "copper." |
January 13, 2012 | January 30, 2012 |
| 1906 | Memphis, TN | Work Zone: 1906 Circa 1906. "Main Street. Memphis, Tennessee." Please pardon our dust. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 7, 2011 | March 7, 2011 |
| 1906 | Poughkeepsie, NY | YWCA: 1906 Poughkeepsie, New York, circa 1906. "Young Women's Christian Association." And, presumably, a young Christian woman at the door. |
March 21, 2011 | April 2, 2011 |
| 1907 | Chicago, IL | Commuters: 1907 Chicago circa 1907. "Arriving from the suburbs." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by Hans Behm, Detroit Publishing Company. |
September 16, 2010 | April 11, 2011 |
| 1907 | New York, NY | Gotham Rising: 1907 New York circa 1907. "Brooklyn Bridge." Manhattan's 20th-century skyline takes shape. At left, the Singer Building under construction. |
December 29, 2010 | December 31, 2010 |
| 1907 | Duluth, MN | Incline Saloon: 1907 Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1907. "Up the incline railway from Superior Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 2, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1907 | Plattsburgh, NY | Next Stop, Willoughby: 1907 Plattsburgh, New York, circa 1907. "Brinkerhoff Street, west from Park." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
September 28, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1907 | Louisville, KY | The Seelbach: 1907 Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1907. "Seelbach Hotel." Which might have had a roof garden. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 18, 2011 | March 18, 2011 |
| 1907 | Memphis, TN | Union Depot: 1907 Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1907. "Union Depot, Calhoun Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
February 10, 2011 | February 10, 2011 |
| 1908 | Philadelphia, PA | Addams Family Birdhouse: 1908 Philadelphia circa 1908. "Dormitories, University of Pennsylvania." Extracurricular highlights include the gargling goose, an impressive carbon-arc streetlight and of course the Second Empire birdhouse with a little mansard roof. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 7, 2011 | March 7, 2011 |
| 1908 | Detroit, MI | Cadillac: 1908 Detroit circa 1908. "Cadillac Motor Car Company." Cradle of the tailfin. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
September 16, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1908 | Grand Rapids, MI | Candy Kitchen: 1908 Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908. "View of Monroe Street showing Hotel Pantlind." Not to mention the Candy Kitchen and Ice Cream Parlor. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
September 26, 2011 | September 27, 2011 |
| 1908 | Wheeling, WV | Central Glass: 1908 October 1908. "Central Glass Company. Wheeling, West Virginia. Dozens of small boys here." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
August 25, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1908 | St. Augustine, FL | Cozy Inn: 1908 St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1908. "St. George Street." Where ice cream cones and gun-trunk-umbrella-sewing machine repairs are just a few steps apart. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
June 7, 2011 | June 8, 2011 |
| 1908 | Brown, WV | Drivers and Trapper: 1908 September 1908. Young mule drivers and trapper boy at the Brown Mine near Brown, West Virginia. Underground from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. |
July 26, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1908 | Hot Springs, AR | Follow the Finger: 1908 Hot Springs, Arkansas, circa 1908. "Army and Navy General Hospital." Closer to the camera on Reserve Avenue we have the Imperial Bath House and some helpful signage. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 30, 2011 | March 30, 2011 |
| 1908 | Albany, NY | Keeler's: 1908 Albany, New York, circa 1908. "Keeler's Hotel." Next door, one category of retailing that's taken a hit over the years: "Carriage & Sleigh Robes." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 3, 2011 | August 3, 2011 |
| 1908 | Miami, FL | Miami, Florida: 1908 12th Street, looking east, Miami, Florida. Detroit Publishing Co. |
October 25, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1908 | Port Huron, MI | Military Street: 1908 Port Huron, Michigan, circa 1908. "Military Street." Breathe deep its heady mix of cigar smoke, coal soot, gasoline fumes and fresh manure! |
April 11, 2011 | April 11, 2011 |
| 1908 | Lansing, MI | Olds Motor Works: 1908 Lansing, Michigan, circa 1908. "Olds Motor Works." Home of your great-grandfather's Oldsmobile. Note the OLD MOTOR sign, missing its S. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
