Japan

These are from the Library of Congress Stereograph Collection.

Geisha girls out for an airing in rickshaws - 

along the Old Avenue, Nara, Japan, ca. 1906

 

Japanese mothers and children on a fishing trip, 1919

 

Passing away a dull hour - Geisha girls dancing, Japan, 1906

 

Peasant women heading rice with steel combs 

in the fields on Suruga Bay, Japan, 1906

 

The little daughter of a Japanese gentleman 

playing the koto, Tokyo, Japan, 1906

Philip Timms

 Bathhouse at English Bay, Vancouver, BC 1900s

  

Bridge at Stanley Park, Vancouver, ca. 1900

"Crowding Into the Park"

 

Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, BC, 1920s

 

Man reading on a bench, Stanley Park, Vancouver, 1900s

 

Streetcar 36 at Stanley Park, 1900s 

"First Sign of Spring"

 

Source: Vancouver Public Library Historical Photo Collection

A.H. Poole

Chevalier O'Loughlin wedding, 27 September 1911

 

Market Square, Enniscorthy, ca. 1892

 

Passengers going to Graiguenamanagh in brakes, 23 September 1911

 

Swiss Cottage, Newtown Road, Co. Waterford, on or before 1901

 

Two ladies with elegant hats and dogs, 31 August 1910

 

Source: National Library of Ireland

Burt V. Brooks

Couple in front of house, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Men in a wood-cutting camp, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Two women driving a buggy, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Woman in a carriage, with horse, dressed for cold 

weather, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Women and horse in front of house, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Women on a porch, Greenwich, Massachusetts, ca. 1910

 

Source: Digital Commonwealth

Johnstown Flood

The Johnstown Flood of 1889 basically destroyed Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The flood was due to the failure of a dam upstream from the town. It was probably the worst natural disaster in the United States up to that time; 2,208 people lost their lives.

A view of the great stone bridge, where thousands of men, women and children were buried, together with horses, cows, railroad trains, houses, stables, and everything the flood could carry

 

An ocean of mud

 

Beginning life anew, site of old home

 

Carrying body out of the wreck

 

General view of the wrecked city

 

In the path of ruin

 

Remains of crockery store

 

Ruins from Bedford Street

 

Scene of the fire at the Stone Bridge

 

Source: New York Public Library Digital Collections

Charles Lee

 Mary feeding Sandy Lee, Mountain Park, Alberta, ca. 1935

  

Mary Lee at a picnic in Luscar, Alberta, ca. 1935

 

Sack race during Coal Branch Sports Day, Mountain Park, Alberta, ca. 1925

 

Sunday baseball game outside Mountain Park, Alberta, ca. 1925

 

Two Mountain Park baseball players and a woman 

with a fur coat, Mountain Park, Alberta, ca. 1920

Source: Alberta Provincial Archives

Andrew J. Russell

In the late 1860s, photographer Andrew J. Russell traveled west to document the construction of the Union Pacific Railway in Wyoming and Utah, including the famous “golden spike” moment on May 10, 1869, when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads were joined in Promontory, Utah, creating the nation’s first transcontinental railroad. Russell captured images of the railway construction as well as the wide-open landscape of the American West and its inhabitants.

A gathering of Shoshone Indians

 

East and West shaking hands at laying last rail. The ceremony took place on May 10, 1869, 

marking the placement of the “golden spike” at Promontory Summit, Utah.

 

Members of the Rocky Mountain Glee Club, 1864-1869

 

Mormon Family, Great Salt Lake Valley. The man is surrounded by 

his family of wives and children, enjoying the noonday rest.

 

Officers of the Union Pacific Railroad at the laying of 

the last rail at Promontory Summit, Utah, in 1869

 

Source: The Atlantic