The Frederick C. Robie House was designed and built between 1908 and 1910 by Frank Lloyd Wright, one of America?s most renowned architects. Considered to be the greatest example of...
According to some accounts, the lights of Old Theater Row were so bright that streetlamps could remain unlit at night. Among the many marquees was that of the Tabor Grand,...
The Perry Centennial commemorated Commodore Oliver Perry's victory over the British in a decisive War of 1812 battle, which netted the Americans control over Lake Erie. The centennial festivities included...
Designed for wealthy banker George Williams, the Williams-Butler Mansion would have hosted President William McKinley for dinner, had it not been for his assassination earlier that day at the 1901...
In 1900 the Buffalo chapter of the Young Men?s Christian Association, established nearly 50 years earlier, was in need of a new home. Green and Wicks, famous Buffalo architects who...
It took nearly 20 years after its doors were opened in 1851 to complete the 270-foot spire of St. Paul?s Episcopal Cathedral. To save money, leaders opted to quarry sandstone...
Soldiers returning from World War I marched in welcome-home parades across the nation. Local businesses, including the Buffalo Savings Bank with its palatial golden dome, flew U.S. flags and hung...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Buffalo, New York - The Midway of the Pan Am Exposition, c1901We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because...
Held annually at the turn of the century, the Brooklyn Marathon saw temperatures drop into the 30s in February 1909. Many of the 150 runners wore hats and long sleeves...
Buffalo?s City Hall was designed to meet the city?s needs at the time of its construction, but also well into the future. The skyscraper?s support structures were planted deeper than...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Brooklyn, New York - Surf Avenue in Coney Island, c1901We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Brooklyn, New York - Hotel St. George, c1903We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature,...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Brooklyn, New York - The Pratt Institute, c1906We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature,...
Founded in 1847 by New England transplants, Plymouth Church rose to fame thanks to its original pastor, Henry Ward Beecher, whose preaching opposed slavery. The church subsequently became a stop...
A neighborhood in the southwest corner of Brooklyn, Bay Ridge was so named for its high ridge offering stunning views of the New York Bay. During the later half of...
Renowned designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed the 585-acre Prospect Park in Brooklyn soon after their completion of Manhattan?s Central Park. In its original design, the walkways and...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Buffalo, New York - Lafayette Square, c1910We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature, some...
The Knights Templar, a fraternal organization of the Freemasonry, placed a sculpture of a knight at the end of the conclave?s Court of Honor, a ceremonial space that covered four...
Brought to market in 1913 by a company in Illinois, the Elgin Motor Sweeper was a proud addition to the bustling frontier city of Denver. Between 1880 and 1910, the...
City Park stands as the largest, and among the oldest, of Denver?s parks, its original design laid out in 1882, inspired by the romantic tradition of New York?s Central Park....
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Denver, Colorado - Sixteenth and Arapahoe, c1911We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature, some...
In the late 1800s, Denver had two Democratic newspapers: the formidably strong Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Daily Democrat. The death of the Democrat?s owner and the saturation of...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Denver, Colorado - Denver Stockyards, c1930We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature, some of...
University of Denver astronomy professor Herbert Howe spearheaded the building of the Chamberlin Observatory. He began raising funds for the roof-topped observatory in 1883, and by 1891 the buildling was...
Peering southeast from where 17th Street met Broadway and 17th Avenue, the skyline was once dominated by the triangular Brown Palace hotel and the Central Presbyterian Church, constructed one year...
The Colonnade of Civic Benefactors was erected along with the Greek Theater in 1919, nine years after the construction of the first building in Civic Center Park, the Carnegie Library....
The Equitable Building was Denver?s tallest building until the D&F clock tower was erected in 1911. Unlike other more modern, steel-framed skyscrapers cropping up in the early 20th century, the...
Gold prospectors from Georgia founded Denver in 1858. Only five years after the gold-driven town sprouted up next to the South Platte River, the U.S. Mint opened an office there....
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic New York City, New York - On the beach, Rockaway, c1904We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of...
Established as part of an offshore fort protecting the settlement of New Amsterdam, the Battery was connected to the mainland thanks to infill projects after the original fort was razed....
Central Park designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux intentionally designed the park?s primary lake to be a skating pond, and excited New Yorkers were hitting the ice there before...
In the late 17th century, City Hall Park was called the Commons, serving as grazing grounds for local livestock. During the revolution, the British kept rebel prisoners in the debtors?...
West Street was a center of commerce along the Hudson shore. Among the many cargo-laden carts pictured is one from B.G. Hughes & Bro. Paper Boxes. Brian Hughes was a...
The New York Athletic Club, which opened in 1868, was the site of many firsts in U.S. athletics: the first indoor track meet was held there, and the Club introduced...
Although officially named the Fuller Building, the citizens of New York gave the audacious triangular building a nickname that stuck. Now an iconic symbol of the city, the Flatiron Building...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Chicago, Illinois - Under the L Train, c1930We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature,...
State Street was once a notoriously muddy road leading into a developing city. In the late 1860s, wealthy businessman Potter Palmer resolved to raise the street?s prestige. He convinced Marshall...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Chicago, Illinois - The Lincoln Park Zoo, c1901We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature,...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Chicago, Illinois - The Field Museum, c1907We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature, some...
