The Earliest Photographs of the United States of America: Part 1 (1840's)

[@Chubachus]

Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGqQqougrq6GocU The earliest 3D photos of the United States: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3yvp2Ctfalol5o

[@billsamuls7620]

looks the same as england does now

[@bracken1000]

Black and white photos make the past look dreary but the reality is that it was just as colorful as it is today. Trees were green, the sky was blue, and tomatoes were red.

[@joeymama4666]

Jason Smedley Nuh uh, Walt Disney invented color in 1929. Before that everything was grey.

[@justjess-zl3pm]

Ummmm I'm sorry but no shit dude. Lol did u really think u needed to remind us that the sky was actually blue and grass and trees green? ROFL

[@BamberdittoPingpong]

And people did not dress in all black.

[@HawkinaBox]

I always think about that.

[@meem1731]

People didn't understood your metaphor

[@cmay878]

in a time when taking a photograph was an event.

[@cacatr4495]

Yes.

[@pezzi3277]

C May yes 😀

[@ianclarke5404]

And you didn't have to ID yourself

[@MiguelHernandez-rw4xu]

True that, up until 40 years ago

[@Raftheeditor]

It's an event for boys

[@FORRESTJASPER]

When I was a kid in the 1970's, I bought a book published in 1816, at a flea market. Inside one of the pages, I found part of a very ancient ticket stub to a 'dance' ball with a tiny green fragment of a stenciled/printed woman in a huge hoop skirt.

[@wokeeye6441]

Addisons' Spectator? Johnson's Tattler? The Works of Oliver Goldsmith? The Vicar of Wakefield? Johnson's lives of the poets?

[@mrmann5053]

@@wokeeye6441 why are you saying all that?

[@westcarter3862]

..Take it to Either and or Both'.. Antique's Roadshow and Pawn Stars Rick Harrison'.. But NOT TO CHUMLEE !! 😹

[@chriss1519]

Is it ok if I have more than 2 seconds to look at the photo?

[@ahmoseh3718]

@Macho Man when I push pause my screen darkens the pic

[@xpeeriments6452]

Christopher Milo no it is not sorry

[@qworky902]

Yeah, it was way too fast

[@oveidasinclair982]

It's called the pause button, lower left hand corner of the video and when you're done looking at the picture you can click it one more time and the video restarts where it left off at. Modern technology, isn't it wonderful Milo.

[@markwarren7116]

You know how to pause the video?

[@dtadeo2006]

the frikkin captions stays on longer than the pics!!

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

You can slow the speed down in the settings a tad if you want.

[@oiudatropen9548]

this is not very well done.

[@pobunny508]

And on the eighth day, God created the pause button.

[@charlesronk2989]

That is what I thought. I could look at eachphoto for a few minutes. Heck they are only up for a few seconds.

[@johnstanton5164]

Would love to time travel.....Just imagine......

[@cacatr4495]

***** You mean: Nevermind. Not Nevermine.

[@johnstanton5164]

+CA Catr .....No....He meant...nevermine....you silly boy.

[@GamePlayWithNolan]

I would go to the 1800's and just be like, "Sup, I got some inventions, this is a refrigerator, I just call it a fridge, this is a cell phone, I just call it a phone, this is a television set, I just call it tv or hd tv, this is my Lamborghini, I just call it lambo, this is my computer, but I just call it pc or gaming rig, this is my trumpet, you guys already know what a trumpet is, these are my Sony headphones, I just call them headphones, and this is my drone, I just call it quad copter, I use it to get good videos of you guys and yeah, that's about it."

[@JohnnyReb]

The 1938 Gettysburg Civil War Veterans Reunion.

[@JohnnyReb]

You might win a shit load of awards from the sientific community of the 1840's.

[@martinjavinez9389]

Some Bowhead whales from that time are still alive and kicking.

