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Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Horse Drawn Covered Wagon

Horse Drawn Covered Wagon
A 10-horse team pulls covered wagons down the main street of Helena, Montana, in June 1870 after the discovery of gold there in 1864

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Carriages Traveling Along Main Street in Peking

Carriages Traveling Along Main Street in Peking

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Girls with Loaves of Bread

Girls with Loaves of Bread
Two small girls in a New York slum sit on a stairway and clutch a giant bread loaf and pretzel, 1890

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Tartar Peddlers

Tartar Peddlers

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: People Strolling Along the Brooklyn Bridge

People Strolling Along the Brooklyn Bridge
Men and women stroll along the promenade deck of the Brooklyn Bridge

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: New York Children and Organ Grinder

New York Children and Organ Grinder
Children in New York join hands to dance to the tune of an organ grinder, 1900s

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Crowded Life On Mulberry Street

Crowded Life On Mulberry Street
(Original Caption) Mulberry Street in New York City ca, 1900, crowded with life. Photograph

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Color Print Showing the Corner of Liberty and William Streets After Daniel Carter Beard

Color Print Showing the Corner of Liberty and William Streets After Daniel Carter Beard
COLONIAL DAYS IN NEW YORK CITY. CORNER OF LIBERTY & WILLIAMS STREETS. AFTER A WASH DRAWING BY D. BEARD

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C. by Francis Guy

Tontine Coffee House, N.Y.C. by Francis Guy
(Original Caption) Tontine Coffee House, famed trading center, northwest corner of Wall and Water Streets, New York City

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Children Staging Red Cross First Aid Drill During World War I

Children Staging Red Cross First Aid Drill During World War I
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: First Aid Red Cross Drill staged by children during World War I

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Customer Receiving an Ice Cream Soda From the Soda Jerk

Customer Receiving an Ice Cream Soda From the Soda Jerk
(Original Caption) The American soda fountain. Genre stereoscope

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Teenage Boy and Girl on Hopi Pueblo

Teenage Boy and Girl on Hopi Pueblo
(Original Caption) Arizona: Moqui (Moki) Settlement. A view from Tequa toward Moqui. Undated photograph

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Trading Post in Nome

Trading Post in Nome
(Original Caption) Nome, AK: Gold gate Store selling furs and curios

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Algerian Falconer Holding Falcon on his Head

Algerian Falconer Holding Falcon on his Head
(Original Caption) Portrait of an Algerian falconer with a falcon on his head. Undated photograph

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Women Talking While Fetching Water at Fountain

Women Talking While Fetching Water at Fountain
THE FOUNTAIN. SHOWS WOMEN FETCHING WATER.UNDATED ENGRAVING

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Sailing Ships at New Orleans Levees

Sailing Ships at New Orleans Levees
A woodcut of the New Orleans levees by Charles Graham for Harper's Weekly, April 5, 1884, from a sketch created by J.O. Davidson

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Steamboats at Port of New Orleans

Steamboats at Port of New Orleans
Steamboats line the docks at New Orleans on the Mississippi River to load and unload cargo

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Woodcut of the First Burlington Meeting House

Woodcut of the First Burlington Meeting House
Burlington, NJ: First Friends Meeting House, Burlington, New Jersey. Undated woodcut

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Children Under Umbrella During Rainstorm

Children Under Umbrella During Rainstorm
(Original Caption) "The Shower". Children in a rainstorm.(Metzger Children) Model release availableBPA2# 5079

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Two Teenagers After School

Two Teenagers After School
(Original Caption) Teenagers after school; Bob Steel and Eleanor Grisell. Undated Photo

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Milkman Leaving Milk Bottle on Doorstep

Milkman Leaving Milk Bottle on Doorstep
(Original Caption) The milkman leaving milk on the doorstep. Model: W.T. Donnelly. Undated photograph

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: African American Banjo Strummer

African American Banjo Strummer
An elderly African American man plays his banjo on his front porch

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Boy Examining Old Water Pump

Boy Examining Old Water Pump
A boy examines an old water pump along Edgen Street in New York City

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: State Street Packed with Pedestrians in Chicago

State Street Packed with Pedestrians in Chicago
(Original Caption) A view of crowded State Street, north from Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois: "One of the busiest streets in the world."

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Eskimo Boys Selling Handmade Baskets

Eskimo Boys Selling Handmade Baskets
(Original Caption) 1904-Teller, AK: The Klondike Goldrush. Eskimo handmade baskets, Teller, Alaska, with two native Eskimo boys. Photograph by F. H. Nowell, 1904

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: African American Girls Hanging from Gym Bars

African American Girls Hanging from Gym Bars
(Original Caption) Gymnastics class at an African American girls seminary. Photograph, 1906

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Young Woman Speaking into Telephone

Young Woman Speaking into Telephone
(Original Caption) 1907: A young woman speaks into a telephone

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Couple Taking Morning Stroll

Couple Taking Morning Stroll
(Original Caption) Society at Hot Springs, Virginia, October 27, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Morse, off for a morning stroll

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Portrait of Newsboy (10-12 years) Selling Papers on Park Row

