Spotlight: American Cities

by Kelsey Noel, posted in Graphic Materials, Photo of the Week, Photographs

This week’s images are streetscapes of American cities from 1917 and 1918. Images were pulled from RG 4-G: U.S.Food Administration. Do you recognize any of these places? Can you imagine walking along these streets during WWI?

 

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Unknown City (4-G-29-75)
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Palace Hotel, Cincinnati, Ohio (4-G-29-29)
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Sign Day, Washington, DC (4-G-29-110B)
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Red Cross Headquarters, Chicishaw (sic), Oklahoma (4-G-29-47)
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Colonial Theater, Richmond, Virginia (4-G-29-76)
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Unknown City (4-G-29-7)
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Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio (4-G-29-66)
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City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (4-G-29-3)
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Balto (sic), Maryland (4-G-25-3)
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Slate St., Albany, New York (4-G-25-2)
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N.Y. City – Longacre Sq (4-G-26-6)

 

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Kress & Co., Houston (?), Texas (4-G-29-108)

For more on WWI era food rationing, see “Spotlight: War Time Candies” and “Spotlight: Baking in WWI.“

4 thoughts on “Spotlight: American Cities”

  2. I believe Unknown City (4-G-29-7) is the City Hall in Philadelphia, PA, viewed possibly from Market Street (east) side. It’s in the French Second Empire style just like the Old Executive Office Building in DC.
    I also believe Unknown City (4-G-29-75) might be a torn-down building in Philadelphia because Kaier Co. was a brewing company based in eastern Pennsylvania.

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