Rare Images Depicting American Life in the 19th Century

Some images show life in the American West, which would have been encouraged by the Homestead Acts.

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Women on an ivy-covered porch, Cannelton, Indiana

Daily Life America 1860s

Brink & Ransom on Second Street in Louisville, Kentucky

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Everett’s Drug Store, Henry, Illinois

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Umbrella Rock on Lookout Mountain at Chattanooga, Tennessee

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Two women standing by a grave in Kenyon-Rosse Chapel Cemetery, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio

Daily Life America 1800s

Dedication of an early Civil War monument, Hopkinton, Iowa

The impact of the Industrial Revolution is clear, as new technology and factories appear.

Daily Life America 1800s

The crew of the steam-powered fire engine ‘Francis S. Bartow’ pose on the streets of Savannah, Georgia

Daily Life America 1800s

Train wreck in Richmondville, New York

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Doors Sash & Blinds, Northfield, Minnesota

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The W.K. Lewis & Brothers Condensed Milk Manufactory in West Brookfield, Massachusetts

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An interior view of Colby’s Clothing Store with its staff, Taunton, Massachusetts

The photographs of 19th-century America also show how people spent their leisure time.

Daily Life America 1800s

Party at Judges’ Cave Rock, New Haven, Connecticut

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Soldiers and their ladies at play, New York City

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A group poses in front of a house in Saratoga Springs, New York

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Seven men and an intrepid dog are perched on top of Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

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Boys at a woodpile, somewhere in Wisconsin or Connecticut

h/t: [Vintage Everyday]

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