Great archival photos of US cities
Posted August 2, 2010 in Living Sustainably
These images, all from the National Archives and part of a series of 71 featured on the web site of the Denver Post, are really evocative. In most cases, the photographer is unknown. As always, move your cursor over the photos for the details:
The Denver Post site has larger-format images and more information on each, here.
Kaid Benfield writes (almost) daily about community, development, and the environment. For more posts, see his blog's home page.
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twf — Aug 2 2010 12:46 PM
The extraction ideas of fish, natural resources, CAFO's, are presented in these photos that date much farther back than what some of today's environmentalists talk about. Many activists talk about how the extraction focus started after WWII, but by the dates of these photos it would appear much earlier.
Jim Noonan — Aug 2 2010 10:13 PM
Note the SF picture...
Mass Transit still functioning days (perhaps hours) after the quake. An interesting contrast to the highway chaos after the 1989 quake...
Maybe it isn't an entirely fair comparison, but it is interesting just the same.
By the way a fascinating film of the SF streetcars on Market St, just days before the quake is here.
http://www.flixxy.com/san-francisco-1905-historical-footage.htm
Kaid @ NRDC — Aug 3 2010 09:13 AM
That film is also on this blog!