[@ktkat1949]

Love photos like this. I look at the people and wonder what their lives were like and if their descendants are alive and maybe watching the photos and don't even know that they are related to them. It is hard to imagine that this took place some 15 years before the US civil war (give or take) Really fascinating.

[@irisheyesofbelfast]

Naturally they have descendants alive today.

[@mikaeladonges9102]

I always try and picture their personalities. You know the silly one, the thinker, the serious one, etc. 😍

[@mikaeladonges9102]

Especially the guys at 7:38

[@Nullybk]

Proof that slavery and shit wasn’t as ago as people make it seem it’s recent enough to be photographed.

[@karenharrison885]

I love the silence too. No annoying trashy tacky music. Adds to the reality of the past; silent.

[@joansmith6092]

The oldest American photograph taken was in 1839.

[@chewyduck1355]

Wonderful content. I love this. Would it be possible to leave the photos up for a few seconds longer so we could enjoy them properly😊

[@badgeneration2007]

pause button

[@longdogt6724]

@@badgeneration2007 annoying

[@mindofmayhem.]

The descriptions are up forever, but the actual pictures no more then 1 second. Crazy!!

[@NoCreativeNameGirl]

Looking for this comment! That was so annoying and thought only I noticed. WTF, putting up the stupid description for 10 minutes and picture for 1 second. lol

[@JostVanWair]

Pause the video when you see the photo then

[@irishtino1595]

Great photos, many of where I live. One suggestion, slow down the time between photos. I wanted to view details, but 5 seconds was frustrating. Thanks again.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

This is really awsome stuff! Some of these photos are crystal clear. And some were taken only a few years after the Alamo! Unbeliveable!

[@platter1000]

THEY ARE MOST LIKELY TOUCHED UP PHOTOS. THINK ABOUT IT

[@arias6720]

Damn you Austin and his American followers , traitor to the Mexican Government.

[@corygriffiths4394]

I have some pictures of some of my ancestors that would’ve been probably in their 40s whenever the Battle of the Alamo was because they were born in the 1780s and 1790s.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

@@corygriffiths4394 1836.

[@MichaelFay63]

Love old photos. I live in New Zealand and I'ts amazing how in such a short period the USA became so sophisticated and vigorous. Oh that we could go back further. Mustn't grumble though!

[@Happy_Potato0]

By invading middle east destroying countries for Oil and power.

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

@@Happy_Potato0 Leftist statement.

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

If time travel was ever discovered, I always thought it’d be interesting to go back 200 years and grab a couple of my great grandparents and bring them back to now and give them a tour. Their heads would probably explode.

[@rinamuliawan9905]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

@@kennewts9902 well crap, I'd better grab your great grandparents instead. They just can't talk to mine when they get back.

[@gouravtiwari5985]

I also

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

They never watched a movie.

[@cacatr4495]

They'd grieve.

[@dededenver9560]

All I can think of is how badly everyone smelled.

[@milo5524]

Ah ah! I was thinkin' the same

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

We smell the same. Our noses haven’t evolved that much in 150 years, nor learned how to use them better.

[@jejfcjsksksw1209]

Not respect our great great great grandpa or grandma

[@wolfpak8228]

Real history for the few of us left who love America

[@kimsteinke713]

Love it

[@jasonraczkowski6001]

Wolf Pak I'm a democrat and I love this country

[@RichWeigel]

Ideal of a human being LOL. OK Jim.

[@arias6720]

jim n. wei Submissive.

[@mr12aT]

Are you referring to Native Americans?

[@filip4900]

3:45 amazing quality

[@klmullins65]

Great photographs! But I do wish the images were shown longer, so we could check them out without having to pause. And maybe some music from that time period, like Steven Foster would be cool!

[@abc64pan]

One man watching early American photographs uploaded to KZbin and enjoying the experience! (2016)

[@BamberdittoPingpong]

And I'm reading your comment in the future. (2017)

[@cassidy99ful]

And I'm Reading Your comment in the Future. (July 20, 2017)

[@thecritigamer4321]

Fuck you. (9th feb, 2018)

[@MrPolandball]

Kinda even more interesting how you can actually see bit of color in these photos.

