terça-feira, 3 de dezembro de 2013

Para (os/as) amantes da fotografia, um repositório verdadeiramente excepcional.






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Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, in 1917.
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Atlantic City, 1910.
Wonder why they're carrying umbrellas - no sun! No rain!
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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.
Love those cars.
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The beach in Atlantic City, 1915.
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Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906.
I didn't realize there was so much destruction in that earthquake.
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Carts for transporting Thompson's Dairy, Washington, 1927.
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Washington, D.C., 1914.
Not very smart having those horses run on a railroad tracks.
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Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1916.
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Ninth Street, Washington, D.C., 1915.
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I wouldn't want to walk across this street in a long dress.
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Corner of 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, 1910.
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Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1905.
Note the equine 'gifts' left in the cobblestone street.
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View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909.
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Fire at 55th Street, New York, 1914.
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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.
Note the city 'cab' at the curbside of the bus, & another 100 ft. back.
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Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907.
3 different piano/organ Co.'s are visible.
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The New York Public Library, New York, 1915.
Such a spectacular structure!
Didn't realize they had 4-laners in those days.
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Wall Street, New York, 1911.
Less than 20 years away from the collapse of prosperity.
The 2 sidewalks together are as wide as the street in this pic.
Strangely...only 2 flags are flying.
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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.
It was Easter Sunday, look at those top hats!
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Courthouse & adjoining jail in Manhattan, 1907.
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The northern part of Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.
Just prior to Easter parade. Look at the crowds and traffic jams.
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New York City Hall.
Horses must have suffered on these cobblestone streets.
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Dexter Avenue and the Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama, 1906.
                                                                                                  Really wide street. 6 lanes?, and it's practically empty.
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Valnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1910
(that's Walnut Street)
Love the awnings.
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Washington, D.C., 1913.
Possible Daughter's of Union Veterans parade ?
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Broadway, “The Times” building in background, New York, 1915.

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