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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - Parade on 12th Street, c1916 -

By 1916, St. Louis had four public bathhouses serving millions of citizens per year. Private bathtubs were scarce among the city?s poor, and, even as late as 1950, only one...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Los Angeles, California - The Ambassador Hotel, c1925 -

The Ambassador Hotel has long played an important roll in LA society. It was a permanent address for celebrities, including Howard Hughes, and the site of early Academy Award ceremonies....

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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - St. Louis Public Library, c1910 -

Thanks to a generous donation from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the St. Louis Central Library was constructed in the early 1900s, along with six neighborhood branches. They were built to expand...

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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - Crowd Waiting for Taft, c1908 -

Republican Presidential nominee William Howard Taft wrapped up his western whistle-stop campaign in St. Louis in October 1908. He was greeted by large crowds that were perhaps more enthusiastic about...

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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - Aerial view of downtown St Louis, c1929 -

In the 1920s, two new skyscrapers forever changed the St. Louis. Upon construction, the Southwestern Bell Building became the city?s tallest. The Civil Courts Building featured a pair of griffins...

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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - The Holy Corners, 1914 -

The Holy Corners district was born after five religious buildings were constructed in two blocks of the Central West End during the early 1900s. Theodore C. Link designed the St....

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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - The Eads Bridge, c1910 -

Eads Bridge was the engineering brainchild of designer James B. Eads. Though he had never built a bridge before, Eads used pioneering techniques to successfully construct the first large bridge...

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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - Broadway from Olive Street, c1900 -

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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - Locust Street, c1921 -

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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - Traffic on Washington Avenue, c1912 -

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Historic Black & White Photo - St. Louis, Missouri - Brookings Hall on Dedication Day, c1903 -

Eager fairgoers gathered at Brookings Hall on Dedication Day of the 1904 St. Louis World?s Fair, which celebrated the centennial of the Louisiana Purchase. Exhibits from America and fifty countries...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Ferry Boat at Luna Park, c1910 -

Seattle?s Luna Park was an amusement park constructed on 12 acres of land near Duwamish Head on the northern tip of Alki Point. Built on pilings over Elliott Bay, visitors...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Crowds at the Steamship Docks, c1898 -

From the Seattle docks, eager residents could board steamships to take them on any number of grand adventures. The Alaska Steamship Company formed in 1895, taking tourists and thrill-seekers on...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Traffic on Second Avenue, c1920 -

Pioneer Square developed into Seattle?s core as the city grew out from its waterfront. In 1889, much of the neighborhood was devastated in the Great Seattle Fire. But, instead of...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Parade for the Great White Fleet, c1908 -

On May 26, 1908, Seattle hosted a grand parade for the U.S. Navy?s Atlantic Fleet, which was visiting the city as part of a 14-month world tour. Accompanied by local...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - City Hall Park, c1925 -

In response to rapid growth in the early 20th century, King?s County commissioned a new county office building. Seattle?s city government jumped on board and proposed sharing the building in...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Crowds at Pike Place Market, c1907 -

In the last decade of the 19th century, the population of Seattle nearly doubled, and wholesalers were charged with feeding the growing city. By 1906, the price of produce had...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Totem Pole in Pioneer Square, c1905 -

A 60-foot totem pole first appeared in Seattle?s Pioneer Square in 1899, presented as a gift by members of the Chamber of Commerce, who had stolen it from a Tlingit...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Car of the Seattle Motorcycle Race, c1911 -

In 1911, a host of brave men on motorcycles took off from Seattle in a race of endurance ending in Vancouver, British Colombia. The official car of the Seattle Motorcycle...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Second Avenue at Yesler Way, c1923 -

Extending out from the waterfront that established Seattle, Yesler Way meets Second Avenue in the Pioneer Square neighborhood, which, at the turn of the century, was the heart of the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Madison Street Cable Railway, c1902 -

Seattle?s first electric streetcars entered into operation in 1889, just five years after the first horse-drawn car appeared along Second Avenue. The many private companies that quickly emerged onto the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - Tents along Second Avenue, c1889 -

