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Boston Area, map circa 1910 from: A Descriptive Review of the Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Historical Development of the State of New York; George F Cram; 1912; New York View high resolution

Boston Area, map circa 1910

from: A Descriptive Review of the Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Historical Development of the State of New York; George F Cram; 1912; New York

San Francisco Area Map, circa 1910 IBM has not had a major presence in Silicon Valley. You can see part of Silicon Valley’s current location in Santa Clara County. By the Bay is “Xerox’s Palo Alto” and San Jose is just southeast of that. This century-old map shows the area before extensive bridge building. Only one bridge crosses the Bay - and the Golden Gate Bridge is not there yet. Railroad access to the harbour area works around bodies of water. If you can see them, light blue lines denote electrified mass transit. San Francisco was the Pacific terminal of the first railroad connection with the eastern US. (The transisthmian Panama Railroad was the first ‘transcontinental’ in 1855. Within Tumblr I think I would find more people who could argue that the Panama Railroad was a true ’transcontinental railroad’ and the Union Pacific really was not … than I would in the general population. This is refreshing) Before the Union/Central Pacific Railroad completion in 1869, San Francisco - the ocean port - had been key in providing access to the southwestern interior for gold rushes, eastward railroad building, and other adventures. Initially, many travellers from the east arrived by ship ’around the Horn’.  In subsequent years they could avoid the tempestuous Cape Horn segment and the long, slow sea voyage by taking the Panama Railroad land bridge between the oceans. from: A Descriptive Review of the Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Historical Development of the State of New York; George F Cram; 1912; New York View high resolution

San Francisco Area Map, circa 1910

IBM has not had a major presence in Silicon Valley. You can see part of Silicon Valley’s current location in Santa Clara County. By the Bay is “Xerox’s Palo Alto” and San Jose is just southeast of that.

This century-old map shows the area before extensive bridge building. Only one bridge crosses the Bay - and the Golden Gate Bridge is not there yet. Railroad access to the harbour area works around bodies of water. If you can see them, light blue lines denote electrified mass transit.

San Francisco was the Pacific terminal of the first railroad connection with the eastern US.

(The transisthmian Panama Railroad was the first ‘transcontinental’ in 1855. Within Tumblr I think I would find more people who could argue that the Panama Railroad was a true ’transcontinental railroad’ and the Union Pacific really was not … than I would in the general population. This is refreshing)

Before the Union/Central Pacific Railroad completion in 1869, San Francisco - the ocean port - had been key in providing access to the southwestern interior for gold rushes, eastward railroad building, and other adventures.

Initially, many travellers from the east arrived by ship ’around the Horn’.  In subsequent years they could avoid the tempestuous Cape Horn segment and the long, slow sea voyage by taking the Panama Railroad land bridge between the oceans.

from: A Descriptive Review of the Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural, Historical Development of the State of New York; George F Cram; 1912; New York

San Francisco Streetcars, circa 1910 ‘The Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street was the center of San Francisco traction [ie propulsion by electric traction motors] activity throughout almost the entire street-railway era. A two-car Market Street Railway train from the Valencia Street line swings around the loop in the Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building. The cars were part of the 200-car order received from St Louis in the aftermath of the 1906 fire.’ from: The Time of the Trolley; William D Middleton; 1967; Kalmbach Publishing Co. View high resolution

San Francisco Streetcars, circa 1910

‘The Ferry Building at the foot of Market Street was the center of San Francisco traction [ie propulsion by electric traction motors] activity throughout almost the entire street-railway era. A two-car Market Street Railway train from the Valencia Street line swings around the loop in the Embarcadero in front of the Ferry Building. The cars were part of the 200-car order received from St Louis in the aftermath of the 1906 fire.’

from: The Time of the Trolley; William D Middleton; 1967; Kalmbach Publishing Co.

California, Petroluem Deposits and Pipelines, circa 1910 ‘Petroleum is found in California in a belt about 225 miles long, extending from the Coalinga district in Fresno County, at the north, to the Puenta Hills district in Orange County at the south. The fields in this belt, which are among the most prolific in the United States, produce mainly oils of medium to heavy grade, with asphaltic base. ‘Oil seeps are numerous and asphalt beds cover wide areas. In no other region in North America is oil found in commercial quantities where the structure is so complicated, nor are surface indications so abundant in any other American fields.’ from: Geology of Petroleum; William Emmons; 1921; McGraw-Hill Book Co. View high resolution

California, Petroluem Deposits and Pipelines, circa 1910

‘Petroleum is found in California in a belt about 225 miles long, extending from the Coalinga district in Fresno County, at the north, to the Puenta Hills district in Orange County at the south. The fields in this belt, which are among the most prolific in the United States, produce mainly oils of medium to heavy grade, with asphaltic base.

