[Oe List ...] AMERICAN CITIES 100 YEARS AGO..

[Marge Philbrook]

Wabash is in the "loop" which is down town Chicago.  We are 4700 north.
Marge


On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Susan Fertig <susan at gmdtech.com> wrote:

> About midway through, there is a shot of Wabash Avenue in Chicago back in
> the day (1907)—is that anywhere near the Kemper Bldg?  I can’t remember my
> Chicago geography.****
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> *These are really professional photographers who took these pictures...
> Note how sharp and clear most of the photos are and these are over a 100
> years old. There aren't many old photos as good.  American Cities more than
> a Century ago *****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-8]*****
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> *Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, in 1917.*****
> *2.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-1]*****
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> *Atlantic City, 1910.*****
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> *Wonder why they're carrying umbrellas - no sun! No rain! *****
> *3.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-2]*****
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> *The main street of Memphis, north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910.*****
> *4.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-3]*****
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> *Station “Louisville-Nashville,”**  Florida, in 1910.*****
> *5.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-4]*****
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> *Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Florida, in 1910.*****
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> *Love those cars. *****
> *6.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-5]*****
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> *The beach in Atlantic City, 1915.*****
> *7.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-6]*****
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> *Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906.*****
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> *I didn't realize there was so much destruction in that earthquake. *****
> *8.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-7]*****
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> *Carts for transporting dairy, Thompson, Washington, 1927.*****
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> *How in the world did the dairy get those horses so evenly lined up. *****
> *9.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-34]*****
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> *Washington, DC, 1914.*****
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> *Not so thoughty having those horses run on a railroad tracks.*****
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> *(thoughty? must have been a popular word back in the day)*****
> *10.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-9]*****
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> *Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1916.*****
> *11.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-10]*****
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> *Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915.*****
> *12.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-11]*****
> *I wouldn't want to walk across this street in a long dress.******13. ****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-12]*****
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> *Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, 1910.*****
> *14.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-13]*****
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> *Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1905.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-14]*****
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> *View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-15]*****
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> *Fire at 55th Street, New York, 1915.*****
> *17.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-16]*****
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> *Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.*****
> *18.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-17]*****
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> *Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907.*****
> *19.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-18]*****
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> *The New York Public Library, New York, 1915.*****
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> *Didn't realize they had 4-laners in those days. *****
> *20.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-19]*****
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> *Wall Street, New York, 1911.*****
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> *The 2 sidewalks together are as wide as the street in this pic. *****
> *21.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-20]*****
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> *Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.*****
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> *Look at those top hats! *****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-21]*****
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> *Manhattan, 1907.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-22]*****
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> *The northern part of Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.*****
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> *Must have been something big going on. Look at the crowds and traffic
> jams. *****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-23]*****
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> *City Hall – City Hall in New York .*****
> *25.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-24]*****
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> *Dexter Avenue and the Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama, in 1906.*****
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> *WoW! Really wide street. - 6-lane and it's practically empty. *****
> *26.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-25]*****
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> *Valnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1910*****
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> *(that's Walnut Street )*****
> *27.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-26]*****
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> *Washington, DC, 1913.*****
> *28.*****
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> *[image: amerikanskie-goroda-retro-27]*****
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> *Broadway and the building of “The Times,” New York, 1915.*****
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