When a great fire devastated the city of Seattle in June 1889, the city?s early residents took little time to mourn what had been lost. The day after the blaze,...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Seattle, Washington - The Seattle Waterfront, c1904 -

In 1852, Henry Yesler established the first steam-powered sawmill in the Puget Sound, which he built on a wharf at the end of early Seattle?s ?Skid Road,? now known as...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Baltimore, Maryland - North Charles Street, c1925 -

Among the oldest thoroughfares in America, Charles Street is said to predate the establishment of Baltimore itself. The then-unnamed street passed by the first house in Baltimore Town, owned by...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Baltimore, Maryland - The Battle Monument, c1920 -

Built to commemorate Baltimore?s defeat of the British in the War of 1812, the 39-foot Battle Monument at Fayette and Calvert streets is renowned for its unique architecture. The monument...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Baltimore, Maryland - National Central Bank Building, c1925 -

The National Central Bank building was home to the Central Fire Insurance Company, which began business in 1865. In 1904, the insurance company lost nearly $1 million during the great...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Baltimore, Maryland - The Phoenix Shot Tower, c1927 -

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Historic Black & White Photo - Baltimore, Maryland - Baltimore and Calvert Streets, c1920 -

In 1919, U.S. Woolen Mills Co. completed negotiations to lease the former Pennsylvania Railroad Building on the corner of Baltimore and Calvert streets. Originally built following the Great Fire of...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Baltimore, Maryland - Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower, c1911 -

Modeled after the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, the Emerson Bromo-Seltzer Tower was the tallest building in Baltimore when it was constructed in 1911. Designed by Joseph Evans Sperry and built...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Baltimore, Maryland - Enoch Pratt Free Library, c1933 -

In 1886, the first and central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library system opened on Mulberry Street. By the 1920s, the book collections had outgrown their home. Along with...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Baltimore, Maryland - The Inner Harbor from Federal Hill, c1906 -

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Historic Black & White Photo - Baltimore, Maryland - View from Fort McHenry, c1914 -

Fort McHenry, a star-shaped fort on Baltimore's Chesapeake waterfront, was the location where Francis Scott Key witnessed the survival of an American flag through heavy British naval bombardment. After the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - San Francisco, California - Crossing the Bay, c1890 -

Marine extensions of railroad service, ferry boats made their first bay crossings shortly after the discovery of gold in the nearby Sierra Nevada. The steamship The Oakland belonged to the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - The Suspension Bridge c1907, c1907 -

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - The Bellevue Incline, c1907 -

In 1871, the first of five inclined railways opened in Cincinnati. These inclines used a system of winches to hoist a streetcar onto a lift, which then traveled up one...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - The Taft House, c1903 -

One of Cincinnati?s oldest homes, the former Taft house has laid witness to history. For nearly 60 years it was the home of Anna Sinton Taft and her husband Charles...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - Government Square, c1903 -

Looking west on Fifth Street from Main at the turn of the 20th century, one would gaze upon the U.S. Custom House and Post Office towering over Government Square. Built...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - The Art Museum in Eden Park, c1903 -

Inspired by the thousands of artworks displayed at Philadelphia?s 1876 Centennial Exhibition?the first World?s Fair held in the United States?a group of Cincinnatians began planning an art museum for the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - Cincinnati Country Club, c1907 -

The Cincinnati Country Club opened in the neighborhood of Hyde Park on July 4, 1903, adjacent to the Cincinnati Golf Club. According to the Commercial Tribune, members of high society,...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - The Cincinnati Wharf, c1890 -

By 1850, Cincinnati was not only teeming with steamboats but also building them. Then the sixth largest city in America, it continued to grow due to its river-borne commerce. Originally...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - Cincinnati Central Parkway, c1927 -

Central Parkway follows the path of the Miami and Erie Canal, built from 1825 to 1845 to connect the Ohio River to Lake Erie. Because railroads proved more efficient, the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - The Cincinnati Skyline, c1930 -

Founded in the late 1700s in the Northwest Territory, Cincinnati grew quickly because of its location at the convergence of the Licking and Ohio rivers. Because of the plethora of...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cincinnati, Ohio - Fountain Square, c1900 -

