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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.
Albany
Street scenes and cityscapes in the state capital of Albany, New York.
10 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 11/20/2018 - 5:14pm
Ambridge
The factory town of Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
12 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 12/13/2019 - 11:10am
Asbury Park
The seaside resort of Asbury Park, New Jersey.
12 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 11/27/2012 - 8:19am
Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia, street scenes and cityscapes.
23 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 04/29/2019 - 3:50pm
Atlantic City
Atlantic City, New Jersey, and the Jersey Shore, along with the Boardwalk and its famous piers -- the Steel Pier, Steeplechase Pier, Young's Million-Dollar Pier, New Garden Pier and Auditorium Pier. Giant fire-prone hotels include the Chalfonte, Traymore, Marlborough-Blenheim and Islesworth Gardens.
130 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 07/01/2019 - 8:08pm
Baltimore
The Charm City from the turn of the century to the 1940s, with landmarks including Johns Hopkins University, Lexington Market and Light Street. Photos from the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904.
76 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Sun, 08/25/2019 - 2:08pm
Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, street scenes and cityscapes.
29 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 09/02/2019 - 6:16pm
Boston
Boston, Massachusetts, street scenes and cityscapes.
144 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 06/20/2019 - 12:47pm
Brockton
Brockton, Massachusetts, street scenes and cityscapes.
6 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 05/05/2017 - 4:02pm
Buffalo NY
Buffalo, New York, street scenes, waterways and cityscapes.
52 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 05/10/2019 - 8:34am
Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina, street scenes and cityscapes.
64 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 11/07/2019 - 3:03pm
Chicago
Windy City landmarks including Michigan Avenue, Marshall Field's department store, the Chicago River, Grant Park, State Street, Van Buren Station and the Proviso Yard.
293 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 06/06/2019 - 2:31pm
Cincinnati Photos
Cincinnati photos and historic images from the turn of the century. Landmarks include Eden Park, the Price Hill Incline, Central Union Station, Mount Adams and the Ohio River. Cincinnati photos can be purchase as fine-art prints.
81 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 07/08/2019 - 10:28am
Cleveland
Cleveland photos and historic images from the turn of the century. Landmarks include Public Square, League Park, the Colonial Arcade, Gordon Park and Lake Erie. Cleveland photos can be purchase as fine-art prints.
80 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 05/28/2019 - 7:29pm
Columbus, Ga.
79 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 01/20/2020 - 7:07pm
Coney Island
Historic Luna Park photos and Coney Island photos. This gallery includes photos of many famous Coney Island and Luna Park attractions. Coney Island photos can be purchased as fine-art prints.
69 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Wed, 04/24/2019 - 11:19am
D.C.
Hundreds of Washington, D.C., photos showing the Capitol, White House, Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington Monument, Smithsonian Institution, Union Station, Patent Office, National Mall, Bolling Field, Lincoln Memorial, Old Post Office and other landmarks in the nation's capital, from the Civil War to World War 2.
2991 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 01/23/2020 - 9:39am
Detroit Photos
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. Telling the story of the city from the turn of the century to the 1940s, these Detroit photos can be purchased as fine-art prints.
335 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 09/23/2019 - 9:30pm
Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota, street scenes and cityscapes.
19 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 10/25/2018 - 1:31pm
Florida
Vintage views of the Sunshine State.
301 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 10/17/2019 - 12:52pm
Grosse Ile
Grosse Ile, Michigan. Summer playground of the Detroit aristocracy.
8 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Sat, 01/03/2015 - 3:20pm
Havana
Photos taken in and around Havana, Cuba.
9 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 05/09/2019 - 12:55pm
Hot Springs
Hot Springs, Arkansas
13 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 08/20/2019 - 11:23pm
Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana, street scenes and cityscapes.
37 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Sun, 02/10/2019 - 3:44pm
Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida, street scenes and cityscapes.
26 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Sat, 07/06/2019 - 8:11am
Kansas City MO
Kansas City, Missouri, street scenes and cityscapes.
12 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Wed, 02/08/2017 - 2:55pm
Knoxville
Knoxville, Tennessee, street scenes and cityscapes.
16 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 05/14/2018 - 6:08pm
Little Rock
Little Rock, Arkansas, street scenes and cityscapes. Little Rock City Hall and the Pulaski County Courthouse.
14 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 11/20/2015 - 11:08am
Los Angeles
Los Angeles photos and historic images from the turn of the century. Los Angeles photos can be purchase as fine-art prints.