July 13, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1908 | Pittsburgh, PA | Over and Up: 1908 Continuing our tour of Pittsburgh circa 1908. "Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R.R. station and Mount Washington -- Smithfield Street Bridge and Monongahela Incline." 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 27, 2012 | January 30, 2012 |
| 1908 | Grafton, WV | Scared of School: 1908 September 1908. Grafton, West Virginia. Tipple Boy and Drivers. Maryland Coal Co. mine near Sand Lick. Boy with mule was afraid at first to be in the picture; another boy said he feared we might make him go to school. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
September 25, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1908 | Niagara Falls, NY | Spray Beer: 1908 Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1908. "Imperial Hotel." Where the thirsty traveler could partake of the evocatively named Spray Beer. Around the corner was a Temperance House, whose amenities might have included a milk bar. At left, a political banner advertises the Democratic presidential ticket of William Jennings Bryan and John Kern. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
March 28, 2011 | March 28, 2011 |
| 1908 | Niagara Falls, NY | Stop Bryan-Kern: 1908 Niagara Falls, New York, in 1908. "Niagara Street." Presided over by a banner advertising the Democratic presidential ticket of William Jennings Bryan and John Kern. Or advising against them if you take the streetcar sign into account. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
June 8, 2011 | June 8, 2011 |
| 1908 | Niagara Falls, NY | Talking Pictures: 1908 Niagara Falls, New York, circa 1908. "Falls Street at Night." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
October 25, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1908 | Grand Rapids, MI | The Hat That Talks: 1908 Grand Rapids, Michigan, circa 1908. "Monroe Street." Your headquarters for chatty chapeaux. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
September 26, 2011 | September 27, 2011 |
| 1909 | Bridgeton, NJ | Cumberland Glass Works: 1909 November 1909. Blowing bottles. Night shift at the Cumberland Glass Works in Bridgeton, New Jersey. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
October 19, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1909 | Tye River, VA | Digging Out the Engineer: 1909 March 3, 1909. Southern Railway wreck at Tye River, Virginia. A tampered switch derailed Southern No. 35, a mail train. Engineer H.C. Linn was slightly injured. George Grantham Bain Collection. |
May 29, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1909 | Saranac Lake, NY | Good Coal and Wood: 1909 New York circa 1909. "Broadway -- Saranac Lake, Adirondack Mountains." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
March 28, 2011 | March 28, 2011 |
| 1909 | Cincinnati, OH | The Tickler: 1909 Cincinnati circa 1909. "Chester Park -- the Tickler." Now "not as rough." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 2, 2010 | April 2, 2011 |
| 1909 | Jersey City, NJ | Train Wreck: 1909 Wrecked Pennsylvania R.R. car on tracks south of Brunswick Street. Jersey City, N.J. November 6, 1909. George Grantham Bain Collection. |
April 17, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Detroit, MI | 33 Center Street: 1910 Detroit, Michigan, circa 1910. "No. 33 Center Street." Why this little house is in the Detroit Publishing archive is a mystery to me. Note yet another of those maypole-style telephone line drops. 8x10 glass negative. |
December 7, 2010 | December 9, 2010 |
| 1910 | New Orleans, LA | Bicycles, Cadillacs: 1910 New Orleans circa 1910. A close-up of the H.A. Testard Bicycles & Automobiles storefront. Detroit Publishing Co. |
January 11, 2011 | January 12, 2011 |
| 1910 | Toledo, OH | Big Tipper: 1910 Toledo, Ohio, circa 1910. "Brown hoist, Ohio Central coal dock." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 10, 2011 | January 11, 2011 |
| 1910 | Charleston, SC | Charleston: 1910 Circa 1910. "Charleston, South Carolina." A back-door view of the waterfront. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 17, 2011 | March 17, 2011 |
| 1910 | Coal Creek, TN | Coal Creek: 1910 December 1910. Coal Creek, Tennessee. "Hard work and dangerous for such a young boy. James O'Dell, a greaser and coupler on the tipple of the Cross Mountain Mine, Knoxville Iron Co., in the vicinity of Coal Creek. James has been there four months. Helps push these heavily loaded cars. Appears to be about 12 or 13 years old." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
August 13, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Knoxville, TN | Colonial Hotel: 1910 Knoxville, Tennessee, circa 1910. "Gay Street looking north from Main Avenue." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 5, 2011 | December 13, 2011 |
