Cars of the 1900s
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Limpkins were almost wiped out in the early 1900s, due to the same widespread "hunting" that led to the demise of passenger pigeons. Today, while not really common, they can be found in many swampy or marsh areas in Florida.
"The “giant” Canada Goose, bred from central Manitoba to Kentucky but was nearly driven extinct in the early 1900s. Programs to reestablish the subspecies to its original range were in many places so successful that the geese have become a nuisance in many urban and suburban areas. At least 11 subspecies of Canada Goose have been recognized, although only a couple are distinctive. In general, the geese get smaller as you move northward, and darker as you go westward. The four smallest forms are now considered a different species: the Cackling Goose." Cornell Lab of Ornithology Photograhed in the wild, Rideau River, Ontario, Canada.
Breckenridge was a gold mining town in the 1800s. By the early 1900s the gold mines were depleted but the town reinvented itself as a recreational area. The first ski resort opened in 1961 and the ski slopes and facilities have been expanding ever since. The town also has summer activities such as hiking, biking and fishing. The downtown has a historic district with beautiful Victorian buildings.
In my opinion. :)
This little buckle (possibly a shoe buckle) dates back to the 1900s and is a little the worse for wear, but still has a certain charm, I think.
when quality mattered...every dial, every gauge, every switch, every flange, every bracket, every screw, without exception, it all mattered, nothing less than perfection!
Claude M. Cox's original Overland car was developed in the early 1900s by the Standard Wheel Company of Terre Haut, Indiana. The Overland Company was formed in 1903 by Mr. Cox and Charles Minshall but it didn't take off until John North Willys arrived in 1907. Mr. Willys was a New York auto dealer and a major Overland customer. He ordered 500 Overlands and paid a deposit of $10,000. After his product was not delivered, he traveled to Indiana only to find Overland on the point of closure. Wanting to recoup his investment, Willys secured additional credit and reorganized the company. By mid-1908 they were in a position to build a new factory. Production increased and by 1909 the company had moved to Toledo, Ohio. Willys eventually became president of the company.
From 1910 to 1914, the company produced only four-cylinder models and they were all right-hand drive. (The company began using left-hand drive in 1915). In 1914, Overland was the second-largest producer of cars in the US, behind only Ford. While the Model T appealed to the masses, the Overland was an upmarket model selling for approximately twice the cost of a T. The Overland was more spacious, more powerful, and larger than the FOrd and its four-cylinder engine had separately cast cylinder jugs. An electric starter was available as a $125 option in 1914.
Overland built a quality automobile that was advanced for its time. The early models had a removable ignition plug that prevents auto theft.
During the 1920s, Willys-Overland produced the Willys Knight, which was powered by the sleeve valve engine designed by Indiana native Charles Knight. During World War II, Willys produced the Jeep. Several modern Jeep models pay homage to their Overland roots with the name of their top models wearing the 'Overland' nameplate.
by Daniel Vaughan
EN: Once found throughout the country, Portuguese Railways 1900s are now hard to find. There are currently only 3 locomotives left in the entire country, all of them wearing a different livery.
The last locomotive to be found in its original livery is 1905. To get a good picture of it you need either insider knowledge or a lot of luck. We had the second and were happy to see the international train from Spain shortly after crossing the border near Badajoz for two reasons. First, of course, the locomotive, and second, to catch a train at all on the line. Train cancellations and long delays are the order of the day, so a fair amount of luck is part of the picture.
The locomotive and its painting have definitely seen better days. Probably its original color will soon be replaced by a new one.
Taken between Badajoz and Elvas with a liquid gas train to Sines
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DE: Einst im ganzen Land anzutreffen, sind die 1900er der Portugisischen Eisenbahn heute schwer zu finden. Es gibt aktuell nur noch 3 Loks im ganzen Land, welche alle eine andere Farbe tragen.
Als letzte Lok in ihrem ursprünglichen Kleid ist 1905 anzutreffen. Um von ihr ein gutes Bild machen zu können braucht es entweder Insider-Wissen oder aber viel Glück. Wir hatten zweiteres und freuten uns aus zwei Gründen über den internationalen Zug aus Spanien kurz nach dem Grenzübertritt nahe Badajoz. Zum einen natürlich die Lok, zum anderen überhaupt einen Zug an der Linie zu erwischen. Zugausfälle und grosse Verspätungen sind an der Tagesordnung und somit gehört eine ordentliche Portion Glück zu einem Bild.
