Old Professional Photographs of USA Cities
These are photos taken by professional photographers who, notice how sharp and clear
most of the photos are and these are@100 years old.
There aren't many old photos this good, remember they didn't have film or digital photo
cards in those days. Most probable is that these were glass plate images that were taken
thru a “pin hole” type camera and the opening was timed just right to get a good
Developing was another tedious task during which they had to be careful not to break
Woodward Avenue,Detroit, Michigan in 1917.
The main street of Memphis, north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910.
Station “Louisville-Nashville", Florida 1910.
Forsyth Street,Jacksonville, Florida in 1910.
The beach in Atlantic City, 1915.
Note the men in coats and ties.
Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906.
I didn't realize there was so much destruction in that earthquake.
Carts for transporting dairy Thompson, Washington 1927.
How in the world did the dairy get those horses so evenly lined up.
Not so thoughty having those horses run on a railroad tracks.
(thoughty? Must have been a popular word back in the day)
Cadillac Square,Detroit, Michigan 1916.
Ninth Street,Washington DC 1915.
I wouldn't want to walk across this street in a long dress.
Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York 1910.
Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia 1905.
View of Manhattan Bridge, from Brooklyn in 1909.
Fire at 55th Street, New York 1915.
Fifth Avenue,New York 1913.
Wabash Avenue,Chicago,1907.
The New York Public Library 1915.
Didn't realize they had 4-laners in those days.
Wall Street, New York 1911.
The 2 sidewalks together are as wide as the street in this pic.
Fifth Avenue New York 1913.