[@jeffreyd508]

I read that more pics are taken every MINUTE today than all of the 1800s. ...probably 85% selfies.....sigh..

[@tjw3999]

and in 100 years no one will give a shit

[@Chrai0n]

Duck face > Top hats and canes

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

The remaining 15% are probably worthless as well. Food, idiots at Walmart, etc.

[@HawkinaBox]

@@ALRIGHTYTHEN. But food selfies are better than stupid people selfies. lmao

[@stlbusker3025]

Well, some people take alot of selfies, but many do not. I have never taken a selfie once in my lifetime. I would suppose that if a person were insecure, they have to try and convince themselves that they have something to offer the opposite sex. Of course, if an individual is well grounded, and has a solid education, their maturity, and standing, along with their well earned fortunes, such as a nice house, automobile, and hefty bank account, will attract the opposite a whole lot faster, than trying to convince someone how attractive they are. A secure individual doesn't have time for such nonsense as taking selfies!

[@NUSORCA]

A description reading task...plz slow down in the images part

[@RedcoatsReturn]

Incredible, before our very eyes, images from 170 years ago! I would love to go back and see these things.....live!

[@ihopcsx]

Same here

[@tinydancergirl4598]

One of my most constant wishes, to be able to do that for any period in history- as long as I always knew I’d be able to get back!

[@Lord_Kratos69]

Some oldest photos are 180+ years ago thats before many technologies was invited photos and camera are too old

[@TheRhNegative]

Wow! These are utterly beautiful pictures. So fascinating. I watched this twice!!! An entirely different world just under 2 hundred years ago...

[@Keisha7612]

yes very different

[@cacatr4495]

It was an entirely different world 104 years ago.

[@Keisha7612]

CA Catr very

[@cacatr4495]

Keisha Cole​ I can relate to the era of my parent's young adulthood, the 1940's. But going further back than that, especially as far back as the Twenties, is too difficult "to see" in my mind's eye. I know things about the Twenties, but I can't relate to it, except for the tremendous economic pride the people had in their new-found affluence, and how it changed their attitudes, demeanor, and morals. That I can relate to, because it happened in the Eighties too. We thought we were "SO HOT"/"Cool"/financially empowered, and when people have that attitude, they let their false pride take their morals into the gutter. Before the Twenties, everything was different. And especially before 1912.

[@justathought973]

Duh! of course things were different but that doesn't equate to "better". Why are you so hung up on "morals" whose "morals", yours?

[@swampratsrants501]

Wow. This is now one of my favorite videos ever. Thank you for keeping history alive.

[@corygriffiths4394]

A few of my ancestors that I have pictures of would’ve been old whenever these photos were taken because they were born in the 1780s.

[@bentleyr00d]

One thing Americans seem to have lost is a certain aesthetic sensibility. In old photos like these, homes and other buildings are almost always symmetrical (or at least balanced) in their fenestration, and they're generally neat and we'll kept.

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

They didn’t have you tube to consume all their time.

[@htown2898]

The beer cans are symmetric on my street

[@BamberdittoPingpong]

The architecture and fashion was definitely more fancy and better looking than what we have today.

[@automnejoy5308]

I have no clue what you are talking about. New buildings and homes today are symmetrical to a robotic degree. I can't think of a single new building that is asymmetrical. We can argue style, but symmetry? You're wrong.

[@kkarllwt]

Fenestration. I know, what is the point of having an education unless you use it once in a while.

[@seanmc7128]

I'd love to go back and see in person how things really were back then

[@bracken1000]

At 7:38, you can see that young men in the 1840's had long hair. Long hair on men was common then. In fact, much more common than today.

