1900s photos
Photographs from the first decade of the 20th century: city streets with horse-drawn carriages and streetcars, the first automobiles, harbors and ships, immigrants and everyday life.
Why they are free to use: Published before 1931: their US copyright has expired. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
Harbors and ships
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Harbor and Muelle Luz, Havana
1904 · Library of Congress
Ore Steamer Entering Cleveland Harbor
1908 · Library of Congress
Ships in Poe Lock
c. 1908 · Library of Congress
Passenger steamship GARONNE departing the dock, possibly in Seattle, Washington, ca. 1900.
c. 1900 · Wikimedia Commons
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1903 · Library of Congress
Sailing for Alaska, ca. 1905
c. 1905 · Wikimedia Commons
City of Panama and the Harbor
1900 · Library of Congress
Cuyahoga River from viaduct
c. 1905 · Library of Congress
People
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General" Marion Hughes - Veteran of the 66th Indiana Infantry - Pictured with wife, Mary Jane Wheeler, in the late 19th or early 20th century
1900 · Wikimedia Commons
Lewis W. Hine - Immigrant Family in the Baggage Room of Ellis Island - Google Art Project
1905 · Wikimedia Commons
Italian immigrants at Ellis Island
1905 · Wikimedia Commons
Dr. D.A. Gorton & wife & twins
1900 · Library of Congress
Joys and Sorrows Ellis Island 1905 sepia
1905 · Wikimedia Commons
Chinese-American father and daughter making New Year calls, Chinatown, New York City
1909–1913 · Library of Congress
Count Moltke, wife, and child
1900 · Library of Congress
Capt. and Mrs. J.B. Murdoch Joseph Ballard Murdock, former CO of Battle Ship Rhode Island New Navy Yard commander Jennings Daily News 30 Jul 1909, Fri · Page 2
1909 · Library of Congress
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