American Cities a Century ago A selection of photos of the largest U.S. cities, made about 100 years ago. 1. Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, in 1917. 2. Atlantic City, 1910. 3. The main street of Memphis, north of Avenue Gayoso, 1910. 4. Station “Louisville-Nashville”, Florida, in 1910. 5. Forsyth Street, Jacksonville, Florida, in 1910. 6. The beach in Atlantic City, 1915. 7. Grant Avenue after an earthquake in San Francisco in 1906. 8. Carts for transporting dairy Thompson, Washington, 1927. 9. Washington, DC, 1914. 10. Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan, 1916. 11. Ninth Street, Washington DC, 1915. 12. 13. Corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street, New York, 1910. 14. Broad Street north of Spruce Street, Philadelphia, 1905. 15. View of Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn in 1909. 16. Fire at 55th Street, New York, 1915. 17. Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913. 18. Wabash Avenue, Chicago, 1907. 19. The New York Public Library, New York, 1915. 20. Wall Street, New York, 1911. 21. Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913. 22. Manhattan, 1907. 23. The northern part of Fifth Avenue, New York, 1913. 24. City Hall – City Hall in New York. 25. Dexter Avenue and the Capitol, Montgomery, Alabama, in 1906. 26. Valnut Street, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1910. 27. Washington, DC, 1913. 28. Broadway and the building of “The Times”, New York, 1915. 29. Size of Government in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1905. 30. Boston, MA, 1906. 31. New York, 1905. 32. Grand Central Station and Hotel, Manhattan, New York, 1903. 33. Treasury Building, Washington, DC, 1913. 34. Post Office, Brooklyn, New York, 1906.