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Fresh Air Outing: 1913

Submitted by Ken on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 4:07am.
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Fresh Air Outing: 1913

Children and adults take a "fresh air outing" on a trolley in June in Brooklyn, New York. View full image. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection.

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No, smiling in photos is more recent

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 12:40pm.

I'll take the serious looks of the past over the fake-assed plastic grins of the present.

 

Trolley Dodgers

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 10:59am.

Hey, one of the famous Brooklyn trolleys, from which a contemporaneous professional baseball team got a nickname -- one that they still have today. There's quite the egalitarian story -- and lots of great history -- to Brooklyn, its trolleys, and the Trolley Dodgers team.

More here: http://www.trolleydodger.com/about/

 

"Just look at the joy on

Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 04/09/2007 - 9:44am.

"Just look at the joy on their faces."

I was thinking that as I looked at the picture wondering why so few of the people in older pictures ever seem happy. They're always to not-happy looking.

Oh, and the people are shorter. Nutrition has come a long way towards getting people taller over the past 100 years hasn't it?

Evidently, height = happiness. How's the air up here? Rarefied.

 

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