Portraits of America
Beyond the portraits

Places & Street Scenes

Streets, storefronts, schools, farms and public buildings photographed between the 1880s and the 1930s. Public domain, full resolution, free to download.

15 items · free to download

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Traunstein River on the Road to Empfig, Bavaria, 1893 (Internet Archive)

Traunstein River on the Road to Empfig, Bavaria

1893

Arden Train Stop Station, Newark, California, 1900 (Internet Archive)

Arden Train Stop Station, Newark, California

1900

Souvenir folder of Western Canada - Parliament Building, Winnipeg, Man. - Wheat field in western Canada. - Legislative Buildings, Edmonton, Alta. - Second Ave., Saskatoon, Sask. - C.P.R. Station and P, 1920 (Internet Archive)

Souvenir folder of Western Canada - Parliament Building, Winnipeg, Man. - Wheat field in western Canada. - Legislative Buildings, Edmonton, Alta. - Second Ave., Saskatoon, Sask. - C.P.R. Station and P

1920

Dedication of third Novato Railroad depot in 1917, 1917 (Internet Archive)

Dedication of third Novato Railroad depot in 1917

1917

Agriculture: Ranches, Trumbull, Buildings and Farmland, 1930/1940, 1930 (Internet Archive)

Agriculture: Ranches, Trumbull, Buildings and Farmland, 1930/1940

1930

Transportation: Ships and Waterways, Black John Slough, Boat house, White pleasure craft, 1924~, 1924 (Internet Archive)

Transportation: Ships and Waterways, Black John Slough, Boat house, White pleasure craft, 1924~

1924

Agriculture: Farm Crops, Plowed Pacheco field, 1924, 1924 (Internet Archive)

Agriculture: Farm Crops, Plowed Pacheco field, 1924

1924

Dedication of Black Point Bridge, 1917, 1917 (Internet Archive)

Dedication of Black Point Bridge, 1917

1917

Study room., 1912 (Internet Archive)

Study room.

1912

July 4th Parade, decorated float, 1917, 1917 (Internet Archive)

July 4th Parade, decorated float, 1917

1917

Transportation: Ships and Waterways, Black John Slough, Two boats on the slough, 1924~, 1924 (Internet Archive)

Transportation: Ships and Waterways, Black John Slough, Two boats on the slough, 1924~

1924

Black and white, Partial View, Crystal Palace Crockery, 1898 (Internet Archive)

Black and white, Partial View, Crystal Palace Crockery

1898

Atlanta church, 1885-1889, 1880 (Internet Archive)

Atlanta church, 1885-1889

1880

Cayuga Lake, Elbow Curve, 1895 (Internet Archive)

Cayuga Lake, Elbow Curve

1895

Brethren Church, 001, 1913 (Internet Archive)

Brethren Church, 001

1913

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