Photographs: collections

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.

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.

From Mount Vernon to Georgetown, The White House to the monuments,Historic Photos of Washington, D.

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 images in this book,Historic Photos of University of Michigan Football,depict 100 years of gridiron action and the players and coaches who competed on three historic fields.

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.

From the old capitol to the new capitol, the Battle of Natural Bridge to the battles at Doak Campbell Stadium,Historic Photos of Tallahasseeis a photographic history collected from the area's top archives.

From Old Town to the Union Station, Historic Photos of Tacoma is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

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.

The popularity of great Americans frequently simmers before it boils, but the nations 40th President heard the kettle whistling from early in his administration.

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.

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.

Paris, the capital of France, is one of the most popular destinations in the world.

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.

From Norfolk Naval Base, the world's largest naval base, to the Norfolk Southern Railway, one of North America's largest railroads, Historic Photos of Norfolk is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

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.

Knoxville is an American city quintessentially founded upon change.

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 NASA to the Theatre District, rodeos to drilling oil, Historic Photos of Houston is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

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.

To be a successful soldier you must know history.

What began as a distribution center for shipping agricultural products around 150 years ago became a community noted in the twentieth century for its leadership in research and education.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt followed in the footsteps of the political career blazed by his cousin (and uncle by marriage), President Theodore Roosevelt.

Fort Worth is an American city quintessentially founded upon change.

At the centennial of its founding by General Anthony Wayne in 1794, the city of Fort Wayne could boast prosperity and rapid growth as a leading industrial center of the Midwest.