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Greece: Village Near Corinth
This photograph was taken in Greece during the Greek military junta of 1967-1974. It was a time of unrest, military rule, and violence in Greece. Smolski notes,
Duluth: Lake Superior Shore
Duluth is a port city that is a hub for various regional commodities, including ore and agricultural products. This photograph shows a road on the shore of Lake Superior and looks toward Duluth.
View of Downtown Woonsocket from Court Street Bridge
Downtown Woonsocket photographed from the Court Street Bridge which spans the Blackstone River. The largest building, just left of center, is the Main Street Lonlley building, which was built in 1890.
(date of photograph has been approximated)
Woonsocket: City Hall
Purchased from the Harris Institute in 1902, Woonsocket’s acquisition of a central administration building ended a decade long search for such a structure. The Harris Institute, which had donated the state’s first free public library in 1868, sold…
Madison Triangle (1 of 2)
Construction of public housing in Madison’s Triangle neighborhood during the 1960s. The area had previously been a largely Italian neighborhood known as Greenbush. Construction of affordable public housing in the 1960s displaced many families and…
Madison Triangle, Structure to be Demolished
A large commercial structure slated for demolition in order to make room for the Triangle redevelopment project, a federally funded urban renewal project that aimed to create affordable public housing in Madison.
Allentown: Hamilton St. Lighting and Pennsylvania Light & Power Building
The street lights on Hamilton St. were installed in 1916 and remained until the 1970s when revitalization ended up junking the ornate lamp posts. The flower bowl lamp posts were suggested by Mayor Alfred L. Reichenbach’s wife, Maude, after returning…
Allentown: Public Safety Complex, Urban Renewal
This 1965 photograph shows a newly constructed Public Safety Building that was built as part of an Urban Renewal project in the 1960s & 1970s.
El Escorial: Street View
El Escorial is named for deposits found in the area from an old foundry. This photograph shows the narrow steers and stone buildings that are typical of the area. El Escorial is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Madrid.
Delaware Memorial Bridge
The Delaware Memorial Bridge was built in two spans. The first, completed in 1951, is on the left in this photograph, is now used to carry New Jersey bound traffic on Interstate Highway 295. Originally it carried traffic in both directions, but…
London: Eaton Square
Eaton Square is actually a long narrow square west of Buckingham Palace in Belgravia, a district of Central London. Most of Belgravia was developed, under the supervision of Thomas Cubitt, when George IV commissioned the rebuilding of Buckingham…
Snowshill: Cotswold Stone Houses
Snowshill, pronounced “Snozill”, is a village located on “the edge” of the Cotswolds, a range of hills in England (This England, 148). The area is designated an Area of Natural Beauty (AONB), which is considered to be equivalent to the status of a…
Rouen: Tight Housing
This photograph shows the density and variety of housing in Rouen, a famous and historic city in France. In the medieval period it was one of the largest cities. Today it is is the capital of the Haute-Normadie region and home to many historic sites…
Zaragoza: Narrow Street Scene
Zaragoza is an old city whose collective architecture is a pastiche of Roman ruins, Islamic palaces, cathedrals and pst-modern architecture. This photograph shows narrow streets and historic buildings typical to Zaragoza (Saragossa in English). The…
Rio de Janeiro: Contrasting Architecture
This photograph shows contrasting styles of architecture in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Here we see a row of 19th century buildings on Rua Acre with the modernist twenty two story building, The Night, at the end of the street. The older buildings are…
Bellinzona Street Scene Switzerland
Bellinzona is a city in Switzerland famous for it’s three castles. It’s location at the foot of the Alps made it a strategic point for fortification since the Roman Empire. This photograph shows a street scene in Bellinzona during the late 1960s.
Dornhausen: City Beautification [Germany]
Dornhausen is a municipality in Bovaria, Germany. This 1969 photograph shows the church on main road 13. This small village had a population of 232 in a 2010 census.
Notable in this 1969 photograph are the flower beds lining the road, which were…
Saint Petersburg: Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood
Following the assassination of Alexander the II in 1881, his heir, Alexander III, commissioned the building of this cathedral to memorialize his father. The design, carried out by Alfred Parland, draws heavily from St. Basil in Moscow. Following the…
Saint Petersburg: Cathedral of Saint Isaac of Dalmatia
While multiple versions of St. Isaac Cathedral had been attempted in the 18th century none had been completed to specification. At the beginning of the 19th century Alexander I commissioned this final, and much more grand vision of the Saint Isaac's…
Shady Street in Calheta
A shady cobblestone street in Calheta is lined on both sides by stone houses. Calheta is a small coastal village on Maio.
Shady Street in Nova Sintra
Nova Sintra, a community of seven "praças" or squares because of the hilly terrain. Here a cobblestone street is divided and shaded by large trees. The sides of the roads are lined with Hibiscus trees.
Ribeira Brava: Garden & Path
Ground level view of a garden in Ribiera Brava. Believed to be the same garden pictured in slide CV81197.
Man with Livestock in Ribeira Grande
A man with livestock in Ribeira Grande stands by his automobile. Ribeira Grande, known locally as Povoaçao, is known for it's cobbled streets. The steep grade at which the building ascend the nearby mountains is due to it's location between the…