Die Lokomotive bzw. ihre Bemalung hat definitv schon einmal bessere Tage gesehen. Vermutlich wird ihr originales Kleid auch bald durch eine neue Bemalung ersetzt.
Aufgenommen zwischen Badajoz und Elvas mit einem Flüssiggaszug nach Sines
Muellersville Store/gas station. Believed to have been built between 1912-1919.
Muellersville is on Farm Road 109 six miles southwest of Brenham in southern Washington County. It had a post office by 1849 and a small country store owned by William Mueller in the early 1900s. German immigrants pioneered the rich farming area in the 1870s. This may be the original store.
The current owner hopes to open an antique store in the future.
Source: Scan of an original postcard.
Image: MID01.
Postmark: July 13th 1906.
Photographer: William Hooper, Swindon.
HOOPER COLLECTION COPYRIGHT P.A. Williams.
Repository: From the collection of Mr T. Midwinter.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Grazzano Visconti è un borgo in provincia di Piacenza sorto nei primi anni del Novecento per volontà dell’imprenditore Giuseppe Visconti.
In quel periodo Visconti iniziò infatti il restauro e l’ampliamento del castello di Grazzano (costruito nel 1395) e presto intorno al castello inizia a svilupparsi un borgo in stile duecentesco fatto di case, botteghe artigiane e laboratori. Oggi il borgo conta poco meno di 400 abitanti ed è una meta turistica molto apprezzata.
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Grazzano Visconti is a village in the province of Piacenza town (Italy), founded in the early 1900s by entrepreneur Giuseppe Visconti.
During that period, Visconti began the restoration and expansion of Grazzano Castle (built in 1395), and a 13th-century-style village of houses, artisan workshops, and laboratories soon began to develop around the castle.
Today, the village has just under 400 inhabitants and is a popular tourist destination.
An authentic portable grain threshing machine, as found long since abandoned in the corner of a field outside the town of Pocklington, East Yorkshire, U.K.
This wooden-bodied agricultural machine probably dates to the very early 20th century, circa 1900s, possibly even earlier. However, I have no idea what exact year this machine was built, who the manufacturer was, or why this was simply left abandoned here. Evidently, this contraption has been here for a very long time, sitting and rotting for several decades. It seems several of its once-moving parts are still in-place, and although in very rough shape, has not deteriorated as badly as it possibly could have, given the years of harsh winters (it isn’t a mound of dust yet!). Note the extra auxiliary steel implements sitting next to the thresher, respectively.
Nowadays, it is quite rare to find a relic of this vintage simply abandoned, out in the open, close to a country lane. Even more surprising is that in all this time, the thresher was not vandalised with graffiti, torched by arsonists, or removed for scrap/timber.
A former one-room schoolhouse (c late 1800s/early 1900s) in Perrault (Bonnechere Valley), Ontario, Canada.
After a few years, I am still unable to find any information regarding this old schoolhouse, let alone any historical information about the community of Perrault. It is assuredly a French name.
The first settler in Eganville was Gregoire Belanger (also a French name) in 1825, and its post office dates from 1852, and it was incorporated as a Village in the 1890s.
I would venture a guess that this old schoolhouse may have been built in the late 1800s/early 1900s.
Perrault is located a short drive south of Eganville on County Road 41.
Built in the early 1900s the building was initially opened as a grocery store in 1910. In the 1940s the original Bastian Blessings soda fountain was installed where it still remains, serving sodas, shakes, malts, and floats. The installation of the soda fountain initiated the transformation from grocery store, bus stop and post office to a soda shop.
In 1985 restoration began and the South Side Soda Shop was re-opened in January of 1986. Eight years later the dining car was added to the existing building to provide additional seating as well as another look at fifties-style dining. The South Side Soda Shop continues the tradition of a fifties diner, offering home cooked recipes with a friendly face.
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This is the International 6 m yacht Sonja III racing in 1912. She was designed and built in 1911 by the Norwegian Christian Jensen, who was Johan Anker´s partner in the early 1900s. My colorization of the original image by an unknown photographer in the Swedish SCIF archive.
"Norwegian sailing sport came to the forefront toward the end of the 1800s. The sailing brothers Ernst Anton and Gustav Adolf Sinding had close ties to Gudmundsen. The latter was head teacher at the Kristiania School of Technology, and after becoming aware of Jensen’s special talents, Sinding persuaded him to educate himself further, first at the Royal School of Art and Technology, with a further three years as Sinding’s personal student. In 1897 and 1898 Jensen took two sabbaticals, one of which was with a stipend, to leading British and German yacht builders. He used this theoretical and practical training to start his own pleasure boat yard at Vollen in 1899.
