Sitcom shorts

Nellie Brown, black cowgirl. c.1880s.

A couple riding together on an autoped. The autoped was an early motorized scooter invented in 1915. New York City, USA. Ca. 1923.

Top: Mary Ann and Jean
Bottom: Wheezer, Petey, Farina, Harry and Joe!

Workers were often positioned on logs and stumps to visually demonstrate the extraordinary size of old-growth trees.

A young boy and his dog, circa 1890s.

A telephone repair wagon and repairman at work in California, 1887.