‘Oil seeps are numerous and asphalt beds cover wide areas. In no other region in North America is oil found in commercial quantities where the structure is so complicated, nor are surface indications so abundant in any other American fields.’

from: Geology of Petroleum; William Emmons; 1921; McGraw-Hill Book Co.

#Manhattan #NYC #ushistory #map Lower Manhattan, Circa 1912 Right click, open in new tab … to see where they used to have things. From: A Descriptive Review of the Empire State; 1912; George F Cram. View high resolution

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Lower Manhattan, Circa 1912

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From: A Descriptive Review of the Empire State; 1912; George F Cram.

#YYC #Banff #railroad #Alberta #cdnhistory Banff, Circa 1910 A coloured, unused postcard produced from a black and white photo. In the foreground is the Canadian Pacific Railway station and the CPR Banff Springs Hotel is in the distance. View high resolution

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Banff, Circa 1910

A coloured, unused postcard produced from a black and white photo.

In the foreground is the Canadian Pacific Railway station and the CPR Banff Springs Hotel is in the distance.

#Buffalo #BUF #WW1 Buffalo Savings Bank Postcard, circa 1910-15 This postcard was mailed from Buffalo to Forest, Ontario in January 1915. Notice the relative sizes of the newspapers and the child vendor near the steps of the bank. View high resolution

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Buffalo Savings Bank Postcard, circa 1910-15

This postcard was mailed from Buffalo to Forest, Ontario in January 1915.

Notice the relative sizes of the newspapers and the child vendor near the steps of the bank.

#YHZ #Halifax #cdnhistory #map #railroad Halifax, Nova Scotia, Circa 1910 Right click, open in new tab … to enlarge. Blue lines represent street railway (streetcar line). Before the Halifax Explosion. from: Atlas of Canada; 1915; Department of the Interior, Government of Canada. View high resolution

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Circa 1910

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Blue lines represent street railway (streetcar line).

Before the Halifax Explosion.

from: Atlas of Canada; 1915; Department of the Interior, Government of Canada.

#mi #ushistory LaSalle Monument, Lake Front Park, St Joseph, Michigan Mailed in July 1911 from nearby Stevensville, Michigan to Berlin, Ontario. During World War One, Berlin, Ontario’s name was patriotically changed to Kitchener to commemorate the late Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener - the British Secretary of State for War. On the way to Russia in 1916, in a gale, his ship hit a mine and his body was never found. View high resolution

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LaSalle Monument, Lake Front Park, St Joseph, Michigan

Mailed in July 1911 from nearby Stevensville, Michigan to Berlin, Ontario.

During World War One, Berlin, Ontario’s name was patriotically changed to Kitchener to commemorate the late Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener - the British Secretary of State for War. On the way to Russia in 1916, in a gale, his ship hit a mine and his body was never found.

#Mi #map #Michigan Southern Michigan Right click, open in new tab … for a decent view. from: A Descriptive Review of the Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural Historical Development of the State of New York; 1912; George F Cram, Chicago. … also containing a general atlas. St Joseph (see postcard) just above the 19 grid marking on the shore of Lake Michigan. Flint (postcard) is two counties northwest of Detroit in the centre of Genesee County. Black lines connecting cities are railways (labelled with company initials). Blue lines are ‘electric railways’ … generally interurbans during this era … high speed ‘streetcars’ travelling on light track and usually taking their power from an overhead wire. View high resolution

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Southern Michigan

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from: A Descriptive Review of the Commercial, Industrial, Agricultural Historical Development of the State of New York; 1912; George F Cram, Chicago. … also containing a general atlas.

St Joseph (see postcard) just above the 19 grid marking on the shore of Lake Michigan.

Flint (postcard) is two counties northwest of Detroit in the centre of Genesee County.

Black lines connecting cities are railways (labelled with company initials).

Blue lines are ‘electric railways’ … generally interurbans during this era … high speed ‘streetcars’ travelling on light track and usually taking their power from an overhead wire.