History Before Our Time - Part 2

Black & White Photos Taken Before 1923

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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"

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And this was the latest style in bathing suits back then.
Women weren't supposed to show their knees, chuckle!
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History Before Our Time - Part 1

   

We have come a long way since

  
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"

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