| 1910 | Portsmouth, NH | Congress Street: 1910 Portsmouth, New Hampshire, circa 1910. "Congress Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 21, 2010 | December 23, 2010 |
| 1910 | Cleveland, OH | Cuyahoga: 1910 Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1910. "Lift bridge and Superior Street viaduct, Cuyahoga River." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
October 27, 2010 | March 24, 2011 |
| 1910 | Chicago, IL | Dearborn Street Station: 1910 Chicago circa 1910. "Dearborn Street Station." Streetcar wires and a small ghost pedestrian not entirely banished by the retoucher's hand. |
November 3, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Pittsburgh, PA | Double Play: 1910 Circa 1910. "Pittsburgh waterfront, Allegheny River." Something for everyone here: Bridges, riverboats, a rail yard and two baseball games. And a high-rise natatorium. 8x10 glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
October 10, 2011 | October 26, 2011 |
| 1910 | Detroit, MI | Down to the River: 1910 Detroit, Michigan, circa 1910. "Approach to the Detroit River tunnel." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 9, 2011 | August 14, 2011 |
| 1910 | Detroit, MI | Electro-Motive: 1910 Circa 1910. "Electric engine, Detroit River tunnel." With a plug for Royal Salad Dressing. Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 2, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Richmond, VA | Filling Station: 1910 Richmond, Virginia, circa 1910. "Masonic Temple." Note the horse fountain with electric illumination. Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
June 15, 2011 | June 16, 2011 |
| 1910 | Jacksonville, FL | Forsyth Street: 1910 Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1910. "Forsyth Street, west from Main." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 27, 2010 | January 3, 2011 |
| 1910 | New Orleans, LA | French Market: 1910 Circa 1910. "French Market, New Orleans." Our second look at the market at N. Peters and Decatur streets. Detroit Publishing Co. glass negative. |
July 10, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Detroit, MI | German American Bank: 1910 Circa 1910. "Postal Telegraph Cable office below German American Bank. Possibly Detroit, Michigan." Downstairs: Lafayette Barber, offering Shower and Needle Baths, and something to do with electric vibrators. |
March 30, 2011 | March 30, 2011 |
| 1910 | Columbus, OH | High Street: 1910 Columbus, Ohio, circa 1910. "High Street, south from State." Where strollers have, among many available choices, a 3-cent lunchroom, the Imperial Tonsorial Parlor and Baths, "base ball scores received by innings" and swastika sporting goods. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 4, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Hoboken, NJ | Holland America: 1910 Hoboken, New Jersey, circa 1910. "Holland America docks and Manhattan skyline." Another three-plate panorama showing the S.S. Rotterdam, and a different perspective on the Curious Tipsy Shed. |
March 13, 2011 | March 13, 2011 |
| 1910 | Jacksonville, FL | Hotel Duval: 1910 Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1910. "Hotel Duval." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 27, 2010 | January 3, 2011 |
| 1910 | Jacksonville, FL | Hotel Seminole: 1910 Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1910. "Hotel Seminole." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 12, 2011 | July 17, 2011 |
| 1910 | Port Huron, MI | Huron Street: 1910 Port Huron, Michigan, circa 1910. "Huron Street and ferry landing." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
April 7, 2011 | April 10, 2011 |
| 1910 | Jacksonville, FL | Jacksonville: 1910 Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1910. "Main Street north from Bay." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 17, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Jacksonville, FL | Jax Nior: 1910 Jacksonville, Florida, circa 1910. "Forsyth Street at night." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 5, 2011 | January 5, 2011 |
| 1910 | St. Louis, MO | Johnston's Branch Newsies: 1910 St. Louis, Missouri. May 1910. "Newsies. Johnston's Branch adjoining Saloon at 10th & Cass Street." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
October 10, 2008 | March 19, 2011 |
| 1910 | Salem, MA | Look Out for the Engine: 1910 Salem, Massachusetts, circa 1910. "Boston and Maine Railroad depot, Riley Plaza." Our second look at this castle-depot and its steam-snorting iron horse. 6½ x 8½ inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
February 20, 2011 | February 21, 2011 |
