This Is What Pennsylvania Looked Like 100 Years Ago… It May Surprise You
Time flies, but 100 years is still quite a long time. Pennsylvania’s landscape has changed in many ways, though some of the same buildings and businesses still stand. The biggest notable difference is that the world is no longer in black and white. Here are some incredible old photographs taken in Pennsylvania around the year 1915, from about 1911 to 1920. See if you can recognize any of the places pictured!
Hess Brothers in downtown Allentown was once a major attraction.
Allentown used to be a shopping destination for more than just Hess. Here is the 600 block of Hamilton Street as it stood in 1917. Shankweiler and Lehr department stores became big names in the upcoming years.
The faces in group photos may change through the ages, but the awkwardness will always remain. Here we have a 1915 photograph of Carlisle Indian School Band seated on steps of a the school building.
