1900s

This old image shows Philadelphia’s Delaware Avenue as it look well over 100 years ago in 1908.

Though sometimes a pejorative, the moniker “King Dick” was well-earned by Richard Seddon given that he was, and still is, the longest tenured head of government in New Zealand. From 1893 to his death in 1906, he served as the...

Take a look at this stunning old photo of St. Paul way back in the early 1900s. You’re looking at Robert Street. Source: Shorpy Here’s the same intersection today on Google Street View.

This lovely old photos shows the city of St. Louis, Missouri way back around 1900. Click on it for some amazing details. Source: Shorpy

What a stunning old photograph of Chicago back in 1900. Source: Shorpy

Check this out. What a stunning old photo of Jerusalem in the early 1900s. Source: Library of Congress

This great old photo shows the library at the University of Pennsylvania way back in 1904. Source: Library of Congress

This old photo shows Atlantic City back in 1900. You’re looking at the old Windsor Hotel. The Jersey Shore circa 1900. “Hotel Windsor, Atlantic City.” At left, the Traymore. Source: Shorpy

This beautiful old building is the Imperial Hotel in Indianapolis over 100 years ago. Sadly, it no longer stands as it was torn down in the 1940s after being built in the 1890s. Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1904. “Imperial Hotel.” Whose...

This volcano famously exploded on May 18th, 1980, the most devastating and economically damaging eruption in the history of the United States. This historic photo shows what it looked like seven decades earlier. Mount St. Helens, Washington State (1907) Source:...