| 1910 | Gloucester, MA | Main Street: 1910 August 1910. "Main Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts." The sidewalks and signage of a century ago. Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 6, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Little Rock, AR | Markham From Main: 1910 Wrapping up our tour of Little Rock, Arkansas, circa 1910. "Markham Street west from Main." Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. |
February 13, 2011 | February 14, 2011 |
| 1910 | Memphis, TN | Memphis Revisited: 1910 Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1910. "Main Street north from Gayoso Avenue." Our second look at the Hotel Gayoso and flower shop next door. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 5, 2011 | January 5, 2011 |
| 1910 | Norfolk, VA | Our Confederate Dead: 1910 Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1910. "Confederate Monument." Our third look at Norfolk this week reveals another MacDonald's Luncheon & Cigar, as well the Stag Hotel and terminals for the Portsmouth and Berkley ferries. And: Clam Broth Served Daily. Whew! 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
August 25, 2011 | September 12, 2011 |
| 1910 | Pensacola, FL | Pensacola: 1910 Pensacola, Florida, circa 1910. "Louisville and Nashville Railway station." Where libations for the parched traveler are a mere stagger away. |
January 6, 2011 | January 6, 2011 |
| 1910 | Mobile, AL | Royal Street: 1910 Mobile, Alabama, circa 1910. "Royal Street looking south from St. Francis." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 21, 2011 | November 23, 2011 |
| 1910 | Savannah, GA | Seaboard Air Line: 1910 Savannah, Georgia, circa 1910. "Seaboard Air Line Railway docks." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 28, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Atlantic City, NJ | Shave Yourself: 1910 Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1910. "The Boardwalk at night." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 24, 2011 | March 16, 2011 |
| 1910 | Detroit, MI | Sinking the Tunnel: 1910 The Detroit River circa 1910. "Sinking cast section of Michigan Central Railroad Company tunnel." Detroit Publishing Company glass negative. |
August 4, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Duluth, MN | Smoke on the Water: 1910 Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1905-1910. "Duluth from the Incline Railway." Another of the eerily depopulated hive-of-industry scenes that seemed to be a specialty of Detroit the Publishing Co. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. |
October 15, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Niagara Falls, NY | The Clifton: 1910 Niagara Falls, new York, circa 1910. "Clifton Hotel." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
July 14, 2011 | July 17, 2011 |
| 1910 | Mobile, AL | This Way to Kloskys: 1910 Mobile, Alabama, circa 1910. "Royal Street looking north." Points of interest include a lineman up a pole and the fickle finger of retail. |
November 27, 2011 | December 13, 2011 |
| 1910 | Charleston, SC | Tradd Street: 1910 Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1910. "Tradd Street -- a bit of Old Charleston." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 19, 2011 | March 18, 2011 |
| 1910 | Cleveland, OH | Tumbler: 1910 Cleveland, Ohio, circa 1910. "Rotary coal car unloader." Don't try this at home. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 27, 2011 | January 28, 2011 |
| 1910 | Wildwood, NJ | Wildwood Casino: 1910 The Jersey Shore circa 1910. "Casino and pier, Wildwood." A popular amenity: "Bathing robes to hire." Detroit Publishing glass negative. |
August 23, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1910 | Alton, IL | Working Boys: 1910 May 17, 1910. Alton, Illinois, "Noon hour. These boys are all working in the Illinois Glass Company. Smallest boy, Frank Dwyer, 1009½ E. Sixth Street, says he has been working here three months. Joe Dwyer (brother) has been working here over two years. Henry Maul, 513 Central Avenue. Frank Schenk, lives with uncle, 611 Central Avenue. Emil Ohley, 1012 E. Sixth Street. William Jarett, 825 E. Fifth Street. Fred Metz, 707 Bloomfield Street. In addition to their telling me they worked, I saw them beginning work just before 1 p.m. Photo at 12:30." Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
September 7, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1911 | Alexandria, VA | Carrying-In Boy: 1911 June 1911."Carrying-in" boy in Alexandria Glass Factory, Alexandria, Virginia. Works on day shift one week and night shift next week. Photograph and caption by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
October 19, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1911 | Alexandria, VA | Night Shift: 1911 June 1911. Alexandria, Virginia. "Old Dominion Glass Co. A few of the young boys working on the night shift at the Alexandria glass factory. Negroes work side by side with the white workers." Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
