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Oxen and wagons travel up Ute Pass, 1878
Oxen and horse drawn covered wagons travel up Ute Pass in El Paso County, Colorado in 1878. The dirt road is supported by a rock wall reinforced with a log pole guardrail. Shows Rainbow Falls, a...
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Bicyclists of the League of American Wheelmen pose in St. Louis, 1892
Photo Credit: Missouri History Museum Bicyclists of the League of American Wheelmen pose by the Frank Blair statue at the northeast corner of Forest Park before the second annual St. Louis County...
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Laying the last rail at Promontory Summit, 1869
Photo Credit: Andrew J. Russell/Yale Collection of Western Americana Officers of the Union Pacific Railroad at the laying of the last rail at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869.
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Boat crossing the icy Detroit River, 1900s
Photo Credit: Library of Congress A boat crosses the icy Detroit River in the early 1900s, when the Midwest saw some of its coldest temperatures on record.
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Seated on a trolley during an outing, 1913
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Children and adults seated on trolley for a fresh air outing on June 2, 1913.
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Members of the Women’s Safety Traffic Reserve, 1943
Photo Credit: Ann Rosener/Office of War Information Mrs. E.K. Sabel and Mrs. J.R. Harris, members of the Women’s Safety Traffic Reserve in Oakland, California, are among the many mothers who are...
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Trolleys and horse carts are shuttled up and down a hill with a funicular,...
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Trolleys and horse carts are shuttled up and down a hill on the Mount Adams Incline, sometime between 1900 and 1910, in Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Soldiers driving through the streets during July 4th celebrations, 1918
American soldiers driving through streets during 4th of July celebrations.
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Duluth Incline, 1908
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Looking up the Duluth Incline from Superior Street, in Duluth, Minnesota, circa 1908. The lift system was in operation from 1892 until 1939.
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Woman in a sport model roadster, 1907
Photo Credit: New York Public Library Woman in a sport model roadster, 1907.
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Union General Haupt in a one-man pontoon boat, 1860s
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Union General Herman Haupt, a civil engineer, moves across the Potomac River in a one-man pontoon boat that he invented for scouting and bridge inspection in an image...
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Workers loading logs, 1907
Photo Credit: California State University, Chico Workers with McCloud River Railroad Company loading logs, ca. 1907.
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Adjusting stockings using Goodyear’s illuminated tires, 1961
A woman adjusts her stocking using the light emitted by the Goodyear tire on an October night in 1961. Due to practicality, cost, and safety reasons, Goodyear’s illuminated tires were never made...
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Receiving a skateboard from home, 1969
Marines are known for getting to their objectives via dozens of different transportation modes, whether by land, sea, or air. When Private First Class David. L. Troester, 18, received a skateboard...
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Timber on the way to the Columbian World’s Exhibition, 1893
Fir timber to be used for construction of the Washington Building at the Columbian World’s Exhibition in Chicago, ca. 1893.
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