This short span of years saw big transitions: cars were starting to appear alongside horse-drawn wagons, and people were adapting to a faster pace of life. These photos do more than document the past; they bring it to life.
They remind us that behind the old-fashioned clothing were real people, living through extraordinary times that shaped the century to come. Here are 25 photos that bring 1910-1915 alive.
1. This is what hanging out in a college dorm looked like in 1910, University of Illinois
2. Forging the chain for the Titanic’s anchor, 1910
3. One of the last cowboys in the dying Old West, Bonham, Texas, 1910
4. A day at the beach in 1910
5. I bet you’ve never seen a cowboy on an elk, 1910
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6. Chester McDuffee in his ADS diving suit, which weighed 485 lbs, 1911
7. Suffragettes demanding the right to vote, 1911
8. Times square in New York, 1911
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9. Ready to roll in a Packard firetruck, 1911
10. Bumming it on the beach in Asbury Park, New Jersey, 1911
11. Preparing to take their shots in the 1912 Olympics
12. Posing for a photo with Santa in 1912
13. American boxer Kid Johnson after teaching boxing to the policemen of Helsinki, Finland, 1912
14. Halloween in 1912
15. This boy in Estonia, photographed with a wooden bicycle that he built, 1912
16. This is how the 101 Highway leaving Ventura looked in 1912, California
17. Civil war veterans from both sides shaking hands, 1913
18. One of the best athletes of the 1910s, Jim Thorpe
19. This is what the inside of a drug store looked like in 1913
20. Wear your helmet, it’ll save your life, 1914
21. Being a surfer wasn’t easy in 1914
22. Harry Houdini, about to perform a daring escape act, 1914
23. Lumberjacks in Portland taking down a massive tree by hand, 1915
24. A WWI Veteran playing billiards with prosthetic legs, 1915
25. Inside the Elkhorn Saloon in Lewiston Montana, 1915
Check out more content from the 1910s:
Take a look at 20 Vintage Photos of the Edwardian Era (1901-1910), or if you’re interested in seeing soldiers from the 1910s, check out 20 Colorized Photos of Soldiers in the 1910s. Finally, if you’d like to see photos that sum up the 1910s, check out 50 Photos That Sum Up The 1910s.