[@bruceduece1]

Daguerreotypes can reveal remarkable detail. I have a small collection, and when I show them to people, I put them under a powerful magnifying glass. They are more precise than a digital photo. Magnify them enough and you can see button holes and even the pores on peoples skins. Photography has improved through the years, but the very first ones produced the greatest detail!

[@Frodojack]

+bruceduece1 I was noticing how the background was as sharp and detailed as the foreground. If we could only get modern security photography to be that detailed, think of all the crimes that could be solved!

[@cacatr4495]

Frodojack Off-topic: you wouldn't have to solve so many crimes if you just taught people and their youngsters MORALS.

[@Frodojack]

CA Catr That goes without saying, but often even when taught morals they don't necessarily listen.

[@cacatr4495]

Frodojack The social pressure (sometimes called "the social girdle") that used to be in place that helped people adhere to morals is now gone. -- That goes without saying too.

[@Frodojack]

CA Catr And when kids go to college their morals get thrown under bus anyways.

[@ChildOL]

Also, never seen so many people wearing top hats before

[@dennythomas8887]

they were the "baseball caps" of the period. ;-p

[@shadygrady3030]

Great photos! I suggest you upload this with accompanying music of the period.

[@ososwamp]

The odors of that era were probably awful.

[@lephilosopheinconnu3952]

@T OB Ok. When was the time when people would throw feces and garbage to the streets ?

[@raymondbarr4854]

@DuncanAndFriends Pranks 9o

[@caspence56]

Everyone smelled the same, so it probably didn't matter and probably wasn't as noticeable.

[@wanderinghistorian]

Everywhere probably just smelled like a farm with lots of livestock. I grew up on one. You get used to the smells. To this day I'm not bothered by the smell of any animal we raised when I was growing up - but if it's an animal we didn't raise - the smell bothers me.

[@ryann8680]

no worse than a bunch of hippies

[@wholeNwon]

Some of the locations in Phila. were still recognizable when I lived there.

[@regandevereaux5079]

Wow! What an amazing collection. Thank you so much for gathering /composing /posting these wonderful frozen windows into our country's past. The Frederick Douglas with the Abolitionists at convention was very special. I know he was born in rural, eastern Maryland, where one can still visit his birthplace & farmhouse. In your picture (daguerreotype?) he looks remarkably Native American. I wonder if anyone has done a serious genetic-ancestral history of Frederick Douglas' family? Thanks again! Regan Devereaux

[@deniset2115]

At 5:43 the man standing behind Fredrick Douglas is Quaker abolitionist and humanitarian Levi Coffin aka Grandfather of the Underground Railroad. Also notice the Quaker women, it appears to be a notable Quaker Monthly Meeting.

[@omegaman1409]

I have seen civil war pictures but these predate that. I can only imagine 180 years ago the place where I live was a wilderness. Remarkable.

[@marcbarber2209]

I see dead people

[@tomitstube]

lol, you only see their preserved image.

[@annodomini7887]

Of course their dead you fucking idiot!!!

[@jerrytheracecardriver1100]

+ANNO DOMINI it's a movie quote, I just forget what movie.

[@ettydavis]

Marc Barber Oh my......you say that every time.

[@pseudonymshqipe854]

The Sixth Sense lol

[@thefreedomlass]

Amazing journey through time.

[@wdd3141]

What's remarkable to me is that while photography began in the 1820s in France, by 1850 apparently photosensitive emulsions were sensitive enough to take pictures even of animals that were in motion, without a blur of motion. Not much earlier, photographic plates had to be left exposing for hours to preserve an image, and people couldn't be photographed.

[@billbrimmer1739]

I'm happy to be living in this modern era.

[@nymuseum4918]

I agree. Do not now have the same levels of diseases, concentrated political power, widespread gang power, inherited social placement by birth as the only means to education military and political power, ad nauseam

[@jeffreyd508]

All eras were modern for their day. This era is an 8 track 200 years from now. Jealous of people 30,000+ years from now. Imagine being able to see vids and pics from that long ago!

