Only in California will you see signs to call meetings with hippies. This photo was taken at Ocean Beach in San Diego, California in front of the library.
Category: Travel
Extremely sharp 100+ Year Old Pictures of the United States
These photos of life in the US at the beginning of the 20th century are truly a walk back in time. The first photo below looks the same today and many of you have entered it on the way to NY. The third photo shows how trolley cars were air conditioned in the summer. The clarity of these photos is truly phenomenal. (photo descriptions below each photo)
1900 – New Jersey circa. ” Bergen Tunnel, east end”
1900 – Chicago. “A walk in Lincoln Park ”
1900 – Buffalo, New York. ” Labor Day parade, Main Street ”
1900 – “U.S.S. Oregon quarterdeck”| Edward H. Hart
1900 – “U.S.S. Chicago. One of the crew”
1901 – Buffalo, New York. “Unloading ore from whaleback carrier”
1901 – “Hanging rock on the Susquehanna near Danville, Pennsylvania ”
1901 – Petoskey, Michigan. “Grand Rapids & Indiana R.R. Station”
1901 – Detroit. “Excursion steamers Tashmoo and Idlewild at wharves”
1901 – Colorado. “Station and hotel, summit of Pike’s Peak ”
1902 – Iowa “Chicago & North Western Railway — steel viaduct over Des Moines River” |William Henry Jackson
1903 – New York. “Brooklyn Terminal at Brooklyn Bridge ”
1903 – “S.S. Proteus. High water at New Orleans levee”
1903 – “Unloading bananas at New Orleans, Louisiana ”
1904 – The Jersey Shore. “Steeplechase Pier and bathers, Atlantic City”
1904 – “Michigan Central Railroad. Oiling up before the start”
1904 – New York. “The Ponies, Coney Island ”
1905 – St. Clair, Michigan. “Launch of steamer Frank J. Hecker”
1905 – St. Augustine, Florida. “They were on their honeymoon”
1905 – Coney Island, New York. “Surf bathing”
1905 – The New Jersey shore. ” Boardwalk and beach, Asbury Park ”
1905 – Cleveland, Ohio. ” Cuyahoga River from the Viaduct”
1905 – Buffalo, New York. “Jack-Knife Bridge, City Ship Canal, foot of Michigan Street”
1905 – The Detroit River. “Transfer steamer Detroit in the ice”
1905 – Houghton, Michigan. “Loading copper on steamer Juniata”
1905 – Buffalo, New York. “Looking up Main Street. Steamer North Land at Long Wharf”
1905 – “A winter morning”
1905 – Knoxville, Tennessee. ” Gay Street looking north from Clinch Avenue”
1905 – Hot Springs, Arkansas. “Roadway through the pines”
1905 – Chicago. “The bridge, Lincoln Park ”
1906 – ” Mississippi River Landing”
1906 – Birmingham, Alabama. “Second Avenue looking east”
1906 – Gulfport, Mississippi. “Steamer loading resin”
1906 – Wequetonsing, Michigan. “The birches and the bay”
1906 – Circa. “Banana docks, New York”
1906 – “Railroad station, Magnolia, Massachusetts”
1907 – Detroit. “Band concert on Grand Canal, Belle Isle Park ”
1907 – “The Brooklyn Bridge Promenade and Manhattan Terminal”
1907 – Chicago, Illinois. ” Jackknife Bridge, Chicago River” | Hans Behm
1907 – Chicago , Illinois. ” Jackknife Bridge, Chicago River” | Hans Behm
1908 – New York . “Times Square ” The old New York Times building, now encased in billboards, Hotel Astor and various theaters seen from Broadway.
1908 – Detroit . “Waders at Belle Isle Park ”
1908 – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ” Nixon Theatre, Sixth Avenue & Cherry Alley”
1908 – “Suburban station, Petoskey, Michigan”
1908 – New York. “Pompeian Room — Hotel Seneca
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As you can see there isn’t a lot growing and it is arid, dry, and desert like.
Before long I started seeing signs along the roadway. Here are some of the signs I’ve seen:
I couldn’t believe what I saw. I saw signs stating that they need water to grow crops. One sign actually said, “millions paid and no water delivered.” I thought this was just the craziest thing I’ve seen. Why would anybody be trying to grow crops in this desert like area? I thought this would be a must better place to have solar or wind farms. It would be an excellent way to produce large amounts of electricity on land where much isn’t growing…well, I was surprised again. Before long I actually seen that fresh water was being pumped to this part of the state so that crops could grow. Here are the photos of the canal where water was being pumped.
Sure enough a little further down the road I saw farms that were growing everything from corn, to oranges, lemons, apples, wheat, almonds, and lots of other crops. Here are those photos:
Would you believe that they were actually raising cattle where the water was being pumped to? Here are those photos:
The weird thing was that in places where water wasn’t being pumped to, it was clear that things don’t grow there and here are some of those photos:
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