Do you ever wonder what life was like in Pennsylvania in the early 1900’s? Way before smartphones, the internet, and advanced technology? The days our grandparents told us about? Walking miles to school, even in knee-deep snow. Listening to the radio. Farming the land. Here are 10 photos of Pennsylvania from the early 1900s that give us a glimpse into life long ago.

1. Trolley tracks run along Bohrmans Mill in Schuylkill County in the early 1900s.
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2. A funeral procession travels through Scranton in this photo from 1900.
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3. The Allentown Horse Exchange in Allentown, PA, is seen in this photo from 1900.
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4. Edmund and Williams, a hardware store in Braddock, was housed in a three-story building. The photo below was taken circa 1907.
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5. The Penn State football team gathered for a photo in 1902.
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6. The University of Pennsylvania’s Houston Hall in Philadelphia is shown below. The picture is believed to have been taken between 1900 and 1920.
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7. A customer arrives, in a horse drawn buggy, at Van Horn’s Store in the Rittersville neighborhood of Allentown in 1900.
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8. A man oversees young boys working at the Ewen Breaker in the PA Coal Company in January 1911.
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9. Buggies travel in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, circa 1910.
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10. Irene Cornyn, pictured circa 1910, worked as a secretary for the Pennsylvania Board of Public Charities.
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