Pictures of the United States.

**PHDNM** · 10-13-2020, 06:24 PM

‘Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It,’ the Oldest Surviving Aerial Photograph Ever Taken on October 13, 1860

The earliest surviving aerial image was taken over Boston on October 13, 1860 by James Wallace Black, a photographer, and Samuel Archer King, a balloon navigator. The aerial photograph was entitled ‘Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose See It,’ and was taken at an altitude of 1,200 feet.

https://www.vintag.es/2020/10/oldest...hotograph.html

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-11-2021, 11:59 AM

This film shows stunning views of New York's Waterfront as seen from a boat on the Hudson River. During this trip we pass Battery Park, Clinton Castle (with its roof still intact), Battery Park, the Staten Island Ferry, Various 'slips', the IWW building and the New York State Canal Building. Clinton Castle was the home of the New York Aquarium until 1941. In the years to follow, the city council made no less than six attempts to get this castle demolished. Battery park where the Dutch made their first settlement "Nieuw Amsterdam" under the lead of Peter Stuijvesant. The city was renamed "New York" under later British rule. The original film has been motion-stabilized, speed-corrected, A.I enhanced and A.I. colourized by means of modern video software. Source B&W footage: Prelinger Archive (USA). Please help to improve this timeline:
00:00 Start of the boat trip at Battery Park
00:30 Castle Clinton, until 1941 the home of the New York Aquarium
00:42 It's roof is stil intact
01:00 Battery Park
02:50 Staten Island Ferry
03:14 Slip-5 Battery Maritime Building
03:45 Slip-4 New York Central
04:00 IWW building: Industrial Workers of the World, Est.1905 (?)
04:18 New York State Canal Building.

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-11-2021, 12:10 PM

Spectacular film footage of the city of Washington DC in the 1930's, seen from the air. All well known structures in this beautiful city come into view, like the White House, Capital building, Smithsonian, Washington Memorial, Lincoln memorial and much more! This time line shows the locations: Timeline (please help to improve this!):
00:00 Washington aerial view from a distance
00:12 Capitol Hill in the distance
00:25 Library of Congress in the foreground
00:45 Cannon House Office Building & Capitol building
00:52 Cannon House Office Building
01:09 Building (?)
01:23 The Capitol, seen from Constitution Avenue (?)
01:43 Close-up of the front of the Capitol
01:57 Stairs leading up to The House
02:08 Statue of (?)
02:16 Statue of (?)
02:25 Statue of a Horse with (?)
02:33 The Library Of Congress
02:57 Statue of (?)
03:14 Constitution Avenue (?)
03:25 Building (?)
03:30 The Supreme Court (?)
03:38 Department of the Treasury
04:01 The White House
04:06 The West Wing
04:10 Eisenhower Office Building
04:23 Eisenhower Office Building from a lower angle
04:46 Eisenhower Office Building, White House and Supreme Court
05:04 The White House
05:14 Washington Circle Park (?)
05:29 Building (?)
05:34 Building (?)
05:43 Location (?)
06:01 Location (?)
06:16 Aerial view
06:23 Washington Memorial
06:33 Washington Memorial, close-up
06:50 Washington Memorial, seen from the Reflecting Pool
06:59 Lincoln Memorial, seen from the Reflecting Pool
07:17 Lincoln Memorial, close-up
07:25 Statue of Abraham Lincoln
07:35 Lincoln Memorial, Reflecting Pool & Washington Memorial from the air
07:53 Lincoln Memorial from the air
08:05 Steps to the Lincoln Memorial
08:10 Location (?)
08:25 Arena (location?)
08:47 Location (?)
09:10 The Capitol building, Senate left, House of Representatives right
09:27 Dome of the Capitol building
09:43 The Capitol building from the air
10:14 Farewell to Washington DC. Press the CC button to read the locations while the film plays.