August 4, 2011 | August 4, 2011 |
| 1911 | Atlantic City, NJ | The Wild, Wild East: 1911 Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1911. "Savoy Theatre, Schlitz & Young's hotels." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 4, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1912 | Detroit, MI | Between the Grands: 1912 Detroit circa 1912. "Pringle Furniture Co., Gratiot Avenue." Establishing shot of the home-furnishings crypt seen here. 8x10 glass negative. |
July 15, 2011 | July 17, 2011 |
| 1912 | Detroit, MI | Coal Weather: 1912 Circa 1912. "Coke delivery wagon and workers, Detroit City Gas Company." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
December 1, 2010 | December 3, 2010 |
| 1912 | Wyandotte, MI | Dept. of Life Rafts: 1912 July 10, 1912. Wyandotte, Michigan. "Detroit Ship Building Co., life rafts dept." Our second peek behind the scenes. 8x10 inch glass negative. |
July 11, 2011 | July 17, 2011 |
| 1912 | Cambridge, MA | Harvard Underground: 1912 Cambridge, Massachusetts, circa 1912. "Entrance to subway, Harvard Square." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
September 21, 2011 | October 26, 2011 |
| 1912 | Unknown | Inbox: 1912 "Post Office Dept. Hupp Auto Railway Service." The download part of the Hupp mail-transfer system. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. |
October 20, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1912 | Detroit, MI | What Goes Around: 1912 The year is 1912 and the place is Detroit. This as the beginnings of a gas holder, or gasometer -- a storage reservoir for what used to be called "city gas," or coal gas (as opposed to the natural and LP gas that we use now). The original caption: "April 4, 1912. Foundation for gas holder, Detroit City Gas Company." |
November 24, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1913 | Mount Lowe, CA | Streetcar to the Sky: 1913 Mount Lowe, California, circa 1913. "Electric car at Ye Alpine Tavern, Mount Lowe Railway." This Swiss-style chalet in the San Gabriel Mountains was the upper terminus (elev. 5,000 feet) of an 1890s scenic and incline railway that started in Altadena, with streetcar connections all the way to the main terminal at the Pacific Electric Building in Los Angeles. The railway and associated resorts, including the 70-room Echo Mountain House, were gradually obliterated by fire and flood until, by 1940, nothing was left. Detroit Publishing Co. |
November 21, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1913 | Waco, TX | Waco Red Light: 1913 A long shot of 12-year-old Isaac Boyett in the Red Light District of Waco. Scanned from glass-plate negative. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
August 17, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1913 | Mount Lowe, CA | Ye Alpine Tavern: 1913 Mount Lowe, California, circa 1913. "Ye Alpine Tavern on Mount Lowe Railway line." Our second look at this mile-high Swiss-style chalet that was the end of the line for passengers of the Mount Lowe scenic railway. Excursionists got a spectacular ride for their fare (which in the railway's opening year of 1893 was a hefty $5). 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
November 22, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1914 | Washington, DC | Back Alley: 1914 District of Columbia, 1914. "Alley clearance. Slum views." A scene that I don't imagine would have changed much since the 19th century except for the utility pole. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. |
October 20, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1915 | Cincinnati, OH | Cincinnati: 1915 Cincinnati, Ohio, circa 1915. "View from Mount Adams." At right, a streetcar on the incline railway; the Union Central Insurance tower rises in the distance. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
May 1, 2011 | May 10, 2011 |
| 1915 | Queens County, NY | Drop Me a Line: 1915 Queens County, New York, circa 1915. "At Broad Channel -- fishing at your front door." 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. |
June 5, 2011 | June 8, 2011 |
| 1916 | Fall River, MA | Pick-up' in the Park: 1916 June 1916. A Sunday afternoon "pick-up" at Sandy Beach. Girls about 15. Fall River, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine. |
July 27, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1916 | New York, NY | W.T. Grant Fire: 1916 W.T. Grant department store fire at New York's Sixth Avenue and 18th Street in April 1916. View full size. George Grantham Bain Collection. |
October 12, 2007 | April 17, 2011 |
| 1917 | Norfolk, VA | Central Y: 1917 Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1917. "Central Y.M.C.A." And another example of the light bulb arches that were in vogue a century ago. 8x10 glass negative. |
