Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs. ~ Ansel Adams
Photos from the Civil War to the turn of the century, complete with captions.
001 | 1900 | Scranton , Pennsylvania . "Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad yards"
002 | 1862 | On the James River in Virginia . "Effect of Confederate shot on Federal ironclad Galena " | James F. Gibson
003 | 1864 | " James River , Virginia . Double-turreted monitor U.S.S. Onondaga, soldiers in rowboat"
004 | 1865 | " City Point , Virginia (vicinity). Medical supply boat Planter at General Hospital wharf on the Appomattox "
005 | 1890 | Florida . "Brown's Landing, Rice Creek"
006 | 1896 | U.S.S. New York . "Group of sailors" | Edward Hart
007 | 1897 | "Commodore H.M. Gillig's racing sloop Vencedor on Lake Erie " | John S. Johnston
008 | 1897 | "Berth deck cooks, U.S.S. Oregon" | Edward H. Hart
009 | 1897 | "U.S.S. Massachusetts, fire room" Tending the battleship's coal-fired boilers. | Edward H. Hart
010 | 1898 | "U.S.S. Oregon in dry dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard"
011 | 1899 | "Berth deck cooks aboard cruiser U.S.S. Brooklyn" | Edward H. Hart
012 | 1900 | "U.S. Battleship Texas, chief petty officers" | Edward H. Hart
013 | 1900 | Chicago . "12th Street Bascule Bridge "
014 | 1900 | Charlevoix, Michigan. "Harbor entrance and light house"
015 | 1900 | "Car ferry 'Transport' entering slip, Detroit River "
016 | 1900 | Florida. "A landing on the Tomoka" | William Henry Jackson
017 | 1900 | "A bit of country life near Henryville, Pennsylvania making soap"
018 | 1900 | " Brooklyn Bridge, East River "
019 | 1900 | New Jersey circa. "Bergen Tunnel, east end"
020 | 1900 | Chicago. "A walk in Lincoln Park"
021 | 1900 | Buffalo, New York. "Labor Day parade, Main Street "
022 | 1900 | "U.S.S. Oregon quarterdeck" | Edward H. Hart
023 | 1900 | "U.S.S. Chicago. One of the crew"
024 | 1901 | Buffalo, New York. "Unloading ore from whaleback carrier"
025 | 1901 | "Hanging rock on the Susquehanna near Danville, Pennsylvania"
026 | 1901 | Petoskey, Michigan. "Grand Rapids & Indiana R.R. station"
027 | 1901 | Detroit. "Excursion steamers Tashmoo and Idlewild at wharves"
028 | 1901 | Colorado. "Station and hotel, summit of Pike's Peak "
029 | 1902 | "A happy family"
030 | 1902 | Iowa . "Chicago & North Western Railway ― steel viaduct over Des Moines River " | William Henry Jackson
031 | 1903 | New York. "Brooklyn Terminal at Brooklyn Bridge "
032 | 1903 | "S.S. Proteus. High water at New Orleans levee"
033 | 1903 | "Unloading bananas at New Orleans, Louisiana "
034 | 1904 | The Jersey Shore. "Steeplechase Pier and bathers, Atlantic City"
035 | 1904 | "Michigan Central Railroad. Oiling up before the start"
036 | 1904 | New York. "The Ponies, Coney Island "
037 | 1905 | St. Clair, Michigan . "Launch of steamer Frank J. Hecker"
038 | 1905 | St. Augustine, Florida. "They were on their honeymoon"
039 | 1905 | Coney Island, New York. "Surf bathing"
040 | 1905 | The New Jersey shore. "Boardwalk and beach, Asbury Park "
041 | 1905 | Cleveland, Ohio. "Cuyahoga River from the Viaduct"
042 | 1905 | Buffalo, New York. "Jack-Knife Bridge, City Ship Canal, foot of Michigan Street "
043 | 1905 | The Detroit River. "Transfer steamer Detroit in the ice"
044 | 1905 | Houghton, Michigan. "Loading copper on steamer Juniata"
045 | 1905 | Buffalo, New York. "Looking up Main Street . Steamer North Land at Long Wharf"