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Jun 20, 2017 · These rare photos from the 1860s show us daily life in America during the 19th century. A Snowy Day in Westchester County, New York. A crowd of folks gather around the Glen Mountain House in Watkins Glen, New York. Women in front of their house, Barton, Vermont. Women on the home front, Corning, New York.
- A Beautiful Little Girl In New York, 1958. Report. Final score: 309 points. POST. Sonja. Community Member. Follow. 1 year ago. awww. 54 points. reply.
- A Snow Lady, 1892. Report. Final score: 297 points. POST. Couldnt_find_a_decent_name. Community Member. Follow. 1 year ago. Old school Elsa.
- It's Not About Where You Are, Its Who You're With. Report. Final score: 275 points. POST. Ba-Na-Na. Community Member. Follow. 1 year ago. That is so sweet, with the jacket over the shoulders.
- A Ghostly Yet Mesmerizing Image From 1900. Report. Final score: 254 points. POST. Couldnt_find_a_decent_name. Community Member. Follow.
- 1890: Couple walks along the beach in Atlantic City. Seaside socializing rose to popularity in the 19th century, beginning in Britain where doctors were encouraging beach visits as a way to combat "melancholy," and later in America as the trend hit the East Coast.
- 1855: U.S. Capitol dome under construction. The dome of the U.S. Capitol was designed by Philadelphia architect Thomas U. Walter, who took on the project after entering a competition to design an extension of the Capitol.
- 1862: Enslaved people harvest sweet potatoes on Hopkinson's Plantation. The Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all slaves held in rebel states be free, was signed into effect by President Abraham Lincoln on Jan.
- 1870: Docks of New Orleans in Louisiana. The Port of New Orleans has long been considered a major point of commerce in the United States, due to its instrumental location along the Mississippi River.
May 17, 2021 · In the winter of 1921, 73-year-old Thomas Edison was living in his winter home in Fort Myers, Florida. The phonograph was invented by Edison in 1877, and improved by other inventers over the years ...
Nov 27, 2022 · These old photographs of the American frontier capture life and struggle in the Wild West. The completion of the railroads to the West following the American Civil War opened up vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development. The archetypical Old West period is generally accepted by historians to have occurred between the end ...
Aug 9, 2020 · This portrait by British amateur photographer Emma Barton, also known as Mrs. G. A. Barton, shows a woman sitting in a garden surrounded by colorful flowers. A portrait taken in 1919. SSPL/Getty ...
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