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1900s

Vintage: Ellis Island immigrants (1900-1910s)

6 January 2017 0

Between 1905 and 1914, an average of one million immigrants per year arrived in the United States. Immigration officials reviewed about 5,000 immigrants per day during peak times at Ellis Island. Two-thirds of those individuals emigrated from eastern, southern and…

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Vintage: Children Celebrating Christmas (1900s)

15 December 2016 0

Collection of black and white vintage photos shows how children celebrated Christmas over 100 years ago.

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Vintage: historic photos of Calcutta in Colonial India (1903)

8 December 2016 0

Collection of early XX century historic photos of city life of Calcutta in Colonial India (1903).

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Vintage: Glass Plate negatives of Snow in Australia (1900s)

1 December 2016 0

The alpine region of Australia stretches through New South Wales and into Victoria. In NSW the Snowy Mountains region is home to good snowfalls from June through to September and to Australia’s highest mountain – Mount Kosciuszko – which at…

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Vintage: Pushcart Markets in New York (Early 20th Century)

20 November 2016 0

Pushcart vendors were initially not required to have a license to peddle their wares (“Pushcarts”). This quickly changed, however, and they were required to pay a small fee to ply their trade. The fee would change over the years, but…

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Historic Mug Shot of criminals from North Shields (1902-1905)

9 November 2016 0

Collection of vintage photographs of prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1905 in the collection of Tyne & Wear Archives.

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Vintage Glass Plate diptych portraits of Women & Girls (1904-1917)

7 November 2016 0

Collection of early 20th century Glass Plate negative diptych portraits of Women & Girls from David Knights-Whittome Photographic Archive 1904-1917.

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Vintage: Texan Portraits by Julius Born (Early 20th Century)

21 October 2016 0

Photographer Julius Born (1879-1962) took thousands of photographs of the people, land and community in Hemphill county located in the Texas panhandle. In thousands of portrait photographs taken during the first half of the twentieth century, Born forever documented Texas’…

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Vintage: Panama Canal Construction (1904-1914)

28 September 2016 0

By the late nineteenth century, technological advances and commercial pressure allowed construction to begin in earnest. An initial attempt by France to build a sea-level canal failed after a great deal of excavation. This enabled the United States to complete…

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Vintage Postcards of actress Miss Maude Fealy (1900s)

22 August 2016 0

Photo collection of early XX century Vintage Postcards of actress Miss Maude Fealy (1900s). Maude Fealy (1883 – 1971) was an American stage and silent film actress who survived into the talkie era. At the age of three, she performed…

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Vintage: Norwegian Weddings from the Early 20th Century

17 August 2016 0

Collection of vintage glass plate negatives presenting Norwegian weddings from the early 20th century by Knut Aaning (born in Stryn, Norway on April 23rd, 1880). From the collection of Fylkesarkivet i Sogn og Fjordane.

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Vintage: postcards of People from Britain (early XX century)

4 August 2016 0

Millions of postcards were produced in Britain between 1903 and the 1914-1918 war, providing some of the most vivid documents in social history available. The majority here are by anonymous photographers. Among other themes, they depict work, leisure, amateur theatre,…

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Vintage: Russian Peasants and Their Craft Jobs (early 20th century)

3 August 2016 0

Sometimes now you might hear the word “artisan” which often said to make things look skillfully made and good. However hundred something years ago all over the world things mainly were “artisan” – made by local craftsman. If we know some traditional…

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Vintage: Texan Portraits by Julius Born (Early XX Century)

26 July 2016 0

Photographer Julius Born (1879-1962) took thousands of photographs of the people, land and community in Hemphill county located in the Texas panhandle. In thousands of portrait photographs taken during the first half of the twentieth century, Born forever documented Texas’…

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Vintage Glass Plate negatives of workers and the machinery they manufactured (1900s)

27 June 2016 0

Almost all of the glass plate negatives in the Clyde photograph collection were taken at the Clyde works in Granville, and depict both the workers and the machinery they manufactured. Subjects covered include: railway locomotives and rolling stock; agricultural equipment;…

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Vintage: historic B&W Streets of New York City (1900s and 1910s)

23 June 2016 0

Collection of historic black and white photos of City Life and Streets of New York City (1900s and 1910s).

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Vintage: photos of St. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec and Ottawa (1906)

17 June 2016 0

Vintage photographs of St. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec and Ottawa by Joseph Burr Tyrrell taken in 1906.

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Vintage: Portraits of Women Smoking Pipes (1900s)

27 May 2016 0

Photo collection of vintage portraits of women smoking pipes from the 1900s.

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Vintage: Queensboro Bridge Under Construction (New York, 1907-1909)

23 May 2016 0

The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge – because its Manhattan end is located between 59th and 60th Streets – and officially titled the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in…

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Historic Edwardian era Glass Plate photos of Automobiles (1900s)

11 May 2016 0

Historic Edwardian era Glass Plates of Automobiles (1900s) from the collection of John S. Rochon @ flickr.

Vintage: Ellis Island immigrants (1900-1910s)

Vintage: Children Celebrating Christmas (1900s)

Vintage: historic photos of Calcutta in Colonial India (1903)

Vintage: Glass Plate negatives of Snow in Australia (1900s)

Vintage: Pushcart Markets in New York (Early 20th Century)

Historic Mug Shot of criminals from North Shields (1902-1905)

Vintage Glass Plate diptych portraits of Women & Girls (1904-1917)

Vintage: Texan Portraits by Julius Born (Early 20th Century)

Vintage: Panama Canal Construction (1904-1914)

Vintage Postcards of actress Miss Maude Fealy (1900s)

Vintage: Norwegian Weddings from the Early 20th Century

Vintage: postcards of People from Britain (early XX century)

Vintage: Russian Peasants and Their Craft Jobs (early 20th century)

Vintage: Texan Portraits by Julius Born (Early XX Century)

Vintage Glass Plate negatives of workers and the machinery they manufactured (1900s)

Vintage: historic B&W Streets of New York City (1900s and 1910s)

Vintage: photos of St. Anne de Beaupre in Quebec and Ottawa (1906)

Vintage: Portraits of Women Smoking Pipes (1900s)

Vintage: Queensboro Bridge Under Construction (New York, 1907-1909)

Historic Edwardian era Glass Plate photos of Automobiles (1900s)

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