Portrait of Newsboy (10-12 years) Selling Papers on Park Row, New York City, New York State, USA. January 01, 1916

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: View Of William Street In New York

View Of William Street In New York
(Original Caption) 12/18/1919-New York

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Children Posing for Photographer

Children Posing for Photographer
(Original Caption) Children posing for a tintype photographer on a New York City Street. Photograph, ca. 1920s

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: New York Public Library and 42nd Street

New York Public Library and 42nd Street
(Original Caption) 1922-New York, NY: New York Public Library at 5th Avenue and 42nd Street

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Haynes Chevrolet Outside Sunkist Plant

Haynes Chevrolet Outside Sunkist Plant
(Original Caption) California: With the Haynes Chevrolet car in California

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Horse Drawn Buggies Outside the Homestead Resort

Horse Drawn Buggies Outside the Homestead Resort
(Original Caption) At Hot Springs, VA. Automobiles are all but forgotten at Hot Springs

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: People Watching Dismantling of Railroad Tracks

People Watching Dismantling of Railroad Tracks
(Original Caption) Famous Brighton Beach scenic railway is torn down

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Young Children with Cigar

Young Children with Cigar
(Original Caption) Philippines: La Tabac Grande. The kids of the Philippines are born smokers. They take to a cigar just like kids of other countries take to a bottle

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Montmartre

Montmartre
The Cathedral Sacre-Coeur which crowns the Butte dominating all Paris and gazing austerely down upon the frivolities and working of the Montmartre sojourners

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Montmartre

Montmartre
The hustle and bustle of the famous Rue Lepic, the center of Montmartre, the street around which the opera Louise was written

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Montmartre

Montmartre
The hustle and bustle of the famous Rue Lepic, the center of Montmartre, the street around which the opera Louise was written

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Woman and Pet Poodle Get Hair Permanents

Woman and Pet Poodle Get Hair Permanents
Two Attendants give permanent waves to a woman and her pet poodle

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Parked Cars Along La Salle Street

Parked Cars Along La Salle Street
Chicago, Illinois-La Salle Street, looking North from Van Buren

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Apartment Complex Where Charles Lindbergh Lived

Apartment Complex Where Charles Lindbergh Lived
An exterior view of the Congressional apartments, not far from the Capitol, where Charles Lindbergh lived while in high school when his father was a congressman

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong

Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong
View of Des Voeux Road in Hong Kong

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Patrons at La Playa Beach Cafe

Patrons at La Playa Beach Cafe
(Original Caption) Havana, Cuba: They Dine Under The Sky In Havana. White clouds drifting lazily in an azure heaven, is the ceiling for these diners at the exclusive La Playa Beach, in Havana, Cuba

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Little White House

Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the Little White House
With the end of his "after campaign rest" just a day away, President elect Franklin D

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Sidewalk Scene in Harlem

Sidewalk Scene in Harlem
Pedestrians stroll down a sidewalk on a summer day in Harlem, New York, New York, 1935

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Street vendor with household appliances, New York City, New York State, USA. 1936

Street vendor with household appliances, New York City, New York State, USA. 1936
(Original Caption) Itinerant salesman with horse and wagon selling household equipment: pots, pans, brushes, in a New York City Street. Photograph, 1936

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Father Divine's Grocery Store in Harlem

Father Divine's Grocery Store in Harlem
Pedestrians walk past the storefront of Father Divine's Delicatessen Grocery and Vegetable Store

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Seminole Indians Making Thatched Hut

Seminole Indians Making Thatched Hut
Billie Osceola makes a thatched hut for a festival in Miami, Florida

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Man Shaving in Bathroom

Man Shaving in Bathroom
(Original Caption) Herbert Mears poses as he shaves his face in front of mirror. Undated photograph

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Woman Combing Her Hair

Woman Combing Her Hair
(Original Caption) A young woman seated at dresser combs her hair. Undated photograph

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Girls Seated on Bench at Marina

Girls Seated on Bench at Marina
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Woman Hanging Clothes to Dry on Docks

Woman Hanging Clothes to Dry on Docks
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Clothes Drying on a Line

Clothes Drying on a Line
(Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Woman Embroidering Cloth

Woman Embroidering Cloth
From a big ball of yarn laying in her lap, an elderly woman embroiders a design onto a cloth frock

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Boy in Telephone Booth Doodling on Blackboard

Boy in Telephone Booth Doodling on Blackboard
(Original Caption) 3/19/1941-West Orange, NJ: Robert Heywood, student at the Carteret School for boys makes a phone call in the school's booth in an atmosphere of spring telephone doodlers

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Weaving At Hull House

Weaving At Hull House
(Original Caption) 3/21/1941- Chicago, IL: Weaving together at Hull House. Wives as well as husbands learn in the workshops of Hull House that democracy means getting along with one another

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Harry Truman And Wife Shopping at Produce Stand

Harry Truman And Wife Shopping at Produce Stand
Sen. and Mrs. Harry Truman S. Truman learn from clerk Joseph Wood, that OPA maximum price regulations went into effect, allowing 2 pounds of bananas to sell for 19 cents

