Wednesday, April 24, 2013

SOME GREAT AMERICAN HISTORY IN BLACK & WHITE PHOTOS

American History in Black & White Pictures.

004 | 1865 | " City Point , Virginia (vicinity). Medical supply boat Planter at General Hospital wharf on the Appomattox "


005 | 1890 | Florida . "Brown's Landing, Rice Creek"


006 | 1896 | U.S.S. New York . "Group of sailors" | Edward Hart


007 | 1897 | "Commodore H.M. Gillig's racing sloop Vencedor on Lake Erie " | John S. Johnston


008 | 1897 | "Berth deck cooks, U.S.S. Oregon" | Edward H. Hart


009 | 1897 | "U.S.S. Massachusetts, fire room" Tending the battleship's coal-fired boilers. | Edward H. Hart


010 | 1898 | "U.S.S. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard"


011 | 1899 | "Berth deck cooks aboard cruiser U.S.S. Brooklyn" | Edward H. Hart


012 | 1900 | "U.S. Battleship Texas, chief petty officers" | Edward H. Hart


013 | 1900 | Chicago . "12th Street Bascule Bridge "


014 | 1900 | Charlevoix , Michigan .. "Harbor entrance and light house"


015 | 1900 | "Car ferry 'Transport' entering slip, Detroit River "


016 | 1900 | Florida . "A landing on the Tomoka" | William Henry Jackson


017 | 1900 | "A bit of country life near Henryville , Pennsylvania — making soap"


018 | 1900 | " Brooklyn Bridge , East River "


019 | 1900 | New Jersey circa. "Bergen Tunnel, east end"


020 | 1900 | Chicago . "A walk in Lincoln Park "


021 | 1900 | Buffalo , New York . "Labor Day parade, Main Street "


022 | 1900 | "U.S.S. Oregon quarterdeck" | Edward H. Hart


023 | 1900 | "U.S.S. Chicago. One of the crew"


024 | 1901 | Buffalo , New York . "Unloading ore from whaleback carrier"


025 | 1901 | "Hanging rock on the Susquehanna near Danville , Pennsylvania "


026 | 1901 | Petoskey , Michigan . "Grand Rapids & Indiana R.R. station"


027 | 1901 | Detroit . "Excursion steamers Tashmoo and Idlewild at wharves"



029 | 1902 | "A happy family"


030 | 1902 | Iowa . "Chicago & North Western Railway — steel viaduct over Des Moines River " | William Henry Jackson



034 | 1904 | The Jersey Shore . "Steeplechase Pier and bathers, Atlantic City "

037 | 1905 | St. Clair , Michigan . "Launch of steamer Frank J. Hecker"




041 | 1905 | Cleveland , Ohio . " Cuyahoga River from the Viaduct"


042 | 1905 | Buffalo , New York . "Jack-Knife Bridge, City Ship Canal , foot of Michigan Street "


043 | 1905 | The Detroit River . "Transfer steamer Detroit in the ice"


044 | 1905 | Houghton , Michigan . "Loading copper on steamer Juniata "






088 | 1912 | "Dime Savings Bank and Detroit City Hall "



093 | 1919 | Washington , D.C. " Alexandria shipyard views" | Harris & Ewing Collection


094 | 1920 | "Shad fishing on the Potomac "



098 | 1922 | Washington , D.C. "Group winners at Tidal Basin bathing beach"

BESURE TO NOTICE ALL THOSE LOVELY BATHING SUITS.  WHAT WOULD THEY THINK IF THEY COULD SEE THE SWIM WEAR OF TODAY. LOL

 

 



 

 

 

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