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These are amazing pictures, the Chicago ones in particular. I'd love to be able to go back in time and experience these cities in the old days before automobiles took over.
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I posted some of these in a thread a couple of months back, but here they are. In the late 1800's on up until the onset of the Great Depression, Asheville was one of America's premier resort cities.
And the piece de resistance (accent marks sold seperately), Asheville circa 1851.
If I could live in Milwaukee in any time period, it would've been from 1870-1930.
Check out this amazing aerial of the valley from 1965, when Maitland Field was still operating and I94 starts to creep in on downtown:
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