Vintage shots from days gone by!

Market St., Harrisburg, PA. (1955)

 

Sept. 9th, 1947, Island Queen disaster at Pittsburgh Port.

 

Frankstown Avenue, looking west at Penn Avenue.August 20th, 1940

 

A view of Penn Avenue, showing the Liberty Building, Irene's Bar and Lounge, Cameraphone, and Isaly's.
February 6th, 1957.

 

Somewhere in Philadelphia in the 1950's.

 

Pulaski Skyway, Jersey City

 

Baldwin Avenue where the State Highway 139 viaduct ends

 

Industrial street scene from Mercer St looking west from under the National Docks Branch of the Lehigh Valley Railroad trestle with gleaming cars and old brick factories.

 

The original two-way traffic viaduct to the Holland Tunnel with the Seaboard Terminal building on the way to Manhattan.

 

New viaduct for westbound traffic from the Holland Tunnel with signs for Newark, Philadelphia and Hudson Boulevard.

 

Large industrial tanks of soap and perfuming chemicals at the intersection of Essex and Hudson Streets. The Colgate Plant had its own rail system and a Southern box car is visible on the right.

 

Johnston Avenue looking east toward the Central Railroad of New Jersey train yards in the distance. 1946.

 

Pulaski Skyway surrounded by factories, smokestacks and oil tanks. The Empire State Building can be vaguely seen in the middle left distance.

 

Mill Road with an entrance to the Mercer Viaduct at bottom right.

 

Exchange Place looking to Hudson River. Pennsylvania Railroad offices in building with rounded roof. Hudson Tube entrance behind it in little white building on left. The ferry terminal to Manhattan is straight ahead.

 

State Street, Chicago, 1962

 

Looking south on State Street, 1964

 

Rush Street, Chicago, circa 1960

 

"Beats me------He was on the leash just a moment ago"!!!

 

Chinatown, Chicago, 1964

 

Los Angeles traffic at Seventh and Spring, 1930

 

Looking up Nicollet from Fourth Street south, Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Seattle, Third and Yesler, 1940

 

A welder doing some repair work accidently set off the fuel tank, the explosion set fire to the ship, and it burned down to the water line. 19 crew members perished in this explosion and fire, there were no passenges on board at the time...

 

I guess that Y-Block was too heavy....