November 4, 2012
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Here’s a great street scene from New York, c. 1905. There are throngs of people on the sidewalk and a Hansom Cab waiting by the curb. And did you notice the unusual part? The photographer appears to have stationed himself on a horse-drawn vehicle, as you can see the back of the horse’s head at the bottom of the photo.
November 3, 2012
Shall we go shopping on this Saturday? Here’s the corner Market and 8th Streets in Philadelphia, in front of Gimbel Brothers’ department store, c. 1900. In addition to a lot of pedestrians, there are a number of commercial vehicles pictured on this busy street.
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October 30, 2012
While driving toward Martin’s Auction, I stopped for lunch in Bedford, Pennsylvania. The well-preserved downtown is filled with shops and cafés.
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While in town, I found these wonderful postcards, with photos from the 1880s (the original photographs were found and reproduced by the owner of the local Bird’s Nest Farm). The photos show nearby Bedford Springs, which has been a resort since the early nineteenth century.
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September 29, 2012
Here’s a lovely street scene from Portland, Maine, c. 1907. In addition to a couple of electric streetcars, an automobile, and a Berlin Mills Co. lumber wagon, I see what looks like quite a lot of family vehicles and buggies.
September 27, 2012
Here’s another photo that I posted a smaller version of some time ago. But there’s soooo much to look at here that you’ll want to study this larger version.
In this photo of Baltimore, Maryland, c. 1906, wagons and delivery vehicles are backed up to loading docks, and all shapes and sizes of vehicles are parked on the other side of the street and navigating their way along the street in both directions, all the way off into the distance.
The Slower Road 