MAY CONTAIN NUTS
HOME
 
JUMP TO PAGE   100  >  200  >  300  >  400  >  500  >  600
VINTAGRAPH • WPA • WWII • YOU MEAN A WOMAN CAN OPEN IT?

Greene Day: 1903

1903. "Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia." When mounting blocks and hitching posts were as common as curbstones. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.

1903. "Greene Street, Augusta, Georgia." When mounting blocks and hitching posts were as common as curbstones. 8x10 glass negative. View full size.

 

On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5

Clapboards

Before the advent of vinyl siding, clapboards often varied in width and pattern. This narrow version gives the house a refined character; it's nice to see they're still there. (A coincidence that the porch plants are almost the same as 100 years ago!)

500 block?

I found this here.

Hitching posts and rings

I lived in a neighborhood in Minnesota that had rings set into the sidewalks in front of each house. They were to tie up the horses. I guess the reins had to be long -- it would have made more sense to have posts, considering the snow in the winter, but no one ever explained why there were just rings instead. We didn't have the blocks though. Either they had been removed (and the rings were still there because no one had torn up the sidewalks) or people had longer legs, too. :)

Greene Day 2012

Google street view

We had one

The 1860 house I grew up in had one of those blocks until the city paved the streets and installed curbs. There were still several others in the old neighborhood besides ours. We called them carriage stoops. Wonder what happened to them.

Two wishes

That I could saunter down this lovely, quiet street and-if my time machine is out of order-that some kind and talented "Shorpyite" colorizes this beautiful shot, thanks!

Syndicate content  Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.