September 9, 2011 | September 12, 2011 |
| 1917 | Detroit, MI | Cityscape: 1917 Detroit circa 1917. "Looking northwest from roof of interurban station." Landmarks here include the Hotel Pontchartrain, Ford Building and Dime Savings Bank. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Co. |
August 13, 2011 | August 14, 2011 |
| 1917 | Norfolk, VA | Main Street: 1917 Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1917. "Main Street." The port city's bustling business district. 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 24, 2011 | September 12, 2011 |
| 1917 | Norfolk, VA | Naval Y.M.C.A.: 1917 Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1917. "Naval Y.M.C.A." Everyone knows the words, right? 8x10 inch glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
August 22, 2011 | September 12, 2011 |
| 1919 | Washington, DC | Dial D for Danger: 1919 Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. equipment." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. |
March 28, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1919 | Washington, DC | Hooked Up: 1919 Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. equipment." More communications gear at what seems to be the Capitol. The box on the left bears the nameplates of Leeds & Northrup, Philadelphia, and Western Electric. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. |
March 29, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1920 | Arlington, VA | Arlington Brewing: 1920 Arlington Brewing Co. circa 1920. An 8x10 glass negative that would leave your fancy-schmancy digtal SLR crying for its mommy. |
July 14, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1920 | Baltimore, MD | Dead Man's Curve: 1920 1920. "Dead Man's Curve. Baltimore tour." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. Note the tiny DANGER sign in the middle. |
May 4, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1920 | Unknown | Free Air: 1920 "North Capitol Tire Shop, 1919 or 1920." Approaching the camera: A two-horsepower biofuel vehicle. National Photo Company. |
July 25, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1920 | Washington, DC | Gas Shack: 1920 Washington, D.C., in 1920. "Penn Oil Co., 16th and M Sts." Pardon the mold. National Photo Company Collection glass negative. |
December 1, 2010 | December 3, 2010 |
| 1920 | Fall River, MA | Shoe Hospital 1920 Circa 1920, another look at Main Street in Fall River, Massachusetts. Where the Shoe Hospital and Five Cents Savings Bank are mere steps apart. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. |
January 2, 2011 | January 6, 2011 |
| 1920 | Unknown | Wireless Telegraph: 1920 "Amateur Wireless Station" with headset circa 1920. Note photo of the young operator. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. |
July 10, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1922 | Washington, DC | Derailed: 1922 Washington area, 1922. "Railroad wreck." National Photo Company Collection. The tilted camera gives a nice arrangement of diagonals. |
February 26, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1924 | Unknown | Two Trains: 1924 "Train of 1862 & 1924 Limited - Great Northern." 5x7 glass negative. George Grantham Bain Collection. |
May 14, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1925 | Washington, DC | Minute Service No. 6: 1925 1925. "Texas Co., Third Street & Florida Avenue N.E." One in a series of photos, evidently commissioned by Texaco, of service stations in and around Washington, D.C. Here we have the added attraction of a speeding train. |
November 19, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1925 | Unknown | Street Life: 1925 "Rowhouses and moving company." Circa 1925, the furniture and hauling business of Sam Madeoy at 600 H Street N.E. National Photo Company. |
September 6, 2008 | April 13, 2011 |
| 1926 | Alexandria, VA | King Street: 1926 Alexandria, Virginia, 1926. "Citizens National Bank, King Street at St. Asaph Street." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. |
April 13, 2011 | April 13, 2011 |
| 1926 | Silver Spring, MD | Mass Transit: 1926 Silver Spring, Maryland, circa 1926. "North Washington Realty Company." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. |
December 5, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1927 | Silver Spring, MD | Chicken Dinner Here: 1927 Silver Spring, Maryland, circa 1927. One of three National Photo glass negatives with the caption "Jordan & Co." National Photo Company. |
December 4, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1928 | Washington, DC | The Polesters: 1928 Washington, D.C., circa 1928. "Chesapeake & Potomac telephone school, Georgia Avenue." National Photo Company Collection glass negative. |