50 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 07/25/2019 - 2:02pm
Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, street scenes and cityscapes.
29 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Wed, 11/06/2019 - 5:43pm
Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee, street scenes and cityscapes.
40 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Sun, 10/21/2018 - 11:06am
Miami
Landmarks including Biscayne Bay, the Miami River and Henry Flagler's resort hotels.
38 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Wed, 05/01/2019 - 9:50pm
Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, street scenes and cityscapes.
24 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 09/27/2018 - 6:52pm
Minneapolis
Minneapolis-St. Paul street scenes and cityscapes.
40 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 11/14/2019 - 3:00pm
Mobile
Mobile, Alabama, street scenes and cityscapes.
30 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 05/14/2018 - 11:28am
Montgomery
Montgomery, Alabama, street scenes and cityscapes.
11 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Sun, 10/08/2017 - 3:21pm
Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee, street scenes and cityscapes.
14 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 01/21/2020 - 4:21pm
New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana, street scenes and cityscapes.
140 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Thu, 09/19/2019 - 4:13pm
New Zealand
Images from the National Library of New Zealand online digital archive.
72 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 06/12/2017 - 9:08am
Norfolk
Norfolk, Virginia, street scenes and cityscapes.
10 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Sat, 11/10/2018 - 11:42am
NYC
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. Telling the story of the city from before the turn of the century through the 1940s, these New York photos can be purchased as fine-art prints.
1232 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 01/10/2020 - 5:04pm
OKC
Oklahoma City photos.
28 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Sun, 01/19/2020 - 8:24pm
Omaha
"Gateway to the West," the Big O is the largest city in Nebraska.
37 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 06/24/2019 - 12:59pm
Pensacola
Pensacola, Florida, street scenes and cityscapes.
12 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Sun, 12/10/2017 - 8:57pm
Petoskey
Petoskey, Michigan, bustling metropolis of the Lower Peninsula.
10 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Wed, 04/20/2016 - 12:16pm
Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, street scenes and cityscapes.
109 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 07/09/2019 - 9:01pm
Pie Town
33 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 07/31/2018 - 11:26am
Pittsburgh
Landmarks include steel mills, the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, Mount Washington, Smithfield Street, Pan Handle Bridge, Point Bridge, Duquesne Incline and Wabash Station.
91 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 11/05/2019 - 2:39pm
Providence
Providence, Rhode Island, street scenes and cityscapes.
19 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 10/29/2019 - 3:29pm
Puerto Rico
Photos taken by Jack Delano in Puerto Rico in 1942 for the Office of War Information. He liked the island so much he ended up moving there.
31 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 03/29/2019 - 10:38am
Richmond
Richmond, Virginia, street scenes and cityscapes.
41 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 11/12/2019 - 11:35am
Rochester
Rochester, New York, street scenes and cityscapes.
39 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 05/07/2018 - 7:35pm
Salem
Salem, Massachusetts. Photos of historic structures including the Salem Witch House and House of Seven Gables.
15 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 03/24/2015 - 7:59pm
San Francisco
San Francisco, California, street scenes and cityscapes. Aftermath of the 1906 earthquake and fire.
495 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 01/24/2020 - 10:30am
Saratoga Springs
The resort town of Saratoga Springs, New York, nexus of horse racing and mineral water.
9 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Tue, 08/14/2018 - 10:46am
Savannah
Savannah, Georgia, street scenes and cityscapes.
45 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 08/09/2019 - 7:43pm
Scranton
The rail hub of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
9 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 12/17/2018 - 11:38am
St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, street scenes and cityscapes.
36 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 05/05/2017 - 12:27pm
Syracuse
Syracuse, New York, street scenes and cityscapes.
25 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Fri, 07/28/2017 - 3:35pm
Toledo
Toledo, Ohio, street scenes and cityscapes. Industrial facilities along the Maumee River.
31 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Wed, 08/16/2017 - 4:53pm
Utica
Utica, New York, street scenes and cityscapes.
12 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Wed, 01/03/2018 - 10:13pm
Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Mississippi, street scenes and cityscapes.
17 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Mon, 04/03/2017 - 1:25pm
Walkerville
Walkerville, Ontario, street scenes and cityscapes. Grounds and facilities of Hiram Walker & Sons, Distillers.
7 photos in this gallery
Last updated: Wed, 01/03/2018 - 5:07pm
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