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[REV 25-NOV-2014]
Vintage photos of:
Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1905. "Payday for the stevedores." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Florida circa 1890s. "Boating on the Tomoka." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Circa 1908. "Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Wabash Bridge, Monongahela River." Back when Pittsburgh was sans H. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.
Lake Erie circa 1905. "Hulett clamshell hoists, Cleveland, Ohio." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
The Ohio River circa 1904. "Along the levee, Cincinnati." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
New York circa 1900. "Brooklyn Bridge, East River." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Florida circa 1902. "At Silver Springs on the Ocklawaha." Our second look at the river steamer Metamora of Palatka. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Detroit circa 1901. "Steamer Tashmoo leaving wharf." Another look at the popular excursion steamer with a capacity crowd of day trippers. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.