Before the 1871 dedication of the Tyler-Davidson Fountain, Fountain Square was a butcher market. The unveiling of the fountain, however, and its homage to the river responsible for the frontier...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Detroit, Michigan - South on Griswold Street, c1910 -

Since the 1830s, Griswold Street has served as the epicenter of Detroit?s financial district. The tallest building in Detroit for several years after its construction in 1909, the 23-story terra...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Detroit, Michigan - Hurlbut Memorial Gate, c1895 -

In 1894, the 132-foot Hurlbut Gate opened as the grand entrance to Water Works Park. The Park?s function ended up being twofold: to provide clean drinking water to the residents...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Detroit, Michigan - Casino in Palmer Park, c1895 -

Palmer Park was created in 1895, following the donation of land by Senator Thomas Palmer, who did so on the condition that the area?s virgin forest be preserved. Boasting 70...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Detroit, Michigan - Parade in Belle Isle Park, c1908 -

The largest urban island park in the nation, Belle Isle is home to the only marble lighthouse in the country and the oldest conservatory, along with a botanical garden, zoo...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Detroit, Michigan - Livingstone Channel Opening Day, c1912 -

Instrumental to Great Lakes shipping success, William Livingstone served more than 20 years as president of the Lake Carriers? Association, where he persuaded the federal government to fund shipping infrastructure...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Detroit, Michigan - Washington Boulevard, c1910 -

One of Detroit?s main thoroughfares, Washington Boulevard was designed in 1807 and broadened at the turn of the 20th century as part of the City Beautiful movement. Redesigned to resemble...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Detroit, Michigan - The Public Library, c1906 -

When the one-room Detroit Public Library was first established in 1865, Detroit was a small city of roughly 45,000 people. In just over a decade, both the library and the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Detroit, Michigan - The Majestic Theater, c1915 -

At the time it opened in 1915, the Majestic Theater was the largest theater in the world built for showing movies, seating 1,651 people. As cinemas sprang up across the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Detroit, Michigan - A Detroit Stone Yard, c1910 -

At the turn of the century, Detroit emerged as a key transportation hub, due largely to the rise of shipbuilding and manufacturing industries along the Great Lakes. In the design...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - T.J. Keenan Building, c1905 -

It?s not surprising that what became the tallest building in Pittsburgh was built for a man who knew a thing or two about publicity, T.J. Keenan of the Penny Press....

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Historic Black & White Photo - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Commerce on Fifth Avenue, c1905 -

Tennis rackets, handbags, caps, and shoes were just a few items with which Kaufmann?s Department Store tempted passersby on Fifth Avenue. The flagship store, which became known as The Big...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Entrance to Forbes Field, c1909 -

Named after General John Forbes, a hero of the French & Indian War, Forbes Field opened on June 30th, 1909. A record-setting crowd of more than 30,000 people saw Hall...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Carnegie Library, c1905 -

Fulfilling the vision of famed industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh opened in 1895. Himself an immigrant and self-made man, Carnegie?s libraries were built to provide...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - A Grant Street Sidewalk, c1917 -

The Pittsburgh Brewing Company?s popular beer was sold in ?small? 20-ounce bottles, and packed in wooden crates for delivery. At its peak, Pittsburgh was the third-largest brewery in the country....

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Historic Black & White Photo - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Overlooking Grant's Hill, c1916 -

Commonly referred to as the Hump, the area known as Grant?s Hill was literally a mound of dirt in downtown Pittsburgh. Seen throughout the 19th century as an impediment to...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - North Side Market House, c1915 -

Built in 1863, the Allegheny Market House offered fresh meats, breads and vegetables to the residents of the city of Allegheny. When Allegheny was annexed by Pittsburgh in 1907 it...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Along the Allegheny River, c1922 -

Control of the Allegheny River was a factor in both the French & Indian War and the American Revolution. The area was later found to be rich in resources and...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - Public Square, c1915 -

Public Square was laid out in Cleveland?s original city plan, designed as a central meeting place and open grazing grounds for early city residents. It developed as the city grew,...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - Brookside Park, c1905 -

