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Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of Benten Street in Yokohama, Japan. On the reverse side of the postcard, Charles C. Meyers writes of the silk stores on this street, including the George Washington Silk Shop.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Entrance to Benti Dora street. On this street is the leading silk store of the city–Geo. Washingtons store, where you can get silk goods at a surprisingly low price.”
This postcard shows a street lined with palm trees in Rio de Janeiro. A figure walks with a small animal in the middle of the street. Charles C. Myers adds, in a comment, that he feels that the many palm trees add to the city’s beauty.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Another one of the fine driveways, along the shady lane leading to the residence of the President of Brazil.”
This postcard shows a view of a palm tree-lined street in Rio de Janeiro. Many carriages drive down the road. A wide path with frequent benches runs parallel to the road, with people both resting on the benches and walking down the path. This postcard was created by gluing a photograph to the front of a different postcard, as indicated by a crossed-out description on the back.
1911
Postcard showing a view of a street with buildings on either side and a cobblestone road in Punta Arenas, Chile. Charles C. Myers notes that the street is well paved.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “One of the streets of the city which is well paved with rough cobblestones of various sizes.”
Postcard showing the Avenida de las Delicias in Santiago, Chile. Charles C. Myers describes the middle of the road features a wide walkway used by pedestrians.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “By rail one reaches Santiago almost unexpectedly. After leaving Llai-Llai, which is the highest village in the Andes Mts., where they detach the two extra engines that helped pull the train up the long steep grade from Valparaiso, to say the least the descent is rapid and exciting, thru a more or less barren section rough and rocky, when suddenly the train enters between two long and high walls and only a few minutes you find your self at the station and looking down this long and wide street which is the most beautiful boulevard in the city. As you here see this street has a wide promenade in the middle while the street car tracks and wide driveways are on either side. There are several statues along this promenade that have been erected in honor of the heroes of their country and the war of independence of 1910. Among them are the statues of San Martin, O’Higgins, Molina, Carrera and others of equal fame.”
Postcard featuring a colored photograph of Isesaki Cho Street in Yokohama, Japan. On the reverse side of the postcard, Charles C. Myers writes this is one of many narrow streets in the city.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Showing one of the streets in the city on ordinary occasions.”
Postcard with a colored picture of a decorated street in Asakusa Park, Tokyo. On the reverse side of the postcard, Charles C. Myers mentions that while this street is “wide and beautiful,” most streets are narrow.
In Charles C. Myers’s own words, “Showing one of the profusely decorated streets in the shopping vicinity. While many of the streets are narrow, there are other streets that are wide and beautiful and have excellent electric car service and fine business houses.
Uncle Sam stands on a sidewalk, holding wads of dollars. The street is lined with stores and shops offering goods from several European countries, and above each shop is a sign that gives the dollar amount of goods “Sold to Uncle Sam” in the previous year. On the street are representatives from “Austria, Italy, France, Germany, Russia, [and] England (John Bull),” hailing Uncle Sam. A penniless man labeled “Spain” is standing in the middle of the street. Caption: After careful consideration Europe seems inclined to admit that Uncle Sam is right – and a good customer.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-06-22
In a crowded outdoor scene, possibly in “Times” Square, Japanese paper lanterns are hanging and almost everyone is wearing Japanese-style clothing. Among the porters, street vendors, and street railroad conductors are depicted Jay “Gould,” H. O. “Thompson,” Charles A. “Dana,” Whitelaw “Reid,” Benjamin F. Butler, “Bergh,” Elizabeth Cady “Stanton,” Joseph “Pulitzer,” Samuel J. “Tilden,” Thomas De Witt “Talmage,” William M. “Evarts,” and “Grace, Murray, [and] Barrett,” and Marcus “Daly,” along with Puck holding his lithographic pencil.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1886-01-13
Uncle Sam walks down a street in an unsavory neighborhood, with signs for such establishments as “Railroad Pool Parlor $1000.00 an Hour,” “Flim-Flam Bar,” “Impure Food Café ‘Coaltar & Glucose prop. Regular Adulterated Dinner 25 cents’,” “Harriman’s Place ‘All 5¢ Drinks 10 cents’,” “Rockefeller’s Rest ‘Free Hot Guff All Day’,” and even a sign for “Chop Suey.” Caption: His New Year resolution.
Surely one of Frank A. Nankivell’s best-drawn cartoons for Puck, this arresting cover drawing, with eye-catching perspective and a personality-intense Uncle Sam, is as much about the previous several years in America as it is about a “New Year Resolution.”
Photograph of Main Street in Watford City, North Dakota, with a Model A Ford in the foreground; located 14 miles north of the northern unit of the Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area (SP-7) in western North Dakota. Picture is part of a photograph collection in a binder kept by Chandler D. Fairbank, a foreman at the northern unit of the Roosevelt Recreational Demonstration Area in western North Dakota.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
1936-1937