Lindbergh with the “Spirit of St. Louis,” 1928
Photo Credit: Minnesota Historical Society Charles Augustus Lindbergh with the “Spirit of St. Louis,” c. 1928.
View ArticlePacific Electric Railway awaiting dismantling on Terminal Island, CA, 1956
Photo Credit: University of California, UCLA Library Old Pacific Electric cars are piled up like toys at junkyard on Terminal Island, awaiting dismantling to become scrap metal in March 1956.
View ArticleCharles Harvey testing his elevated railroad design, 1867
Photo Credit: Wikipedia Charles Harvey is making a southbound test run along the Greenwich Street portion of his cable-driven elevated West Side and Yonkers Patented Railway. This image was made in...
View ArticleMotorcycles line up at the Beverly Hills Speedway, 1921
Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Water and Power Virtual Museum Motorcycles line up and wait for the starting gun to go off at the Beverly Hills Speedway in 1921.
View ArticleStranded vehicles after the Blizzard of 1978
Photo Credit: National Archives Vehicles stranded in the snow in the southbound lanes of State Route 128 in Needham, Massachusetts after the Blizzard of 1978.
View ArticleSinger Margaret Young with an automobile, 1915-1920
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Photograph of Margaret Young with an automobile between 1915-1920. Young was an American singer and comedian who was popular in the 1920s.
View ArticleCrews clearing snow from a railroad near Winona, MN, 1881
Photo Credit: Winona Daily News Crews clearing snow from the Winona & St. Peter Railroad near Winona, MN, 1881.
View ArticleTransporting supplies to the front use Korean methods, 1951
Photo Credit: USAMHI American Soldiers SFC Carl W. Howard (left) and PFC Danel Wellman, members of the 25th Infantry Division, use Korean methods for transporting supplies to the front in early 1951....
View ArticleCar attempting to drive up the steps of the Oregon State Capitol, ca. 1915
Photo Credit: Oregon State Library A Dodge Brothers touring car attempts to drive up the steps of the old Oregon State Capitol Building in 1915. Accounts vary regarding who was in the car, but it...
View ArticleLightsey Carroll Company beer trucks, 1934
Photo Credit: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library Beer trucks belonging to the Lightsey Carroll Company Distributors stand at the ready to deliver beer to thirsty patrons in Austin, Texas....
View ArticleBridges of the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming, 1869
Photo Credit: Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Temporary and permanent bridges of the Union Pacific Railroad in front of Citadel Rock on the Green River...
View ArticleGuardsman hanging out window to kiss wife, 1950
Photo Credit: Los Angeles Times One long kiss by Pvt. Robert Moye and wife Gloria is encouraged by Harvey Wilson, left, and Frank Harvey, right, who hold Moye’s legs. The couple, married a year and a...
View ArticleOxen 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...
View ArticleBicyclists 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...
View ArticleLaying 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.
View ArticleBoat 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.
View ArticleSeated 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.
View ArticleMembers 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...
View ArticleTrolleys 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.
View ArticleSoldiers driving through the streets during July 4th celebrations, 1918
American soldiers driving through streets during 4th of July celebrations.
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