It wasn’t long before the orders started coming in. There was a big market for regatta and pleasure sail boats, and Jensen soon became well-known for his solid construction skills at a time when increasing demand for speed had been at the expense of quality. At first he built boats according to drawings made by other, well-known designers, but he was soon delivering boats based on his own plans, where good sailing ability was combined with first class craftsmanship
In 1905 Johan Anker, was Norway’s top pleasure boat-builder and during the early 1900s he was Jensen’s partner. This was a fusion of Anker’s ideas and artistry and Jensen’s exacting compilations and craftsmanship. Anker & Jensen A/S became one of the leading yards in Europe, building a long line of top-of-the-line sailing boats for Norwegian and foreign clients. This quality can be confirmed by the fact that many of these boats still exist."
Shooting with the Crown Graphic is just fun. And most of that fun comes from the lens. It's an early 1900s Steinheil just warps the edges of reality just enough to make me smile.
There's no crazy drop off or vaseline-like bokeh swirling its vortices all over the background. But it's more than just a pleasant softness to the focus. It's a vintage look that doesn't allow me to rely on the look as a crutch.
Essentially, I have to take a good photo in order for it to look like a good photo. That should go without saying, but it really doesn't.
I typically shoot this lens at 1/200sec to avoid motion blur when hand-holding it. It's a 135mm lens, so that's a pretty simple task. I also like to shoot it with a wide open aperture (f/4.5). This allows for the maximum effect.
Sometimes in bright light with higher speed film, this forces me to stop down the aperture to something like f/18, but that still doesn't kill the look completely.
One thing this lens is not amazing at is landscapes. And while this photo looks sort of landscapy, it's really not. I mean, I guess it sort of defaults to that category, but it's not a wide open and sprawling photo. It's a tight hold on the tree and the rock formation beyond it. Hell, it's essentially a portrait of Umatilla Rock with the tree photobombing it.
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'When You're Not Really There'
Camera: Graflex Crown Graphic (1954)
Lens: Steinheil München Anastigmat Actinar 4.5; 135mm
Film: Fomapan 200; red Filter
Exposure: f/4.5; 1/200sec
Process: Foma Retro Special; 5min
Grant County, Washington
March 2021
Art Nouveau and Art Deco are very different styles, but I love them both equally. This is a 935 silver Art Nouveau button from the 1900s. Now that summer's over and my garden is no longer providing me with flowers for my images, I've reverted to my trusty dried Hydrangeas. :)
Very early 1900s view of Stobhill Hospital, North of Glasgow. The clock tower (I think) is just peeping out behind the large building to the left and this may help place where the scene has been photographed from. It's hard to say now, with so many of the buildings having been pulled down. Any ideas?
Generations of families worked down the North East’s pits – it was the industry on which the region’s prosperity was built. In 1913, the year of peak production, 165,246 men and boys worked in Durham’s 304 mines.
My grandma and grandpa had a romantic story... he was an immigrant from ireland, only he lied and told everyone that he was British so he could get a job. Somehow, he got away with it his whole life, and it wasn't until he died that we discovered the truth. My grandmother was Danish, and she was my only grandparent actually born in the states. My grandfather saw my grandmother and fell in love at first sight, and followed her everywhere, including the choir loft at church where she sang. Her family called him "the Foreigner"... until, I suppose, they had to call him their son-in-law.
This is the only picture I've seen of them together when they were young other than their wedding portrait; I love how relaxed they are. And the puppy. The puppy's good, too.
Bicyclist at Greenfield Village, MI turns a corner in front of the original Wright brothers' store (moved from OH).
Anyone who has seen the latest series of "All Creatures Great and Small", might recognise this from the first episode. It stood in for Sunderland, when James and Tristan went to visit Mrs Hall at her son's house - one of the houses on the left in this shot.
This shot was taken from the top of one of the trams, a view of the houses can be seen in the comment below.
www.beamish.org.uk/news/all-creatures-great-and-small-vis...
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You can see the ax marks on the hand hewn logs and the chinking used to seal the gaps between the logs. Possibly from the 1800s or early 1900s.
The 1900s play Oct. 7, 2007, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. More photos at: www.undergroundbee.com/2007/10/07the1900s/index.htm
My grandfather was born in 1896. This is a postcard from his youth/young adult years.
For Valentine's Day.
