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Aug 14, 2010, 3:00 am
The cigar industry in Key West flourished during the end of the 19th century, with nearly 130 cigar making factories operating on the island by 1890. The industry was fueled mainly by immigrants from Cuba who came to Key West to escape Spanish rule. Comment - Like
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Aug 13, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of the 9-hole golf course on the grounds of the Castillo de San Marcos. Created in around 1895, the course was one of the first in Florida and was part of an effort to make Saint Augustine a tourist attraction for the wealthy. Comment - Like
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Aug 12, 2010, 3:00 am
A portrait of Dr. Vedder in front of "Dr. Vedder's Museum and Menagerie." Vedder was a locomotive engineer turned dentist who moved from upstate New York to Saint Augustine where he became a authority in the field of taxidermy and built one of the largest collections of Florida wildlife of the time.... Comment - Like
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Aug 10, 2010, 3:00 am
Shows a group of leisurely boaters hunting for alligators on the Tomoka River near Daytona Beach. The woman in the front of the boat is aiming her rifle into the water, while the rest of the passengers look on in a relaxed manner. Comment - Like
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Aug 9, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of a store in turn-of-the-century New York Chinatown at the corner of Mott and Pell Streets. Chinese immigrants arrived in New York throughout the last half of the 19th century, and the Chinatown neighborhood developed in Lower Manhattan between Canal and Worth Streets, centered along Bayard ... Comment - Like
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Aug 8, 2010, 3:00 am
A view down Wall Street in Lower Manhattan. The building on the left with the columns is the site of Federal Hall, the first Capitol of the United States and the site of George Washington's inauguration as president in 1789. Comment - Like
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Aug 6, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of the famous Flatiron Building shortly after construction was completed in 1902. At twenty-two stories tall, the building is considered one of the first skyscrapers ever built. Comment - Like
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Aug 5, 2010, 3:00 am
Hosted by the Automobile Club of America in 1900, the first auto race in New York ran from Springfield Gardens in Queens to Babylon on Long Island and back, along Merrick Road. The winner, shown in this photo, was Andrew L. Riker, an automobile designer whose electric car reached speeds of up to 25 ... Comment - Like
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Aug 4, 2010, 3:00 am
Shows a view of Times Square looking north at the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue in Manhattan, taken from the top of the original Times Building. Opened in 1904, the Times Building was the second tallest building in the world at the time. Comment - Like
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Aug 3, 2010, 3:00 am
Built to celebrate the end of World War I, the Victory Arch stood at the intersection of Broadway and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The Flatiron Building can be seen in the background. Comment - Like
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Aug 2, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of the Manhattan Bridge under construction from Brooklyn. Spanning the East River and connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn, the bridge was built between 1901 and 1912, and was first opened to traffic in 1909. Comment - Like
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Aug 1, 2010, 3:00 am
An early twentieth century view of Lower Manhattan taken from the Manhattan Bridge looking west. The street in the foreground is most likely Monroe Street, and the tall buildings just right of center are, from left to right, the Woolworth Building and the New York Municipal Building. Comment - Like
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Jul 31, 2010, 3:00 am
An image from the Boston Red Sox 1916 season. The Red Sox finished the season in first place in the American League, and beat the Brooklyn Robins in 5 games to win the World Series. Comment - Like
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Jul 30, 2010, 3:00 am
Frank Stanton served with the Australian Infantry in World War I, but after being injured in 1916 he moved to the US. He arrived in Princeton in 1917 and was a member of the Princeton Flying Club. In July 1917 he did the flying sequences for the movie "Rasputin the Black Monk" (filmed at Princeton),... Comment - Like
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Jul 27, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of Worth Square at Broadway and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan looking north. The building behind the Worth Monument can be seen as the Berlitz School of Languages, and numerous advertisements on the buildings are visible, including a large billboard for White Horse Scotch Whiskey and a sign for a... Comment - Like
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Jul 26, 2010, 3:00 am
Possibly taken in the Forty Mile Desert in Nevada, the photo shows a horse-drawn wagon crossing sand dunes. The Forty Mile Desert was a forty-mile stretch with no water along the California Trail, a heavily-used emigrant route that was the most common route to California before the completion of the... Comment - Like
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Jul 25, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of the street markets along Mulberry Street in Little Italy, Manhattan. Mulberry Street was the heart of the Italian immigrant experience at the turn of the twentieth century. Comment - Like
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Jul 24, 2010, 3:00 am
