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Beautifully restored map of East Boston, Massachusetts from 1879

Vintage map of East Boston, Massachusetts from the late 19th century.

Historic landowners map of Burlington, CT from 1869

Vintage landowners map of Burlington, Connecticut as it used to be

Old map shows bird’s eye view of Bangor, Pennsylvania in 1885

This map of Bangor, Pennsylvania was created in 1885 by O.H. Bailey. Oakley Hoopes Bailey (1843-1947) was one of the most prominent and prolific American…

Beautifully restored map of Naugatuck, Connecticut from 1877

Historic bird's eye view of Naugatuck, Connecticut from 1877

Beautifully restored map of Cheshire, Connecticut from 1882

Detailed bird's eye view of Cheshire, Connecticut as it used to be

Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, Enfield & Collinsville, CT in 1893

This map shows Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, Enfield & Collinsville, Connecticut as they looked in 1893. The hand colored map was originally printed as a…

Bird’s eye view of Bath, Pennsylvania in 1885

This bird's eye view of Bath, Pennsylvania was created more than 130 years ago.

Theodore Roosevelt with a now-extinct Giant Eurasian Rhino

Can't blame him for killing this majestic beast. These beasts roamed Africa, destroying...

This little boy’s turtle died, so he put on a tie and had a funeral

This little boy's turtle died, so he dug a grave, built a cross, and put on a tie for the funeral.

Burning a sugar cane field in Guanica, Puerto Rico. 1942

This is a process that destroys the leaves and makes sugar cane easier to harvest.

A disabled man walks around the huge slum known as “El Fangitto”

A disabled man walking around El Fangitto, "The Mud", on crutches.

San Juan, Puerto Rico. In the huge slum known as “El Fangitto”

A woman stands with her child and dog on one of the boardwalks of "El Fangitto".

An apothecary store in Lares, Puerto Rico. January, 1942

A pharmacists awaits customers in an apothecary store in Lares, Puerto Rico.

A boy stands in a hurricane shelter in Utuado, Puerto Rico

Utuado, Puerto Rico (vicinity). Hurricane shelter near the house of a farm laborer.

A family in the doorway of their home in Santurce, Puerto Rico

A family in the house they will soon be forced to abandon in Santurce, PR.

Woman in front of her house in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Woman in front of her home in Santurce that she was being forced to abandon.

Children in Utuado, Puerto Rico, 1942

Utuado, Puerto Rico. Children in the slum area. January, 1942 by Jack Delano.

Beautifully detailed map of Green River, Wyoming in 1875

Historic bird's eye view of Green River, Wyoming from 1875

Woman working on a pineapple plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico

Woman working on a pineapple plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico.

A “majordomo” (foreman) on a sugar plantation. Manati, P.R.

A "majordomo" (foreman) on a sugar plantation in Manati, Puerto Rico.

Girl stringing tobacco in a tobacco barn. Barranquitas, P.R.

Stringing tobacco in a tobacco barn. Barranquitas (vicinity), Puerto Rico.