Massachusetts was an amazing place in the early 20th century. From bustling cities to quiet rural communities and even historic landmarks, these vintage photos show just how different life in this state was in the early 1900s.

1. A store selling supplies to auto trailer camp in Dennis Port. (1937)
Yale Photogrammar/Carl Mydans
2. A bustling business street in Great Barrington. (1937)
Yale Photogrammar/Edwin Locke
3. Tremont Street in Boston. (Colorized, 1900)
Wikimedia Commons/Detroit Publishing Co.
4. A spring pageant at Bridgewater State Normal School. (1921)
Wikimedia Commons/State Normal School
5. Essex Street in Salem after wintry weather. (1915)
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6. Spectators at a horse-pulling contest at the Eastern States Fair in Springfield. (1936)
Yale Photogrammar/Carl Mydans
7. Presient Taft and Governor Draper passing Worcester City Hall on April 3. (1910)
Wikimedia Commons/Unknown

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8. The Concord River at Old Bridge in Concord. (Colorized, 1900)
Wikimedia Commons/Detroit Publishing Co.
9. A train pulling into the snowy station in North Adams. (1940)
Marion Post Wolcott
10. A souvenir shop in Provincetown. (1940)
Edwin Rosskam
11. New Beach in Provincetown. The photographer noted that " lack of bath houses causes a great deal of picturesque dressing and undressing in and behind parked cars." (1940)
Edwin Rosskam
12. A woman preserving fruits in Amherst. (1915)
Wikimedia Commons/Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture
13. The corner post office on Main Street in Gloucester. (1900)
Wikimedia Commons/Unknown
14. Hanging out the washing at low income housing in Holyoke. (1941)
Photogrammar/John Collier
15. A safety razor plant in Boston newly assigned to production of war materials and staffed by women. (1941)
Photogrammar/Howard R. Hollem

These photos are truly fascinating. For more glimpses into Massachusetts history, check out these photos from the 1960s.

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