A sweeping 81-acre expanse of land in southwestern Cleveland became one of the city?s first municipal parks in 1894. Originally named Brooklyn Park, the grounds provided a perfect natural setting...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - On a Cleveland Bridge, c1916 -

A city split by the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland developed thanks in part to the many bridges built to traverse the watery expanse. Shortly after the city?s founding, the original Center...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - Grays Armory, c1903 -

The cornerstone of Gray?s Armory was laid in 1893, establishing a headquarters for the city?s longtime local volunteer militia, the Cleveland Grays. The Grays had served the city since the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - The Duluth Steamship, c1897 -

The Duluth was one of two steamships used to transport passengers from downtown Cleveland to the Euclid Beach amusement park, a popular destination on the southern shore of Lake Erie....

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - Playhouse Square at Night, c1940 -

This stretch of Euclid Avenue was first envisioned as an entertainment destination after the Second World War. The State and Ohio theaters were the first to open there in February...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - Euclid Avenue and East Sixth Street, c1910 -

By the turn of the century, Euclid Avenue was a developing commercial thoroughfare, extending out from Public Square. Five-and-dimes shared space with office buildings, banks and lavish department stores. New...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - The Cuyahoga County Centennial, c1910 -

In honor of the centennial anniversary of Cuyahoga County, a weeklong celebration was held in downtown Cleveland in October 1910. The city bustled with activity, welcoming visitors from across the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - East Ninth Street, c1915 -

The importance of East Ninth Street grew out of the establishment, at the turn of the century, of the first docks along the downtown section of Cleveland?s waterfront. By 1913,...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - Outside Clark's Restaurant, c1900 -

The original Clark?s Restaurant opened on Old Bond Street in 1896. In 1919, J.B.L. Clark?s sons joined the family business, and many new locations were added. Soon after, there were...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Cleveland, Ohio - The Wheeling & Lake Erie Depot, c1912 -

In the early 1900s, the Wheeling & Lake Erie passenger depot served passengers in downtown Cleveland at the intersection of Ontario and Huron streets. The railroad that ran through it...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Niagara Falls, New York - The Rock of Ages, c1900 -

The bravest visitors to the Falls descended to its base, crossed a walkway held up by a large piece of limestone called the Rock of Ages, and entered the Cave...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Niagara Falls, New York - Whirlpool Rapids, c1907 -

The water from Niagara Falls rages through an increasingly narrow gorge as it travels downstream, creating whitewater. The Great Gorge Route was a rail line that stretched from Prospect Point...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Niagara Falls, New York - View from Goat Island, c1900 -

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Historic Black & White Photo - Niagara Falls, New York - View from Inspiration Point, c1895 -

As part of Queen Victoria Park on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, Inspiration Point and its small, pagoda-like structure known as Rambler?s Rest were such popular attractions in the...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Niagara Falls, New York - A Miniature Maid of the Mist, c1890 -

What began in 1846 as a steamboat filled with passengers and supplies, soon became a tourist attraction when a new suspension bridge across the Niagara River drew transport business away....

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Historic Black & White Photo - Niagara Falls, New York - View from Table Rock, c1855 -

On the Canadian side of Horseshoe Falls, Table Rock was the scene of a 24-year feud between businessmen Thomas Barnett and Saul Davis. Each man wanted to lead tourists down...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Bar Harbor, Maine, c1901 -

Located on Mt. Desert Island, Bar Harbor was a popular tourist destination at the turn of the century. The 15-mile-wide island featured a unique combination of mountains, lakes and ocean...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Newburyport, Massachusetts, c1940 -

The First Religious Society was founded in 1725 in fledgling Newburyport, where shipbuilding and commerce boomed until shortly before the Great Depression. Despite the resulting loss in population, the church...

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Historic Black & White Photo - Minneapolis, Minnesota - The Syndicate Block Building, c1890 -

The Syndicate Block building was so named because a group of businessmen pooled funds to purchase the land on busy Nicollet Avenue. After the building was completed in 1883, it...

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