[@eloyex]

very smart comment Mr !!! my dad lost his mother when kid for a terrible outbreak ... saw the war. the famine in europe. Had to emigrate with no money at all and had a terrible time for many years. He thinks like you.. He is 85 He say modern times, are by FAR better than the best old times. a true believer of the future.

[@martinezroger9862]

Mr McMahon ,FDR proved that Socialism destroys a third world country! Know your history!

[@whiff1962]

None Given Your history of America at the time, with notions of "concentrated political power" (whatever that is supposed to communicate), "widespread" gang power, etc., is no more true for then, as it is, today, with a federal govt. that has grown many fold, and which controls more of our lives than ever before. Moreover, America had never been about "inherited social placement", like it was in the old world, with its class system.

[@patriotares]

Windows to the past.

[@grifce]

love historic photo but you move to fast through to the next you dont have time to really look at them

[@aaronhurst4379]

You can pause the video to look at the photos for longer

[@thewiseone629]

grifce There's a pause button ya know lol

[@shantolion1576]

Slowdown the speed

[@IrisBatDavid]

Nice! It would be really cool if you could compare "past and present" if some of those streets or buildings still exist. A few have been done from Gettysburg ambro/dags...really nice, too.

[@platter1000]

THAT IS EASY ENOUGH TO DO. SOMEONE JUST NEEDS TO TAKE SOME MODERN DAY PHOTOS AND PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE BUT WHO HAS THE TIME THESE DAYS

[@irisheyesofbelfast]

The St. Louis photos I can vouch that those buildings still exist and I live right around the corner from that first St. Louis photo. How cool to see that! I'm an RN and kind of slammed at work right now, but next off day if it isn't raining I will try to get photos of those same areas and show comparisons in a video.

[@albertmiller3082]

Fascinating photos...the descriptions were onscreen at LEAST 2x as long as the actual images they describe. The photos are the point, & should have been visible 3x longer than they were. I did not need to spend seven minutes reading descriptions for images onscreen for three minutes total.

[@ba1696]

bla bla bla, just enjoy the work the op has put into this vid

[@albertmiller3082]

@@ba1696 constructive input from one is “blah blah blah” to another. As you will, Pilgrim.

[@scotnick59]

"fascinating" would be an understatement here!

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

A moment in time frozen forever. Absolutely brilliant thanks.

[@MrUndersolo]

And this is how you tell a nation’s story...

[@ballinglikechoji6558]

@0:20 I skateboard on that street weekly and it's so damn weird to think that I skateboard where every president and lawmaker has walked...

[@dennythomas8887]

From a time when a mans word was his bond, and many deals were completed on a handshake. And how would I know? I'm an old fart and my great grandfather (who was around back then) and my grandfather had many great story's of the "good old days" My great grandfather was a German immigrent and made the journey from New York to Texas then a few years later to California by wagon train. Loved listening to him tell the tales of what once was.

[@rayjr62]

LMAO. You really don't believe that 19th century folklorish crap, do you? Like all the treaties we made with native Americans, only to re-neg on our "words" later on? And let's not forget the robber Barron and the massive corruption that existed in the banking industry. What a load of shit. Man, put down the crack pipe and take off that tin foil hat.

[@akramkomeni309]

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[@akramkomeni309]

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[@pavelow67]

stupid

[@joeymama4666]

Tysons Accosta The government broke almost every treaty they made with Indians. The fact no one ever points out, though, is that the Indians broke most of the treaties they'd agreed to as well

[@KitKat24531]

Look at all those buildings, Roman architecture. A day when you could walk down the street without getting mugged or murdered. All that beautiful white culture!

[@savedbygodsgrace.9058]

Thank you for sharing. .i enjoyed it. .

[@cancergurl6998]

Imagine seeing yourself in a past life in an old photo.

