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