20 vintage photos show what life was like in America's small towns 100 years ago

20 vintage photos show what life was like in America's small towns 100 years ago

Hermosa, South Dakota, 1927.George Rinhart/Corbis via Getty ImagesSmall mining towns flourished at the start of the 1900s.Up until the 1930s, horse-drawn carriages and automobiles could still be seen on the same streets.Today, many of these towns lean on their history as tourist attractions.Rural small towns that are today shaped by Dollar General stores and rusty industrial plants were once lively brick-paved main streets where domestic manufac…