A baby beauty contest at Central Park in New York City, New York. New York City Police men holding babies stand in front of a large crowd. Commissioner James S.Bolan and other senior personnel, seated on a platform, to judge the fairest baby contest held at Central Park. Mothers with their infants among the crowd. Several mothers holding their babies. Mothers, seated with their infants on their laps. The officials on the platform. A mother feeding her infant from a feeding bottle. Policemen holding babies. A policeman in uniform holds two babies in his hands. One of the babies crying.
Trotters competing in the Hambletonian Stake in Goshen, New York. Trotters racing on the track during Hambletonian Stake at the Good Time Park in Goshen. Crowds gathered on both sides of the track watch the race. The crowd cheers the racers. Mary Reynolds, a filly owned by William N.Reynolds of Winston-Salem, North Carolina wins the race. William Reynolds with a huge garland of flowers.
Pedestrians walking sidewalks in New York City, United States, during a snow storm circa 1920 (likely February 4-7, 1920). Monument and statue of seated man in public square. Peddlers lined up along a street tending their horses and wagons in the aftermath of the snow storm . A peddler works to get his horse going on a wet, slippery, muddy dirt road. Men driving large open stake wagons, pulled by teams of horses on streets filled with water and chunks of snow. Street views in New York City with horse-drawn wagons maneuvering on sidewalks past snow banks to get on the street. Motorized car and truck traffic competing on same roads with horse drawn wagons. Heavy traffic of trucks on city street during snow storm. A crowded and busy street during the snow storm, filled with peddler wagons, pedestrians, cars, trucks, and a hobble skirt car (low floor streetcar with sliding doors at center, allowing women with tight fitting lower skirts - so called hobble skirts - to board more easily) . Text "New York" visible on lower forward panel of streetcar. Pedestrians making their way along a wide, icy sidewalk in heavy wind during the storm. Men shoveling snow. Some pedestrians are actually pushed by the wind so they slide on their feet across the sidewalk covered in frozen ice. A police officer helps a woman to cross a street. More scenes of pedestrians trying to make their way across city sidewalks during the storm, with many sliding on ice.
The Pacific Northwest Ski Jumping Championship at Mount Hood in Oregon. A man crowns a woman who smiles for the camera. Scene shifts to Ski jumping activity. Skiers turned sideways hold to a rope line as they stand along the side of the ski jump. Spectators stand in the snow on both sides of the track. From this point on numerous views of ski jumpers are seen. They show skiers at the takeoff point atop the ski jump as well as skiers at the landing point below. Views include some of bad landings, but most are uneventful.
Sir Malcolm Campbell prepares to break his own record in New York City, New York. Sir Malcolm Campbell, an English racing motorist, poses with his wife, Dorothy Evelyn Whittall Campbell. Sir Malcolm Campbell in Bluebird, the car in which he raced earlier at over 272 miles per hour. People gathered on either side of the car. The flags of the U.S. and Britain painted on the bonnet of the car. People on the side of the car watch Sir Malcolm Campbell. Sir Malcolm Campbell wearing motor racing head gear, seated in the driver's seat, prepares to take off to break his own speed record.
The construction of the Boulder Dam, later the Hoover dam, in Boulder City, Nevada. Construction of the Boulder Dam underway at the dam site in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River. Equipment at work at the site. A crane transports movable sections and place them on the side walls of the dam. An operator at the controls of the crane. Rocky side walls of the canyon. An officer watches the construction work. The tunnel on the dam through which water flows. Onlookers and officials beside the flowing water as the final gates of the dam are closed in the grand opening of the dam. The construction material at the site. Aerial views of the construction site.
CRITICALPAST.COM: About Us | Contact Us | FAQs - How to Order | License Agreement | My Account | My Lightboxes | Shopping Cart | Advanced Search | Featured Collections | Website Terms & Conditions | Privacy Policy ©2026 CriticalPast LLC.
License Agreement |
Terms & Conditions |
Privacy Policy
©2026 CriticalPast LLC.