Hello Canadians...if you live in Victoria or Vancouver, lucky you! The 1900s are driving all the way to your town to be playing soon:
Aug 31 2008
Lucky Bar Victoria, British Columbia
Sep 1 2008
Malkin Bowl - Vancouver Vancouver
Normally, I wouldn't do stuff like this but I just thought you'd like to know. I've seen this band countless times over the past 5 years and they have never disappointed in their live show. You can check out their music on myspace here:
Great music, great people!
By the early 1900s, the area encompassing today's Miami Shores Village was occupied by a starch (coontie) mill, a tomato packing plant, a saw mill, a pineapple plantation and a grapefruit grove. These were the various enterprises in which the early pioneers were engaged and with the coming of the railroad and its stop at the Biscayne Station, they were able to live off the land. Two of the most successful growers were Major Hugh Gordon and T.V. Moore. T.V. Moore owned the land in what is today's commercial district, while the Gordon Tract bordered the bay. By 1922, Lee T. Cooper, who had amassed his wealth from a patent medicine by the name of Tanlac, purchased T.V. Moore's land holdings. Cooper planned to develop the area and named it Bay View Estates. In 1924, the Shoreland Company purchased the Gordon Tract, Bay View Estates and other scattered acreage in order to create Miami Shores, "America's Mediterranean."
Hugh M. Anderson, president of the Shoreland Company, and its board of directors were experienced real estate developers. They previously completed the successful development of the Venetian Islands and they decided that their new project would be similar – residences of Italian inspired architecture within a landscape associated with water. The master development plan for Greater Miami Shores included 9,000 building sites, 5 2/3 miles of bay frontage, four miles of inland waterways and ten miles of main roadways. The plans also called for the construction of a causeway to Miami Beach, a golf course, a country club, a yacht club, a business district, apartment buildings, hotels, a school and churches, a railroad station and beautifying features such as parks, plazas and entryways.
A total of 101 upscale Mediterranean Homes were built by the Shoreland Company. These homes have great historic value, and 25 have been National Historic Designated so far. The commercial building program was in progress, sidewalks and roadways were being laid out and lighting and landscape work was well underway. Record setting sales and resales of property were being recorded. Unfortunately, on September 18, 1926, all plans for the community came to a halt with the arrival of a devastating hurricane. In addition, other factors contributed to the Shoreland Company's bankruptcy in 1927.
In 1928, the New Miami Shores Corporation purchased the Shoreland Company’s holdings. This corporation was controlled by Bessemer Properties, part of the interests of the Phipps family of New York. Roy H. Hawkins, the General Manager of Bessemer Properties, proceeded with the plans for the community. He is credited as being the “principal founder” of Miami Shores Village. In 1931, under his leadership, a request to grant a charter creating Miami Shores Village was presented in the State Legislature.
The present Miami Shores roughly corresponds with the original "Biscayne" neighborhood of the City of Miami. With the arrival of the Great Depression, the City of Miami gave up its jurisdiction and the area incorporated under the name Miami Shores Village in 1932. Previously, part of the area that now comprises the City of North Miami had been known as Miami Shores. Under the leadership of Roy H. Hawkins, a request to grant a charter creating Miami Shores Village was presented in the State Legislature. On January 2, 1932, the Village became official at a council meeting. The charter named the following five members to the first council: Hugh H. Gordon, a banker whose father had owned the Gordon Tract; Frank O. Pruitt, who was in the insurance business; John M. Carlisle, president of the Eli Witt Cigar Company; W.F. Andes, a prominent dentist; and M.R. Harrison, a general contractor, who constructed much of Biscayne Boulevard. At this first meeting, Pruitt was elected mayor, and other appointments were made including Village Manager Miller Williams, Village Attorney George E. Holt, and a single policeman, Ed Badger.
In the decades that followed its incorporation, growth was steady. A variety of architectural styles were introduced, yet the community emerged as the type of development the Shoreland Company envisioned. The community retains many of its original characteristics – well situated and serviced by major highways, having tree-lined streets and wide roads, a downtown area, well-maintained homes provided with efficient services. and a variety of community activities.
Today, Miami Shores is primarily a bedroom community for those working in Greater Miami, and has a sizable retired population. The village is mostly single family residential homes, with very few multi-family units and only two small commercial areas along Northeast 2nd Avenue and Biscayne Boulevard.
While it is frequently referred to as Miami Shores or the Village of Miami Shores, the municipality's official name under its charter is Miami Shores Village.
