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The 25,000 commercial photographs in Touring Turn-of-the-Century
America, 1880-1920, served as the basis for picture postcards
of the time. Prominent subjects include buildings and views in towns
and cities, colleges and universities, battleships and yachts, resorts,
natural landmarks, and industry.
These historical era(s) are best represented
in the collection, although they may not be all-encompassing.
Development of the Industrial United States, 1876-1915
Emergence of Modern America, 1890-1930
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These collections and exhibits contain thematically-related
primary and secondary sources. Also browse the Collection
Finder for more related material on the American Memory Web
site.
American
Life Histories, 1936-1940
Architecture
and Interior Design for 20th Century America, 1935-1955
California
As I Saw It: First Person Narratives, 1849-1900
Evolution
of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920
Frank Lloyd
Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932
Great Earthquake
and Fire: San Francisco, 1897-1916
Inside
an American Factory: Westinghouse Works, 1904
The Life
of a City: New York, 1898-1906
Map Collections, 1500-2004
The
Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920
Panoramic
Maps, 1847-1929
Taking
the Long View, 1851-1991
Washington
As It Was, 1923-1959
Recommended additional sources of information.
America
at the Turn of the Century: A Look at the Historical Context
Detroit Publishing
Company Collection, Prints and Photographs Division
Read More About It! - A bibliography
Specific guidance for searching this collection.
Searching by place or topic will be more successful than searching
by date. Often, this collection's photographs are undated or include
approximate dates.
Searches will yield more hits for locations east of the Mississippi
River. This collection contains fewer photographs of sites in the
western United States.
For help with place searches, go to the List
of Locations represented in the collection.
For more help with search words, go to Touring Turn-of-the-Century
America Subject
Index and the Synonym
List.
For help with search strategies, see Finding
Items in American Memory.
No special viewers are needed to see most of the photographs in
this collection. To see high-resolution archival quality images
you may need a special viewer. For help with viewers, go to American
Memory Viewer Information.
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