American Cities A Century Ago

American Cities A Century Ago - 28 ImagesA selection of photos of the largest U.S. cities, made about 100 years ago.
These photographers were really professionals. Note how sharp and clear most of the photos are, and they are over 100 years old. They were probably made using large format view cameras using glass plates.
There aren't many old photos as sharp as these; remember they didn't have digital cameras in those days! RIGHT CLICK-VIEW IMAGE to see full picture!

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Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, in 1917.

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Atlantic City, 1910.

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The main street of Memphis, north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910.

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Station, Louisville-Nashville, Florida, in 1910.

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Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Florida, in 1910.

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The beach in Atlantic City, 1915.

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Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906.

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Carts for transporting dairy Thompson, Washington, 1927.

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Washington, DC, 1914.

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Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1916.

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Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915.

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Main Street, Richmond, VA

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Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, 1910.

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Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1905.

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View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909.

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Fire at 55th Street, New York, 1915.

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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.

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Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907.

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The New York Public Library, New York, 1915.

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Wall Street, New York, 1911.

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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.

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Manhattan, 1907.

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The northern part of Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.

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City Hall in New York.

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Dexter Avenue and the Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama, in 1906.

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valnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1910.

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Washington, DC, 1913.

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Broadway and the building of The Times, New York, 1915.