Utility Pole Collection

First Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Postcard. 1904, First Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Postcard

Poster from San Francisco production of Power (Alcazar), [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Poster from San Francisco production of Power (Alcazar), [193-]. The Living Newspaper Presents "Power" - A Thrilling Dramatization of Modern Industry - 100 People in Cast - Go by Southern

Factory after renovation, Bronx, New York, c1920. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Factory after renovation, Bronx, New York, c1920. Bronx Parkway Commission headquarters after its conversion from a factory

El Salvador - President's Palace, San Salvador, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
El Salvador - President's Palace, San Salvador, 1911

Guatemala - Street Scene, Guatemala City, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Guatemala - Street Scene, Guatemala City
Guatemala - Street Scene, Guatemala City, 1911. ['Peluqueria Berlinesa - (Berlin Hairdresser's); Max Ueberschaer - Oficina Tecnica (technical workshop)']

Flour mill, Caldwell, Idaho, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee
Flour mill, Caldwell, Idaho. [Sign: Caldwell Flour Mills - Manufacturer of High Grade Flour ]

Camp of migrant potato pickers seen from potato shed... Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California
Camp of migrant potato pickers seen from the packing shed. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California

Town pump of Tulelake at railroad yard, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Town pump of Tulelake at railroad yard. Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California. Over 1500 people depend on hauled water for drinking the year round

Passing motorist gives walking family of seven a lift to the next town, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Passing motorist gives walking family of seven a lift to the next town. California

Homeless family of seven, walking the highway... on U.S. 99, near Brawley, Imperial County, 1939
On U.S. 99. Near Brawley, Imperial County. Homeless family of seven, walking the highway from Phoenix, Arizona, where they picked cotton

Architecture in the Potrero district, San Francisco, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Architecture in the Potrero district. San Francisco, California

On bench land of the Owyhee project, Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
On bench land of the Owyhee project. Sage brush, irrigated fields, homestead. Nyssa Heights, Malheur County, Oregon

Stockyards seen from overpass, Between Tulare and Fresno, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Between Tulare and Fresno. Stockyards seen from overpass. California

Looking down one street in newly completed FSA camp, near McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon, 1939
Looking down one street in newly completed camp (FSA - Farm Security Administration). Note garbage disposal, street lights, street curbing, water tank, and managers house at end of street

Western Pacific line runs through unclaimed desert of northern Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Western Pacific line runs through unclaimed desert of northern Oregon. Ten miles from railroad station at Irrigon. Morrow County, Oregon

Vicksburg street, Mississippi, 1936. Creator: Walker Evans
Vicksburg street. Mississippi

Shuttered and Abandoned
This is a cotton or textile mill in North Carolina that has long been shuttered and abandoned

CALIFORNIA: BODIE, 1962. View of the ghost town of Bodie, California from the town s
CALIFORNIA: BODIE, 1962. View of the ghost town of Bodie, California from the towns Standard Ore Mill, looking west. Bodie became a California state park in 1962

MARYLAND: TRAIN STATION. Passengers arriving at the railroad station in Hagerstown, Maryland. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, 1937

NEW JERSEY: TRAIN STATION. A train station in Radburn, New Jersey. Photograph by Carl Mydans, 1935

TEXAS: DUST STORM, 1936. Scene in Amarillo, Texas, during a dust storm. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, April 1936

WEST VIRGINIA: FLOOD, 1939. A flood on West Fork River near West Union, West Virginia. Photograph by Arthur Rothstein, January 1939

MIGRANT FAMILY, 1937. A family hitchhiking along the highway in Macon, Georgia and heading back to their home state of Alabama where the father can repair sewing machines

WASHINGTON: BUENA, 1939. Farmers in the town of Buena in Yakima Valley, Washington State. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, August 1939

PEA PICKERS, 1939. Idle pea pickers discussing prospects for work on a street corner in Calipatria, Imperial Valley, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, February 1939

CALIFORNIA: RAILROAD, 1943. The railroad station in Bagdad, California on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Needles and Barstow, California. Photograph by Jack Delano, March 1943

PITTSBURGH, 1941. Pedestrians waking down a snow covered staircase in the mill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photograph by Jack Delano, January 1941