[@musgrave6886]

...superbly crafted presentation of how people really looked like 160+ years ago...i'm most fascinated with 1840s photos because they are so rare & eerie...

[@uncleruckus1160]

Future Marine if you're a person of color you wouldn't 😂

[@josephineroe8424]

uncle ruckus Frederick Douglass and other black people are pictured here, and they actually appear relatively happy.

[@bobbyfrancis8957]

My 1938 big penny is older than these photos...

[@bobbyfrancis8957]

I meant 1838...

[@henryosborne7052]

uncle ruckus Man, You’re obsessed

[@tymesho]

imagine the sheer enthusiasm of knowing your part of a great new "beginning"....

[@Lord_Kratos69]

100years before ww2 80years before ww1 180years ago now Before many 19th and 20th century technologies was invited Photography and camera are too insanely old!

[@paintinganimalsonrocks7633]

Thank you. ( A little slower, please?)

[@davidk6271]

Very interesting but it scrolls too fast

[@MPresheva]

So, the first photo-camera appeared to be in Philadephia.

[@cherylhutchinson2206]

Almost everybody in the pictures were men.

[@snowdog03]

Busy at house work.

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

I don’t like where this thread is headed.

[@Kinobambino]

@@ALRIGHTYTHEN. it headed to you.

[@jimbarr4606]

Cheryl hutchinson I paused the clip to do some quick research on Tom Thumb and found a description of how elaborate his grave was. He outlived his wife some 35 years but she was buried next to him. Her tombstone supposedly simply said “his wife”.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Well, it was still very much 'a man's world.' Women voting for anything was nicely into a far future; the 'communal imperative' as set to EVERYTHING EXTANT, was nowhere in-sight. The horror Amendments that led to taxation on one's labor for God's sake; female voting (i.e. dictating, because in-the-majority number's-wise); plus, the establishment of a central banking scheme to transfer wealth earned by labor to it's foreign ownership plus, all manner of other monstrosities leading to our present nightmare of year 2021, was THEN yet-to-be passed into suicidal law! Soon, very soon, this is to be the very remedy to it: "Where Law fails, Necessity rules." Buckle-up Establishment! YOU slime are to inherit the wildest of wild-winds ever and, NO mercy shall accrue unto you, you undeserving wickedness. (Best believe it!) +|+

[@Michael-it6gb]

These are the photos I'm interested in finding. Mostly we see Photographs of portraits where the person sat for 40 seconds from 1840s. Here we see a glimpse of the past captured on a regular street of that time. It's amazing. Great video.

[@leod-sigefast]

6:18 a bunch of lads. What the fuck are you looking at! Great pictures!

[@maxbluto]

Very impressed by the picture quality

[@cathyburns750]

Beautiful old pictures of a simpler time. Thank you so much for sharing! Really interesting!

[@jaskoe1]

So cool!

[@edgarallanpoe1822]

Unbelievable that’s incredible how daguerreotype footage can be that handy and US at that remote period of time so fabulous

[@Lord_Kratos69]

This is just too crazy i knew that cameras were in like 1890 But 1840?!

[@lisathuban8969]

Nice job! I have not seen many of these photos.

[@robinblankenship9234]

It is really daunting to see the reality of what people were able and willing to do in the way of construction of buildings in a time before electric power equipment, precise measuring devices and other necessary items.

[@nayah9423]

Check out JonLevi KZbin videos and find out!

[@bm.3759]

No music, photos on left for 3-4 seconds. I don’t know. Not an enjoyable video.

[@braddelany6234]

at 9:23, obviously New Hay, South Carolina

[@wandacarpenter4555]

Thank you for sharing these beautiful photos!!!❤

[@suzycreamchez123]

Cool vid, but please next time pause longer okkn the photos. Give us a chance to really look at them. Thanks

[@renancamara558]

captions= 10 seconds photos= 2 seconds really????????

[@mikes6281]

Slow it down!

[@reginahagel6035]

7:03..anyone notice his height???against an elephant whith huge tusks???