June 14, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1929 | Washington, DC | Throwing the Switch: 1929 February 27, 1929. Washington, D.C. "Testing installation for radio broadcast of the Inauguration." On the eve of the Great Depression, a sound check for the presidency of Herbert Hoover. National Photo Co. |
January 20, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1935 | Kimball, WV | Kimball: 1935 October 1935. The coal mining center of Kimball, West Virginia. 35mm nitrate negative by Ben Shahn for the Farm Security Administration. |
January 6, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1935 | Selma, AL | Sweet Home Alabama: 1935 December 1935. "Sidewalk scene in Selma, Alabama." Large-format nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Resettlement Administration. |
March 22, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1936 | Vicksburg, MS | New Deal: 1936 March 1936. Vicksburg, Mississippi. "Vicksburg Negroes and shop front." A close-up of the New Deal barbershop seen in the previous post. Nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Resettlement Administration. |
March 23, 2009 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1937 | Savannah, GA | Dark Passage: 1937 Chatham County, Georgia, circa 1937. "Stoddard's Lower Range from Factory [Factors] Walk, River Street, Savannah." Passage through the cotton warehouses built by John Stoddard on the bluffs above the Savannah River in the late 1850s. 8x10 inch safety negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. |
July 11, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1937 | ND | Last Chance Texaco: 1937 October 1937. "Abandoned garage on Highway No. 2. Western North Dakota." Medium format safety negative by Russell Lee for the FSA. |
March 1, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1937 | New Orleans, LA | Royal Furniture: 1937 New Orleans circa 1937. "842 Royal Street, Sign." Among the highlights: interesting period signage, a ghost pedestrian and an ectoplasmic dog. 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. |
January 9, 2011 | January 11, 2011 |
| 1937 | Charleston, SC | The Quarters: 1937 1937. Charleston, South Carolina. 7-9-11 Beaufain Street, "The Quarters." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. |
June 18, 2010 | March 17, 2011 |
| 1938 | Omaha, NE | Buyer Get Busy: 1938 "Alex's Bargain Center, South Omaha's Largest Selection of Work and Dress Clothing." Store in Omaha, Nebraska catering to farmers. November, 1938. |
August 8, 2011 | August 14, 2011 |
| 1938 | Greenhills, OH | Greenhills: 1938 October 1938. Fire station at Greenhills, Ohio, a planned community built by the federal government (Suburban Division of the Resettlement Administration) during the Depression. The image, scanned from a print, is a composite, with the utility pole and fire alarm superimposed; the asphalt was retouched with an airbrush. The fire station photo is by John Vachon. |
January 3, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1938 | Pointe Coupee Parish, LA | Labatut: 1938 Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, 1938. "Labatut. New Roads vicinity, built by Don Evariste de Barra, Spanish grandee, 1800. His descendants, the Labatut and Pugh families, still living here." Photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston. |
August 31, 2010 | April 2, 2011 |
| 1938 | Blankenship, IN | Nehi Guy: 1938 May 1938. Blankenship, Indiana. "Resting in front of general store." 35mm negative by Arthur Rothstein, Farm Security Administration. |
September 2, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1939 | San Augustine, TX | Cafe Texan: 1939 April 1939. Street scene in San Augustine, Texas. 35mm nitrate negative by Russell Lee for the Farm Security Administration. |
December 2, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1939 | Convent, LA | Convent Postmistress: 1939 Circa 1939. "Post Office in Convent, Louisiana." 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. |
December 12, 2011 | December 13, 2011 |
| 1939 | Dead Ox Flat, OR | Dead Ox Flat: 1939 October 1939. "Mr. and Mrs. Wardlaw at entrance to their dugout basement home. Dead Ox Flat, Malheur County, Oregon." Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. |
June 9, 2010 | April 10, 2011 |
| 1939 | Halifax County, NC | Old House: 1939 1939. Halifax County, N.C. "Old house, Dr. Gideon Hunt Macon (Williams-Reid- Macon House near Airlie)." Frances Benjamin Johnston photo. |
June 23, 2010 | April 13, 2011 |
| 1939 | Savannah, GA | Pause ... Drink: 1939 Chatham County, Georgia, circa 1939. "Fahm Street, west side, Savannah. Row houses built about 1850. Torn down 1940 for Yamacraw Village housing." 8x10 inch acetate negative by Frances Benjamin Johnston. |
