San Francisco had been eclipsed by Los Angeles in size, but it remained the most important port and financial center of the West.

And Charles Cushman had to take a photograph of his new coupe beside the recently-completed Golden Gate Bridge.

Nearly half of all Americans still lived on farms and in small towns.

The Farmall Tractor had revolutionized farming, but mechanization remained limited.

In rural Georgia, folks still went to town on Saturday by wagon.