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Most of the photos on this site were extracted from reference images (high-resolution tiffs, 20 to 200 megabytes in size) from the Library of Congress research archive. (To query the database click here.) Many were digitized by LOC contractors using a Sinar studio back. They are adjusted by your webmaster for contrast and color in Photoshop before being downsized and turned into the jpegs you see here.

 
 
 
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Cities

Black-and-white historical streetscape and skyline photographs of major American cities from the 1900s, 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and more.

  • Wired: 1906

    Albany

    Street scenes and cityscapes in the state capital of Albany, New York.

    4 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 01/13/2012 - 9:44am

  • God Bless America: 1941

    Ambridge

    The factory town of Ambridge, Pennsylvania.

    5 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 08/24/2011 - 9:29am

  • Ocean Spray: 1905

    Asbury Park

    The seaside resort of Asbury Park, New Jersey.

    10 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 01/19/2012 - 9:55am

  • Cherokee Parts: 1936

    Atlanta

    Atlanta, Georgia, street scenes and cityscapes.

    18 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 01/28/2012 - 1:26pm

  • Seawater Baths: 1905

    Atlantic City

    Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the Jersey Shore.

    69 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 12/29/2011 - 4:37am

  • Market Day: 1905

    Baltimore

    Baltimore, Maryland, street scenes and cityscapes.

    28 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 11/21/2011 - 10:59am

  • Night Watch: 1910

    Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, street scenes and cityscapes.

    20 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 08/26/2011 - 4:50pm

  • Boston Harbor: 1906

    Boston

    Boston, Massachusetts, street scenes and cityscapes.

    64 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Sat, 02/04/2012 - 5:05am

  • Yesterday's News: 1940

    Brockton

    Brockton, Massachusetts, street scenes and cityscapes.

    6 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 09/12/2011 - 5:51pm

  • Lafayette Square: 1905

    Buffalo

    Buffalo, New York, street scenes, waterways and cityscapes.

    28 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 01/12/2012 - 11:09am

  • Hasell Street: 1902

    Charleston

    Charleston, South Carolina, street scenes and cityscapes.

    30 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 01/24/2012 - 2:24pm

  • Winter Roundhouse: 1942

    Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois, street scenes and cityscapes.

    151 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 01/13/2012 - 11:15am

  • Fourth Street: 1910

    Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, Ohio, street scenes and cityscapes.

    52 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 12/26/2011 - 9:43pm

  • A Grand Day Out: 1908

    Cleveland

    Cleveland, Ohio, street scenes and cityscapes.

    36 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 12/26/2011 - 9:46pm

  • Helter-Skelter: 1905

    Coney Island

    Photographs from Luna Park and Coney Island, New York.

    43 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 10/14/2011 - 12:32pm

  • Bathing Girls: 1922

    D.C.

    Washington, D.C., street scenes and cityscapes. There are hundreds of photos in this gallery.

    1856 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 02/07/2012 - 12:42pm

  • Washington Park: 1907

    Detroit

    Historical Detroit, Michigan, photos of landmarks including the Wayne County Building, Detroit City Hall, Hotel Pontchartrain, Ford Building, Dime Bank, Detroit Post Office, Woodward Avenue, the Campus Martius and Cadillac Square.

    161 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 02/06/2012 - 10:29am

  • Duluth Panorama: 1898

    Duluth

    Duluth, Minnesota, street scenes and cityscapes.

    15 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 01/16/2012 - 11:21am

  • Petite Visite à Grosse Ile: 1900

    Grosse Ile

    Grosse Ile, Michigan. Summer playground of the Detroit aristocracy.

    7 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 09/14/2011 - 6:31pm

  • Seven Points: 1900

    Hot Springs

    Hot Springs, Arkansas

    6 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 08/02/2011 - 1:12pm

  • Indiana Joneses: 1904

    Indianapolis

    Indianapolis, Indiana, street scenes and cityscapes.

    20 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 07/11/2011 - 6:28pm

  • Hotel Seminole: 1910

    Jacksonville

    Jacksonville, Florida, street scenes and cityscapes.

    10 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 07/12/2011 - 12:49am

  • BOT: 1906

    Kansas City MO

    Kansas City, Missouri, street scenes and cityscapes.

    10 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 10/25/2011 - 10:54am

  • The Buggy Company: 1903

    Knoxville

    Knoxville, Tennessee, street scenes and cityscapes.

    6 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 12/13/2011 - 2:23pm

  • Little Rock Garbage: 1908

    Little Rock

    Little Rock, Arkansas, street scenes and cityscapes. Little Rock City Hall and the Pulaski County Courthouse.

    9 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 01/03/2012 - 3:23pm

  • Amex: 1910

    Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California, street scenes and cityscapes.

    18 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 09/14/2011 - 12:32am

  • Woof: 1906

    Louisville

    Louisville, Kentucky, street scenes and cityscapes.