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: People Shopping at a General Store

People Shopping at a General Store
(Original Caption) 7/27/1944-Stow, MA- Among the institutions that are gradually disappearing from the American scene in this modern age is the general store

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Baby Playing in Washtub

Baby Playing in Washtub
(Original Caption) 11/29/1945-Rome, Italy: The Rome of today is a place of unhappiness

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Greek Market

Greek Market
Food stands line a busy open air market in Greece

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Boy Reading Comics

Boy Reading Comics
(Original Caption) 5/31/1946- Boy reading funny pages in the newspaper and smiling. SEE NOTE

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Painting of Mission Santa Clara de Asis in the Old Days

Painting of Mission Santa Clara de Asis in the Old Days
Mission Santa Clara in the old days, ca. 1840. Painting by A.P.Hill

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Manhattan's Times Square

Manhattan's Times Square
(Original Caption) New York, New York: View of Times Square in New York City from the street level during a typically busy day

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Children Near Union Carbide Factory in Bhopal

Children Near Union Carbide Factory in Bhopal
(Original Caption) Residents of Bhopal stand in front of the Union Carbide factory gate here

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Children Waving from Back of School Bus

Children Waving from Back of School Bus
(Original Caption) 9/4/1990- San Diego, CA- It may have been the first day of school for thousands in San Diego

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Day in the Life of a 5 and 10 Girl in New York City

Day in the Life of a 5 and 10 Girl in New York City
No time to linger over an appetizing breakfast, she drinks a cup of coffee as she dresses. Dime store executives, like most other employers, are strict about their sales girls being to work on time

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Day in the Life of a 5 and 10 Girl in New York City

Day in the Life of a 5 and 10 Girl in New York City
Paper in one hand, supporting herself with the other, she rides the subway to work, oft-times has to stand for 30 to 45 minutes if the store is far away from home. She must report for work at 9 A.M

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Three Generations of Chinese Family

Three Generations of Chinese Family
(Original Caption) China natives: Family group, three generations. Undated photograph. BPA 2 #1770

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: 19th Century Print of Bird's-Eye View of Manhattan

19th Century Print of Bird's-Eye View of Manhattan
(Original Caption) View of New York City showing Battery and clear rendering of East River

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Engraving Depicting Life in Ancient Rome by Joseph Mallord William Turner

Engraving Depicting Life in Ancient Rome by Joseph Mallord William Turner
ANCIENT ROME. ENGRAVING BY J.M.W. TURNER. UNDATED ENGRAVING

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Playing on a Wheeled Elephant Toy

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt Playing on a Wheeled Elephant Toy
(Original Caption) Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt as a child in the playroom of the breakers at Newport, RI. Undated photograph. BPA2# 2073

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Algerian Barber Shaving Head of Customer

Algerian Barber Shaving Head of Customer
(Original Caption) Algerian barber. Undated photograph. BPA2# 2316

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Uptown Shopping District of Philadelphia

Uptown Shopping District of Philadelphia
Shoppers and cars converge at the intersection of Germantown and Chelten Avenues, the heart of the "uptown" shopping district of Philadelphia

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Young Woman Applying Face Cream at Vanity

Young Woman Applying Face Cream at Vanity
(Original Caption) Young woman (Maxine Maddux) applying face cream in front of mirror. Ca. 1950s

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Woman Looking into Mirror

Woman Looking into Mirror
(Original Caption) Barbara Lewis pats her hair as she primps in her bedroom. She looks into a handheld mirror. Ca. 1945-1960

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Woman Painting Toenails

Woman Painting Toenails
(Original Caption) Photo shows a woman applying toenail polish to her toes. Model: Flora Jean Seaman. Ca. 1940s-1950s

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Woman Bathing Infant in Tub

Woman Bathing Infant in Tub
(Original Caption) A woman bathes an infant in a tub. Undated photograph, circa 1950's

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Girl Washing Dishes

Girl Washing Dishes
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Newsboys Selling Papers

Newsboys Selling Papers
(Original Caption) Past and present- the town crier and the newsboy

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Illustration of a Bathing Beauty by Samuel D. Ehrhart

Illustration of a Bathing Beauty by Samuel D. Ehrhart
TWO YOUNG SUITORS WITH CIGARETTES CHATTING WITH A WASP WAIST BATHING BEAUTY LOUNGING IN A CHAIR UNDER A BEACH UNBRELLA. (SEASHORE, OCEAN) ILLUSTRATION BY EHRHART, 1898. COLOR SLIDE

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: Ludlow Street, near Houston

Ludlow Street, near Houston
(Original Caption) New York, New York: Unhygienic street conditions in Ludlow Street near Houston, New York City

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: 15th-Century French Manuscript Illumination Depicting Aesculap in His Room

15th-Century French Manuscript Illumination Depicting Aesculap in His Room
This illustration was published in a manuscript by the first woman to work as a professional writer, Christine de Pisan

Background imageEveryday Scene Collection: 19th-Century Print of City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan

19th-Century Print of City Hall Park in Lower Manhattan
(Original Caption) The Park and City Hall, New York



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