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.

Susan

Susan Fertig-Dykes

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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

Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, in 1917.
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Atlantic City, 1910.
Wonder why they're carrying umbrellas - no sun! No rain!
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The main street of Memphis, north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910.
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Station “Louisville-Nashville,” Florida, in 1910.
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Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Florida, in 1910.
Love those cars.
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The beach in Atlantic City, 1915.
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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.
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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.
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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)
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Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1916.
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Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915.
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I wouldn't want to walk across this street in a long dress.
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Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, 1910.
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Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1905.
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View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909.
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Fire at 55th Street, New York, 1915.
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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.
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Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907.
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The New York Public Library, New York, 1915.
Didn't realize they had 4-laners in those days.
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Wall Street, New York, 1911.
The 2 sidewalks together are as wide as the street in this pic.
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Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913.
Look at those top hats!
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Manhattan, 1907.
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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.
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City Hall – City Hall in New York .
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Dexter Avenue and the Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama, in 1906.
WoW! Really wide street. - 6-lane and it's practically empty.
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Valnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1910
(that's Walnut Street )
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Washington, DC, 1913.
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Broadway and the building of “The Times,” New York, 1915.

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