Local history

Positioned in the geographic center of the contiguous 48 states, Kansas has played a vital role in the nations development.

This is the land of Hoosiers.

Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1636, Harvard University ranks as the oldest and arguably the nations most prestigious institution of higher learning.

What began as a fur-trading post grew into the second-largest city in Michigan, a center for industry and the arts.

Unlike the movie ghost towns of the Old West, the ghost towns in Florida dont have tumbleweeds rolling on deserted dirt roads, abandoned wooden saloons, and lone drifters on horseback.

In 1950 Detroit was the fifth most populous city in the United States with 1.

In the decades after World War II, the Mile High City traded its cowtown image for the glitter of skyscrapers, big-league sports teams, Interstate highways, and urbanity.

Colorado Springs has always held a special fascination for visitors.

In 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip.

Nestled in a valley beside the Tennessee River and surrounded by the southern Appalachian mountains, Chattanooga is truly Tennessees most scenic city.

Between 1950 and 1979, Birmingham, Alabama, experienced some of the most dramatic growth and change in its history.

With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book, Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair, Russell Lewis provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the Chicago World's Fair.

Nestled among the slopes of Central Texas Hill Country, Austin has grown from its frontier beginning to earn nationwide renown as a leader in arts, business, and government.

Nantucket Island, off coastal New England, has always been a cherished vacation destination.

Philadelphia began, nearly a century before the American Revolution, as the colony of Englishman and Quaker convert William Penn.

More than 250 years passed from the founding of the first English colony in the New World at Jamestown in Virginia until the beginning of the American Civil War, and nearly a century and a half more has passed since the Civil War ended.

The name Tucson originates from a Spanish word meaning Black Base, a reference to the mostly volcanic mountains on the west side of the city.

The Battle of Petersburg began as an unsuccessful Union assault against the city of Petersburg, Virginia, June 9, 1864, during the American Civil War.

Called The Mother Church of Country Music, the Ryman Auditorium saw a historic chapter come to a close in 1974 when it closed its doors on 5th Avenue to move into new quarters at Opryland USA.

The history of law enforcement in the Lone Star State goes back well before photography, dating to Texass days as part of the Spanish empire.

Historic Photos of Tampa follows the evolving culture of the Cigar Capital of the World through one of the finest archives in the city, Burgert Brothers archive from the Tampa Hillsborough County Public Library.

Founded in the late nineteenth century as a railroad town, St.

In 1854, Saint Paul incorporated as a city and, in 1858 Minnesota was admitted to the union with Saint Paul becoming the 32nd state capital.

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By the late nineteenth century, the city of Seattle was a vibrant cultural center of the West.

The 1950s, 60s, and 70s were defining moments in our nation's history, and San Francisco was at the forefront of the avant-garde artistic, intellectual, and cultural movements of the time.

San Antonio was named for the Portuguese Saint Anthony of Padua when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in 1691.

From White Hots to the Garbage Plate, Wegman's to Bill Gray's, Historic Photos of Rochester is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

Reno was first known as a mid-nineteenth century mining town, owing to Nevadas ample supply of silver and gold.

Founded on a triangle of land bounded by two mighty rivers, Pittsburgh has a long and storied chapter in American history.

Historic Photos of Philadelphia captures the City of Brotherly Love"e;"e; past through photographs from the city's finest archives.

Pensacola is a city of firsts, from the first documented European settlement in North America to the first Naval Aviation training station.

Palm Beach is known all over the world as a place synonymous with the Good Life.

Perpetual sunshine, palm trees, miles of unbroken beaches, yachts, cliff-top mansions, millionairesthese are the images of Orange County that come to mind for many people, and there is much truth in this depiction, for Orange County is a place of boundless natural wonders that attracts more than 25 million tourists a year.

From its beginnings as a frontier military post on the Missouri River, through its years as a transportation and meatpacking center, to its present role as a home to Fortune 500 companies, Omaha has always been a city of opportunity, growth, and change.

Native North Carolinians tend to learn the state toast (adopted by the General Assembly in 1957) in childhood.

By the mid-nineteenth century, the city of Nashville was a vibrant cultural center of the South.

From the original founding fathers of Juneau, Kilbourn and Walker to becoming the brewing capitol of the world, Historic Photos of Milwaukee is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

HISTORIC PHOTOS OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE captures the remarkable journey of this city and her people with still photography from the finest archives of city, state and private collecions.

Founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark at the falls of the Ohio River, the city of Louisville emerged quickly as a center for river commerce.

HISTORIC PHOTOS OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY captures the remarkable journey of this city and her people with still photography from the finest archive of private and public collections.

Las Vegasa Spanish word meaning The Meadows or The Grasslandswas established as a railroad town in 1905 and was officially incorporated in 1911.

By the mid nineteenth century, Kansas City was an important trading center for the westward movement.

For well over a century, the lure of scenic beaches and ocean waves have drawn visitors to the Jersey Shore.

By the late nineteenth century, the city of Jacksonville was a vibrant cultural center on Floridas Atlantic coast.

Historic Photos of Indianapolis captures the remarkable journey of this city and her people, with still photography from the finest archives of city, state and private collections.

From being the first incorporated city and the first capitol of Alabama, to becoming one of the nation's largest space program facilities, Historic Photos of Huntsville is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

From the outrigger canoes of Waikiki to the tall ships of Honolulu Harbor, from the Kingdom of Hawaii to statehood, the history of Honolulu has played out against a backdrop of uncommon natural beauty.

The history of Hoboken, New Jersey, is an American blue-collar success story.

The Golden Gate Bridge is a marvel of engineering and architecture considered by many to be one of the worlds most beautiful bridges, its picturesque vistas favored by photographers, artists, visitors to San Francisco, and almost everyone else.