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-11-2021, 12:22 PM

Upscaled with neural networks trip down Market Street, San Francisco, 1906. This film was shot on April 14, 1906, just four days before the San Francisco earthquake and fire which killed an estimated 3 000 people and destroyed over 80% of the city of San Francisco. It was produced by: Harry, Herbert, Earle and Joe. Harry J. This is actually a staged shoot, so it's not actual traffic from that time: – The film records a total of thirty cable cars, four horsecars, and four streetcars. At first there also appear to be many automobiles; however, a careful tracking shows that almost all of the autos circle the camera many times—one of them ten times. This traffic was apparently staged by the producer to give Market Street the appearance of a prosperous modern boulevard with many automobiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Trip_...

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-11-2021, 02:36 PM

We don't know their names, nor the photographer who immortalized them, but these men lunching 800 feet up show the daredevil spirit behind Manhattan's vertical expansion.

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-11-2021, 02:55 PM

This film shows spectacular views of old New York, nearly a century ago. Particularly interesting are the great shots at the beginning of the old Penn station which sadly was demolished in 1963. Before this activity began, the New York Times wrote: "Until the first blow fell, no one was convinced that Penn Station really would be demolished, or that New York would permit this monumental act of vandalism against one of the largest and finest landmarks of its age of Roman elegance" Also a market on the East side comes into view with fruit stalls and clothing stalls. This is followed by shots of 5th Avenue where the rich & famous live. Thereafter a visit is payed to Metropolitan Museum of Art (Moma) where among other a collection of harnesses can be admired. The trip goes on to the American Museum for Natural History where a reconstruction of a dinosaur skeleton is taking place. Some viewers may recall the famous scene from the movie "On the Town" when a huge dinosaur skeleton is wrecked by one of the three sailors who are visiting New York. Various scenes with early traffic showing double decker busses and luxurious motorcars also appear in the film. The film ends with shots of Riverside Drive, a favourite promenade with nice views over the Hudson River.

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-11-2021, 03:57 PM

Take a peek back at New York in 1930s letting you see the Big Apple, Times Square, Central Park, the Brooklyn Bridge–they’re all on display, Manhattan was full of all those buildings, but New York city was more than that. Five borough constituted the city : Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. Each borough was different, with different cultures. during the 1930’s, the most known buildings appeared : the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. 1:00 - the Frick Museum on 5th ave and 71st. 1:34 - Sherman statue at Grand Army Plaza, 5th ave and 59th st. 1:59 - Heading south on Broadway, facing east, approaching Times Square 2:32 - Driving south on Park Ave at about 39th street but looking north at Grand Central station, years before the Pan Am building was built. (Thx Ross Rothschild)

New Jersey has a rich and fascinating history,clip contain footage from around the state, while focusing on cityscapes.take note of the fashion (so many hats), architecture (many of the buildings still exist today), and transportation. busses, streetcars, trolleys, automobiles, and a few horse-drawn carriages. Streets are wide and people seem to cross without fear, the 1920s were a time of prosperity for many New Jerseyans. Cities were thriving at the time and we had several – Newark, Camden, and Jersey City, for example. The Holland Tunnel and Benjamin Franklin bridge were both completed during this decade, making transportation to New York and Philadelphia. Scene 1& 2 @0:15 100 Washington St, Newark, NJ Scene 2 @0:24 608 Broad St, Newark, NJ 07102 Scene 3, 4, 5 Springfield and Market Street @3:36 706 Broad Street, Newark

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-11-2021, 04:42 PM

Text taken from 'Revival: Little Golden America' (1944) (Routledge Revivals) by Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov. https://www.amazon.com/Revival-Little...

**The Lawspeaker** · 01-12-2021, 12:20 AM

Text taken from the diaries of Henry Yates Thompson, 1863: https://www.amazon.com/Englishman-Ame...

Here we have an extract from the autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi, famed Japanese reformer and a member of the first Japanese embassy to The United States after 200+ years of isolation. Extract from The Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi translated by Eiichi Kiyooka, 1934 edition.

Extracts taken from "Drifting Toward the Southeast: The Story of Five Japanese Castaways : a Complete Translation of Hyoson Kiryaku (a Brief Account of Drifting Toward the Southeast) as Told to the Court of Lord Yamauchi of Tosa in 1852 by John Manjiro Translated by: Junya Nagakuni and Junji Kitadai (Spinner Publications, 2003) http://www.spinnerpub.com/Drifting_To... https://www.amazon.com/-/es/Junya-Nag...