CONNECTICUT: HOUSES, 1940. A square with houses in an old fishing village in Stonington, Connecticut. Photograph by Jack Delano, November 1940

MISSISSIPPI: NATCHEZ, 1940. A family walking along the railroad tracks in Natchez, Mississippi. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott, 1940

ELECTRIFICATION, 1938. Workmen installing electricity on the top of utility poles in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Photograph by Dorothea Lange, November 1938

CALIFORNIA: BODIE, c1928. Green Street, looking east, in the ghost town of Bodie, California, which became a California state park in 1962. Photograph c1928

NEW ORLEANS: CANAL STREET. A view of Canal Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photograph, c1890

NEW ORLEANS: OYSTERS, c1906. Oyster luggers along the docks at the levee in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photograph, c1906

NEW ORLEANS: BAYOU, c1905. Sailboats on the Bayou St. John in New Orleans, Louisiana. Photograph, c1905

MONTANA: MAIN STREET, c1890. Main Street in Butte, Montana. Photograph, c1890

WASHINGTON: TACOMA, c1890. City Hall and Pacific Avenue in Tacoma, Washington. Photograph, c1890

TEXAS: GALVESTON, c1898. View of the Strand, looking east from 25th Street in Galveston, Texas. Photograph, c1898

MEXICO: POST OFFICE, c1902. The post office in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photograph, c1902

HAITI: PORT-AU-PRINCE. Street scene with a horse drawn carriage in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Photograph, c1911

HINE: GLASS WORKS, 1909. View of the Wheaton Glass Works Company in Millville, New Jersey. Photograph by Lewis Hine, November 1909

TEXTILE MILL, 1916. The Richard P. Borden Mill in Fall River, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, June 1916

HINE: MILL HOUSING, 1912. Housing for Cannon Mills textile workers in Concord, North Carolina. Photograph by Lewis Hine, October 1912

TEXTILE WORKER HOUSING. Housing for the workers at the Tupelo Cotton Mill in Tupelo, Mississippi. Photograph by Lewis Hine, May 1911

ALASKA: LOG CABIN. A log cabin on a residential corner with a wooden plank sidewalk in Fairbanks, Alaska. Photograph, c1900-1916

The view south from New Hampshire Route 145 in Clarksville, New Hampshire. Fall

Postcard of Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh. ca. 1903, Postcard of Smithfield Street in Pittsburgh

La Forlaleza, Oldest Building in Havana, Cuba Postcard After William Henry Jackson. 1904, La Forlaleza, Oldest Building in Havana, Cuba Postcard After William Henry Jackson

St. John Hotel, Charleston, S. C. Postcard. 1904, St. John Hotel, Charleston, S. C. Postcard
St. John Hotel, Charleston, S.C. Postcard. 1904, St. John Hotel, Charleston, S.C. Postcard

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"Capturing the Stories: A Glimpse into America's Past Through Utility Poles" First Avenue, Seattle, Wash. Postcard. 1904: Witness the birth of a bustling city as utility poles line the streets, illuminating the path to progress. Flour mill, Caldwell, Idaho, 1941: Amidst towering utility poles stands a flour mill that symbolizes both sustenance and industrial growth in this quaint town. Camp of migrant potato pickers seen from potato shed. . Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939: In a humble camp surrounded by utility poles lies hope for a better future as hardworking families strive to make ends meet. Town pump of Tulelake at railroad yard, Tulelake, Siskiyou County, California, 1939: The town pump stands tall beside railway tracks and utility poles - an essential lifeline providing water and connectivity to this close-knit community. Passing motorist gives walking family of seven a lift to the next town, California 1939: Beneath these towering structures lie stories of compassion as strangers extend their helping hand along highways dotted with utility poles. Homeless family of seven walking the highway. . On U. S. 99 near Brawley Imperial County 1939: These silent witnesses bear witness to hardships faced by families traversing long roads under watchful eyes of sturdy utility poles guiding their way towards hope and shelter. Architecture in Potrero district San Francisco California 1939: Amidst urban splendor stand majestic buildings adorned with intricate details against backdrops marked by rows upon rows of steadfastly standing utility poles. On bench land Owyhee project Nyssa Heights Malheur County Oregon 1939: Utility poles stretch across vast landscapes like guardians protecting communities settled amidst nature's beauty in rural Oregon towns.