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Frank Olito,Kristine Villarroel @ Business Insider · 12/23/2025 08:41 EDT

25 photos show what life looked like for Americans 150 years ago

By America's 100th birthday, people traveled by steamboat and buggy, communicated via telegrams, and the Gilded Age was afoot.

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