August 26, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1939 | Gordonton, NC | Pop Kola: 1939 July 1939. Gordonton, North Carolina. "Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. Note kerosene pump on the right and the gasoline pump on the left. Rough, unfinished timber posts have been used as supports for porch roof. Negro men sitting on the porch. Brother of store owner stands in doorway." 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. |
September 30, 2010 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1939 | Gordonton, NC | Set a Spell: 1939 July 1939. Gordonton, N.C. "Country store on dirt road. Sunday afternoon. Note kerosene pump on the right and the gasoline pump on the left. Rough, unfinished timber posts have been used as supports for porch roof. Negro men sitting on the porch. Brother of store owner stands in doorway." 4x5 nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Farm Security Administration. |
January 17, 2008 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1940 | Dubuque, IA | The Flavor Lasts: 1940 April 1940. "Dubuque, Iowa." Grit and gum in the Key City. 35mm nitrate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. |
May 17, 2011 | May 18, 2011 |
| 1941 | Brockton, MA | 125 Pleasant Street: 1941 Street corner, Brockton, Massachusetts. January 1941. Two blurry figures pass by a fire hydrant in this time exposure by Jack Delano. View full size. Using the 125 above the door and the street sign as clues, we were able to find this building in Google Maps: 125 Pleasant Street at North Warren Avenue. It's the building to the right with the white roof, and seems to be more or less unchanged. Some of the apartments above the store are on the market as condos. The building the photographer used as his vantage point has disappeared, replaced by a parking lot. |
March 9, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1941 | San Juan, PR | Calle de Coca-Cola: 1941 Street in San Juan, Puerto Rico, December 1941. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano, who moved to Puerto Rico permanently in 1946. The cross street is Calle de Rafael Cordero and the street we're looking down is Calle de Dr. Jose C. Barb-- with the last few letters obscured. |
May 31, 2007 | April 2, 2011 |
| 1942 | TN | High Voltage: 1942 June 1942. Working on power transmission and utility lines near the TVA hydro- electric plant at Chickamauga Dam or Douglas Dam, Tennessee. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Alfred Palmer, Office of War Information. |
May 20, 2007 | November 26, 2010 |
| 1942 | TN | Wisdom, Montana: 1942 June 1942. Working on power transmission and utility lines near the TVA hydro- electric plant at Chickamauga Dam or Douglas Dam, Tennessee. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by April 1942. Baker's Garage in Wisdom, Montana. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. |
January 5, 2008 | April 2, 2011 |
| 1942 | TN | Wisdom, Montana: 1942 June 1942. Working on power transmission and utility lines near the TVA hydro- electric plant at Chickamauga Dam or Douglas Dam, Tennessee. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by April 1942. Baker's Garage in Wisdom, Montana. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. |
January 5, 2008 | April 2, 2011 |
| 1943 | Henrietta, MO | Henrietta: 1943 March 1943. "Henrietta, Missouri. Going through the town on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Marceline, Missouri, and Argentine, Kansas. The operator has just handed up a message." Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. |
June 4, 2009 | March 23, 2011 |
| 1943 | Clinton, IA | On Top of Old Steamy: 1943 Clinton, Iowa. April 1943. "Chicago & North Western Railroad. Women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant H-class locomotives." In the red bandanna: Marcella Hart, seen here in a few other posts. 4x5 Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information |
March 8, 2011 | March 9, 2011 |
| Undated | Unknown | Cross Connect Terminal: Undated An early telephone cross connect terminal. Location and date unknown |
December 2, 2010 | December 3, 2010 |
| Undated | Unknown | Early Telephone Linemen: Undated A lineman, circa 1890s. Location unknown. |
December 1, 2010 | December 3, 2010 |
| Undated | Unknown | Pole Raising: Undated Workers piking a pole into place. Location and date unknown. |
December 2, 2010 | December 3, 2010 |
| Undated | Unknown | Splicers: Undated Telephone splicers. Date and location unknown. |
December 3, 2010 | December 3, 2010 |
| Undated | Unknown | Telephone Linemen Posing: Undated Telephone linemen pose on a crossarms. Location and date unknown. |
December 2, 2010 | December 3, 2010 |
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