[@opalfishsparklequasar8663]

I freaking LOVE this stuff, man. I CRAVE it.

[@jamesmiller4184]

Then, it's the time machine for you!

[@kjellhl1975]

If I had a time machine; I Would go back in the times with no cameras just to take pictures of them. I wonder what people 200 years ago or more would say if I did selfies with my phone :)

[@n.i.t.f919]

Kjelly Lund hey ! Sir may I ask ! What is that odd object in your hands ?

[@BrandonLeeDani5]

they would probably try to kill you

[@ALRIGHTYTHEN.]

They’d probably ask you where you’re going to charge it.

[@htown2898]

They would call you a witch or demon,then burn you at the stake! Take extra plutonium and be ready to bail if you go back in time !

[@kentuckylady2990]

Amazing

[@xg6hpyk]

I was disappointed at how few pictures there were of women and the ones that were in photos were part of family groups. It was as if women weren't important enough to have their images preserved

[@matildabond..2390]

I would like a time machine,to visit certain events in time,there are so many .

[@irisheyesofbelfast]

Ha! I just said similar right above your comment. Did you ever think there would be a time in which we had access to the entire world right in the palm of our hands?

[@todd8781]

1:05 Hill Valley Clock Tower

[@s1234pro]

I love the fashions. Those hats!

[@maxsalazar8222]

These are remarkable. Sometimes I like to imagine, what if videos of these people or even the Civil War were taken on an iPhone in Full HD. Obviously it didn't exist but just imagine all these 1840s-1860s pictures in High Definition Like we do today ..

[@castorkat4868]

The text is on screen longer than the picture itself ....Geeeeeez

[@roderickshelton1011]

So I guess this was way before Ellis Island...imagine that..

[@kenb.1829]

I was hoping for random photos of young men standing on street corners, singing acepella, longing for a doo wop career. Oh, wait. Wrong century.

[@marialuisalopez511]

JUST GREAT..... BUT SOME ....MUSIC...PLEASE

[@Dani92670]

I used to go into Girard bank with my mother as a toddler in the early 70s and it makes me sad they destroyed all of the old buildings on purpose, to keep the truth from us.

[@nayah9423]

Roger That Check out JonLevi KZbin videos and find out!

[@garymorris1856]

It is fascinating and wonderful to view these photos from over 170 years ago. Thank you for posting this

[@moonglow1311]

A little less time on the captions and More on the photos

[@patgreenfield405]

Flipping the pictures too fast

[@trishexploring1508]

It goes too fast. You got time to read it but not enough time to look at the pictures

[@robbybonfire9944]

Amazing - no internet, no telephone, no TV, no autos, no tattoos, no McDonald's on every corner, no inflated currency, no indoor plumbing, plus the railroads and steamship lines were king. My great grandfather made a fortune investing in them - 50 million tax free dollars estate in 1900.

[@wanderinghistorian]

There were tattoos. It's just putting ink under the skin. Primitive man was able to create tattoos. Granted very few of these white people had any. The native Americans had tattoos, though. Also, while 99% didn't have indoor plumbing, the richest class from times going back as far as ancient Rome had indoor plumbing and running water. In general the sentiment is correct, though.

[@gasaholic47]

The canal lock looks exactly like the type used along the Erie Canal I live in Syracuse, and Rochester prior to that, and these types of locks are a common sight along parts of the canal.

[@josephineroe8424]

True, but they would have been built considerably earlier.

[@harryjames3905]

The Tioga train at six minutes and 54 seconds of the video is on Richmond Street in Philadelphia south or east of Allegheny Avenue.

[@BrandyTexas214]

We did a family tree and one of the ancestors fought in that war.. he survived.. 2:03

[@blackbuck1000]

Older the photos, grander the dress

[@letsplay3728]

Imagine our 4k HD photos will resemble these in about 150 years... If planet Terra is still around.