Wednesday, September 11, 2013

AMERICAN CITIES 100 YEARS AGO Part - 02

AMERICAN CITIES 100 YEARS AGO 
Part - 02 

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. 

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.


20.Wall Street, New York , 1911.
The 2 sidewalks together are as wide as the street in this pic.


21.Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913. Look at those top hats! 


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. 


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.


 
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. 



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