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

 

These are 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 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!   Please understand that I had no hand in writing the captions, but whom ever did, there's a grammar class starting Wednesday at a school near you.       American Cities a Century ago Woodward Avenue, Detroit , Michigan, in 1917. 2. Atlantic City, 1910. Wonder why they're carrying umbrellas - no sun!   No rain!    Hmmmmm      b 3. The main street of Memphis , north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910. 4. Station "Louisville-Nashville", Florida , in 1910.   5. Forsyth Street, Jacksonville , Florida, in 1910. Love those cars.    b 6. The beach in Atlantic City , 1915.   7. Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. I didn't realize there was so much distruction in that earthquake.    b 8. Carts for transporting dairy Thompson , Washington , 1927. How in the world did the dairy get those horses so evenly  lined up.    B 9. 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. Cadillac Square, Detroit , Michigan, 1916. 11. Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915. 12. 13.     I wouldn't want to walk across this street in a long dress.   B Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street , New York , 1910. 14. Broad Street north of Spruce Street , Philadelphia , 1905. 15. View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909. 16. Fire at 55th Street , New York , 1915.   17. Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913. 18. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907. 19. The New York Public Library, New York , 1915. Didn't realize they had 4-laners in those days.  b 20. Wall Street, New York , 1911. The 2 sidewalks together  are as wide as the street in this pic.    B 21. Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913. Look at those top hats!    b 22. Manhattan, 1907. 23. The northern part of Fifth Avenue , New York , 1913. Must have been something big going on.  Look at the crowds and traffic jams.  B 24. City Hall – City Hall in New York . 25. Dexter Avenue and the Capitol, Montgomery , Alabama , in 1906. WoW!   Really wide street. - 6-lane and it's practically empty.   b 26. Valnut Street, Cincinnati , Ohio, 1910 (that's Walnut Street) 27. Washington, DC, 1913. 28. Broadway and the building of "The Times", New York , 1915.