Exploring the Past: 52 Amazing Vintage Photos Depicting the United States in the 1900s

   

Here is an amazing collection of rarely-seen vintage photos capturing the U.S scenes in the 1900s.

The Flatiron Building, New York in 1902

 

The lakefront from Illinois Central Station, Chicago, 1901

 

The obelisk in Central Park, New York, circa 1900

 

The Waldorf-Astoria, New York circa 1900

 

The Water Tower in Fort Thomas, Kentucky, 1907


Transfer steamer in Detroit, Michigan, 1905

 

Two Apache Indian women at campfire, cooking pot in front of one in New Mexico, 1903

 

 
U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. in 1910

 

U.S.S. Maryland in dry dock, Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, 1905

 

 
Unloading cotton in Memphis, Tennessee, 1905

 

West Street, New York City in 1900

 

 
Williamsburg Bridge, New York, circa 1903

 

A Deluxe overland limited train in Pueblo, Colorado, 1910

 

 
A New England granite quarry in 1908

 

Broadway in Skagway, Alaska, 1900

 

 
Case Corporate Building in Racine, Wisconsin, 1904

 

Chinatown, New York in 1900

 

 
Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle Park, Michigan, 1905

 

Edge of Chinatown in San Francisco, California, 1906

 

 
El Paso Street, El Paso in Texas, 1903

 

Esplanade Street, New Orleans, circa 1900

 

 
Eureka, Colorado, circa 1900

 

French Market in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1900

 

 
Georgetown, Colorado in 1901

 

Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, 1901

 

 
Hotel Virginia in Long Beach, California, 1905

 

Italian headquarters, Madison Street, New Orleans, 1906

 

 
Kentucky River and High Bridge in 1907

 

Lake and bridge in Central Park, New York, 1903

 

Library of Congress, Main Reading Room, Washington, D.C. in 1910

 

 
Livestock exchange in Kansas City, Missouri, 1906

 

Loading steamer during high water in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903

 

Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, 1910

 

 
Manhattan Bridge under construction, circa 1909

 

Manhattan skyline and East River, NYC, 1906

 

Market Square in Cleburne, Texas, 1900

 

 
Mexican adobe house in El Paso, Texas, 1907

 

Milling district, from lower dam, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1908

 

Mining structure in Alaska, 1901

 

Navajo Indian school in Tohatchi, New Mexico, 1901

 

 
New York from under the Brooklyn Bridge in 1903

 

North face of Fort Marion, St. Augustine, Florida, 1901

 

Old French court yard in New Orleans, Louisiana, 1903

 

Packard Motor Car Company, Auto Plant in Detroit, Michigan, 1910

 

 
Panorama of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1910

 

Ruins of City Hall after the earthquake in San Francisco, California, 1906

 

Santa Fe Railroad Station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1903

 

St. George Street in St. Augustine, Florida, 1910

 

 
Steel viaduct over Des Moines River, Iowa in 1900

 

Tampa Bay Hotel in Tampa, Florida, 1900

 

The beach and Cliff House in San Francisco, California, 1902

 

The Dexter Avenue and the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, 1906