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Hostess House, Army Barracks
Although used only for six months as a cantonment during WWI, this base in Plattsburgh, NY had a history dating back to the War of 1812 and continued to serve as an innovative Reserve Officer Training Corps.<br />
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YWCA Hostess Houses, usually located…
Recruits at Camp Meade, MD, Starting on Practice March
Located near Annapolis Junction, MD this was one of the larger cantonments on the east coast, some 400,000 volunteers and draftees passing through en route to WWI in Europe. The stark, regimented conditions facing new arrivals helps to explain the…
Corning, N.Y. 1882
Subtitle of this bird's eye view of southern tier town makes clear the importance of rail lines to its economic viability: "Junction of the New York, Lake Erie, and Western and the Syracuse, Geneva & Corning R.R.'s." The yards of those railroads are…
Clifton Springs, NY, 1892
Best known for its sulphur springs, this legacy still is seen in the large Sanitarium located near the center of panorama. Patients would have traveled there via the New York Central RR or the Lehigh Valley RR. At the time of this lithograph, the…
Despatch, NY, Rochester's Great Industrial Suburb
According to the East Rochester Local History Office, the planned town of Despatch originally was named as such due to its proximity to railroad lines and a transportation company. Its land rights were purchased by entrepreneur Walter Parce between…
Fairport, NY, 1885
Western New York village located on the Erie Canal still shows the commercial importance of that waterway via several businesses located alongside: a planing mill, grist mill, canning factory, and a baking powder manufacturer. Two railroad lines…
Niagara Falls, NY 1882
By the 1880s Niagara Falls was a very popular tourist destination, thanks to the availability of railroad transportation to its spectacular falls. A number of viewpoints and activities are shown on the map, including a dicey-looking elevator ride…
Yellowstone National Park, 1904
Southward-looking panorama straddles the genres of landscape painting, bird's eye view, and travel promotion. Although created by noted painter its appeal is easy to see for the Northern Pacific Railroad and its excursionary Yellowstone Park Line.…