1800s
See 20 pictures of the devastation caused by the deadly St Louis tornado in 1896
See damage caused by the St Louis tornado in May 1896 – considered one of the deadliest on record with at least 255 lives lost – and get the whole story.
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1950s
If you love San Francisco, don’t miss this ’50s video blast from the past
Take a little 60-year leap back in time, and see how San Francisco looked back in 1955 in this video homage to the city by the bay.
1900s
Accidentally historic: See ‘A Trip Down Market Street,’ filmed just before the 1906 San Francisco earthquake & fire
In 1906, a short film called ‘A Trip Down Market Street’ ended up being a valuable record of San Francisco just before the huge earthquake and fire destroyed much of the city.
1900s
Predictions from 1906 about what life & technology would be like in the future year 2006
Never having to come up from underground? Cars routinely going 130 MPH? Completely automated cleaning? Solar power dominant? See these and many more predictions from 1906!
1910s
Charming & classic All-American suburban houses from 1919
Early in the 20th century, there was an interesting development in American home life — people started moving from the city out to the suburban districts and small towns. See some classic All-American suburban houses from that era here!
1910s
Travel by conveyor belt? Why not! Futuristic ideas from the 1900s for moving sidewalk-style city transportation
Predictions of the future from the early 1900s included the idea that a subway shuttle across New York City would be replaced with a moving sidewalk built in three sections, one of which would offer seating.
1930s
How tall will the skyscrapers of the future be? (1931)
How high will the skyscraper of the future be? Higher even than the Empire State Building, which towers 1250 feet above the base mark in the center of the curb at Fifth Avenue?
1930s
How safe are skyscrapers like the Empire State Building? (1931)
Uncle Sam’s scientists, armed with every known precision test instrument, have set out to answer the much-debated question of “How safe are skyscrapers?”
1950s
LA story: See authentic video of Los Angeles in the ’50s (1954)
Los Angeles in the ’50s Easy Guide to a Cool Southern California Summer Vacation (1953) Metropolitan Los Angeles in the ’50s Around town, you’ll find
1910s
Texas: The summerland of wintertime (1919)
Texas – The Summerland of Wintertime Thirty or forty years ago, Texas was the dream-objective of every American boy. For him, a seemingly endless plain
1920s
The construction of the Empire State Building (1929-1930)
The highest building in the world will be built on the site of the Waldorf Astoria hotel. It will be known as the Empire State Building, will be eighty stories high, and will cost more than $66,000,000.
1900s
Color photos showing the aftermath of San Francisco’s huge 1906 earthquake & fire
Down California St, from Fairmount Hotel, the fire-swept district of San Francisco 1906 earthquake and fire wreck of the Magnificent Huntington and Flood Palaces and
1910s
Advice for the girl coming to New York City for a career (1912)
There is, without question, more work to be done in New York than in any other place in America – which means it’s a good place to start a career. There are also more persons looking there for jobs than in any other place in the world.
1970s
Downtown San Francisco in the seventies (1976)
What TRACE will do for energy cost savings downtown… The Trane comfort corps brings home to you TRACE (our acronym for Trane Air Conditioning
1960s
The “new” New Orleans (1966)
The “new” New Orleans: Comeback of a southern city A reawakened city is bidding strongly for leadership among growth centers of the South. The challenger
1910s
Ocean-to-ocean highway needed (1913)
Lincoln highway is national need So says secretary of Argonaut Trail committee in urging project Benefits from great road second to those of the Panama
1910s
Two million miles of highway (1913)
Highways of US 2,000,000 miles Plans for national roads made extensive by national association Campaign for better conditions being pushed by large concern There are
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