Credit for the data above is given to the following website:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Shores,_Florida
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One of the most important buildings in Athens, the neoclassical Zappeion Hall is closely linked to the history of modern Greece. Its construction was funded by national benefactor, Evangelos Zappas and was completed in 1888. It was the first building in the world specifically constructed to serve the Olympic Games. After a series of misadventures, Zappas assigned the design to the Danish architect Theophil Hansen but did not live to see the building completed. The Zappeion Hall was put to many uses and for some time, hosted the country’s first state radio station, which began broadcasting in 1938. It has been linked with numerous significant moments in the country’s history, including the signing of the treaty for the accession of Greece to the European Union (then the EEC) on 1 January 1981 by Konstantinos Karamanlis. Since Greece’s return to democracy in 1974, Zappeion has served as the press centre in all of the country’s general elections, providing the setting for the post-election interviews of winners and losers alike. The hall is currently used as an exhibition and congress facility.
In 1869, the Greek Parliament allocated 80,000 square metres (860,000 sq ft) of public land between the Palace Gardens and the ancient Temple of Olympian Zeus, and also passed a law on 30 November 1869, "for the building works of the Olympic Games", as the Zappeion was the first building to be erected specifically for the revival of the Olympic Games in the modern world.[1][2] The ancient Panathenian stadium was also refurbished as part of the works for the Olympic Games. Following some delay, on 20 January 1874, the cornerstone of the building was laid;[3] this new building would be designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen.[3] Finally, on 20 October 1888, the Zappeion opened.[3] Unfortunately for its benefactor, Evangelis Zappas, he did not live long enough to see the Zappeion built, and his cousin Konstantinos Zappas was nominated by Evangelos Zappas to complete the building
The Zappeion was used during the 1896 Summer Olympics as the main fencing hall. A decade later, at the 1906 Intercalated Games, it was used as the Olympic Village.[5] It served as the first host for the organizing committee (ATHOC) for the 2004 Games from 1998 to 1999 and served as the press center during the 2004 games.
... at the entrance to the plane tree grove, Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt. Rather an affected, exaggerated style, as was not untypical of the Jugendstil era.
At first I thought the engraved writing was some kind of runic script, but now I see that they are Latin letters and the language is German, so I can read it, albeit with difficulty:
DU ERSCHEINST SCHÖN
IM HORIZONTE DES HIMMELS
DU LEBENDE SONNE
DIE ZUERST LEBTE
DU GEHST AUF
IM ÖSTLICHEN HORIZONT
UND FÜLLST DIE ERDE
MIT DEINER SCHÖNHEIT
Huh?
Anyway, it's strangely appropriate to this sunny winter day, although the picture was shot in the afternoon.
Agfa Optima 1035 Sensor
Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400 colour negative film
Developed and scanned by www.meinfilmlab.de
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At the turn of the 1900s, the Moulin Rouge was the beating heart of Parisian nightlife—a place where velvet curtains, candlelit tables, and daring performances blurred the line between art and rebellion. Cabaret dancers ruled the stage with confidence and charm, embodying a new kind of freedom that captivated poets, painters, and patrons alike. . Rendered in a painterly, oil-canvas style, the scene feels like a memory suspended in time—an echo of music, applause, and the intoxicating spirit of Belle Époque Paris
Source: Digital image.
Date: c1906.
Photographer: William Hooper.
HOOPER COLLECTION COPYRIGHT P.A. Williams.
Repository: From the collection of Mr P. Williams.
Local Studies at Swindon Central Library.
Rankine Generating Station aka The Canadian Niagara Power Generating Station.
It's located close to the brink of the horseshoe Falls in Niagara Falls Canada and is based on a design by Nikola Tesla.
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Another misfiled photo on my hard drive. This Jacob sheep was in my music folder; I hope it enjoyed the few files I have there!
The origin of Jacob sheep is unknown. They've been raised in England for more than 350 years, and were imported into the United States in the 1900s.
They live between fifteen and twenty years.
Sunday is Grandparents Day in the US.
This is my maternal great-grandmother, Emma.
Reimagined.
Emma was the youngest of six children and the first to immigrate to the United States from Sweden (Dalarna County.) She was a seamstress to titled ladies in Stockholm before her trans-Atlantic journey. When settled in Chicago, she met and married my great-grandfather, Peter, a widower. They had one child, my grandma Myrle. She had one child, my mother.
Emma was my discipline in the formative years, she was also unconditional love. She taught me to cook and bake and sew and made sure I always remembered I was a Swede.
Many years later, when she began showing signs of dementia, she never once raised her voice to me. And I was always remembered. She died when my son was three weeks old. Five generations for a very brief time.
The original photograph was taken in Sweden about 1900 and she was probably fifteen-ish.