The city of Virginia City sprang up virtually overnight in 1859 after the discovery of the Comstock Lode, a vast reserve of silver ore in the Nevada desert. The Gould and Curry Mining Company was one of the many companies to take advantage of the new found mineral wealth. Virginia City remained an a... Comment - Like
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Jul 23, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of the subway station at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. The above-ground station shown in the photo is now gone, but the smaller building on the left still stands on Atlantic Ave. Comment - Like
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Jul 22, 2010, 3:00 am
Taken during the Civil War, the photo shows a group of men sitting by the falls on the Potomac River, about fourteen miles upstream of Washington, DC, in present-day Great Falls Park. Comment - Like
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Jul 21, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of the original concourse in Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. The original building was completed in 1910 and later demolished in 1963. Comment - Like
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Jul 20, 2010, 3:00 am
Joe Black Fox was a Sioux Indian who traveled with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. This portrait of Fox is by Gertrude Kasebier, one of the leading portrait photographers of the time. Comment - Like
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Jul 19, 2010, 3:00 am
The San Miguel Mission, built between 1610 and 1626, is claimed to be the oldest church in the United States. The appearance of the church in this photo differs from its present-day appearance, though the original adobe walls still exist within the structure. Comment - Like
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Jul 18, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress taken from the US Capitol building. Built between 1890 and 1897, the building is the oldest of the three buildings comprising the present-day Library of Congress. Comment - Like
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Jul 17, 2010, 3:00 am
Shows a group climbing Mt. Rainier about a decade or so after the creation of Mount Rainier National Park. Climbing for pleasure was a bit more formal at the time--the women are wearing long skirts and sun hats. Comment - Like
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Jul 16, 2010, 3:00 am
The Mission San Xavier del Bac was established by Spanish Jesuits in 1699. The original mission was destroyed by Apaches in about 1770, and the present building was constructed by Franciscans between 1783-1797. Comment - Like
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Jul 15, 2010, 3:00 am
This 1846 image is the earliest known photograph of the US Capitol building. Construction began in 1793 and was completed in 1811. The building was partially destroyed during the War of 1812, and reconstruction continued into the 1860s. The building shown in this photo differs considerably from the ... Comment - Like
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Jul 14, 2010, 3:00 am
This 1846 image is the earliest known photograph of the White House. Construction began in 1792, and by 1800 the first occupant, John Adams, took residence. Much of the structure was destroyed by fire during the War of 1812, and reconstruction lasted until 1817. Comment - Like
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Jul 13, 2010, 3:00 am
The Smithsonian Institution was established in 1846 at the bequest of the British scientist James Smithson. The original building (shown in the photo), also known as The Castle, was completed in 1855. Comment - Like
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Jul 10, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of the Old North Church in Boston's North End. Originally built in 1723, the church is the site of the famous "One if land, two if by sea" phrase related to Paul Revere's ride during the American Revolution. Comment - Like
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Jul 9, 2010, 3:00 am
A crowd poses for a picture before a game, including Boston Mayor John Francis Fitzgerald and Boston Braves owner James Gaffney. The Braves won the series in four straight games over the Philadelphia Athletics. Comment - Like
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Jul 8, 2010, 3:00 am
A view of Faneuil Hall with shops at street level under an awning that surrounded the building. Faneuil Hall was built in 1742 as a marketplace and meeting place, and played an important role during the American Revolution as the site of several speeches by people, including Samuel Adams, encouragin... Comment - Like
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Jul 7, 2010, 3:00 am
The historic Old Corner Bookstore, located at the corner of Washington and School Streets in Boston, was built in 1718. In the nineteenth century it was a meeting place for writers, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, and Oliver Wendell Ho... Comment - Like
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Jul 6, 2010, 3:00 am
Built by Captain John Young in 1906, the Million Dollar Pier is so-called because he boasted it would cost a million dollars to build. He built the three-story Italianate villa as his residence, including a conservatory and classical statuary. Young's friend Thomas Edison designed the outdoor lighti... Comment - Like
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Mar 20, 2010, 3:00 am
Shows four men, three standing on top and one standing inside, riding on a large casing section of pipe suspended by cable as it is moved into position by a crane during construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. Construction began in 1933 and was finished in 1942. Comment - Like
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Mar 19, 2010, 3:00 am
This photo shows a view of the US Capitol with construction of the dome nearing completion. The current dome replaced a smaller dome made of wood timbers. Construction was begun in 1855 and lasted until December 1863. Comment - Like
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