A selection of interesting and unusual photographs from the USA (21 photos)

I present to you a selection of interesting photographs from the USA, which were taken throughout the 20th century. All photographs are colorized.





A 2-horsepower street cleaning machine. New York, 1914.

The first street cleaning machines appeared in England in the mid-19th century.

In 1911, John M. Murphy designed a motor-driven street cleaning machine on paper. It took another couple of years to complete this project, and in 1913 they managed to assemble what we see in the picture.



Cattle grazing in the Utah desert in the 1940s.





A machine sprays sulfur on grape bushes to prevent mold. California, 1982.

Gray grapes are still processed, contact agent with a short release period, during the ripening of the crop, what you need!



New York, 1959.



A young oiler at the Bessie Mine in Alabama. USA, 1910.

Carries two heavy buckets of grease. He told the photographer he was 14, but that's a bit dubious.



Designers create a Chevrolet Fleetline sport sedan, USA, 1942.



Pilots who were members of the Ku Klux Klan, 1921.



Acoustic amplifier of the sound signal at Bolling Air Force Base, 1921.

Testing of a two-horn acoustic locator at Bolling Field, near the National War College (in the background). This is how the American military monitored its airspace less than a hundred years ago.



Manhattan Bridge under construction. USA, 1909.

The bridge connects Manhattan and Brooklyn. The total length of the bridge is 2,089 meters. The main span is 451 meters long, and the length of the suspension cables is 983 meters.



A scoreboard boy at Griffith Stadium looks out of a crack during a baseball game. Washington, D.C., July 1956.



Madison Square. New York, 1905.

The photo shows the 22-story Flatiron Building, which translates as "iron building." It got its name because of its shape. The building was built in 1902.



Groundhog Day. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. February 2, 1963.

Groundhog Day is a traditional holiday in the United States and Canada, celebrated annually on February 2. People watch the animal as it crawls out of its hole and judge the proximity of spring by its behavior.



A sandman on a beach in Florida, 1964.

There is an interesting pastime on the coasts of popular resorts - this is making a snowman out of sand - the so-called Sandman

Those who have snow, miss the sea. Those who have the sea, miss the snow.



New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watches as agents dump liquor down the drain after a raid during the height of Prohibition. United States, 1920s.



A Ford Model-TT hauling hay. United States, 1921.

The truck that put American business on wheels and replaced horses.



Foggy morning. New York, 1950.

Straight out of the movie "Once Upon a Time in New York".



Girls playing volleyball on stilts. Venice Beach, California, 1942.

Not exactly a safe game at such a height, and you can't run long enough to get the ball.



The Jack Knife Bridge and the Chicago River. Chicago, circa 1907.

The bridge is a drawbridge and ships passed underneath it.



New York City subway riders read morning newspapers, April 1963.

Before, everyone read newspapers, but now they sit on their phones. Nothing has changed, only the way they get information.



Girls eating ice cream while sitting on ice blocks, 1926.

Very beautiful girls. And they sit beautifully. And the idea is great. The main thing is that there is something under the "fifth point".