After fires damaged their first two stores, Marshall Field & Company built what would be their flagship department store on State Street in 1892. It would soon take up an...
Passenger steamships began operating on Lake Michigan in the 1840s, when cargo ships first brought fruit from the Michigan fruit belt to produce markets in Chicago and Milwaukee. The increased...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Chicago, Illinois - The Art Institute of Chicago, c1910We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical...
In 1890, President Harrison designated Chicago as site of the Columbian Exposition, a world?s fair that celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus?s landing in America. Conservative estimates put 75,000 people...
Telegraph Hill is so named because of its history of telegraphy. First featured on the hill was a semaphore?a visual signaling structure that alerted the townspeople to what kind of...
Downtown San Francisco literally pushed the boundaries of its reclaimed land, which ended at the Embarcadero, a raised road on a man-made sea wall that divided the buildings from the...
One popular attraction at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair was the Colonnade of the States, a series of massive arches, each housing a statue representing one of the 14...
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition spread over more than 600 acres of lightly built, bayside marshland in what?s now known as the Marina District. The grand, but temporary, Beaux-Arts wonderland welcomed...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic San Francisco, California - Construction of the Bay Bridge, c1934We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic San Francisco, California - US Mint after the Earthquake, c1906We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their...
Located in the Financial District, the 32-story Russ Building was San Francisco?s first skyscraper, and also featured the city?s first parking garage. Completed in 1927, the neo-Gothic structure still stands...
By 1925, the oldest Chinatown in North America had established its own Chamber of Commerce, public library and hospital. Despite the community?s successes, however, the Chinese were not allowed to...
The oldest of the Library of Congress? buildings, the Thomas Jefferson Building was built in the Beaux-Arts style reminiscent of the Paris Opera House. Its collections were established with Thomas...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic San Francisco, California - Market Street near Fifth, c1905We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical...
The Woodward & Lothrop building, constructed in 1887, housed D.C.?s first department store, affectionately nicknamed ?Woodies.? Growing to almost an entire city block by the turn of the century, the...
Following the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865, John T. Ford sold his theatre to the War Department to use as a three-story office building. In 1893, a supporting pier...
In 1899, wealthy businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie donated $375,000 to build Washington a public library. It opened in the center of Mt. Vernon Square in 1902, at a time...
One of the oldest zoos in America, the National Zoo was created in 1889 and shortly thereafter became part of the Smithsonian Institution. In addition to displaying animals for the...
The Russell Office Building was the first congressional office building, built in the early 20th century to relieve overcrowding in the Capitol. Prominent New York City architectsCarr're and Hastings designed...
Restored Black & White Photo - Historic Washington D.C., - The US Capitol Building, c1907We print high quality reproductions of historical maps, photographs, prints, etc. Because of their historical nature,...
Situated two blocks east of the White House, the prestigious new Willard Hotel was built in 1904, and hailed as the city?s first skyscraper. It was said to have been...
By the turn of the century, the stretch of F Street between 7th and 15th had emerged as a bustling commercial hub. Following at the heels of major retailers like...
On April 1, 1924, the April Fools Day Storm dumped five inches of snow on Washington and more than nine inches on nearby Baltimore. Despite the unseasonable snowfall, residents were...
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, which began publishing in 1841, was one of the most popular afternoon newspapers in the country throughout the early 20th century. Its Washington Bureau office was...
In the early 1900s, pedestrians in downtown Minneapolis would stroll down Third Avenue, past the Milwaukee Road Depot clock tower?a salient symbol of the city?s railroad hubs?to arrive at the...
Horse-drawn carriages and automobiles, including an early Winton, pass through a busy downtown intersection anchored by the Cable Piano Company. Pianos were a prime form of home entertainment at the...
The Attic Club was one of many artists? clubs in Minneapolis during the early 20th century. Among their varied activities, members created posters during the First World War for YMCA...
On August 23, 1886, the first Minneapolis Industrial Exposition opened to throngs of locals and tourists alike. The exhibits and fanfare were not limited to the expo site across the...
During the throes of the Great Depression, laborers gathered in the Gateway District, a neighborhood a couple blocks southwest of the Mississippi River with nearby railroad depots. They often slept...
St. Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River powered the sawmills and flourmills that spurred the Twin Cities? growth. The Tenth Avenue Bridge, first built of wood and reconstructed with iron...
Located on the corner of Hennepin Avenue and Seventh Street, the newly completed Hulett Block building was purchased in 1906 by W.S. Dwinnel. It quickly became home to the Hotel...
The largest of the lakes surrounding Minneapolis, Lake Calhoun is part of the park system?s Chain of Lakes, a series of five lakes connected by canals or parkways. A channel...
With the majestic White Mountains as a backdrop, construction on the Mount Washington Hotel began in 1900. Built with modern techniques, such as steel infrastructure and its own telephone system,...
Originally a small road that farmers used to transport their goods to downtown markets, Congress Street became the main street of the busy maritime city that served as state capital...