    9 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 02/08/2012 - 2:03pm

  • Old Man River: 1900

    Memphis

    Memphis, Tennessee, street scenes and cityscapes.

    18 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 08/30/2011 - 3:52pm

  • Sun and Fun: 1923

    Miami

    Miami, Florida, street scenes and cityscapes.

    8 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 10/03/2011 - 5:08pm

  • Primary Colors: 1943

    Milwaukee

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin, street scenes and cityscapes.

    10 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/08/2011 - 6:12pm

  • Nervous and Private Diseases: 1908

    Minneapolis

    Minneapolis-St. Paul street scenes and cityscapes.

    21 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 09/21/2011 - 3:36am

  • This Way to Kloskys: 1910

    Mobile

    Mobile, Alabama, street scenes and cityscapes.

    11 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:35am

  • Court Square: 1906

    Montgomery

    Montgomery, Alabama, street scenes and cityscapes.

    5 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 09/14/2011 - 7:26pm

  • The View From Here: 1864

    Nashville

    Nashville, Tennessee, street scenes and cityscapes.

    10 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 09/13/2011 - 3:16pm

  • Proteus: 1903

    New Orleans

    New Orleans, Louisiana, street scenes and cityscapes.

    66 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 12/26/2011 - 9:51pm

  • The Big Pennsylvania Hole: 1908

    New York City

    Historical New York photographs of landmarks in Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Queens and New York Harbor including the Statue of Liberty, Times Square, Singer Building, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, RCA Building ("30 Rock"), Rockefeller Center, Seagram Building, Woolworth Building, Metropolitan Life tower, Flatiron Building, Central Park, Union Square, Brooklyn Bridge, 59th Street Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge and Manhattan Bridge.

    635 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Wed, 02/01/2012 - 6:38pm

  • Central Y: 1917

    Norfolk

    Norfolk, Virginia, street scenes and cityscapes.

    9 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 7:05pm

  • Coming and Going: 1908

    Petoskey

    Petoskey, Michigan, bustling metropolis of the Upper Peninsula.

    6 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 10/16/2011 - 3:41pm

  • Philadelphia: 1909

    Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, street scenes and cityscapes.

    49 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 12/29/2011 - 3:10pm

  • Over and Up: 1908

    Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, street scenes and cityscapes.

    43 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 01/27/2012 - 11:57am

  • Brown and Gray: 1906

    Providence

    Providence, Rhode Island, street scenes and cityscapes.

    14 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 12/30/2011 - 4:53pm

  • End of the Line: 1865

    Richmond

    Richmond, Virginia, street scenes and cityscapes.

    21 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 02/05/2012 - 12:11am

  • The Blacksmiths: 1904

    Rochester

    Rochester, New York, street scenes and cityscapes.

    11 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 01/31/2012 - 1:06pm

  • Scarlet Letter Written Here: 1906

    Salem

    Salem, Massachusetts. Photos of historic structures including the Salem Witch House and House of Seven Gables.

    10 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 11/01/2011 - 12:05pm

  • Apocalypse Then: 1906

    San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, street scenes and cityscapes. Aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire.

    19 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 08/26/2011 - 7:53pm

  • United States Hotel: 1908

    Saratoga Springs

    The resort town of Saratoga Springs, New York, nexus of horse racing and mineral water.

    5 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 12/05/2011 - 9:57pm

  • Bull Street: 1901

    Savannah

    Savannah, Georgia, street scenes and cityscapes.

    25 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Sun, 01/29/2012 - 2:02pm

  • Riding the Rails: 1901

    Scranton

    The rail hub of Scranton, Pennsylvania.

    6 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Fri, 01/20/2012 - 11:35am

  • Photo Op: 1939

    St. Louis

    St. Louis, Missouri, street scenes and cityscapes.

    30 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 02/02/2012 - 1:12pm

  • Veteran Park: 1900

    Syracuse

    Syracuse, New York, street scenes and cityscapes.

    14 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 12/05/2011 - 2:38pm

  • Summit Street: 1909

    Toledo

    Toledo, Ohio, street scenes and cityscapes. Industrial facilities along the Maumee River.

    14 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Mon, 01/02/2012 - 3:01am

  • Bleecker Street: 1910

    Utica

    Utica, New York, street scenes and cityscapes.

    5 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Thu, 09/29/2011 - 12:20pm

  • Vicksburg: 1910

    Vicksburg

    Vicksburg, Mississippi, street scenes and cityscapes.

    11 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 11/15/2011 - 7:06pm

  • Whiskeytown: 1900

    Walkerville

    Walkerville, Ontario, street scenes and cityscapes. Grounds and facilities of Hiram Walker & Sons, Distillers.

    6 photos in this gallery

    Last updated: Tue, 11/29/2011 - 9:38pm

 
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