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- Springfield: 1905
- "Main Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, circa 1905." Detroit Publishing Company ... with the clothes of the day.
[Women walking down the street covered up with clothes -- the bane of civilization. - Dave]
A ... up, similar to what we have in winter here in Mass.
Cobblestone Streets The cobblestones which dominate the foreground of this ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 8:23pm -
- Tradd Street: 1910
- Charleston, South Carolina, circa 1910. "Tradd Street -- a bit of Old Charleston." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit ... [I had the pleasure of driving along one of Charleston's cobblestone streets not long ago. Stones the size of small melons. Vvvverrry ...
Posted by Dave - 08/08/2012 - 1:32pm -
- Light Street: 1906
- Baltimore, Maryland, circa 1906. "Light Street looking north." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing ... [If you ever had to pilot a horse wagon over brick and cobblestone all day long, you might be able to imagine. - Dave]
Which is ...
Posted by Dave - 07/23/2012 - 6:47pm -
- Central Square: 1912
- ... ensemble with the Cambridge City Hall across the street.
Formerly Seedy Central Square My first job after college was in ... Boston through Cambridge and beyond to the suburbs. The cobblestone streets are under the modern pavement in some areas that were still ...
Posted by Dave - 02/08/2023 - 6:39pm -
- Old Philly: 1908
- ... Philadelphia circa 1908. "Delaware Avenue, foot of Market Street." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View ... me the most about this and many other old photos is the cobblestone streets. There must have been billions of stones. Where were they ...
Posted by Dave - 07/29/2012 - 10:12am -
- Cotton Club: 1900
- ... plating that appears as a sidewalk on both sides of the street - providing access to what? Cobblestone streets and trolley tracks.
The telephone/power poles with ...
Posted by Dave - 07/19/2012 - 4:39pm -
- Montreal: 1900
- ... of scenery.
Place Jacques Cartier Amazingly the street has changed very little in 100 years. Many of the buildings are still ... and has a very Old-European feel. Many of the cobblestone roads are now pedestrian streets.
The monument is "Nelsons ...
Posted by Dave - 08/13/2012 - 7:56pm -
- The Typesetters: 1910
- ... sound can only be described as a horse hoof hitting a cobblestone. If all of the people in this photo started walking at once, it ... probably sound like a bunch of horses trotting down a city street. I can still hear that sound in my head when I think back to our ...
Posted by Dave - 08/23/2012 - 11:42am -
- Market Street: 1905
- Market Street at Eighth in Philadelphia circa 1905, with the Lit Brothers building at ... clothes and the horses. So much is going on!
Market Street, Philadelphia I was stationed in Philadelphia with the Navy, 1957-59. ... the Navy Base into center city. Many streets were still cobblestone at that time. I met my wife there and we will have been married 49 ...
Posted by Dave - 07/26/2012 - 12:31pm -
- Literary Landmark: 1906
- ... The two things that stand out to me in this shot are the cobblestone, which today are only visible down at the river landing at the ... The Cossitt Today The Cossitt Library is right up the street from where I work. It's true that it was "modernized" into an appliance ...
Posted by Dave - 07/26/2012 - 12:30pm -
- Boston Rooftops: 1906
- ... eleven decades after it opened on the corner of Brattle Street and Brattle Square around 1819. The photo below, circa 1860, shows it ... of insulated metal pipes coiling for 30 miles under the cobblestone streets".
One Other Still Standing The Sears Crescent ...
Posted by Dave - 07/05/2022 - 12:09pm -
- The Seelbach: 1907
- ...
The same view in recent times. The end of "4th Street Live" on Muhammad Ali Boulevard.
Oh yeah This place is extra ... window on the right.
A confusing maze of track and cobblestone!
Seelbach Windows Plenty of Keystones but no awnings.
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Posted by Dave - 08/06/2012 - 1:15am -
- Thirsty? Just Whistle: 1923
- ... racket ...as you drive that solid-tired truck down the cobblestone road with all those soda bottles in the back to rattle around. Not ... many years. This photo seems to be looking south across F street just east of 4th.
The large tower of the Brewery is visible with the ...
Posted by Dave - 04/02/2017 - 12:43pm -
- Betsy Ross House: 1900
- ... the "free Quaker" meeting house she went to is just up the street.
But for people who want the old style vibe, over across Arch ... I was stationed in Philadelphia with the Navy in 1957. The cobblestone streets were just one many new sights and experiences for someone ...
Posted by Dave - 08/20/2012 - 10:21am -
- Washington Street Market: 1952
- Night view of the Washington Street produce market, New York City, 1952. View full size. Photograph by ... very expensive nightlife-heavy part of town now. But the cobblestone streets are still there.
[Interesting. What neighborhood is ...
Posted by Dave - 02/16/2019 - 5:38pm -
- Surf Avenue: 1903
- ... brew.
What a Turning Point Horse poop on the cobblestone road and an incredible tangle of wires overhead.
Wires gone ... a 2.5 inch cable sagging on the poles all the way down the street. My new camera wasn't much fun when every shot I could take was marred ...
Posted by Dave - 08/14/2012 - 11:13am -
- The Buggy Company: 1903
- ... view of that bustling commercial artery known as Gay Street, home to Broyles, McClellan & Lackey, dealers in Seeds, Fertilizers, ... aplenty!
Horse Goods That would be the stuff on the cobblestone?
Aerial View http://binged.it/uSflYn
Clearly the ...
Posted by Dave - 08/21/2012 - 6:31pm -
- Fine Groceries: 1905
- ... New York circa 1905. "Exterior of tenement house, E. 40th Street." Our fifth look at this building . 8x10 glass negative, Detroit ... the devil did I leave the Ford?
Seasick? That wavy cobblestone street could pass for the ocean on a windy day. Must have been a ...
Posted by Dave - 08/02/2012 - 7:44pm -
- Bridge of Sighs: 1905
- ... You can see the first layer of asphalt covering the cobblestone on the corner there. Probably many more to follow.
Bowler Alley ... too. I guess guys never change.
Fat people In this street scene, I can see no morbidly obese people. I don't think I could say ...
Posted by Dave - 08/05/2012 - 10:53am -
- Soda Stop: 1908
- Circa 1908. "Seeing Chicago. Auto at Monroe Street near State." Our second glimpse of these Windy City tourists . Photo ... sundaes in here.
Bumpy ride Solid rubber tires on cobblestone streets. Hope the old people held their mouths closed , or risk ...
Posted by Dave - 09/18/2012 - 12:28pm -
- INSPECTION: 1936
- ... foreground on the Manhattan side is now known as "70 Pine Street." It is surprisingly little known, considering it's 900 feet high.
... that's going up in this picture came down in 2008. The cobblestone streets survived, but the sidewalks got paved. Neat to see it way ...
Posted by Dave - 02/13/2016 - 4:06pm -