Old City Photos (Black and White)

[ironchapman]

Anybody out there know where to find a few good photos of their cities from th 1800's and early 1900's?

If so, I'd love to see them.

Black and White ones and Tinted ones are preferred.

[ironchapman]

Here's some of ATL:

Old City Hall/County Courthouse as a Union Camp:

From: http://msit.gsu.edu/dhr/pullen/images/five...mp_cityhall.jpg

1940's Skyline:

From: http://msit.gsu.edu/dhr/pullen/images/five...kyline_1940.jpg

[Allan]

Detroit:

Campus Martius from City Hall, 1900s

The Penobscot Building towers over old city hall in 1951. City Hall is decorated for the city's 250th birthday.

Kmart got its start here, at Woodward and State, which was once the busiest pedestrian intersection in the world.

Griswold Street looking north

Holiday Shopping crowds at State and Woodward, 1950s

Late night shoppers at Kern's Department Store, 1950s

The Detroit Opera House, 1880s. This building stood where Kern's Department Store in the previous photo used to stand. Today the Compuware world headquarters stand on the site.

Grand Circus Park, 1920s

Detroit from the Wolverine Hotel, 1920s

Washington Boulevard, 1880s

Typical neighborhoods, 1920s

West Adams Street, 1940s

Grand Avenue at Second Street, 1920s

Davison Freeway, 1942. The Davison was the first depressed urban freeway in the country.

Detroit Skyline from Windsor, 1920s

Washington Boulevard

Washington Boulevard Again

Washington Boulevard, 1920s

[ironchapman]

Detroit in its heyday, eh Allan?

Like the pics.

Wonder if the city will ever return to that kind of "glory". I hope it does.

[JivecitySTL]

ST. LOUIS (downtown)

(Midtown)

[ironchapman]

More of ATL:

ATL Map, 1919

From: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/...nta_ga_1919.jpg

Downtown, 1938:

From: http://www.helloatlanta.com/atlanta/images...tlanta-1938.jpg

ATL during the Civil War:

From: http://www.historyplace.com/civilwar/cwar-pix/atlanta.jpg

Whitehall (now Peachtree) Street, 1860's:

http://www.helloatlanta.com/atlanta/images...Street-1863.jpg

http://www.civil-war-token.com/images/Atla...t-5-14-04-3.JPG

[TheGerbil]

Pittsburgh in 1900:

1925:

I am sure many other pictures exist, but I can't find them at the moment.

[brewerw]

Nashville Historic Pictures

[ezcheese]

several old pictures of boston here

[brewerw]

MIT's pretty old. I thought its was more recent.

[ironchapman]

Georgia State U's Pullen Library in ATL has quite an extensive collection of B & W photos of ATL:

The Pullen Library

[marcelo]

Here are some old shots of S

[serhio79]

and this is my native city 130-70 years ago...

the oldest Mosow church in Kremlin (built in 1330 , "killed"=destroyed in 1933; retrophoto: 1882)

the heart of Moscow, Russia is Red Square : 1870 vs 08/2005 (Retro vs Nowadays)

(some people can't believe in "1870" variant - the difference is too great!)

horse-drawn tram (so-called "kOnka") near Moscow Kremlin, 1880th

TverskAya street (the main street of Moscow in the past and nowadays too; but overwhelming majority of buildings were destroyed in 1937 under Stalin)

one of the symbols of old Moscow - the Red Gates (destroyed in 1927)

Lubyanka square , 1911 (all demolished )

the wall of KitAi-gOrod , the old Moscow's trade district (destroyed in 1930th)

[NCB]

Canal Street in New Orleans around 1920(this was an actual picture turned into a postcard)

Panorama of New Orleans in 1919

There are lots of old New Orleans pics, I will add more later!

[cmj2k5]

I use to have a big Minneapolis: then and now book but I can't find it!

[Michi]

A few more le'troit:

The Necklace District and Grand Circus Park

Broderick Tower

A time when Hudson's (Marshall Field's) was king!

[bobliocatt]

Jacksonville, Fl

Forsyth Street - 1940

Forsyth Street - 1914

skyline - 1972

aerial - late 1940's

Adams Street - 1940

[serhio79]

RetroMosocow. Part 2 (all images: 1890th -- 1910th)

OkhOtny RYAd (approximate translation: Hunter

[EastSideResider]

Some pictures of Charlotte....

1975:

Present:

***Quite a difference in 30 years?!!!***

[urbanvb]

Those Charlotte pics are amazing. In the 1975 pic it almost looks like the Pentagon with the Washington Monument in the middle! Any ideas what that structure was?

[electricmonk]

Roanoke Va, 1927

Downtown

Memorial Ave Bridge, neighborhood is pretty much unchanged since this photo.

Aerial view looking towards Mill Mountain over the South Roanoke neighborhood. Hey I can see my house from here. I grew up in the last visible house in the lower left of the photo. It's more visible in the original scan.

[EastSideResider]

Those Charlotte pics are amazing. In the 1975 pic it almost looks like the Pentagon with the Washington Monument in the middle! Any ideas what that structure was?

^^Thanks! I thought they were nice too.... I have no idea about that structure though, but I know it is Charlotte because of the 9 pyramid building on the right side of the 1975 picture (it was torn down though ).....

[RustTown]

Lansing, MI - 1912 - Looking north up Grand Avenue, I believe:

[Nashvillain]

RetroMosocow. Part 2 (all images: 1890th -- 1910th)

OkhOtny RYAd (approximate translation: Hunter

[serhio79]

Some retro pictures of NY & ny'kers from "Moscow House of Photography" site:

More:

New York. 1935-1939 and

New York. 1936-1951

P.S. In English; click there on the thumbnail to enlarge cool retrophotos